5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS

WEDNSDAY - SUNDAY

DAY 1 

CITY TOUR YEREVAN

Transfer (airport-hotel) - Hiking overview - Erevan Brandy Factory - Dinner (national cuisine)

Transfer to hotel.

Short rest.

The program starts with hiking overview around Yerevan. Modern Yerevan will surprisе tourists with its diverse architecture. You will apreciate the sights of "pinc city" - Yerevan: (Republic Square, North Avenu, Opera and Ballet Theatre and open-air museum - Cascade.)

Trip to Erevan Brandy Factory. There you will hava an excursion and brandy degustation.

Dinner at the restaurant with traditional cuisine. 

DAY 2

GARNI - GEGHARD

Trip to a unique carved into the rock cave monastery Geghard (VII-VIII c.). Trip to Garni Temple.

Breakfast

The program starts with a trip to Gegardavanq monastery.

The name of monastery originates from the spear which had wounded Jesus at the Crucifixion. Now it is displayed in the Echmiadzin treasury.

Trip to Garni Temple (Third century B.C.) - Аrmenian kings summer residnce.  It is the only known Hellenistic building in Armenia and the only pagan building in the former Soviet Union.

Return to Yerevan

DAY 3

FREE DAY

 DAY 4

ECHMIADZIN - ZVARTNOC

Trip to "City of Churches" and Zvartnots (VII c.)

Breakfast.

The program starts with a trip to Vagharshapat. Visit on of the twelve anciant capitals of Armenian Kingdom -Echmiadzin (Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Surb Gayane).

Trip to Zvartnots Cathedral (celestial angels) which was destroyed by earthquake in X century. The ruins of tample still remain impressive.

Return to Yerevan

DAY 5 

Breakfast

Check out at 12:00

Transfer to airport.