Sightseeing tour in Armenia from Yerevan
Highlights
- Experience wonderful excursion days with a gastronomic delight.
- Sightseeing tour in Yerevan with stops at the Monument to David Sasuntsi in the Victory Park
- Tour to the rocky Geghard Monastery, which was built in the XIII century.
- Visit to the pagan temple of Garni - the only monument completely restored on the territory of Armenia, dating back to the era of paganism and Hellenism.
- Visit to the ruins of Zvartnots - the greatest temple of early medieval Armenian architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Overview
Our five-day sightseeing tour in Armenia with departures from Yerevan will give you five wonderful excursion days with a gastronomic delight. Yes, Armenia is multifaceted, even we, tourism professionals, have been traveling around our country for ten years and still discover something completely new for us every time. Each region has its own color and taste, each mountain has its own character, a new artifact is hiding in each gorge, which is waiting to be discovered, and all this changes from season to season.
But often we do not have much time to visit a new country, and in addition to this we would like to spend part of the vacation on vacation at sea, and part on new discoveries and new experiences. So, the sightseeing tour was invented just for this - five suns, five intense and interesting days. According to the program, every morning we leave Yerevan along one of the most popular tourist routes in the country for new discoveries and return to the capital for dinner.
So evenings in Yerevan are also free for your own entertainment program - these are authentic restaurants, walks in parks and squares, this is an opportunity to visit concert halls and music clubs, and of course, shopping and shopping centers. To tsati, the program is mega-universal, it suits any group of tourists and is convenient at any time of the year.
- Day 1 - Airport - Yerevan City Tour
09: 00-14: 00 Meeting at Zvartnots airport and transfer to a 3 * hotel in Yerevan. Time for registration and some rest. 15:30 Sightseeing tour in Yerevan with stops at the Monument to David Sasuntsi, in the Victory Park - at the monument to Mother Armenia, from where a beautiful view of the entire city opens. Cascade architectural complex, Cafesjian Museum of Contemporary Art, Opera House. 19:00 Welcome dinner with a folklore program (folk song and dance ensemble - Yerevan) in one of the most favorite restaurants in the capital - "Yerevan Tavern". 21:30 Evening walk in the center of Yerevan: walking tour along Northern Avenue to Republic Square. Participation in the Singing Fountain Show (from May to October). 23:00 Return to the hotel.
- Day 2 - Yerevan - Garni - Geghard - Sevan - Yerevan
Breakfast in the hotel. 09:30 Currency exchange at will. Departure for a tour along one of the most beautiful routes in Armenia. 10:30 Photo-stop on the background of Ararat near the Charents Arch. 11:00 Tour to the rocky Geghard Monastery, which was built in the XIII century. The monastery is unique in that part of it is carved into the rocks. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here, we will enjoy the spiritual chant of the Luys female choir. Also on the territory of the monastery there are many khachkars (cross-stone), which date back to the early medieval period. 12:45 Tour to the pagan temple of Garni - the only monument completely restored on the territory of Armenia, dating back to the era of paganism and Hellenism. The temple was dedicated to the sun god Migr (Miter) .. 14:00 Lunch in the village of Garni in a rural house, participation in the baking of Armenian lavash bread. 17:00 Tour to Lake Sevan - the largest of the lakes of the Caucasus, a real mountain pearl of Armenia, on the north-western coast of which we will visit the Sevanavank monastery. 19:00 Return to Yerevan. Free evening.
- Day 3 - Yerevan - Echmiadzin - Zvartnots - Sardarapat - Yerevan
Breakfast in the hotel. 10:00 Departure for the tour. 10:30 Visit to the ruins of Zvartnots - the greatest temple of early medieval Armenian architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 11:30 Tour to Holy Etchmiadzin: The spiritual center of Armenia and the residence of the Catholicos of All Armenians - the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The city is located just 20 km from Yerevan. 12:00 Here we will visit the Cathedral built in the 4th century, the treasury museum of Echmiadzin, where many holy relics are kept, including the Spear of Longinus. 14:00 Lunch at the Agape national cuisine restaurant, which is located on the territory of Holy Etchmiadzin in a 17th century building and is one of the ancient restaurants in this region. 16:00 Visit to the ethnographic museum and the Sardarapat monument. 18:00 Return to Yerevan. Free evening in Yerevan.
- Day 4 - Yerevan - Khor Virap - Areni - Bird Cave - Noravank - Jermuk - Yerevan
Breakfast in the hotel. 08:00 Check-out from the hotel and departure for a tour to the south of Armenia. 09:00 First stop - Khor Virap monastery, from where one of the most wonderful views of the biblical Mount Ararat opens. 11:00 Tour of the mysterious Birds Cave, where archaeologists recently found the world's oldest leather shoe and a winery dating back nearly 6000 years. Areni is one of the actively developing wine-growing regions of Armenia, where red wine is produced from the local indigenous variety of the same name. We will taste this good in one of the small wineries. 12:00 Visit to the monastery complex of Noravank (XIII), hidden among the mysterious red rocks - one of the most beautiful landscapes in Armenia. 13:00 Lunch at the house of local winemaker David, who will treat us to barbecue cooked in a tandoor. 15:30 Tour to the resort town of Jermuk, which is known as a health and wellness center. Here we will visit the Drinking Gallery with different sources of mineral water and Jermuk waterfall. 20:00 Stop at Vayk Food Court for some rest and self-catering dinner. 22:00 Return to Yerevan. Free evening.
- Day 5 - Yerevan - Shopping - Airport
Breakfast in the hotel. 10:00 Check-out from the hotel. Since this is the last day in Yerevan, we will have time to shop for souvenirs and local products that are in great demand among guests - wine, brandy, dried fruits, herbs, sweets, ceramics, etc. To do this, we will visit Vernissage - a souvenir market and Tashir - a local sweets and dried fruits market. Departure from Yerevan.
- Individual transfers airport-hotel-airport;
- Accommodation in 3 * hotels, all with breakfast;
- Transport service for the tour in a comfortable transport;
- Entry tickets;
- Taxes;
- International Flight Tickets
- Personal expenses
- Drinks
- Tips