Adventure the Beauty of Armenia in 10 days

Day 1/2

Arrival. Accomodation in the hotel. Breakfast.
City tour. Visit to the museum of Matenadaran. The Matenadaran is one of the oldest and richest book-depositories in the world. Lunch. Visit to the museum of History.
Dinner. Night in the hotel.

Day3

Yerevan – Echmiatsin – Zvartnots – Yerevan
Breakfast.
Departure for Echmiatsin .Holy Echmiatsin Cathedral was erected at that site in the 4th century (301-303), at the dawn of the Christian conversion of the country. Echmiatsein is the residence of the Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians and the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Return. In the way visit to the temple of Zvartnots. The architectural masterpiece of Zvartnots was built between the years 641 and 662. Lunch in Yerevan. Visit to the open market – Vernissage.
Dinner. Night in the hotel.

Day 4

Yerevan – Alaverdi – Sanahin – Hagpat – Dzoraguet
Breakfast.
Visit to the monastery of Sanahin & Hagpat. The Cathedrals of Haghpat and Sanahin , two of Armenia's Unesco World Heritage sites. Constructed and expanded over several hundred years starting in the 10th century, these resplendent ecclesiastical and academic centers are reminders of Armenia's years of past glory, intellectual activity, and cultural heritage.Lunch. Return to Dzoraguet. Dinner & night in the hotel of Dzoraguet.

Day 5

Dzoraguet – Dilijan – Hagarstine – Sevan – Noraduz – Selim – Jermuk
Breakfast.
Departure to the lake of Sevan. In route visit to the city of Dilijan & visit to the monastery of Hagartsin . This monastic group of buildings, near the town of Dilijan. It is one of those spots in Armenia. The combination of natural and architectural beauty is very impressive. Then to Sevan. Lunch. Lake Sevan is the largest alpine high mountain freshwater lake in the Caucasus region and in Armenia Highland. Visit to Noraduz - the art of khachkar (cross-stone) is the most original manifestation of Armenian medieval culture. Noraduz which is truly considered a forest of khachkars and open-air museum, displays hundreds of khachkars. This is a unique place, where one can reveal the development of khachkarial art in its historical process. Continue to the south of the country by Selim Pass (2410 m), a splendid relic of the days when an international trade route connected Vayots Dzor to the Sevan basin and points North. Visit to the caravanserai of Selim, best preserved in Armenia on the ancient silk road. Then to Jermuk Is one the biggest and high class health-resort in Armenia. This is one of the best mineral water treatment centre well known in the world.
Dinner & night in hotel in Jermuk.

Day 6

Jermuk – Karahunj – Tatev – Goris
Breakfast.
Visit to the Zorats Karer (Zorats stones) or Karahunj is older than England’s Stonehenge. The scientific expeditions proved Karahunj to be the oldest observatory in the world. It dates back to the second millennium B.C. Some of the precisingly arranged huge stones have holes bored into them, which were used for astrological observations. The petroglyphs found nearby Karahunj reveal that the early inhabitants in Armenia were well aware of astrology. Then visit to the monastery of Tatev. The monastery was built during the 9-13th centuries as an Armenian intellectual center where philosophers, musicians, painters, calligraphers and monks lived. This monastery’s teachers produced manuscripts for the whole Armenian world.
Lunch. Discover Armenian rural hostipality. Then go to Goris. The small town of Goris lies in the middle of Armenia in the region of Sunik. It is famous for its thousands of dwellings carved into the rock. Dinner & night in hotel in Goris.

Day 7

Goris – Noravank – Khor-Virap – Yerevan
Breakfast.
Return to Yerevan. In the route visit to the monastery of Noravank. Noravank the regional religious center is situated deep in the Noravank canyon, and from a distance appears to be perched high on the flat surface of a rock, nestled into a majestic mountain. The main church of St. Karapet was built in1221-1227. Lunch. Then to Khor-Virap. Khor Virap dates back to 4th –17th centuries and offers the best view of the Sacred Mountain Ararat where Noah Ark landed. Khor Virap is one of the most popular destinations in Armenia.
Arrival in Yerevan. Dinner. Night in the hotel.

Day 8

Yerevan
Breakfast.
Visit to the museum & the fortress of Erebuni. The Erebuni Fortress was an Urartuan stronghold, founded in the last quarter of the 8th century. B.C. by King Argishti I. Located within the Yerevan city limits, the striking archeological remains are an excellent reminder that the bustling capital of Armenia has been continuously inhabited by its denizens for three thousand years. Lunch. Visit to the museum & the monument in honor of the victims of the 1915 Genocide of Armenians.
Dinner. Night in the hotel.

Day 9

Yerevan – Garni – Gherard – Yerevan
Breakfast.
Visit to the temple of Garni. Garni Temple, the pre-eminent example of Hellenistic culture in Armenia today, acted as the summer resort of Armenian kings over two thousand years ago. The Garni Fortress was built in the 3rd century BC on a triangular plateau. Continue to the monastery of Geghard is revered throughout Armenia as one of the country's greatest spiritual and cultural centers. Geghard is an architectural wonder – a complex of churches hewn from within a mountain of solid rock. Return in Yerevan. Lunch. Visit to the museum & the monument in honor of the victims of the 1915 Genocide of Armenians. Visit to the factory of Armenian Brandy. Farewell party in Yerevan. Night in the hotel.

Day 10
Departure

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