Echmiadzin Cathedral and Zvartnots Temple Tour: A Half-day Exploration from Yerevan

Embark on a half-day tour from Yerevan to explore the historic Echmiadzin Cathedral, the first Christian cathedral in the world, and the impressive Zvartnots Temple. Discover UNESCO World Heritage Sites and delve into Armenia’s rich religious history.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Echmiadzin Monastery - Mother Cathedral of Armenia, the 1st Christian church in the World.
    UNESCO heritage site
    Due to reconstruction works, Mother Cathedral is only possible to see from outside
  • Saint Hripsime Church - tomb of St. Hripsime is located there. UNESCO heritage site
  • Saint Gayane Church - UNESCO heritage site
  • **Zvartnots…
What's Included
  • Air-conditioned vehicles & professional drivers
  • Flexible itinerary - extra stops upon request
  • Comprehensive insurance for vehicle & passengers
  • Complimentary bottled water
  • Convenient free pick-up & drop-off within Yerevan
  • Expert guide services available in English or Russian (optional)
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Zvartnots entrance fee at 1300 AMD/ ~ 3.50$ per person
Additional Information

On this 3-4-hour tour visit Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral (from outside), the main cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the very first Christian cathedral in the World. It is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Also see the church of St. Gayane and St. Hripsime churches that are among the three churches in Echmiadzin dedicated to the…

Location
Echmiadzin Monastery
Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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295stanislavf
Jul 16, 2025
From Tsaghadzor to Zvartnots with comfort and pleasure - Tour with guide Anait & driver Hovanes was amazing! Anait not only delivered speech on the way to the sights, but also was ready to answer any questions and gently correct our errors and confusions in ancient and modern Armenian history. Hovanes agreed to wait for us having lunch as long as we would need and arrived back to our starting point right on time. And many thanks to the organization of this trip: we decided to stay in Tsaghadzor to evade Yerevan heat, so all our private tours were re-organized and re-calculated based on our distant location.
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Ushus58
Jun 27, 2025
Enjoyable historical visit - A great trip! Enjoyed the Heritage sites that we were taken to. Our guide Samuel explained each and every detail of each of the places that we visited. He went out of his way to make sure that we saw every historical place in detail!! The driver Samuel was an affable man and drove well. Was helpful too
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Shinichiro
Jun 9, 2025
Believe it or not? - It was a great experience for us to touch on the ancient Christianity. Especially the museum at Etchmiadzin was special as you get to see the Lance of Longinus and a piece of the Noah’s Ark. The guide was professional and gave us easy to understand exploration on the history and the current Armenia.
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Petersilvia
Jun 4, 2025
Super tour with Saven - Today we made a trip with Saven. Very nice guy and also a very good and safe driver. Waited for us in the Hotellobby punctally at 10am. He took us to the places from the described tour. Can really recommend him pn this tour.
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222kareeng
May 26, 2025
Beautiful...I'm still on a cloud with memories full of my head - Hello...I wanted to thank Anavar Francophone guide for introducing us to her country...she was more than a guide ensuring that everything goes as well as possible with special attention to make our family stay take full of memories and a piece of Armenia to our ❤. Armand was our official driver during the 8 days ... impeccable driving and self control during a hailstorm and a lot of attention to his passengers and a van always impeccable cleanliness... In short if you make visits to Armenia ask to be with Anavar and Armand..and.you will have an incredibly successful stay.
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K8710rvsharonm
May 13, 2025
An interesting tour - Another high quality and excellent trip with Hyur Company. We did a wonderful private tour with Analise as guide and Heyk as our driver and had a very enjoyable day with them both. Analise was very interesting and lovely and had a lot of knowledge on the places we visited. Pick up and drop off was very convenient at our accommodation. I highly recommend this company with their safe drivers and knowledgeable guides.
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Bogl_rkam627
May 13, 2025
Fantastic tour to explore Armenia beyond Yerevan - This private tour was amazing! Beautiful sights, perfect length and our wonderful guide Samvel was extremely knowledgeable - not only did we learn a lot about Armenian history, he even gave us tipps on where to shop for the best things locally or which Armenian literature to explore. Our driver Avet made sure we got from one destination to the other safely. The pick-up and drop-off at our preferred destination was also super convenient. Both of them were extremely kind and professional and I highly recommend this tour and both of them to anybody interested to explore Armenia beyond Yerevan. Almost regretted not booking a longer tour with them. Շնորհակալություն!
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Viktorba6825ub
May 2, 2025
The journey to find the start of our believes. - The views and joyrney was pretty amazing. We learned a lot about Armenia, Yerevan and the history of it. Nazeli has been doing pretty good with her job. Her knowledge is as amazing as she is. We got so much information about the Christianity, themples and the architecture of thise places. It was pretty amazing and nice joyrney to have. I would recomend it to everyone. Thank you for the amazing experience!
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Inspire60328223137
Apr 25, 2025
Absulutely Stunning and Stellar - All tours were phenomenal: the content, the confort of the buses and vans, the organisation, the punctuality, and the guide. Edward has been impeccable in all 4 tours that i took part, and all the drivers, and the staff in the office. I strongly recommend HYUR services for all your tours in Armenia.
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Maria_s
Apr 27, 2025
The guide, Anna, was... - The guide, Anna, was lovely and very knowledgeable. She responded to all our questions and went above and beyond! However, I felt the tour was very focused on churches and religion, and I would have liked to know more about Armenian history, for example, or have had a culinary experience.
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From $65 (Per Vehicle)
up to 7 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).