Day 1: Arrival in Yerevan

• Arrival to «Zvartnots» International Airport. Our guide will meet you at the airport.
• Transfer to the hotel in Yerevan. Free time.

Day 2: Yerevan – City tour – Matenadaran – Tsitsernakaberd Memorial – Armenian Genocide Museum

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Sightseeing tour of the city of Yerevan – the ancient capital of Armenia, which is 29 years older than Rome.
• Tour itinerary: “Mother Armenia” monument – from where you can see an excellent view of the whole city, the Opera House, Republic Square, the “Cascade” architectural complex, the Cafesjian Museum of Modern Art, the monument to the hero of the Armenian epic “Sasuntsi David”.
• Excursion to Matenadaran – the pride of Armenian culture, the world’s largest repository of ancient manuscripts and books.
• Visit to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and the Museum of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
• Lunch in Yerevan (Traditional Armenian Restaurant).
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 3: Yerevan — Khor Virap — «Bird Cave» — wine tasting in the village «Areni» — Noravank — Zorac Karer —Goris           [Tour duration: 10 hours / 300 km]

• 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.
• 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.
• Trip to Goris. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Goris — Khndzoresk — Tatev — Shaki — Jermuk — Yeghegis

• 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 in a traditional Armenian restaurant.
• Trip to the Shaki waterfall, which is considered one of the most beautiful and picturesque waterfalls in Armenia.
• Visit to the city of Jermuk – a hydro-healing and climatic resort (2080 m above sea level), where the world-famous mineral table water “Jermuk” is produced.
• Visiting the Jermuk waterfall and the Mineral Water Gallery, where you can drink warm mineral water. The mineral water gallery is a visiting card and symbol of the city, built in the classical style of Armenian architecture.
• Drive to Yeghegis village. Dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Yeghegis – Selim – Noratuz – Mikaelyan Cheese Factory – Sevan – Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
•  Walk through the village of Yeghegis, which was one of the richest cities in Armenia and in the XIII-XIV centuries – the throne city of the dynasty of princes Orbelyans (Proshyans). You will also come across a Jewish cemetery and old small churches.
• Trip to the Selim Caravanserai (inn) (2410 m above sea level), which was built along the Vardenyats mountain pass in 1332 to accommodate weary travelers and their animals, following the Silk Road from East Asia to the Mediterranean and back.
• Excursion to the ancient settlement of Noratus, which is known for its large ancient cemetery, where more than 900 elegantly ornamented khachkars (stone-cross) have been preserved, where each khachkar differs from the others in its processing technique, the shape of patterns and compositional features.
• A visit to the Mikayelyan family farm, where exclusive types of cheeses are obtained on the basis of their own dairy production – more than 10 different types. Among them are wine, cognac, nut and many other interesting combinations. (Tasting delicious cheeses with Armenian wine).
• Lunch in a traditional Armenian restaurant.
• 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 6: Yerevan – Dashtadem – Gyumri – city tour – Marmashen – Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Trip to the city of Talin, and a visit to the unique, one of the best preserved, medieval fortress Dashtadem, which was founded in the 10th century during the Bagratuni dynasty and protected the eastern approaches to the city of Ani.
• Trip to the city of Gyumri – the second largest city in Armenia.
• Sightseeing – walking tour of the beautiful city, getting to know the old part of the city with colorful facades and unique architecture. Tour itinerary: Panoramic view of the central square of Vardanants, then – Alexandropol fortress, built in tsarist times, a defensive object that served as a defense of Russian territories from the Persian and Turkish invasion.
• Lunch in a traditional Armenian restaurant.
• Trip to the monastery complex known as “Marmashen Vank” consisting of three places of worship, which are the best preserved examples of the “Ani school” of medieval Armenian architecture.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 7: 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.