Itinerary

1. Day 1: Yerevan

   • Meet at the Zvartnots International airport.

   • Transfer to the hotel or rented house in Yerevan.

   • Get an introduction of the tour walking in Yerevan with your travel guide.

2. Day 2: Garni

   • Hike in the Garni Canyon and witness the natural mighty cliffs here.

   • Visit the Geghard Monastery, the only cave-curved monastery of Armenia.

   • See the Vernissage open art and craft market of Yerevan. This is the only place where you can find all kinds of souvenirs and various hand-made works arts and crafts.

   Overnight stay in Yerevan.

3. Day 3: Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral

   • Tour Echmiadzin Treasury - Hripsime Church, a 7th-century church included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sights for its unique architecture).

   • Visit Gayane Church, the nearby mother Cathedral.

   • See Zvartnots Temple, half-ruins of the 7th-century huge temple and cathedral, included in the list of UNESCO.

   • Explore the Genocide Complex and Museum in Yerevan.

   Overnight stay in Yerevan.

4. Day 4: Khor Virap

   • Visit Khor Virap, a 13th-century monastery 

   • See the Areni winery. This is a very interesting and hospitable place, where you will taste various local wines, cheese, the national bread, and local dry fruits, get acquainted with the wine-production of Armenia and have a short tour of the winery. This is free of charge for all our company travellers.

   • Go to the Noravank monastery. Hiking in this area is breathtaking with amazing views of the canyon!

   • Next, see the Tatev monastery. You will get to the monastery by the longest rope-way (cable-way) in the world.

   • Walk the Devil Bridge (natural wonder, a cave bridge on hot water-pools).

   • See Jermuk city (hot mineral water resort of Armenia).

   Overnight stay in Jermuk city.

5. Day 5: Jermuk

   • Explore Jermuk's alleys, hike through a huge canyon to the Jermuk waterfall, one of the biggest waterfalls of Armenia.

   • See Selim caravanserai, the only caravanserai of Armenia.

   • Tour Lake Sevan, the biggest lake of Armenia.

   Overnight in Sevan.

6. Day 6: Sevan

   • See the Sevan Peninsula, a 9th-century church complex on a peninsula, situated at an altitude. Enjoy stunning views of the Lake Sevan.  

   • Proceed towards Dilijan city for the night.

7. Day 7: Lori fortress

   • Visit Lori fortress, the oldest fortress of Armenia from the 3rd millennium before Christ, which is well maintained even today.

   • See Dendropark, the only arboretum of Armenia which is 35 ha in total -17.5 ha consists of natural forest and 15 ha of ornamental trees.

   Overnight stay in Stepanavan city.

8. Day 8: Lori

   • See the Lori region: three architectural huge complexes from the 9th-11th century - Haghpat, Sanahin, Odzun, two of which are included in the heritage list of UNESCO.

   • Go to the greenest region of Armenia; full of forests, canyons, and mountains -Tbilisi.

   Overnight stay in Tbilisi.