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.
• Lunch in Yerevan (Armenian traditional restaurant).
• Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 2: Yerevan — Hripsime — Echmiadzin — Zvartnots — Vernissage

• 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)
• Lunch in Echmiadzin.
• Visit the beautiful and majestic ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral (9th century) — temple of Vigil Forces, Heavenly Angels Church.
• 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 3: Yerevan — Khor Virap — Wine Factory «Areni» — «Bird Cave» — Noravank — Zorac Karer — 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.
• Excursion to the winery in Areni village, where wine from local grapes is produced (wine tasting).
• A trip to the karst caves in Areni, also known as the «Bird’s Cave», where a 5500 year-old leather shoe was found.
• 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.
• Lunch in the refectory of Noravank monastery.
• 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 — Shushi — Museum of Artsakh — Gandzasar — Stepanakert

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Crossing the Armenian — Artsakh border, getting a visa at the Foreign Ministry.
• A trip to the city of Shushi, also known as «eagle’s nest», surrounded by beautiful, deep canyons. Along the way you will see the liberation monument «Tank». This restored monument is dedicated to the liberation of the city. A visit to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (ghazanchetsots) — a massive Church made of white stone, a perfect embodiment of the construction genius of the Armenian people.
• Trip to Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
• Lunch.
• A trip to the monastery of Gandzasar (literally translated as «Mountain Treasure» ) (10th century) — an outstanding monument of the Armenian culture, which has long attracted the attention of many specialists. Gandzasar monastery is a functioning monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church and is the residence of the Archbishop of Artsakh.
• On the way back you will see the symbol of Nagorno Karabakh — the famous monument “We and our mountains”. It is also known as «Tatik-Papik», translated from Armenian as «the grandparents».
• Return to Stepanakert. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Stepanakert — Khndzoresk — Tatev — Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel.
• Crossing the Artsakh — Armenian border.
• Drive to the village of Khndzoresk, famous for its ancient cave dwellings on the hillside. «Dead city» of the living descendants holds many unsolved mysteries. In Khndzoresk there is a swinging bridge that runs across a deep and incredibly beautiful canyon with its rocks 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.
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 6: Yerevan — Garni — Geghard — 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).
• 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).
• Lunch in Sevan (tasting fish from the lake).
• Return to Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free time.

Day 7: Transfer to the airport. Departure.

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