Airport Pickup and Tour to Garni Temple, Symphony of Stones, Geghard Monastery

Garni Temple - The Garni Temple is a classical colonnaded structure located in the village of Garni, central Armenia, approximately 30 km (19 mi) east of Yerevan. Constructed in the Ionic order, it is the most renowned structure and emblem of pre-Christian Armenia. It has been described as the “easternmost building of the Greco-Roman world” and is the only largely preserved Hellenistic building in the former Soviet Union.

Symphony of Stones - The Garni Gorge is located 23.3 kilometers (14.5 mi) east of Yerevan, Armenia, just below the village of the same name. The Garni Gorge is legally protected and recognized as a natural monument. On a promontory above the gorge, the first-century AD Temple of Garni can be seen.

The Monastery of Geghard - Geghard is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, partially carved out of the adjacent mountain and surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.

Tour to Khor Virap Monastery, Noravank Monastery, Areni Wine Factory, Bird’s Cave, Jermuk Waterfall

Khor Virap - Khor Virap is an Armenian monastery situated in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometers south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata. The monastery hosted a theological seminary and served as the residence of the Armenian Catholicos.

Hin Areni Winery - Visit the wine factory for an excursion, wine tasting, and wine shopping.

T’rchuneri (Bird) Cave - The Areni-1 cave complex is a multicomponent site, a late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern Armenia along the Arpa River.

Noravank Monastery - Noravank is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge created by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor in Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery. The monastery is best known for its two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) Church, which provides access to the second floor via a narrow stone staircase jutting out from the building’s face.

Jermuk Waterfall - Jermuk is renowned for its hot springs and mineral water brands bottled in the town. It is appealing for its fresh air, waterfall, artificial lakes, walking trails, surrounding forests, and mineral water pools. The town is being redeveloped to become a modern center of tourism and health services. It is also being established as a major chess center, with numerous international chess tournaments scheduled in the town. As of the 2022 census, Jermuk had a population of 3,936, down from the 4,628 reported in the 2011 census.

Tour to Khndzoresk Cave Settlement, Tatev Ropeway, Karahunj, Shaki Waterfall

Khndzoresk Swinging Bridge - Khndzoresk is a village in the Goris Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia. The village is located to the east of the Goris-Stepanakert highway, on the steep slopes of Khor Dzor (Deep Gorge), which the village is named after, according to tradition.

Wings of Tatev | Tatever - The Tatev Monastery is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic Christian monastery located on a large basalt plateau near the village of Tatev in the Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia. The term “Tatev” usually refers to the monastery. The monastic ensemble stands on the edge of a deep gorge of the Vorotan River. Tatev is known as the bishopric seat of Syunik and played a significant role in the history of the region as a center of economic, political, spiritual, and cultural activity.

Karahundj (Armenia’s Stonehenge) - Carahunge, also known as Zorats Karer (Զորաց Քարեր), Dik-Dik Karer (Դիք-Դիք Քարեր), Tsits Karer (Ցից Քարեր), and Karenish (Քարենիշ), is a prehistoric archaeological site near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. It is also often referred to among international tourists as the “Armenian Stonehenge”.

Shaki Waterfall - Shaki Waterfall is a waterfall in Armenia, with a height of 18 m. It is located in Syunik Province. The Shaki Waterfall is situated 6 km from the town of Sisian. On the left side of the river Vorotan’s gorge, basalt lava flows have solidified to form a ledge 18 meters high from which the waterfall cascades down. It is registered in the list of state natural monuments of the Ministry of Environment of Armenia.

Tour to Saghmosavank Monastery and Kasagh River Canyon, Armenian Alphabet Monument, Byurakan Observatory

Saghmosavank Monastery - The Saghmosavank is a 13th-century Armenian monastic complex located in the village of Saghmosavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Like the Hovhannavank monastery, which is five kilometers south, Saghmosavank is situated atop the precipitous gorge carved by the Kasagh river. Their silhouettes dominate the adjacent villages and rise sharply against the backdrop of the mountains crowned by Mount Aragats.

Kasagh River - Kasagh is a river in the west-central region of modern Armenia, flowing north to south. It originates near Mount Aragats in Aragatsotn province, flows south into Armavir province, and into the Metsamor, which itself is a tributary of the Aras.

Armenian Alphabet Monument - Nestled on the eastern slope of Mount Aragats in Artashavan, the Armenian Alphabet Monument stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of the Armenian language and its profound cultural importance. Created in 2005 by architect J. Torosyan, the monument commemorates the 1600th anniversary of the Armenian alphabet, which was devised by Mesrop Mashtots in 405 AD to make the Bible accessible and to help solidify Armenian national identity.

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory - The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia.

Victory Park and Statue of Mother Armenia - Mother Armenia is a female personification of Armenia. Her most public visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.

Tsaghkadzor Ski Resort, Sevanavank and Sevan Lake, Dilijan, Haghartsin, Hidden Waterfall

Tsaghkadzor - Tsaghkadzor Ski Resort is a sports and tourist facility located just above the Armenian town of Tsaghkadzor in Kotayk Province, approximately 60 km northeast of the capital Yerevan and the Zvartnots International Airport. It was opened in 1986 adjacent to the Tsaghkadzor Olympic Sports Complex.

Monastery Sevanavank - Sevanavank is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, not far from the town of Sevan. Initially, the monastery was built at the southern shore of a small island. After the artificial draining of Lake Sevan, which started in the era of Joseph Stalin, the water level fell about 20 meters, and the island transformed into a peninsula. At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, a guesthouse of the Writers Union of Armenia was built. The eastern shore is occupied by the Armenian president’s summer residence, while the monastery’s still active seminary moved to newly constructed buildings at the northern shore of the peninsula.

Dilijan - Dilijan is a spa town and urban municipal community in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is one of the most important resorts in Armenia, situated within the Dilijan National Park. The forested town is home to numerous Armenian artists, composers, and filmmakers and features some traditional Armenian architecture.

Haghartsin Monastery - Haghartsin is a medieval monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It was built between the 10th and 13th centuries. It is composed of three churches: St. Gregory’s (the oldest one), St. Stephen’s, and St. Astvatsatsin (St. Mary’s, the largest one), as well as a gavit and a refectory.

Haghpat, Sanahin, Debed River Gorge

Haghpat Monastery - Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia, built between the 10th and 13th century. The location of Haghpat Monastery was chosen so that it overlooks the Debed River in northern Armenia’s Lori region. It was built partway up a hillside on a site chosen to afford protection and concealment, but also because of the monks’ monastic humility. It is built on a leafy promontory in the middle of a cloudy cirque. The monastery is not isolated and is surrounded by many hamlets.

Monastery of Sanahin - Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in Sanahin in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as ‘this one is older than that one’, presumably representing a claim to being an older monastery than the neighboring Haghpat Monastery, located about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) to the east, with which it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The two villages and their monasteries are similar in many ways, and lie in plain view of each other on a dissected plateau formation, separated by a deep crack formed by a small river flowing into the Debed river.

Ejmiatsin, Zvartnots, Transfer to Airport for Departure

Echmiadzin Monastery - Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin (Ejmiatsin) and Vagharshapat, Armenia. It is usually considered the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia, and often regarded as the oldest cathedral in the world.

Zvartnots Temple - Zvartnots Cathedral is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins, Zvartnots was noted for its circular exterior structure, unique in medieval Armenian architecture, and a set of interior piers that upheld a multifloor structure crowned with a dome.

Zvartnots International Airport - Transfer to airport for departure.

• Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle
• Professional driver
• Wine tasting
• All taxes, fees and handling charges
• Fuel surcharge and parking fee

• Entry tickets to attractions
• Accommodation
• Professional guide (upon request)

• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Possible languages: English, Russian. In case the tour is organized in other language, changes of the prices are possible.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.