WONDERS OF ARMENIA - 9 Days

Arrive in Yerevan. Meet at the airport, transfer to the accommodation. Night walk in Yerevan.Dinner at the restaurant

City tour in Yerevan includes following sightseeing places: Cascade complex, Republic Square, Opera House, Matenadaran. Next step is Ejmiatsin town, here we visit Mother Cathedral, which is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to scholars it was the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia, and is considered the oldest cathedral in the world. After Ejmiatsin we will visit Zvartnots temple.

The Khor Virap is one of the amazing monasteries of Armenia, founded in 4th century, it is located in Ararat plain, near border with Turkey. Visit Areni cave complex. In 2010, it was announced that the earliest known shoe was found in the cave.Next step is Noravanq, founded in XIII-XIV century, it is surrounded by mysterious reddish cliffs. After it we visit Jermuk town for overngiht.

Tatev is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located on a large basalt plateau.The monastic ensemble stands on the edge of a deep gorge of the Vorotan River. We will richTatev monastery by “Wings of tatev”ropeway. It was included in the Guinness World Records as world’s “longest non-stop double track cable car.” Here also we visit Devil`s bridge. After our trip we go Goris for overnight.

Next step is Khndzoresk. Visitors are welcome to explore the cave system, but a trip across the gorge is not for the faint of heart. However, making the trip a bit easier if no less harrowing, is a 160-meter long suspension bridge that was built using nothing more than local funds and labor in 2012 and which shakes with every footstep. The new bridge connects Old Khndzoresk and New Khndzoresk, the modern village, bridging Armenia’s history with the present day both figuratively and literally. After our trip we go to Stepanakert.

On the 6th day we visit Nikol Duman’s museum, who was an agent of the Armenian national liberation movement and a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Next step is Gandzasar, it is a 10th to 13th century Armenian monastery. After it we visit Tigranakert, it is a ruined Armenian city dating back to the Hellenistic period. It is one of several former cities in the Armenian plateau with the same name, named in honor of the Armenian king Tigranes the Great (r. 95–55 B.C.).

On the seventh day we visit Shushi, which will admire you with its beauty, then we will continue our trip to Hunot George. After it back to Stepanakert.

After Stepanakert we continue our trip to Selim caravansary,it was built along the Vardenyats Mountain Pass (previously known as the Selim Mountain Pass) in 1332, by prince Chesar Orbelian to accommodate weary travelers and their animals as they crossed from, or into, the mountainous Vayots Dzor region. Next steps are Noratus and Sevan lake.

Vernissage. Transfer to the airport

The Yerevan Vernissage is an open-air exhibition-market functioning on the weekends. It was formed during the 1980s by Armenian artists who started to display their art works in the square next to the Artists Union of Armenia.