***All-inclusive*** all Armenia in 7 Days with hikes and overnights

$6,240
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About This Tour

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During our 7 days we will hike Armenian mountains, enjoy the local food and get familiar with the Armenian historical and religious monuments, ancient culture and national cuisine. We will visit memorials, markets, temples, monasteries and many more to learn about the history. Driving to very south we want to take the longest reversible cable car in the world which will bring us to 9th century Tatev monastery(about 12 minutes ride).

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Inclusions

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Accommodation(3* and 4* hotels located on mountains; remote bed and breakfasts)
  • Off road Lada niva car to Khndoresk cave village
  • Daily water bottle
  • English speaking licensed guide
  • Modern, comfortable minivans with A/C
  • Food & drinks

Exclusions

  • Souvenirs

Tour Plan

Itinerary

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Day 1 / Airport pick up / Visit Erebuni fortress / Walking Tour in Yerevan

Zvartnots International Airport is located near Zvartnots, 15 km west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. It acts as the main international airport of Armenia and is Yerevan's main international transport hub.

Day 1 Erebuni fortress

Visit Erebuni fortress which is an Urartian fortified city

Day 1 Republic Square

We set off to explore, and we begin our walk from beautiful Republic Square through the city center and up the strikingly modern Cascades for views of Biblical Mount Ararat. During our walk we are getting acquainted with Armenian History; Architecture; Geopolitics; Economy; Geography; Traditions; Religion History; and many more.).

Day 1 Mirzoyan Library

A gem in the city. Filled with books, journals related to design and photography, and a bar and gallery, the space is peaceful and amazing.

Day 1 Vernissage Market

Vernissage is a large open-air market in Yerevan, Armenia. The name of the market is the derived from the French word vernissage. 

Next to the market we will visit Cultural Genocide park where is located the Statue of Garegin Nzhdeh(Armenian military commander); walk in Cultural Genocide park(Khachkars also know as Armenian cross-stones); Metro station Republic Square(discovering Armenian metro)

Day 1 Dolmama - Armenia's Restaurant

One of the best-known restaurants in Armenia. Dozens of presidents, prime ministers, and celebrities have visited the restaurant.

Day 1 Dalan Art Gallery

Walk on Abovyan street(the oldest street in Yerevan built 1856) we will stop to see and talk about old houses and buildings from 19th century which were used as profitable houses for rich Armenian merchants for example we will see the building of richest Armenian merchant Egor Khanzadyan built 1895.

We will visit Dalan art Gallery's hidden backyard which has a set up for jazz concerts and open air vine roofs.

We will try sea buckthorn juice which have been used over centuries as food, traditional medicine, and skin treatment in China, Russia, and northern Europe.

Day 1 Charles Aznavour Square

In this beautiful square we will see the oldest hotel in Yerevan "Grand hotel Yerevan" which was opened in 1926, during the Soviet period(the hotel facade is richly decorated with black Armenian tuff stone).

Day 1 Lunch - Anteb restaurant

Armenian Traditional food(manti soup; bulgar salad; ishli qufta)

Day 1 The Armenian National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet

Visit Swan Lake and Opera House. The ground-breaking of the Opera-Theatre took place on 28 November 1930 during the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Soviet Armenia. On January 20, 1933, the building was officially opened.

Day 1 Casscade stairs

The Cascade is a giant stairway made of limestone in Yerevan, Armenia. It links the downtown Kentron area of Yerevan with the Monument neighborhood. The construction of the cascade started in 1971 and was partially completed in 1980.

Day 2 / Hike from Garni village to Garni temple(distance - 4km; duration 2-3 hours)

The trail will take us to pass the “Symphony of Stones,” a natural monument made up of well-preserved hexagonal and pentagonal basalt columns. Near these stones we will notice an 11th-century medieval bridge. We continue our hike through the Azat River Gorge and admire the striking beauty of the geological formations on either side. We will end our hike at Garni temple.

Day 2 Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral

Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of Vagharshapat. According to most scholars it was the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia, and is often considered the oldest cathedral in the world.

Day 2 Garni Temple

The Temple of Garni is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union.

Day 2 Garnitoun restaurant

Lunch  -  Armenian traditional food 

From the territory of the complex of the restaurant we can see the fine view on the gorge of Azat river and historical monument surrounded by vineyards. 

Day 2 Geghard Monastery

Geghard is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.

Day 3 / Hike from Gnishik village to Noravank monastery(distance - 13km; duration 5-6 hours)

Trail leads down into a beautiful gorge, winding like a snake along the river, leading to an ancient monastery. We might see a bezoar ibex (goats), badgers, sky soaring vultures and eagles. 

Day 3 Khor Virap Monastery

The monastery is surrounded by green pasture lands and vineyards within the Ararat plain and is in view of Mount Ararat. The Arax (or Arakas) River flows close by, and the monastery is across from Aralık, Turkey.

Day 3 Gnishik village

Gnishik village is home to only a small handful families, whose total is barely over 15.

Day 3 Noravank Monastery

The monastery is best known for its two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) church. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery. 

Day 3 Kristina's place restaurant(Noravank Monastery)

Lunch - Armenian traditional food

Day 4 / Full Day Private Guided Driving Tour in Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces
Day 4 Old Khndzoresk

Khndzoresk Bridge is one of the most interesting attractions Syunik province. The 160-meter long bridge weighting 14 tons connects the two banks of the village, the so-called Old and New Khndzoresk. Old Khndzoresk is famous as a cave settlement, where the village is located on both slopes of the mountain and inhabitant have used natural and artificial caves on those slopes as dwellings. An interesting fact is that the area used to be inhabited till the middle of the 20th century, and the New Khndzoresk was built in the 1950s.

Day 4 Wings of Tatev

Wings of Tatev is a 5.7 km cable way between Halidzor and the Tatev monastery in Armenia. It is the longest reversible aerial tramway built in only one section, and holds the record for Longest non-stop double track cable car. 

Day 4 Tatev Monastery

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the monastery hosted one of the most important Armenian medieval universities, the University of Tatev, which contributed to the advancement of science, religion and philosophy, reproduction of books and development of miniature painting

Day 4 Yeghegis

Lunch - Armenian traditional food on the bank of the river

Day 4 Zorats church

We walk in Yeghegis village for about 2 hours in total towards the church of St. Stepanos or Zorats (of the Army), is considered a fine relic of medieval Armenia. Its name comes allegedly from the custom of consecrating arms and horses there before battle.

Day 4 Yeghegis Jewish Cemeter

Walk to Jewish cemetery which before belonged to the Jewish community which lived in Yeghegis in the 13th-14th centuries. No other historical evidence for the existence of this community is known, nor of contemporaneous Jewish communities in Armenia. About 40 tombstones survived in the cemetery and about another 30 were found nearby. 10 tombstones bear inscriptions in Hebrew or Aramaic.

Day 5 / Full Day Private Guided Driving Tour in Gegharkunik and Tavush provinces
Day 5 Orbelian Caravanserai

Orbelian's Caravanserai also known as Selim Caravanserai is a caravanserai in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. It was built along the Vardenyats 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.

Day 5 Noratus cemetary

The cemetery has the largest cluster of khachkars in Armenia. It is currently the largest surviving cemetery with khachkars following the destruction of the khachkars in Old Julfa, Nakhichevan by the government of Azerbaijan

Day 5 Monastery Sevanavank

Initially the monastery was built at the southern shore of a small island. After the artificial draining of Lake Sevan, which started in the era of Joseph Stalin, the water level fell about 20 metres, and the island transformed into a peninsula. At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, a guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union was built.

Day 5 Lunch - Sevanavank monastery

Traditional Armenian food(barbequed fish from the lake for the main dish)

Day 5 Dilijan

Overnight in DIlijan forested city http://casanova-inn.hotelsofarmenia.com/en/

Day 6 / Hike Goshavank Monastery to Parz lake(distance - 8km; duration 3-4 hours)

This track goes from Monastery of Goshavank to Parz Lich, a very nice walk through the forest of Dilijan National Park. Path starts in Goshavank and goes up to some unexpected mountain’s fields. The way from here to Parz Lich is always under beeches trees (fagus). Itinerary ends at Parz Lich.

Day 6 Goshavank Monastery,

The impressive monastery which has remained in relatively good condition also houses one of the world's finest examples of a khachkar

Day 6 Lake Parz

A small lake located in the Dilijan National Park east of Dilijan in Armenia

Day 6 Flying Ostrich restaurant by Dolmama

Lunch - Armenian traditional food

The restaurant is a new tavern in the heart of Dilijan. Created by the people behind Dolmama in Yerevan.  Traditional Armenian food with a twist!

Day 6 Debed canyon

This canyon manages to pack in more history and culture than anywhere else in the country. Nearly every village along the Debed River has a church, a chapel, an old fort and a sprinkling of khachkars somewhere nearby. 

Day 7 / Hike from Sanahin to Haghpat(distance - 10km; duration 4-5 hours)

The trail is attractive not only by its remarkable nature, it's also thrilling for the fascinating cultural heritage - Sanahin (10 century) and Haghpat (10-13 century) monasteries.

Day 7 Monastery of Sanahin

Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of Armenia, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Day 7 Haghpat Monastery

Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank is a medieval monastery complex in Haghpat.

Day 7 Haghpat village

Lunch - Armenian traditional food(main dish pork barbeque)

Day 7 Drive back to Yerevan

We have a transfer to the airport

Meeting / Pickup

Pick-up only: Customers must be picked up from selected pick-up locations.

Know Before You Go

  • Public transportation nearby
  • Infants must sit on your lap

Please Note

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for people with heart conditions

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