Full-Day Yerevan and Vagharshapat Tour

Armenia

Highlights

Explore Erebuni Fortress, Monument Mother Armenia, Hrazdan Gorge, Victory Bridge

Visit Factories Noah and Ararat

Travel to Echmiadzin and discover Treasury of Echmiadzin, Cascade (Cafesjian Centr of Art)

Vagharshapat, Yerevan

architectural, cultural, historical

Group Tour

1 Day

Easy

Armenian, English, Russian

Description

Take a tour of the beautiful ancient city and modern capital of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan and Vagharshapat, the largest satellite city of Yerevan and the 4th largest in Armenia by population. Watch the most impressive sights Erevan and Echmiadzin. See the ruins of 3 thousand-year-old Erebuni Fortress, the first Christian church in the world - Cathedral of Echmiadzin Monastery, the magnificent early Christian temple ruins early Middle Ages -Zvartnots temple.

Itinerary

Yerevan and Vagharshapat Tour
- Pick up from the hotel.
- Visit Erebuni Fortress, an Urartian fortified city located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres above sea level.
- Proceed to see the exterior of Matenadaran.
- Head to see the amusing monument of Mother Armenia, a female personification of the country.
- Continue to explore Hrazdan Gorge.
- Explore one of the oldest churches of Armenia, Etchmiadzin Cathedral, located in Vagharshapat.
- See the town of Zvartnots, located in the Armenian province of Armavir.
- Visit the magnificent Cascade art museum (Cafesjian Center of Art).
- The tour ends with a drop-off at the hotel.