Day 1: Yerevan City — tour

•  Arrival to «Zvartnots» International Airport. Our guide will meet you at the airport. Transfer to the hotel in Yerevan.
• (15:00) Panoramic tour round Yerevan city — the ancient capital of Armenia, which is 29 years older than Rome. Tour Itinerary: «Mother Armenia» monument offers a nice overview of the whole city, the Opera House, Republic  Square, «Cascade» architectural complex, the Museum of Contemporary Art named Cafesjian, the monument to the hero of «David Sasuntsi» Armenian epos.
• Lunch in Yerevan (Armenian traditional restaurant).
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 2: Yerevan – Garni – Geghard – Symphony of Stones – Sevan – Yerevan

•  Breakfast at the hotel.
• Trip to Garni — Symphony of Armenian architecture. It is the only surviving pagan temple in Armenia. Built in the Hellenistic style in the 1st century by the Armenian King Trdat I and dedicated to the God of the Sun Mithras.
• Visiting the monastery Geghard (12 – 13th centuries). It is a unique monastery complex, where the temple is completely carved in the rock. The name «Geghard» literally «the monastery of the spear» is due to the fact that in this place Christian relic — the spear, which, according to tradition, a Roman soldier had pierced the crucified Jesus with was kept (now kept in the Museum of Echmiadzin).
• Visit to the symphony of stones. The object is a gorge, the rocks of which consist of huge basalt pillars. Their vertical arrangement is very reminiscent of organ pipes, which is why the monument got its name.
• Lunch.
• Drive to Lake Sevan, which is the pearl of Armenia and the largest freshwater basin in Eurasia and the second largest Alpine lake in the world. Sevan is situated at an altitude of 1900 meters above sea level. Visiting Sevanavank monastery (9th century).
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 3:  Yerevan — Khor Virap — «Bird Cave» – wine tasting in the village «Areni» — Noravank — Goris

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Tour to Khor Virap monastery (literally translated as «deep dungeon») (7 – 17th centuries). You will see the underground pit where the first Patriarch of Armenian Apostolic Church St. Grigor Lusavorich (Saint Gregory the Illuminator) languished in prison for 13 years. The monastery is located 50 km away from Yerevan on the Armenian — Turkish border. You will enjoy the wonderful view of the Biblical Mount Ararat.
• A trip to the karst caves in Areni, also known as the «Bird’s Cave», where a 5500 year-old leather shoe was found.
• Lunch in the village of Areni, where wines are produced from local grape varieties (wine tasting).
• Trip to Noravank monastery (9 – 13th centuries) is one of the most magnificent medieval monuments of Armenia, located on the ledge of narrow winding gorge with rare red rocks. This is truly a masterpiece of Armenian architecture.
• Trip to Goris. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Goris — Khndzoresk — Tatev — Zorac Karer — Shaki waterfall — Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• A visit to the village of Khndzoresk, which is famous for its ancient cave dwellings on the hillside. «Dead city» of the living descendants holds many unsolved mysteries. In Khndzoresk there is a winging bridge, which runs across a deep and incredibly beautiful canyon, with its cliffs and caves.
• Tour of Tatev monastery — unique monument of Armenian architecture built in the 9th century. Tatev without exaggeration can be considered one of the most beautiful and amazing places on the Planet. By the monastery there is the longest reverse ropeway in the world (5752 m), ranked in the Guinness Book of Records.
• Lunch.
• Trip to the Shaki waterfall, which is considered one of the most beautiful and picturesque waterfalls in Armenia.
• A trip to Zorats Karer, the ancient Observatory (Armenian Karahunj), which is 7000 years old. The phrase « Zorats Karer» is literally translated from Armenian as «an army of stones».  Armenian Karahunj has similarities with English Stonehenge.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 5: Yerevan – Saghmosavank – Armenian Alphabet Monument – ​​Amberd – Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Excursion to Saghmosavank monastery (13th century), which stands on the western edge of the gorge of the Kasakh river. You will enjoy magnificent views of the canyon.
• Visiting the monument to the Armenian alphabet. The monument is located on the slope of Mount Aragats and is dedicated to the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet. 39 giant carved Armenian letters from the famous red tufa were placed next to the resting place of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, the man who created the Armenian alphabet in 405.
• A trip to the Amberd fortress (literally translated as “fortress of the clouds”) (10th century), which is a vivid example of medieval Armenian architecture and one of the few feudal castles in Armenia that have survived to this day. It is located in a beautiful and deep gorge halfway to the top of Aragats, between two rivers and harmoniously merges with the surrounding landscape (Mount Aragats is the highest mountain in Armenia – 4096 m above sea level).
• Lunch in a hospitable Armenian family in the city of Ashtarak.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 6: Transfer to the airport. Departure.
[Duration: 40 minutes / 25 km]

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel (12:00).
• Airport transfer. Departure.

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