TOURS

Dale of Biblical Ararat

Itinerary

Accommodation: in hotels/rest houses in Yerevan (4-star hotel), Gyumri, Sevan, Odzun.

Day 1-2

Arrival

Yerevan city

sightseeing tour

Arrival at Zvartnots airport. Time for leisure. Museum of History. Lunch at the restaurant. City tour. Erebuny fortress and museum (782 BC). Dinner, overnight in Yerevan.

Day 3

Etchmiadzin, Zvartnots

Etchmiadzin, Cathedral (303AD), St Gayane (630AD) Ethnographic museum in Sardarapat, lunch. St.Hripsime (618AD) church, Zvartnots (643AD). Dinner, in Yerevan.

Day 4

Gyumri

Aruch (7th cc.), Mastara (5th cc.), Harichavank (7-13th cc.), lunch-picnic. Gyumri. Marmashen (10-11th cc.). Dinner and overnight in Gyumri. 

Day 5

Odzun, Lake Sevan.

Kobayr (12 -13th cc.) Haghpat (10 -13th cc.) lunch-picnic, and Sanahin (10 -13th cc.) monastery complexes, Odzun temple (6th c.). Dinner and overnight in Odzun.

Day 6

Dilijan

Dilijan, Goshavank monastery complex (10-13thcc.), lunch, Haghartsin (10-13th cc), Lake Sevan, peninsula, Sevan Monastery (9-13thcc.). Dinner and overnight at Lake Sevan.

Day 7

Garni, Geghard, Yerevan

Noradouz medieval khachkars field (9 -17th cc.). Airivank monastery (9 -13th cc.), lunch. Kecharis monastery (11th c.). Dinner, overnight in Yerevan.

Day 8

Yerevan

Matenadaran - institute and museum of medieval manuscripts. Geghard (4-13th cc), lunch-picnic, Garni pagan temple (1st c.). Museum of S.Paradjanov. Parting dinner, overnight in Yerevan. 

Day 9

Departure.

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