Day 1: Yerevan City — tour

• Arrival to «Zvartnots» International Airport. Our guide will meet you at the airport. Transfer to the hotel in Yerevan.
• 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.
• Welcome dinner (Traditional Armenian Restaurant).
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 2: Yerevan – Amberd – Saghmosavank – Armenian Alphabet Monument – ​​Sanahin – Haghpat

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Trip to Amberd fortress (literally translated as «fortress of clouds») (10th century), a vivid example of Armenian medieval architecture and one of the few preserved feudal castles in Armenia. Located in a beautiful and deep gorge, halfway to the top of the mountain between two rivers it blends harmoniously with the surrounding landscape (Mount Aragats — the highest mountain in Armenia — 4096m above sea level).
• Excursion to Saghmosavank monastery (13 century), which stands on the Western edge of Kasakh river canyon. You will enjoy the magnificent views of the canyon.
• Visiting the monument of Armenian alphabet. The monument is located on the slope of Aragats Mountain, and is dedicated to 1600 anniversary of creation of the Armenian alphabet. 39 giant, carved Armenian letters from the famous red tuff, placed near the resting place of St. Mesrop Mashtots — the creator of the Armenian alphabet in 405.
• Drive to the city of Aparan, where you can optionally have lunch at the famous “Gntunik” bakery.
• Pass through Vanadzor, the third largest and most important city in Armenia.
• Tour to Sanahin monastery —  religious and cultural center during the reign of Kyurikids (10 – 12 century).
• Visiting Haghpat Monastery (10th century). It is believed that the monastery is the holy water, which has healing properties and helps people with heart disease.
• A trip to Akhtala castle (10th century), an important strategic point of the kingdom of Kyurikyan – Bagratuni.
• Dinner and overnight in Haghpat village.

Day 3: Haghpat – Akhtala – Goshavank – Sevan – Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Trip to the village of Haghpat, rich in monasteries, which are included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• Visiting Haghpat Monastery (10th century). It is believed that the monastery is the holy water, which has healing properties and helps people with heart disease.
• A trip to Akhtala castle (10th century), an important strategic point of the kingdom of Kyurikyan – Bagratuni.
• A trip to Goshavank Monastery (12th century), which was one of the most famous religious and educational centers of medieval Armenia, where the great Armenian scientist, jurist and chronicler Mkhitar Gosh lived and worked for 25 years.
• 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.
• Visit to Sevanavank Monastery (9th century).
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 4: Yerevan — Garni — Geghard — Symphony of Stones — Demonstration baking «lavash» — Eastern Market — Vernissage — Yerevan

[Tour duration: 8 hours / 195 km]

• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• Return to Yerevan. Visit Eastern market and fair «Vernissage», where you can buy souvenirs, gifts, jewelry and other handmade products from wood, stone, including precious, silver and other materials (full working days Saturday and Sunday).
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 5: Transfer to the airport. Departure.
[Duration: 40 minutes / 25 km]

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

The price is per person on basis of DBL/TWIN occupancy and includes all taxes and duties.

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