Day 1, December 29 (Saturday): Yerevan City — tour

• Arrival to «Zvartnots» International Airport. Our guide will meet you at the airport. 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).
• Visiting «Tsitsernakaberd» Memorial and the Armenian Genocide Museum of 1915.
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 2, December 30 (Sunday): Yerevan — Garni — Geghard — 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).
• Lunch at the restaurant above the gorge of the Azat river and demonstration baking «lavash» — traditional Armenian bread in the tonir (oven in the ground).
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 3, December 31 (Monday): Yerevan — Hripsime — Echmiadzin — Gayane — Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Trip to Echmiadzin town. Visiting the Church of St. Hripsime (7th century). The church was built in 618 on the site of an ancient pagan temple, where Saint Hripsime had been tortured and killed.
• Excursion to Echmiadzin Cathedral (4th century) — the center of Armenian Apostolic Church. This is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, the residence of the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians. (Holy mass is only held on Sunday)
• Visit the Church of St. Gayane (7th century), which is on the list of world cultural heritage of UNESCO. For the local population Saint Gayane Church is holy and it represents a martyr devotion to the Christian faith.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 4, January 1 (Tuesday): Yerevan — Sevan — Tsaghkadzor — Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• 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).
• Trip to the ski resort Tsaghkadzor.
• Lunch in Tsakhadzor.
• A trip to the Tegenis mountain slope, where you can climb the height of 2851 meters by cable car, and if you like, can ski and snowboard, also enjoy healing air, fabulous landscapes and, of course, Armenian cuisine.
• Visiting the architectural complex of the monastery Kecharis, which is the highlight of the city, and consists of three churches and three chapels dating back to the 11th century.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 5, January 2 (Wednesday): Transfer to the airport. Departure.

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