Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival at Armenia

   • Meet your Armenian tour guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel.

   • Have a rest and freshen up for dinner.

   • Stay overnight in Yerevan.

2. Day 2: Victory Park – Cascade Complex – Republic Square – Genocide Memorial

   • Have breakfast at the hotel.

   • Start discovering the city of Sun, Yerevan from Victory Park.  

   • Enjoy the view of Biblical Mt Ararat and make your way down the Cascade Complex which houses Cafesjian open-air museum exhibiting amazing works of modern art. 

   • Feel the lively atmosphere of the city walking along the Opera House and Northern Avenue as you reach Republic Square, right in the heart of the pink city. 

   • Next, go to the Genocide Memorial located on the top of Tsitsernakaberd Hill.

3. Day 3: Yerevan – Charents Arch stop – Garni – Geghard Monastery

   • Get up and pull back the curtains on a beautiful architectural piece of Armenian masters. 

   • Head to Geghard Monastery, a UNESCO Heritage Site, boasting a rich history and awe-inspiring surroundings. 

   • Savour the refined spiritual energy of this site and drive into the idyllic countryside towards an incredible village called Garni.

   • Visit the only pagan temple existing in the region from the 1st century - Garni Temple. It is a unique construction not only in Armenia but globally.

   • Join the local cuisine masters to bake Armenian bread: Lavash. 

   • Return to Yerevan where dinner will be served at the hotel.

   • Stay overnight in Yerevan.

4. Day 4: Tsaghkadzor – Kecharis Monastery – Ropeway – Lake Sevan – Sevanavank Monastery – Yerevan

   • After breakfast, head to Tsaghkadzor Ski Resort and go up Mt Teghenis via the ropeway to get an unrestricted view of the landscape. 

   • Visit the Kecharis Monastery complex.

   • Go on a tour to Lake Sevan, the largest of the lakes in the Caucasus, located at an altitude of 1900 meters.

   • On Sevan peninsula, explore the Sevanavank Monastery, built in the 9th century. The monastery offers an amazing view of Lake Sevan. 

   • Return to Yerevan for overnight stay.

5. Day 5: Yerevan – Khor Virap Monastery – Ararat Mount View – Areni Wine Region – Areni Wine Factory – Noravank Monastery

   • After breakfast at the hotel, start your trip to the south of Armenia to Khor Virap Monastery located at the foot of Biblical Mount Ararat. If the weather is fine, admire the fantastic view from the top of the hill. 

   • Sometime later, enjoy a trip through a narrow canyon to the valley of red rocks where the 13th-century monastery Noravank is. 

   • En route, visit the wine factory to taste local wine made of the unique grapes of Areni.

   • Return to Yerevan and eat dinner at the hotel.

   • Stay overnight in Yerevan.

6. Day 6: Yerevan – Hovhannavank Monastery – Saghmosavank Monastery – Armenian Alphabet Park – Amberd Fortress – Oshakan

   • After breakfast, embark on a trip to the Hovhannavank or otherwise called Hovanavank, a monastic complex located near the Hovanavan village of the Aragatsotn region. Hovhannavank is dedicated to Hovhannes Mkrtich (John the Baptist).

   • Inspect the most ancient construction of the complex, a basilica, built in the 4th century by Gregory the Enlightener. 

   • On its northern side, the basilica is near the church of the first Christians (4th century). With its architectural style and solutions, this complex is within the most prominent constructions of the 13th century.

   • Drive to Saghmosavank, built in the 13th century by Duke Vache Vachutyan. Several parchments were written and painted in the library of the main church in the monastery.

   • Afterwards, head to the Armenian Alphabet Monument, located in the Artashavan village of the Aragatsotn region on the western slope of Mount Aragats. The complex was built in 2005, on the 1600th anniversary of creating the Armenian alphabet. The complex includes sculptures of 39 letters of the Armenian alphabet and monuments of the great Armenian thinkers.

   • After lunch, head deeper in the region to reach the Amberd Fortress (VII-X1V c.), built to the north of Byurakan village at an inaccessible site. Amberd was a mighty fortress in medieval Armenia. The position of Amberd and the cyclopean fortresses around it confirms that the Fortress existed as early as III-II BC. 

   • Attempt to go up to mount Aragats if the weather and snow are favourable. 

   • Then through villages, return to Yerevan.

   • Savour dinner at the hotel.

   • Stay overnight in Yerevan.

7. Day 7: Yerevan – Ejmiadzin Cathedral – Ruins of Zvartnots Temple Church

   • Have breakfast at the hotel.

   • Head to the sacred city of Armenia.

   • Visit the See of Holy Echmiadzin, the religious center for all Armenians worldwide. The main sight in this town is the Cathedral, the oldest Christian church in Armenia and one of the first in the whole Christian world. 

   • Examine Saint Hripsime and Saint Gayane churches. 

   • Head to one of the brightest landmarks of medieval Armenian architecture, the magnificent Zvartnots Temple (7th century). 

   • Return to Yerevan for an overnight stay.

8. Day 8: Yerevan – Vernissage Market – Gum Market – Transfer to the Airport

   • Check out after having breakfast at the hotel.

   • Proceed to Vernissage, the market of traditional Armenian arts and crafts.

   • Wander in the market as you shop and enjoy the unique ambience of Vernissage.

   • Next is the Gum food market, where you can enjoy the colorful display of Armenian fruits and dried fruits and other tasty things in a friendly and warm atmosphere.

   • Transfer to the airport.