Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Yerevan

   • Arrive in Yerevan and meet your local tour guide for pick-up and transfer to your hotel.

2. Day 2: Garni and Geghard

   • Feel the mystery and admire the 4th-century Geghard Monastery, which is cut into the side of the rock.

   • See the spear in the museum of Etchmiadzin, with the help of which the Roman soldier pierced the side of the Christ.

   • Continue your wonderful tour to the 1st-Century A.D. Garni, which is the only standing heathen temple in Armenia. 

   • Grab the opportunity to be present in the master class of baking traditional Armenian bread, which is called lavash.

   • Walk around a medieval Armenian monastic complex, Kecharis Monastery, which dates back to 11th-13th centuries, located 60 km from Yerevan in the ski resort town of Tsakhkadzor.

3. Day 3: Etchmiadzin

   • Drive through the pretty Ararat Valley to the 4th-century monastery Khor Virap, where you will enjoy the view of Mt. Ararat. Khor Virap means the 'deep dungeon' where the first Armenian Catholicos Gregory, the illuminator, was detained for 13 years for spreading Christianity in the 4th-century in Armenia. 

   • Go to the spiritual capital- Etchmiadzin with your Armenian tour guide.

   • Visit Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, which is the religious centre of Armenia. The church was built in the place, where the Son of God appeared in the dream of the first Catholicos of Armenia. 

   • Participate in the holy liturgy. 

   • Enjoy the 7th-century sanctuary Zvartnots, which means 'Angels meeting'. 

   • Transfer to Zvartnots International Airport.