Itinerary

1. Yerevan City walking tour

   • Start your city tour from your hotel.

   • Visit the Republic Square (central town square in Yerevan), Statue of Garegin Nzhdeh (Armenian national hero), Cultural Genocide park (Khachkars also know as Armenian cross-stones), Metro station Republic Square (discovering Armenian metro), Andrei Sakharov square (Russian nuclear physicist also activist for peace and human rights), Egor Khanzadyan's house (built 1895), Abovyan street (oldest street of Yerevan), and Cascade stairs (for views of central Yerevan and Mount Ararat) with your Yerevan tour guide.

   • After lunch, visit the Matenadaran Museum (a museum for ancient Armenian manuscripts) and then return back to the hotel. 

2. Echmiadzin / Geghard / Garni

   • Visit the Echmiadzin Cathedral (mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church) followed by a photo stop at Charents Arch and the Geghard Monastery (entirely dug out of the cliff rocks).

   • After lunch, go to see the Garni Temple.

   • Return to Yerevan.

3. Khor virap / noravank

   • First, visit the Khor Virap Monastery (located near the closed border with Turkey) and go to see the Areni Wine village. 

   • After lunch, visit the Noravank Monastery (surrounded by red cliffs) with your Armenian tour guide. 

   • Return to Yerevan. 

4. Lake sevan / dilijan city / goshavank monastery

   • Visit the Sevan Lake and Dilijan forested city (old town).

   • After lunch, visit the Goshavank Monastery (once famous for its library founded in the 13th century).

   • Return back to your hotel.