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Week in Armenia. Arrivals every day!

Week in Armenia. Arrivals every day!

Week in Armenia. Arrivals every day! Test 72 hours before departure

Week in Armenia! All the essentials in one tour!
Arrivals every day.
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
IMPORTANT! The order of the tours may change depending on the day the tour starts!

Day 1.
Arrival in Yerevan and accommodation. Arrival at Yerevan International Airport "Zvartnots". Luggage collection and transfer to the hotel, accommodation on the basis of a voucher, overnight.
Day 2. free day.
Optionally you can order: Yerevan-Areni-Tatev (cable car) - Devil's bridge-Shaki waterfall - Yerevan - 55 euros per person.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Areni village - Vayots Dzor region. It is famous for various famous wines. Here you can visit some historical monuments, including the Church of the Holy Mother of God and, of course, taste the famous Areni wine. Next, we go to the Tatev Monastery - the first church in the Tatev complex was a modest chapel built in the 4th century. Before the monastery, we will make a stop at one of the wonders of Armenia, the “Devil's Bridge”. For thousands of years, water and wind have created this miracle of nature, grinding and cutting through the frozen lava. The width of this natural bridge, along which the road to the Tatev Monastery passes, is 60 m, the length is 30 m. back from the monastery. Further we follow to the southern part of Armenia. Just a few kilometers from Sisian is the Shaki waterfall. End of the tour, return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.
Day 3 Harichavank – Gyumri – Black Fortress – Urban Life Museum
Breakfast at the hotel.
After breakfast, we head to the west of the country, closer to the border with Turkey, to visit the ancient Armenian city of Gyumri, which has a dramatic and glorious history. In 1988, during an earthquake, the city was completely destroyed. Walking along the cobblestones of the once magnificent old city, which has undergone destruction, you will feel the atmosphere of drama: beautiful old houses with a spectacular decor of red and black tuff and, upon closer inspection, turn out to be disfigured cracks, and fragments of historical sights can still be seen lying right on earth. Further we keep the way to the Black Fortress. On the elevated western outskirts of Gyumri, which was the center of the city in the 19th century, a gloomy cylindrical building of black tuff rises on a hill. The ancient monastery of Harichavank is a very interesting work of architectural art. End of the tour, Return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.
Day 4 free day.
Optionally, you can order: Yerevan Garni-Geghard-oz. Sevan - Yerevan - 30 euros per person  
Breakfast at the hotel. Excursion to the pagan temple of Garni in 77, the only Hellenistic temple that has survived to this day in the entire region. Not far from it is the famous Geghard rock monastery of the 5th-14th century, which consists of a large elevated temple and three churches carved into solid rock in the vicinity of dozens of caves. Geghard Monastery is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Then we head to the pearl of Armenia - Lake. Sevan, osmotor of the Sevanavank monastery on the peninsula. End of the tour, Return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.
Day 5 Free day. 

Optionally you can order:  Yerevan-Khor-Virap-Noravank-ancient “Cave of Birds”- Areni winery (tasting) – 30 euro per person  
Breakfast at the hotel. Inspection of the monastery Khor Virap (deep pit 4-17 century). It is considered one of the holy places of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located 200 meters from the Turkish border, this is the closest point to Mount Ararat, in clear weather, the legendary Giant is visible, as if in the palm of your hand. Next, we drive to the Vayots Dzor region. Visit to the Areni winery with wine tasting. Visit to the Cave of Birds, which is a chain of rocky rooms connected by narrow passages. Visit to the Noravank monastery, the pearl of Armenian architecture (in translation, the new monastery of the 13th century). Being high above the gorge where the complex is located, you will feel like in heaven, they say in Noravank a piece of the cross, stained with the blood of Christ, is hidden. The beauty of Noravank will not leave anyone indifferent. In 2002, the churches were completely restored and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. End of the tour, return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 6. Yerevan-Etchmiadzin – Zvartnots city sightseeing tour – Yerevan 

Breakfast at the hotel.
A trip to the Mother See of the Armenian Church - Etchmiadzin. Inspection of the pearls of Armenian architecture of the church of St. Hripsime and St. Gayane (618). Visit to the main Cathedral outside the world's first Christian Cathedral (301). Excursion to the unique museum and treasury of the Armenian Church. On the way back, stop at the ruins of one of the most famous temples in Armenia - Zvartnots (7th century) in translation - the Temple of Vigilant Forces. Next, a sightseeing tour of Yerevan. End of the tour. Return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 7. Free day for an independent walk
Breakfast at the hotel. Free day for independent walk
Day 8
Breakfast at the hotel. Airport transfer. Departure home.

Tour price for 1 person:

Hotel:  The cost of the tour for 1 person in a double room: The cost of the tour for 1 person in a single room:
on the basis of accommodation NOT a central hotel 3 * 375 euro 635 euros
accommodation in the center of Yerevan 3*

445 euros

705 euro

The tour price includes:
Meeting and farewell
Hotel accommodation
All transfers and excursions during the tour
Service of a qualified guide
Entrance fees to historical and cultural attractions
Local taxes

The tour price does not include:
Flight Kyiv - Yerevan - Kyiv (from 4500 UAH per person in 2 directions)
Covid insurance (from $20 per person for the entire tour)


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Anastasia Yakovenko

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