Day 1 -
Arrival at Yerevan Zvartnots International airport, transfer to the hotel of your choice. Check in, light dinner and overnight |
Day 2 -
Breakfast at the hotel. Full day in Yerevan: City tour, Matenadaran Institute of ancient manuscripts, Genocide Memorial and museum, Panorama Ground and other places of interest in Yerevan. After light lunch we visit the History Museum. Welcome Dinner at one of the local restaurants
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Day 3 -
Departure from Yerevan. We begin our journey along the Great Silk Route today: Noravank and Khor Virap. Famous "Armenian BBQ" open - air picnic lunch at Noravank. Continue to Goris via Sisian. En route we visit the Megalithic settlement and observatory of Zorats Kar - Armenia's Stonehenge. Check in at the local hotel and dinner.
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Day 4 -
Full day program in the vicinity of Goris: Tatev Monastery and cave settlement in Khndzoresk. Dinner at the hotel and overnight. |
Day 5 -
Check out and trace by the Selima Pass - once the main junction on the Silk road. Stop to visit the best preserved Caravansaray here and continue onto Lake Sevan - the beauty of Armenia's mountains. Check in at one of the local hotels. Dinner and overnight in Sevan |
Day 6 -
Check out of the hotel. We will continue touring via the North of Armenia after having visited the peninsula of the Lake Sevan. Visit Diljan town resort, Haghartsin. Arrive in Vanadzor. Dinner and o/n at the local hotel |
Day 7 -
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from our hotel (for 2 nights). Depart for the North of Armenia to visit Haghpat and Sanahin Monasteries. We will have our lunch at a local restaurant en route and continue to Gyumri. Check in at a local hotel here, dinner and o/n. |
Day 8 -
Breakfast at the hotel and leave for full day tour programme in Gyumri and its vicinity. Dinner and o/n in Gyumri. |
Day 9 -
After early breakfast at the hotel we check out and head to Yerevan. Visit Arouj Caravansaray, Castle of Amberd (weather permitting) or medieval monasteries of Saghmosavank and Ohannavank en route. Arrive in Yerevan and check back to the hotel here. Dinner at one of the local restaurants and o/n. |
Day 10 -
After our usual breakfast at the hotel we visit Echmiatsin and Zvartnots Cathedrals as well as churches of St. St. Hripsimeh and Gayaneh. In the Cathedral of Echmiatsin we shall also visit the museum and see the remains of the Zoroastrian fireplace of pre-Christian period. Return to Yerevan for lunch. Continue tour program and visit Guehard and Hellenistic Temple in Garni (optional A’Capella concert at the sepulchre of the Gueghard Monastery). Return to Yerevan. Farewell Dinner and overnight. |
Day 11 -
Final departure from Armenia |
