Garni Tour: Visit the Pagan Temple, Geghard Monastery and Experience the Beauty of Azat Canyon
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341 Ratings
Yerevan
Embark on a captivating Garni tour and explore the ancient Pagan Temple, Geghard Monastery, and the breathtaking beauty of Azat Canyon. Discover Armenia's rich history and marvel at the natural wonders along the way.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Garni Temple - Within this tour we will visit Garni, Geghard and the valley of Azat river, where there are many historical and natural monuments.

At first we will visit one of the famous monasteries of the 13th century, Geghardavank, then Garni village,

where there are many famous and not so famous monuments.

We will have a short hiking tour during which we will visit the famous Garni pagan temple and Symphony of stones as well. There will be a stop nera the Arch of Charents from where a breathtaking view opens to Mount Ararat.

  • The Monastery of Geghard - Geghard Monastery is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. The name commonly used for the monastery today, Geghard, or more fully Geghardavank, meaning \
What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Guide service
  • Transportation
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fee for Garni is 750 AMD for residents of RA and 1.500 AMD for foreigners.
Additional Information

Garni temple, one of the most famous historical and architectural monuments among tourists, is located in Kotayk province. It is the only structure preserved in Armenia from the pagan period, dedicated to the god Mihr.

Before reaching the temple, we will have a stop on the way to Charents Arch, from where a wonderful view of Mount Ararat opens.

Then we will visit Geghard Monastery (Ayrivank), where according to the legend, from the XIII century the spear with which Christ was pierced was kept here.

As a part of the tour, we will visit the Azat River gorge, where we will see the \

Location
Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan
Sayat-Nova Avenue
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Memories1217
Jun 14, 2024
Exploring Armenia thu ONE WAY TOUR - We had a great time exploring garni temple, geghard, symphony of stones and arch of chalent. Our tour guide Alisa was well informed about armenia 🇦🇲. She is great. We highly recommend One Way Tour for your tour packages if you travel and explore the beauty of armenia.
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Lucian_i
Jun 13, 2024
Amazing! - It is not a long, but very interesting tour! I didn't feel when time flew by. It is so well designed and all the stops are planned very carefully that it makes the day just perfect. Thank you for everything.
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Vasilios_p
Jun 8, 2024
Great experience - A very well organized service that is totally VfM. The staff was friendly and very well informed and all went exactly as it should go.
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Tattooedtraveller_uk
May 27, 2024
Well organised and good guide. - We didnt have the best weather on this day which was a bit annoying, so we didn't get to see the view at its best. This was well organised and with a nice amount of commentary throughout. Recommended.
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Pammiechan
May 22, 2024
Garni - Driver was great steady despite terrible potholes dreadful road conditions Guide karmela was enthusiastic energetic and friendly
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Isobel_s
May 20, 2024
Breathtaking views! - Beautiful tour with breathtaking views. Our tour guide Ygor and driver were well organized, kept to the time and great at sharing Armenia’s rich history. Definitely recommend this tour!
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Andres_k
May 19, 2024
Great day trip - This is a great tour for a day trip outside of Yerevan. You are able to see incredible historic and natural sites as well as see how lavash is made. Armenia has a deep history and Grigori did a great job of providing context in both English and Russian speaking groups of the tour ensuring a quality experience for both.
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Kc_w
May 17, 2024
higher recommended - i really enjoyed the tour, our tourist guide Yegor was super professional n really good at leaving the group, super attentive and care about everyone. we also had a super good driver as well. i also find the duration of the tour has the prefect length
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Elena_i
May 29, 2024
Beautiful scenery and interesting places - Very nice tour carefully planned and not too tiring. We really enjoyed every part of it, but the most memorable was the last part with our visit to the temple and our lunch to this lovely place where we could see the process of making lavash
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Alan_h
May 27, 2024
Good itinerary. Need better guide - Although we visited important World Heritage sites the guide gave very little perspective and instead told us assorted anecdotes and facts.
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