Tours
Nalbandyan 5, Yerevan, Armenia
Resort (Health-improvement) tour
The common goal of all health tours is to take care of your body and soul at the same time. Armenia has long been known for its resorts, health centers, vibrant, oxygen-rich air, healthy mineral springs, warm climate, and positive energy. In the territory of Armenia can be find wet forests, alpine meadows, high mountain peaks, lakes, rivers, waterfalls all, at the same time, in a word - a multizone beautiful nature. As part of the tour you will visit resorts in Jermuk, Arzni, Aghveran, Hankavan, Stepanavan, Vanadzor, as well as in Dilijan, which is considered to be Armenian Switzerland.
During the tour you will visit churches, castles, monasteries, chapels, museums, other places of interest, as well, you will see numerous natural and handmade monuments. Due to the unique climate, bright sun, clean living/vital water, fertile soil, clean ecosystem, all grain crops, berries, greens, vegetables and fruits grown in Armenia have a unique taste.
Cattle and Small ruminants get their food from pastures, the product received from them is ecologically clean. You will have the opportunity to taste it during the tour.
After the resort/ health-improvement tour in Armenia, you will restore your mental and physical health, you will get a new charge and you will return to your country full of new, positive energy. At the same time you will take with you warm, wonderful and unforgettable memories of your days spent in wonderful Armenia…
Climate, good health, physical rest, new feelings will contribute to the goals of the resort / health-improvement tour.
The common goal of all health tours is to take care of your body and soul at the same time. Armenia has long been known for its resorts, health centers, vibrant, oxygen-rich air, healthy mineral springs, warm climate, and positive energy. In the territory of Armenia can be find wet forests, alpine meadows, high mountain peaks, lakes, rivers, waterfalls all, at the same time, in a word - a multizone beautiful nature. As part of the tour you will visit resorts in Jermuk, Arzni, Aghveran, Hankavan, Stepanavan, Vanadzor, as well as in Dilijan, which is considered to be Armenian Switzerland.
During the tour you will visit churches, castles, monasteries, chapels, museums, other places of interest, as well, you will see numerous natural and handmade monuments. Due to the unique climate, bright sun, clean living/vital water, fertile soil, clean ecosystem, all grain crops, berries, greens, vegetables and fruits grown in Armenia have a unique taste.
Cattle and Small ruminants get their food from pastures, the product received from them is ecologically clean. You will have the opportunity to taste it during the tour.
After the resort/ health-improvement tour in Armenia, you will restore your mental and physical health, you will get a new charge and you will return to your country full of new, positive energy. At the same time you will take with you warm, wonderful and unforgettable memories of your days spent in wonderful Armenia…
Climate, good health, physical rest, new feelings will contribute to the goals of the resort / health-improvement tour.
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Description
Mineral waters and mountain air
1) Skilled and knowledgeable tour guide;
2) Overnight stay in a three-star hotel (or guest houses, Armenian-style taverns, as indicated in the description of each tour);
3) Three meals a day (meal times are marked in red in the tour description);
4)During the event there will be: tea, coffee, mineral carbonated and non-carbonated water, pastries, Armenian chocolate, natural and carbonated juices, fruits and other interesting snacks;
5)Discounts: 50% for one child aged 12-15 years;
6) In the descriptive part of the tour, cities are marked in blue, villages in black;
7) Vegetarians are provided with vegetarian food if they inform about it in advance while buying the tour package.
8)The seasonal schedule for all tours is the same: "spring, summer, autumn" from April 1 to November 17.
1) Skilled and knowledgeable tour guide;
2) Overnight stay in a three-star hotel (or guest houses, Armenian-style taverns, as indicated in the description of each tour);
3) Three meals a day (meal times are marked in red in the tour description);
4)During the event there will be: tea, coffee, mineral carbonated and non-carbonated water, pastries, Armenian chocolate, natural and carbonated juices, fruits and other interesting snacks;
5)Discounts: 50% for one child aged 12-15 years;
6) In the descriptive part of the tour, cities are marked in blue, villages in black;
7) Vegetarians are provided with vegetarian food if they inform about it in advance while buying the tour package.
8)The seasonal schedule for all tours is the same: "spring, summer, autumn" from April 1 to November 17.
Number of participants
No limitation
Duration
10 days 9 nights
Age of participants
7+
Price
One person 365000 Armenian drams, but in the high season from 01.06 2022 to 30.08.2022. the price rises to 400,000
Route plan by sightseeing attractions, settlements, and days
Option No. 1
We meet you at Zvartnots Airport, transfer to Yerevan and accommodation in a hotel (then walk or drive to the small center of Yerevan: Tigran Mets, North, Abovyan, Mashtots, Baghramyan, Azatutyan Avenues, (Cascade (Caffejian Museum of Art)), Teryan, Saryan, Tumanyan, Amiryan streets, France, Charles Aznavour, Republic, Freedom, Sakharov squares. Dinner after getting acquainted with Yerevan - 9:30 pm, overnight - Yerevan
Breakfast at 06:00, St. Astvatsatsin Catholic Church 7- 13 centuries, St.John the Baptist Church of 1706 in Kond, St. Sargis Vicar Church in 1600, rebuilt in 1835, (was the official residence of the Patriarch ), Matenadaran, monument to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet regime in Armenia (to the Red Army fighters) -1940, bridge-water pipe / water ducts ( or aqueduct) -1950, Red Bridge 1679, Ararat Cognac Factory (brandy tasting), visit to Cilicia brewery tasting beer assortment, monument to Admiral Isakov.
At 14:00 lunch in the restaurant,
Tsitsernakaberd (Genocide Museum, monument of eternal fire, tribute to the 1,500,000 Armenian martyrs who were killed for their faith, never giving up Christianity), after we will visit the bust of the avenger of the Armenian nation Soghomon Tehliryan, who survived from the genocide in 1915, which had a great impact on his life.
In 1921, Tehliryan took part in the Nemesis operation of Dashnaktsutyun party, receiving the task of killing the main organizer of the Armenian Nation Genicide - Talaat Pasha. On the morning of March 15, 1921, near the house No. 4 on Hardenberg Street in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg, he discovered and shot in front of many witnesses (with a Parabellum Luger P08 pistol) the former Turkish Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, who was hiding in Germany under the name Sey. After the murder, Tehliryan was arrested by the German authorities. Tehliryan's trial and his acquittal has become a sensation. The subject of the court discussion was not only Tehliryan's attack, but also Talaat's previous actions as the organizer of the brutal massacres of civilians. Numerous witnesses were heard at the trial, who told the details of the genocide. They shocked the public. This trial had a profound effect on Polish lawyer Rafael Lemkin, who later coined/created the term "genocide." On June 2, 1921, German court found him not guilty and released him. Tehliryan was defended by three lawyers/avdocated , one of whom was Dr. Theodor Niemeyer, a law professor at Kiel University; the second was Adolf von Gordon (Legal Adviser);
Then we will visit the Zoravor Astvatsatsin church complex in the 17th century, where are the relics of the Apostle ANANIA one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, St. Sunday Church 19th century in Noragavit, St. George, Tsiranavor 4-th century, St. Astvatsamayr, St. Grigor Narekatsi Armenian Catholic Church, St. Maram Astvatsatsin Church of 13th century in Nork-Marash, restored in 1995, St. Sargis Church in Nor-Nork - 1998, Sasuntsi Davit Station - building and Museum: Lusarat - in the Khor Virap monastery complex, there is an underground cell where Grigor Lusavorich, a preacher of Christianity in Armenia, was imprisoned by the order of the Armenian king Trdat III the Great. Khor Virap means deep prison, located at 20 km from the biblical Mount Ararat with a height of 5165 m above the sea level. On that mountain, according to the Bible, after the great flood, Noah's Ark stood. After imprisoning Gregory the Illuminator in an underground prison, King Trdat fell ill with incurable diseases, his face turned into a pig's snout. Gregory the Illuminator was kept in that pit for about 13 years, he was released by the king's order, he healed the king, after that in 301 the whole Armenian nation, led by King Trdat, converted to Christianity and was baptized. Then a monastic complex is built on that prison, which served as the residence of the Catholicos. Khor Virap was built in 642 by Catholicos Nerses III the Builder, in the place of old capital Artashat, which was int 180 BC. It has been reconstructed and enlarged many times over the centuries. The underground pit is located at a depth of 6 meters from the ground, on which St. Gregory's Chapel is built, not far from is St. Astvatsatsin Church, which was built in the 17th century. Now Khor Virap has become a place of pilgrimage for Armenians in all corners of the world!
Shahumyan - St. Astvatsatsin Church; Artashat - St. Hovhannes Church; Yerevan-St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Church, in the vestibule of which the relics of Gregory I the Illuminator, brought by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Nersisyan from the Armenian Church of St. Gregory of Naples in 2000, are kept. on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity.
20:00 dinner,
overnight in Yerevan
At 14:00 lunch in the restaurant,
Tsitsernakaberd (Genocide Museum, monument of eternal fire, tribute to the 1,500,000 Armenian martyrs who were killed for their faith, never giving up Christianity), after we will visit the bust of the avenger of the Armenian nation Soghomon Tehliryan, who survived from the genocide in 1915, which had a great impact on his life.
In 1921, Tehliryan took part in the Nemesis operation of Dashnaktsutyun party, receiving the task of killing the main organizer of the Armenian Nation Genicide - Talaat Pasha. On the morning of March 15, 1921, near the house No. 4 on Hardenberg Street in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg, he discovered and shot in front of many witnesses (with a Parabellum Luger P08 pistol) the former Turkish Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, who was hiding in Germany under the name Sey. After the murder, Tehliryan was arrested by the German authorities. Tehliryan's trial and his acquittal has become a sensation. The subject of the court discussion was not only Tehliryan's attack, but also Talaat's previous actions as the organizer of the brutal massacres of civilians. Numerous witnesses were heard at the trial, who told the details of the genocide. They shocked the public. This trial had a profound effect on Polish lawyer Rafael Lemkin, who later coined/created the term "genocide." On June 2, 1921, German court found him not guilty and released him. Tehliryan was defended by three lawyers/avdocated , one of whom was Dr. Theodor Niemeyer, a law professor at Kiel University; the second was Adolf von Gordon (Legal Adviser);
Then we will visit the Zoravor Astvatsatsin church complex in the 17th century, where are the relics of the Apostle ANANIA one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, St. Sunday Church 19th century in Noragavit, St. George, Tsiranavor 4-th century, St. Astvatsamayr, St. Grigor Narekatsi Armenian Catholic Church, St. Maram Astvatsatsin Church of 13th century in Nork-Marash, restored in 1995, St. Sargis Church in Nor-Nork - 1998, Sasuntsi Davit Station - building and Museum: Lusarat - in the Khor Virap monastery complex, there is an underground cell where Grigor Lusavorich, a preacher of Christianity in Armenia, was imprisoned by the order of the Armenian king Trdat III the Great. Khor Virap means deep prison, located at 20 km from the biblical Mount Ararat with a height of 5165 m above the sea level. On that mountain, according to the Bible, after the great flood, Noah's Ark stood. After imprisoning Gregory the Illuminator in an underground prison, King Trdat fell ill with incurable diseases, his face turned into a pig's snout. Gregory the Illuminator was kept in that pit for about 13 years, he was released by the king's order, he healed the king, after that in 301 the whole Armenian nation, led by King Trdat, converted to Christianity and was baptized. Then a monastic complex is built on that prison, which served as the residence of the Catholicos. Khor Virap was built in 642 by Catholicos Nerses III the Builder, in the place of old capital Artashat, which was int 180 BC. It has been reconstructed and enlarged many times over the centuries. The underground pit is located at a depth of 6 meters from the ground, on which St. Gregory's Chapel is built, not far from is St. Astvatsatsin Church, which was built in the 17th century. Now Khor Virap has become a place of pilgrimage for Armenians in all corners of the world!
Shahumyan - St. Astvatsatsin Church; Artashat - St. Hovhannes Church; Yerevan-St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Church, in the vestibule of which the relics of Gregory I the Illuminator, brought by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Nersisyan from the Armenian Church of St. Gregory of Naples in 2000, are kept. on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity.
20:00 dinner,
overnight in Yerevan
breakfast 06:40, Yerevan
- St. Mariam Astvatsatsin 1991, Holy Trinity Church - 2005, Argavand
- St. Astvatsatsin, St. Resurrection churches -1859; Zvartnots Cathedral - 5th century; Musaler - Memorial complex-museum dadecated to 53-day war on Musaler mountain, Commemoration of the historic event of 53 days of protection of Armenians on the mountain called Musaler during the 1915 genocide - inspired the Austrian writer Franz Werfel to write the famous novel "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". The writer, astonished by the events, said in an interview later: "The defense of Musa Dagh impressed me so much that I wanted to help the Armenians by writing my novel, telling the whole world about those events";
Etchmiadzin town - Religious Monument - The right of St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Hripsime Church - founded in 618 by Catolocos Komitas Aghtsetsi the First, in the IVcentury, on the site/place of the tomb of martyr Hripsime. It is registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000, St. Shoghakat temple was built in 1694 in the place of the 4-th century chapel. According to the legend, St. Shoghakat was built on the place where a ray of light fell on the dead virgins. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. KHOREN TER - HARUTYAN MUSEUM, S. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church -was built in 1767 during the reign of the Catholicos of All Armenians Simeon Yerevantsi on the site of a 16th century wooden church. St. Gayane Monastery was built according to Agatangeghos in 301 under the leadership of Gregory the Illuminator.
Lunch -14:00,
St. Etchmiadzin Cathedral, construction was completed in August 303, next to it are the treasury house and the museum. The temple, along with some of the most important early medieval churches in the area, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. ALEK AND MARI MANUKYAN TREASURY-MUSEUM, ECHMIADZIN HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, Tigran the Great Monument, MHER ABEGHYAN MUSEUM, monument of 1827 to Russian soldiers killed in the Russo-Persian war in1833; Arshaluys - St. Mariam -1903, restored in 1979; Metsamor - St. Ghazar Church, "Metsamor" Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum, which was opened in 1968; Armavir- St. Sargis Church, Dinner 19:30, overnight in Armavir.
- St. Mariam Astvatsatsin 1991, Holy Trinity Church - 2005, Argavand
- St. Astvatsatsin, St. Resurrection churches -1859; Zvartnots Cathedral - 5th century; Musaler - Memorial complex-museum dadecated to 53-day war on Musaler mountain, Commemoration of the historic event of 53 days of protection of Armenians on the mountain called Musaler during the 1915 genocide - inspired the Austrian writer Franz Werfel to write the famous novel "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". The writer, astonished by the events, said in an interview later: "The defense of Musa Dagh impressed me so much that I wanted to help the Armenians by writing my novel, telling the whole world about those events";
Etchmiadzin town - Religious Monument - The right of St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Hripsime Church - founded in 618 by Catolocos Komitas Aghtsetsi the First, in the IVcentury, on the site/place of the tomb of martyr Hripsime. It is registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000, St. Shoghakat temple was built in 1694 in the place of the 4-th century chapel. According to the legend, St. Shoghakat was built on the place where a ray of light fell on the dead virgins. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. KHOREN TER - HARUTYAN MUSEUM, S. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church -was built in 1767 during the reign of the Catholicos of All Armenians Simeon Yerevantsi on the site of a 16th century wooden church. St. Gayane Monastery was built according to Agatangeghos in 301 under the leadership of Gregory the Illuminator.
Lunch -14:00,
St. Etchmiadzin Cathedral, construction was completed in August 303, next to it are the treasury house and the museum. The temple, along with some of the most important early medieval churches in the area, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. ALEK AND MARI MANUKYAN TREASURY-MUSEUM, ECHMIADZIN HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, Tigran the Great Monument, MHER ABEGHYAN MUSEUM, monument of 1827 to Russian soldiers killed in the Russo-Persian war in1833; Arshaluys - St. Mariam -1903, restored in 1979; Metsamor - St. Ghazar Church, "Metsamor" Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum, which was opened in 1968; Armavir- St. Sargis Church, Dinner 19:30, overnight in Armavir.
Breakfast 06:45, Sardarapat
- St. Astvatsatsin Church, Sardarapat Memorial, Sardarapat Ethnographic Museum, Sardarapat Heroic Battle Museum; Dashtadem
- Christopher Monastery 7th century, the largest, preserved fortress in the Caucasus - Dashtadem, built in the 7th century, St. Sargis Church inside its walls - 1018; Talin - Catholic Church, Presumably built by Nerses Kamsarakan in the second half of the 7th century, St. Astvatsatsin Church - according to the construction protocol, built by Prince Nerses Kamsarakan in the first quarter of the 7th century. (According to some experts, 613-615), St. George Church, 19th century, Karmir Avetaran wooden church, which was moved from western Armenia during the Armenian Holocaust, the chapel of the Virgin Sandukht; Mastara - St. Hovhannes Church - 6th century, chapel of St. Amenaprkich (the Dead Resurrectorf) 16-17 century - in the village of Mastara near Azat Hakobyan's house, restored in 1975. Chapel of St. Grigor - 17th century, near Henrik Sargsyan's house, restored in 1977, Chapel of Tukh Manuk 13th century, near Grisha Tadosyan's house, restored in 1901, Chapel of St. Hakob - 9th century, restored in 1972, Chapel of St. Hovhannes 19th century, restored in 1966, Chapel of St. Minas - 19th century, restored in 1975, church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 17th century, restored in 1875, Statue of Avenger Soghomon Tehleryan by Bablo Astvatsatur; Azatan - Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 1865, chapel;
Overnight in Gyumri,
Dinner at 19:30 in the restaurant
- St. Astvatsatsin Church, Sardarapat Memorial, Sardarapat Ethnographic Museum, Sardarapat Heroic Battle Museum; Dashtadem
- Christopher Monastery 7th century, the largest, preserved fortress in the Caucasus - Dashtadem, built in the 7th century, St. Sargis Church inside its walls - 1018; Talin - Catholic Church, Presumably built by Nerses Kamsarakan in the second half of the 7th century, St. Astvatsatsin Church - according to the construction protocol, built by Prince Nerses Kamsarakan in the first quarter of the 7th century. (According to some experts, 613-615), St. George Church, 19th century, Karmir Avetaran wooden church, which was moved from western Armenia during the Armenian Holocaust, the chapel of the Virgin Sandukht; Mastara - St. Hovhannes Church - 6th century, chapel of St. Amenaprkich (the Dead Resurrectorf) 16-17 century - in the village of Mastara near Azat Hakobyan's house, restored in 1975. Chapel of St. Grigor - 17th century, near Henrik Sargsyan's house, restored in 1977, Chapel of Tukh Manuk 13th century, near Grisha Tadosyan's house, restored in 1901, Chapel of St. Hakob - 9th century, restored in 1972, Chapel of St. Hovhannes 19th century, restored in 1966, Chapel of St. Minas - 19th century, restored in 1975, church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 17th century, restored in 1875, Statue of Avenger Soghomon Tehleryan by Bablo Astvatsatur; Azatan - Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 1865, chapel;
Overnight in Gyumri,
Dinner at 19:30 in the restaurant
07:00 breakfast, Gyumri
- Yotverk Church - 1843, Holy Martyrs Church, Museum of National Architecture, Urban Life, St. Amenaprkich - 1858, St. Nshan - 1859, St. Grigor Lusavorich 19th century, Kumayri Basilica, S. Sargis 2008, S. Hripsime 1991, S. Hakob 2002 churches,
Lunch 14:00,
The city bath, the church of St. Michael the Archangel, Church called Plplan (spoken by the locals) in 1886, the statue of Sharl Aznavour in 2002 – Sharl Aznavour Square, Fortress "Black Fortress" ("Southern") 19th century, Fortress "Alexandropol" ("Great") 1835-1845, Church of St. Alexandra 1837, in the castle, German POW (prisoners of war)cemetery 1940; Marmashen - St. Hovhannes Church և Marmashen Monastery, Asti waterfall; Akhuryan - S. Astvatsatsin, Karnut Reservoir; Jrarat
- monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, St. Hakob, Tevos Toros chapels, sour-water source of mineral waters; Arevik - church; Vardakar
- St. Astvatsatsin; Horom -Tukh Manuk Chapel and St. Hripsime Church; Artik-churches St. George 6-7 centuries., St. Astvatsatsin Mariane 7th century;
Dinner 20:00, overnight in Pemzashen
- Yotverk Church - 1843, Holy Martyrs Church, Museum of National Architecture, Urban Life, St. Amenaprkich - 1858, St. Nshan - 1859, St. Grigor Lusavorich 19th century, Kumayri Basilica, S. Sargis 2008, S. Hripsime 1991, S. Hakob 2002 churches,
Lunch 14:00,
The city bath, the church of St. Michael the Archangel, Church called Plplan (spoken by the locals) in 1886, the statue of Sharl Aznavour in 2002 – Sharl Aznavour Square, Fortress "Black Fortress" ("Southern") 19th century, Fortress "Alexandropol" ("Great") 1835-1845, Church of St. Alexandra 1837, in the castle, German POW (prisoners of war)cemetery 1940; Marmashen - St. Hovhannes Church և Marmashen Monastery, Asti waterfall; Akhuryan - S. Astvatsatsin, Karnut Reservoir; Jrarat
- monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, St. Hakob, Tevos Toros chapels, sour-water source of mineral waters; Arevik - church; Vardakar
- St. Astvatsatsin; Horom -Tukh Manuk Chapel and St. Hripsime Church; Artik-churches St. George 6-7 centuries., St. Astvatsatsin Mariane 7th century;
Dinner 20:00, overnight in Pemzashen
Breakfast 07:30, Harich - Harichavank Monastery; Pemzashen - Chapel, ruins of Arakelots Monastery; Lernakert - church; Maralik – Karmir (red) Monastery in 1901, a monument to the victims of the plane crash, a fountain and a monument to the victims of World War II, a church of St. Astvatsatsin, a monastic complex Hogevank, a statue of the avenger Soghomon Tehliryan; Garnahovit - Church of St. Gevorg - 7th century, church in St. Hovhannes 10-13th century (in a gorge), restored in 1892 by Srapion Sargsyan. Ashnak
- George Chaush House-Museum, St. Karapet Church; Otevan - church 10th century, Aruch - Aruchavank, fortress;
Lunch 14:00,
Kosh - church of St. Stepanos, Kosh fortress, church of St. George; Agarak - church; Aghdzk
- Tomb of the Arshakuni royal dynasty - 364; Orgov - radio-optical observatory ROT-54; Tegher - Tegher monastery complex – 15th century; Voskevaz - Wine factory, wine tasting, church - St. Hovhannes;
Oshakan - Tukh Manuk chapel, St. Mesrop Mashtots Church, the creator of the Armenian alphabet, inside with the tomb of St. Mesrop Mashtots, a park of Armenian letters, the tomb of Vahan Amatuni, who commit to the earth (remains of) Mesrop Mashtots;
Dinner 19:00, Overnight in Yerevan or Ashtarak;
- George Chaush House-Museum, St. Karapet Church; Otevan - church 10th century, Aruch - Aruchavank, fortress;
Lunch 14:00,
Kosh - church of St. Stepanos, Kosh fortress, church of St. George; Agarak - church; Aghdzk
- Tomb of the Arshakuni royal dynasty - 364; Orgov - radio-optical observatory ROT-54; Tegher - Tegher monastery complex – 15th century; Voskevaz - Wine factory, wine tasting, church - St. Hovhannes;
Oshakan - Tukh Manuk chapel, St. Mesrop Mashtots Church, the creator of the Armenian alphabet, inside with the tomb of St. Mesrop Mashtots, a park of Armenian letters, the tomb of Vahan Amatuni, who commit to the earth (remains of) Mesrop Mashtots;
Dinner 19:00, Overnight in Yerevan or Ashtarak;
Breakfast 07:20 , Ashtarak - St. Sargis - 13th century, Spitakavor - 13th century, Karmravor - 7th century, Old bath - 1900, Mill complex - 19th century, Old- 17th century bridge, suspension bridge, St. Mariane church - 1281 , Norayr Sisakyan monument - 1987, his name was immortalized in Moscow - a plaque hangs on the building of the Institute of Biochemistry after Bach A., Norayr Sisakyan's name is immortalized in golden letters on the main building of UNESCO in Paris. For his contribution to the development of space biology, the organization of medicine, he was elected Vice-President of the International Astronomical Academy, Chairman of the Bio-Astronomical Committee of the International Astronomical Federation. A large geographical area on the Moon is named after Norayr Sisakyan's name - "Sisakyan Sea"; Monument to the heroic battle of Van in 1915 built in 1980; Mughni - St. George monastic complex;
Lunch: 13:00
Karbi – Tukh Manuk , bell tower St. Mariam; Ohanavan- St. Hovhannavank, a monastic complex, where you can talk to the clergyman, ask him your questions, St. Gregory the Illuminator church, Cyclops Fortress; Saghmosavan - Saghmosavank monastic complex; Artashavan - St. Thaddeus Apostol Church - 13th century, St. Amenaprkich - 7th century; Ushi - St. Sargis Monastery, St. Astvatsamayr Chapel, fortress; Parpi
- St. Grigor, Tsiranavor; Ghazaravan
- St. Narek virgin monastery; Byurakan
- House "Haykashen Catholicosate" - 1972, Vishapakar BC 2-nd millennia, Mill of 19th century, restored in 1985 by architects G. Gyurjyan and S. Militonyan, Astrophysical Observatory after Victor Hambardzumyan, Artavazdik Church 5th-6th centuries, St. Hovhannes Church 10th, Fortress - Castle complex 10-14 centuries, Victor Hambardzumyan house-museum. St.Astvatsatsin was built by Vahram Pahlavuni in 1026, the Mother Canal 9th-10th centuries - starts from the gorge of Amberd river, was restored in 1980, by the efforts of the villagers - 1.5 km to the north, Mnatsakanyans' gastrobak, church of St. Hovhannes - 10th century; Antarut - half-ruined church - 19th century, dragon stone –1 millenium BC, on the shore of the Black lake, anomalous zone; Ashtarak - Aparan Highway - Monument to the Armenian Alphabet, Garden of Eternity, Holy Angels Glass Church, Holy Cross and Holy Trinity Hope Altar Tabernacle (a place to partake of the sacrament); Apnagyugh
- old bridges, chapel; Ara - Chapel; Vardenut - church; Aragats - St. Astvatsatsin,
Dinner 20:00 at Aragats Hotel.
Lunch: 13:00
Karbi – Tukh Manuk , bell tower St. Mariam; Ohanavan- St. Hovhannavank, a monastic complex, where you can talk to the clergyman, ask him your questions, St. Gregory the Illuminator church, Cyclops Fortress; Saghmosavan - Saghmosavank monastic complex; Artashavan - St. Thaddeus Apostol Church - 13th century, St. Amenaprkich - 7th century; Ushi - St. Sargis Monastery, St. Astvatsamayr Chapel, fortress; Parpi
- St. Grigor, Tsiranavor; Ghazaravan
- St. Narek virgin monastery; Byurakan
- House "Haykashen Catholicosate" - 1972, Vishapakar BC 2-nd millennia, Mill of 19th century, restored in 1985 by architects G. Gyurjyan and S. Militonyan, Astrophysical Observatory after Victor Hambardzumyan, Artavazdik Church 5th-6th centuries, St. Hovhannes Church 10th, Fortress - Castle complex 10-14 centuries, Victor Hambardzumyan house-museum. St.Astvatsatsin was built by Vahram Pahlavuni in 1026, the Mother Canal 9th-10th centuries - starts from the gorge of Amberd river, was restored in 1980, by the efforts of the villagers - 1.5 km to the north, Mnatsakanyans' gastrobak, church of St. Hovhannes - 10th century; Antarut - half-ruined church - 19th century, dragon stone –1 millenium BC, on the shore of the Black lake, anomalous zone; Ashtarak - Aparan Highway - Monument to the Armenian Alphabet, Garden of Eternity, Holy Angels Glass Church, Holy Cross and Holy Trinity Hope Altar Tabernacle (a place to partake of the sacrament); Apnagyugh
- old bridges, chapel; Ara - Chapel; Vardenut - church; Aragats - St. Astvatsatsin,
Dinner 20:00 at Aragats Hotel.
Breakfast 07:30, Tsaghkashen
- church; Kuchak - St. Astvatsatsin; Aparan - St. Khach and St. Astvatsatsin churches, famous Gntunik national bakery, where we will taste freshly baked bakery prepared in front of you; Vardenis - Narek Chapel, St. Hakob Church; Chknagh - St. Stepanos Church, Ttujur - healing mineral water with natural gas; Yeghipatrush - St. Astvatsatsin Church 13th century, direct participation in the ceremony of milking the cow in the same village, communication with the villagers, making butter with an ancient khnotsi, tasting delicious tan, tasting of Armenian dairy products: buffalo, cow, sheep, goat milk and also yogurt and cheese of the mentioned kinds of milk, entertaining to other other rural goods, Tukh Manuk, St. Vardan, Poghos-Petros churches which are on the shore of Aparan reservoir, of which St. Vardan was built on the place of a pagan shrine, and Poghos-Petros was built in 451 in memory of Commander Vardan Mamikonyan, and his comrade-in-arms Lord of Nig-Aparan, Minister: Tachat Gntuni is buried in the mausoleum. St. Astvatsinkal Monastery, St. Astvatsatsin Chapel; Yernjatap - St. Astvatsatsin; Bujakan -Teghenyats monastic complex 7-5th century and half-ruined basilica church; Aragyugh - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin; Yeghvard - St. Astvatsatsin, St. Katoghike, St. Sargis, monument to the victims of the Second World War; Holy Martyrs and Holy Cross Churches, St. Astvatsatsin Church in Kanaker - 1695, Russian Orthodox Church - Cathedral of St.Godmother - 1912 , Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum 18th century, St. Hakob Church in 1695
Dinner 20:00, Overnight in Yerevan
- church; Kuchak - St. Astvatsatsin; Aparan - St. Khach and St. Astvatsatsin churches, famous Gntunik national bakery, where we will taste freshly baked bakery prepared in front of you; Vardenis - Narek Chapel, St. Hakob Church; Chknagh - St. Stepanos Church, Ttujur - healing mineral water with natural gas; Yeghipatrush - St. Astvatsatsin Church 13th century, direct participation in the ceremony of milking the cow in the same village, communication with the villagers, making butter with an ancient khnotsi, tasting delicious tan, tasting of Armenian dairy products: buffalo, cow, sheep, goat milk and also yogurt and cheese of the mentioned kinds of milk, entertaining to other other rural goods, Tukh Manuk, St. Vardan, Poghos-Petros churches which are on the shore of Aparan reservoir, of which St. Vardan was built on the place of a pagan shrine, and Poghos-Petros was built in 451 in memory of Commander Vardan Mamikonyan, and his comrade-in-arms Lord of Nig-Aparan, Minister: Tachat Gntuni is buried in the mausoleum. St. Astvatsinkal Monastery, St. Astvatsatsin Chapel; Yernjatap - St. Astvatsatsin; Bujakan -Teghenyats monastic complex 7-5th century and half-ruined basilica church; Aragyugh - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin; Yeghvard - St. Astvatsatsin, St. Katoghike, St. Sargis, monument to the victims of the Second World War; Holy Martyrs and Holy Cross Churches, St. Astvatsatsin Church in Kanaker - 1695, Russian Orthodox Church - Cathedral of St.Godmother - 1912 , Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum 18th century, St. Hakob Church in 1695
Dinner 20:00, Overnight in Yerevan
Breakfast 07:00,
St. Astvatsatsin church complex in Avan, Fridtjof Nansen church, garden, museum; Voghjaberd cave settlement; Garni - Mashtots Hayrapetats Church, Saint Astvatsatsin, St. Astvatsamayr, Garni pagan temple, symphony of stones natural monument; Goght -Vishapakar BC 3-2 millenium , Cave-dwelling complex – natural and artificial, Geghard - Geghard monastic complex 12-20 centuries, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Geghard - a monumental landmark, a monument to the victims of World War II - 1978, Chapel of St. Gevorg (George) - 18th century, in the village; Geghashen
- St. George Church; Zar - 4th-3rd millennia BC, on the right and left sides of a complex flow of frozen lava in the petroglyphs - with scenes of a hunt, a snake under a man's feet, a hunter, a goat, a human and a star, a prehistoric man; Akunk - St. Karapet and St. Mariam Astvatsatsin churches, chapels St. Sargis and St. Amenaprkich, St. Poghos Petros church, cave-dwelling, memorial to the victims of the Second World War; Katnaghbyur - Red Cross Chapel; Aramus - St. Nshan, the survived part of Tsiranavor Church, St. Hakob Church, Chapel of St. Astvatsatsin; Kamaris
- ancient small church; Nor Gyugh
(new village) - church of St. Astvatsatsin, Mayakovsky - church of St. George; Abovyan - St. Stepanos Church, St. Hovhannes Church, monument to the 50th anniversary of the annexation of Armenia to Russia, cemetery of POW (prisoners of war) of the Second World War, Museum of Friendship of Armenian-Russian Peoples, monument to King Trdat III; Balahovit - St. Astvatsatsin church 19th century, St. Hovhannes 19th century, St. Karapet 5th century chapels; Arinj - St. Getargel (Dzagaravank) Monastery complex 7-17th centuries, Chapel of St. Karapet 20th century, Church of St. Hovhannes 1880, Castle 8th century BC till 17th century, 400 m north of the village, on the top of the hill, inside the Castle - St. Astvatsatsin Church - 15th century, Chapel of Karmravor - 13th century, numerous khachkars; Jrvezh - Holy catholic Church, Jrvezh forest reserve;
dinner 20:00, overnight in Yerevan;
St. Astvatsatsin church complex in Avan, Fridtjof Nansen church, garden, museum; Voghjaberd cave settlement; Garni - Mashtots Hayrapetats Church, Saint Astvatsatsin, St. Astvatsamayr, Garni pagan temple, symphony of stones natural monument; Goght -Vishapakar BC 3-2 millenium , Cave-dwelling complex – natural and artificial, Geghard - Geghard monastic complex 12-20 centuries, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Geghard - a monumental landmark, a monument to the victims of World War II - 1978, Chapel of St. Gevorg (George) - 18th century, in the village; Geghashen
- St. George Church; Zar - 4th-3rd millennia BC, on the right and left sides of a complex flow of frozen lava in the petroglyphs - with scenes of a hunt, a snake under a man's feet, a hunter, a goat, a human and a star, a prehistoric man; Akunk - St. Karapet and St. Mariam Astvatsatsin churches, chapels St. Sargis and St. Amenaprkich, St. Poghos Petros church, cave-dwelling, memorial to the victims of the Second World War; Katnaghbyur - Red Cross Chapel; Aramus - St. Nshan, the survived part of Tsiranavor Church, St. Hakob Church, Chapel of St. Astvatsatsin; Kamaris
- ancient small church; Nor Gyugh
(new village) - church of St. Astvatsatsin, Mayakovsky - church of St. George; Abovyan - St. Stepanos Church, St. Hovhannes Church, monument to the 50th anniversary of the annexation of Armenia to Russia, cemetery of POW (prisoners of war) of the Second World War, Museum of Friendship of Armenian-Russian Peoples, monument to King Trdat III; Balahovit - St. Astvatsatsin church 19th century, St. Hovhannes 19th century, St. Karapet 5th century chapels; Arinj - St. Getargel (Dzagaravank) Monastery complex 7-17th centuries, Chapel of St. Karapet 20th century, Church of St. Hovhannes 1880, Castle 8th century BC till 17th century, 400 m north of the village, on the top of the hill, inside the Castle - St. Astvatsatsin Church - 15th century, Chapel of Karmravor - 13th century, numerous khachkars; Jrvezh - Holy catholic Church, Jrvezh forest reserve;
dinner 20:00, overnight in Yerevan;
Yerevan - Breakfast 06:30, Arzni - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin Assyrian Church, Nor Hachn - St. Amenaprkich Church, St. Kiraki (Sunday) Church; Argel - Church of St. Gregory Zoravar 1890, cave dwellings, Tukh Manuk chapel; Karenis - Monastery complex Karenis 6-7th centuries, Matthew and Andreas Apostles Monastery, underground tomb where the relics of the Apostles are kept; Alapars - St. Astvatsatsin and Vardan Zoravar 10th century churches; Bjni - St. Thaddeus, St. Cross, St. George, Tukh Manuk, St. Hovhannes, St. Astvatsamayr churches, Kiraknamut chapel, Bjni fortress, Bjni mineral water source; Qaghsi - St. Astvatsatsin Church 10th century restored in 1905, St. Varvara Chapel, St. Gevorg, Mayravank Monastery not far from Solak village, St. Astvatsatsin Church, Tombs - the findings of which are kept in the State Museum of Armenia; Lernanist - St. Avazan Church, St. Karapet Chapel; Hrazdan - Maqravank monastery complex 10-17th centuries, caravanserai 13th century, St. Astvatsatsin church, Surb Manuk church; Sevan - St. Gevorg, Sevanavank monastery complex, located on the Akhtamar peninsula of Lake Sevan, Ttujur - source of mineral waters, church; Aygut - an old Arab cemetery; Gosh - Goshavank monastery complex (Mkhitar Gosh, born in 1130 in Gandzak - died - in 1213, in Goshavank), Armenian thinker - scientist, legislator, fable writer, clergyman, pedagogue, public figure.
According to the fables of Mkhitar Gosh, the type of folklore - the fable entered the 12th century Armenian literature.
M. Gosh's wisdom has become so well-known that many have come from far and wide to study with him. He enjoyed great prestige not only among intelligentsia (intellectual class), but also among politicians and statesmen of the time. In the Middle Ages, legends were told about him, in which he was sanctified. The American encyclopedia considers that Gosh is one of the main representatives of the Armenian Renaissance. The British intellectual David Lang compares Gosh with the famous fables of Aesop և Lafontaine; Haghartsin - Haghartsin monastic complex; Dilijan - Jukhtak (12th century) և Matosavank (13th century) monastic complexes, Ttujur - source of mineral water; Overnight in Yerevan.
According to the fables of Mkhitar Gosh, the type of folklore - the fable entered the 12th century Armenian literature.
M. Gosh's wisdom has become so well-known that many have come from far and wide to study with him. He enjoyed great prestige not only among intelligentsia (intellectual class), but also among politicians and statesmen of the time. In the Middle Ages, legends were told about him, in which he was sanctified. The American encyclopedia considers that Gosh is one of the main representatives of the Armenian Renaissance. The British intellectual David Lang compares Gosh with the famous fables of Aesop և Lafontaine; Haghartsin - Haghartsin monastic complex; Dilijan - Jukhtak (12th century) և Matosavank (13th century) monastic complexes, Ttujur - source of mineral water; Overnight in Yerevan.
08:00 Breakfast, Gum Market, Vernisazh.
Farewell Lunch, 12:00,
Free hours, transfer to the airport.
Farewell Lunch, 12:00,
Free hours, transfer to the airport.
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Description
A week in the best resorts
1) Skilled and knowledgeable tour guide;
2) Overnight stay in a three-star hotel (or guest houses, Armenian-style taverns, as indicated in the description of each tour);
3) Three meals a day (meal times are marked in red in the tour description);
4)During the event there will be: tea, coffee, mineral carbonated and non-carbonated water, pastries, Armenian chocolate, natural and carbonated juices, fruits and other interesting snacks;
5)Discounts: 50% for one child aged 12-15 years;
6) In the descriptive part of the tour, cities are marked in blue, villages in black;
7) Vegetarians are provided with vegetarian food if they inform about it in advance while buying the tour package.
8)The seasonal schedule for all tours is the same: "spring, summer, autumn" from April 1 to November 17.
1) Skilled and knowledgeable tour guide;
2) Overnight stay in a three-star hotel (or guest houses, Armenian-style taverns, as indicated in the description of each tour);
3) Three meals a day (meal times are marked in red in the tour description);
4)During the event there will be: tea, coffee, mineral carbonated and non-carbonated water, pastries, Armenian chocolate, natural and carbonated juices, fruits and other interesting snacks;
5)Discounts: 50% for one child aged 12-15 years;
6) In the descriptive part of the tour, cities are marked in blue, villages in black;
7) Vegetarians are provided with vegetarian food if they inform about it in advance while buying the tour package.
8)The seasonal schedule for all tours is the same: "spring, summer, autumn" from April 1 to November 17.
Number of participants
No limitation
Duration
10 days 9 nights
Age of participants
7+
Price
One person 365000 Armenian drams, but in the high season from 01.06 2022 to 30.08.2022. the price rises to 400,000
Route plan by sightseeing attractions, settlements, and days
Option No. 2
We meet you at Zvartnots Airport, transfer to Yerevan and accommodation in a hotel (then walk or drive to the small center of Yerevan: Tigran Mets, North, Abovyan, Mashtots, Baghramyan, Azatutyan Avenues, (Cascade (Caffejian Museum of Art)), Teryan, Saryan, Tumanyan, Amiryan streets, France, Charles Aznavour, Republic, Freedom, Sakharov squares. Dinner after getting acquainted with Yerevan - 9:30 pm, overnight - Yerevan
Breakfast at 06:00, St. Astvatsatsin Catholic Church 7- 13 centuries, St.John the Baptist Church of 1706 in Kond, St. Sargis Vicar Church in 1600, rebuilt in 1835, (was the official residence of the Patriarch ), Matenadaran, monument to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet regime in Armenia (to the Red Army fighters) -1940, bridge-water pipe / water ducts ( or aqueduct) -1950, Red Bridge 1679, Ararat Cognac Factory (brandy tasting), visit to Cilicia brewery tasting beer assortment, monument to Admiral Isakov.
At 14:00 lunch in the restaurant,
Tsitsernakaberd (Genocide Museum, monument of eternal fire, tribute to the 1,500,000 Armenian martyrs who were killed for their faith, never giving up Christianity), after we will visit the bust of the avenger of the Armenian nation Soghomon Tehliryan, who survived from the genocide in 1915, which had a great impact on his life.
In 1921, Tehliryan took part in the Nemesis operation of Dashnaktsutyun party, receiving the task of killing the main organizer of the Armenian Nation Genicide - Talaat Pasha. On the morning of March 15, 1921, near the house No. 4 on Hardenberg Street in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg, he discovered and shot in front of many witnesses (with a Parabellum Luger P08 pistol) the former Turkish Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, who was hiding in Germany under the name Sey. After the murder, Tehliryan was arrested by the German authorities. Tehliryan's trial and his acquittal has become a sensation. The subject of the court discussion was not only Tehliryan's attack, but also Talaat's previous actions as the organizer of the brutal massacres of civilians. Numerous witnesses were heard at the trial, who told the details of the genocide. They shocked the public. This trial had a profound effect on Polish lawyer Rafael Lemkin, who later coined/created the term "genocide." On June 2, 1921, German court found him not guilty and released him. Tehliryan was defended by three lawyers/avdocated , one of whom was Dr. Theodor Niemeyer, a law professor at Kiel University; the second was Adolf von Gordon (Legal Adviser);
Then we will visit the Zoravor Astvatsatsin church complex in the 17th century, where are the relics of the Apostle ANANIA one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, St. Sunday Church 19th century in Noragavit, St. George, Tsiranavor 4-th century, St. Astvatsamayr, St. Grigor Narekatsi Armenian Catholic Church, St. Maram Astvatsatsin Church of 13th century in Nork-Marash, restored in 1995, St. Sargis Church in Nor-Nork - 1998, Sasuntsi Davit Station - building and Museum: Lusarat - in the Khor Virap monastery complex, there is an underground cell where Grigor Lusavorich, a preacher of Christianity in Armenia, was imprisoned by the order of the Armenian king Trdat III the Great. Khor Virap means deep prison, located at 20 km from the biblical Mount Ararat with a height of 5165 m above the sea level. On that mountain, according to the Bible, after the great flood, Noah's Ark stood. After imprisoning Gregory the Illuminator in an underground prison, King Trdat fell ill with incurable diseases, his face turned into a pig's snout. Gregory the Illuminator was kept in that pit for about 13 years, he was released by the king's order, he healed the king, after that in 301 the whole Armenian nation, led by King Trdat, converted to Christianity and was baptized. Then a monastic complex is built on that prison, which served as the residence of the Catholicos. Khor Virap was built in 642 by Catholicos Nerses III the Builder, in the place of old capital Artashat, which was int 180 BC. It has been reconstructed and enlarged many times over the centuries. The underground pit is located at a depth of 6 meters from the ground, on which St. Gregory's Chapel is built, not far from is St. Astvatsatsin Church, which was built in the 17th century. Now Khor Virap has become a place of pilgrimage for Armenians in all corners of the world!
Shahumyan - St. Astvatsatsin Church; Artashat - St. Hovhannes Church; Yerevan-St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Church, in the vestibule of which the relics of Gregory I the Illuminator, brought by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Nersisyan from the Armenian Church of St. Gregory of Naples in 2000, are kept. on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity.
20:00 dinner,
overnight in Yerevan
At 14:00 lunch in the restaurant,
Tsitsernakaberd (Genocide Museum, monument of eternal fire, tribute to the 1,500,000 Armenian martyrs who were killed for their faith, never giving up Christianity), after we will visit the bust of the avenger of the Armenian nation Soghomon Tehliryan, who survived from the genocide in 1915, which had a great impact on his life.
In 1921, Tehliryan took part in the Nemesis operation of Dashnaktsutyun party, receiving the task of killing the main organizer of the Armenian Nation Genicide - Talaat Pasha. On the morning of March 15, 1921, near the house No. 4 on Hardenberg Street in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg, he discovered and shot in front of many witnesses (with a Parabellum Luger P08 pistol) the former Turkish Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, who was hiding in Germany under the name Sey. After the murder, Tehliryan was arrested by the German authorities. Tehliryan's trial and his acquittal has become a sensation. The subject of the court discussion was not only Tehliryan's attack, but also Talaat's previous actions as the organizer of the brutal massacres of civilians. Numerous witnesses were heard at the trial, who told the details of the genocide. They shocked the public. This trial had a profound effect on Polish lawyer Rafael Lemkin, who later coined/created the term "genocide." On June 2, 1921, German court found him not guilty and released him. Tehliryan was defended by three lawyers/avdocated , one of whom was Dr. Theodor Niemeyer, a law professor at Kiel University; the second was Adolf von Gordon (Legal Adviser);
Then we will visit the Zoravor Astvatsatsin church complex in the 17th century, where are the relics of the Apostle ANANIA one of the disciples of Jesus Christ, St. Sunday Church 19th century in Noragavit, St. George, Tsiranavor 4-th century, St. Astvatsamayr, St. Grigor Narekatsi Armenian Catholic Church, St. Maram Astvatsatsin Church of 13th century in Nork-Marash, restored in 1995, St. Sargis Church in Nor-Nork - 1998, Sasuntsi Davit Station - building and Museum: Lusarat - in the Khor Virap monastery complex, there is an underground cell where Grigor Lusavorich, a preacher of Christianity in Armenia, was imprisoned by the order of the Armenian king Trdat III the Great. Khor Virap means deep prison, located at 20 km from the biblical Mount Ararat with a height of 5165 m above the sea level. On that mountain, according to the Bible, after the great flood, Noah's Ark stood. After imprisoning Gregory the Illuminator in an underground prison, King Trdat fell ill with incurable diseases, his face turned into a pig's snout. Gregory the Illuminator was kept in that pit for about 13 years, he was released by the king's order, he healed the king, after that in 301 the whole Armenian nation, led by King Trdat, converted to Christianity and was baptized. Then a monastic complex is built on that prison, which served as the residence of the Catholicos. Khor Virap was built in 642 by Catholicos Nerses III the Builder, in the place of old capital Artashat, which was int 180 BC. It has been reconstructed and enlarged many times over the centuries. The underground pit is located at a depth of 6 meters from the ground, on which St. Gregory's Chapel is built, not far from is St. Astvatsatsin Church, which was built in the 17th century. Now Khor Virap has become a place of pilgrimage for Armenians in all corners of the world!
Shahumyan - St. Astvatsatsin Church; Artashat - St. Hovhannes Church; Yerevan-St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Church, in the vestibule of which the relics of Gregory I the Illuminator, brought by Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Nersisyan from the Armenian Church of St. Gregory of Naples in 2000, are kept. on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity.
20:00 dinner,
overnight in Yerevan
breakfast 06:40, Yerevan
- St. Mariam Astvatsatsin 1991, Holy Trinity Church - 2005, Argavand
- St. Astvatsatsin, St. Resurrection churches -1859; Zvartnots Cathedral - 5th century; Musaler - Memorial complex-museum dadecated to 53-day war on Musaler mountain, Commemoration of the historic event of 53 days of protection of Armenians on the mountain called Musaler during the 1915 genocide - inspired the Austrian writer Franz Werfel to write the famous novel "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". The writer, astonished by the events, said in an interview later: "The defense of Musa Dagh impressed me so much that I wanted to help the Armenians by writing my novel, telling the whole world about those events";
Etchmiadzin town - Religious Monument - The right of St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Hripsime Church - founded in 618 by Catolocos Komitas Aghtsetsi the First, in the IVcentury, on the site/place of the tomb of martyr Hripsime. It is registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000, St. Shoghakat temple was built in 1694 in the place of the 4-th century chapel. According to the legend, St. Shoghakat was built on the place where a ray of light fell on the dead virgins. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. KHOREN TER - HARUTYAN MUSEUM, S. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church -was built in 1767 during the reign of the Catholicos of All Armenians Simeon Yerevantsi on the site of a 16th century wooden church. St. Gayane Monastery was built according to Agatangeghos in 301 under the leadership of Gregory the Illuminator.
Lunch -14:00,
St. Etchmiadzin Cathedral, construction was completed in August 303, next to it are the treasury house and the museum. The temple, along with some of the most important early medieval churches in the area, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. ALEK AND MARI MANUKYAN TREASURY-MUSEUM, ECHMIADZIN HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, Tigran the Great Monument, MHER ABEGHYAN MUSEUM, monument of 1827 to Russian soldiers killed in the Russo-Persian war in1833; Arshaluys - St. Mariam -1903, restored in 1979; Metsamor - St. Ghazar Church, "Metsamor" Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum, which was opened in 1968; Armavir- St. Sargis Church, Dinner 19:30, overnight in Armavir.
- St. Mariam Astvatsatsin 1991, Holy Trinity Church - 2005, Argavand
- St. Astvatsatsin, St. Resurrection churches -1859; Zvartnots Cathedral - 5th century; Musaler - Memorial complex-museum dadecated to 53-day war on Musaler mountain, Commemoration of the historic event of 53 days of protection of Armenians on the mountain called Musaler during the 1915 genocide - inspired the Austrian writer Franz Werfel to write the famous novel "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". The writer, astonished by the events, said in an interview later: "The defense of Musa Dagh impressed me so much that I wanted to help the Armenians by writing my novel, telling the whole world about those events";
Etchmiadzin town - Religious Monument - The right of St. Gregory the Illuminator, St. Hripsime Church - founded in 618 by Catolocos Komitas Aghtsetsi the First, in the IVcentury, on the site/place of the tomb of martyr Hripsime. It is registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000, St. Shoghakat temple was built in 1694 in the place of the 4-th century chapel. According to the legend, St. Shoghakat was built on the place where a ray of light fell on the dead virgins. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. KHOREN TER - HARUTYAN MUSEUM, S. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church -was built in 1767 during the reign of the Catholicos of All Armenians Simeon Yerevantsi on the site of a 16th century wooden church. St. Gayane Monastery was built according to Agatangeghos in 301 under the leadership of Gregory the Illuminator.
Lunch -14:00,
St. Etchmiadzin Cathedral, construction was completed in August 303, next to it are the treasury house and the museum. The temple, along with some of the most important early medieval churches in the area, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. ALEK AND MARI MANUKYAN TREASURY-MUSEUM, ECHMIADZIN HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, Tigran the Great Monument, MHER ABEGHYAN MUSEUM, monument of 1827 to Russian soldiers killed in the Russo-Persian war in1833; Arshaluys - St. Mariam -1903, restored in 1979; Metsamor - St. Ghazar Church, "Metsamor" Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum, which was opened in 1968; Armavir- St. Sargis Church, Dinner 19:30, overnight in Armavir.
Breakfast 06:45, Sardarapat
- St. Astvatsatsin Church, Sardarapat Memorial, Sardarapat Ethnographic Museum, Sardarapat Heroic Battle Museum; Dashtadem
- Christopher Monastery 7th century, the largest, preserved fortress in the Caucasus - Dashtadem, built in the 7th century, St. Sargis Church inside its walls - 1018; Talin - Catholic Church, Presumably built by Nerses Kamsarakan in the second half of the 7th century, St. Astvatsatsin Church - according to the construction protocol, built by Prince Nerses Kamsarakan in the first quarter of the 7th century. (According to some experts, 613-615), St. George Church, 19th century, Karmir Avetaran wooden church, which was moved from western Armenia during the Armenian Holocaust, the chapel of the Virgin Sandukht; Mastara - St. Hovhannes Church - 6th century, chapel of St. Amenaprkich (the Dead Resurrectorf) 16-17 century - in the village of Mastara near Azat Hakobyan's house, restored in 1975. Chapel of St. Grigor - 17th century, near Henrik Sargsyan's house, restored in 1977, Chapel of Tukh Manuk 13th century, near Grisha Tadosyan's house, restored in 1901, Chapel of St. Hakob - 9th century, restored in 1972, Chapel of St. Hovhannes 19th century, restored in 1966, Chapel of St. Minas - 19th century, restored in 1975, church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 17th century, restored in 1875, Statue of Avenger Soghomon Tehleryan by Bablo Astvatsatur; Azatan - Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 1865, chapel;
Overnight in Gyumri,
Dinner at 19:30 in the restaurant
- St. Astvatsatsin Church, Sardarapat Memorial, Sardarapat Ethnographic Museum, Sardarapat Heroic Battle Museum; Dashtadem
- Christopher Monastery 7th century, the largest, preserved fortress in the Caucasus - Dashtadem, built in the 7th century, St. Sargis Church inside its walls - 1018; Talin - Catholic Church, Presumably built by Nerses Kamsarakan in the second half of the 7th century, St. Astvatsatsin Church - according to the construction protocol, built by Prince Nerses Kamsarakan in the first quarter of the 7th century. (According to some experts, 613-615), St. George Church, 19th century, Karmir Avetaran wooden church, which was moved from western Armenia during the Armenian Holocaust, the chapel of the Virgin Sandukht; Mastara - St. Hovhannes Church - 6th century, chapel of St. Amenaprkich (the Dead Resurrectorf) 16-17 century - in the village of Mastara near Azat Hakobyan's house, restored in 1975. Chapel of St. Grigor - 17th century, near Henrik Sargsyan's house, restored in 1977, Chapel of Tukh Manuk 13th century, near Grisha Tadosyan's house, restored in 1901, Chapel of St. Hakob - 9th century, restored in 1972, Chapel of St. Hovhannes 19th century, restored in 1966, Chapel of St. Minas - 19th century, restored in 1975, church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 17th century, restored in 1875, Statue of Avenger Soghomon Tehleryan by Bablo Astvatsatur; Azatan - Church of St. Stepanos Nakhavka (St. Stephen the First Martyr) - 1865, chapel;
Overnight in Gyumri,
Dinner at 19:30 in the restaurant
07:00 breakfast, Gyumri
- Yotverk Church - 1843, Holy Martyrs Church, Museum of National Architecture, Urban Life, St. Amenaprkich - 1858, St. Nshan - 1859, St. Grigor Lusavorich 19th century, Kumayri Basilica, S. Sargis 2008, S. Hripsime 1991, S. Hakob 2002 churches,
Lunch 14:00,
The city bath, the church of St. Michael the Archangel, Church called Plplan (spoken by the locals) in 1886, the statue of Sharl Aznavour in 2002 – Sharl Aznavour Square, Fortress "Black Fortress" ("Southern") 19th century, Fortress "Alexandropol" ("Great") 1835-1845, Church of St. Alexandra 1837, in the castle, German POW (prisoners of war)cemetery 1940; Marmashen - St. Hovhannes Church և Marmashen Monastery, Asti waterfall; Akhuryan - S. Astvatsatsin, Karnut Reservoir; Jrarat
- monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, St. Hakob, Tevos Toros chapels, sour-water source of mineral waters; Arevik - church; Vardakar
- St. Astvatsatsin; Horom -Tukh Manuk Chapel and St. Hripsime Church; Artik-churches St. George 6-7 centuries., St. Astvatsatsin Mariane 7th century;
Dinner 20:00, overnight in Pemzashen
- Yotverk Church - 1843, Holy Martyrs Church, Museum of National Architecture, Urban Life, St. Amenaprkich - 1858, St. Nshan - 1859, St. Grigor Lusavorich 19th century, Kumayri Basilica, S. Sargis 2008, S. Hripsime 1991, S. Hakob 2002 churches,
Lunch 14:00,
The city bath, the church of St. Michael the Archangel, Church called Plplan (spoken by the locals) in 1886, the statue of Sharl Aznavour in 2002 – Sharl Aznavour Square, Fortress "Black Fortress" ("Southern") 19th century, Fortress "Alexandropol" ("Great") 1835-1845, Church of St. Alexandra 1837, in the castle, German POW (prisoners of war)cemetery 1940; Marmashen - St. Hovhannes Church և Marmashen Monastery, Asti waterfall; Akhuryan - S. Astvatsatsin, Karnut Reservoir; Jrarat
- monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, St. Hakob, Tevos Toros chapels, sour-water source of mineral waters; Arevik - church; Vardakar
- St. Astvatsatsin; Horom -Tukh Manuk Chapel and St. Hripsime Church; Artik-churches St. George 6-7 centuries., St. Astvatsatsin Mariane 7th century;
Dinner 20:00, overnight in Pemzashen
Breakfast 07:30, Harich - Harichavank Monastery; Pemzashen - Chapel, ruins of Arakelots Monastery; Lernakert - church; Maralik – Karmir (red) Monastery in 1901, a monument to the victims of the plane crash, a fountain and a monument to the victims of World War II, a church of St. Astvatsatsin, a monastic complex Hogevank, a statue of the avenger Soghomon Tehliryan; Garnahovit - Church of St. Gevorg - 7th century, church in St. Hovhannes 10-13th century (in a gorge), restored in 1892 by Srapion Sargsyan. Ashnak
- George Chaush House-Museum, St. Karapet Church; Otevan - church 10th century, Aruch - Aruchavank, fortress;
Lunch 14:00,
Kosh - church of St. Stepanos, Kosh fortress, church of St. George; Agarak - church; Aghdzk
- Tomb of the Arshakuni royal dynasty - 364; Orgov - radio-optical observatory ROT-54; Tegher - Tegher monastery complex – 15th century; Voskevaz - Wine factory, wine tasting, church - St. Hovhannes;
Oshakan - Tukh Manuk chapel, St. Mesrop Mashtots Church, the creator of the Armenian alphabet, inside with the tomb of St. Mesrop Mashtots, a park of Armenian letters, the tomb of Vahan Amatuni, who commit to the earth (remains of) Mesrop Mashtots;
Dinner 19:00, Overnight in Yerevan or Ashtarak;
- George Chaush House-Museum, St. Karapet Church; Otevan - church 10th century, Aruch - Aruchavank, fortress;
Lunch 14:00,
Kosh - church of St. Stepanos, Kosh fortress, church of St. George; Agarak - church; Aghdzk
- Tomb of the Arshakuni royal dynasty - 364; Orgov - radio-optical observatory ROT-54; Tegher - Tegher monastery complex – 15th century; Voskevaz - Wine factory, wine tasting, church - St. Hovhannes;
Oshakan - Tukh Manuk chapel, St. Mesrop Mashtots Church, the creator of the Armenian alphabet, inside with the tomb of St. Mesrop Mashtots, a park of Armenian letters, the tomb of Vahan Amatuni, who commit to the earth (remains of) Mesrop Mashtots;
Dinner 19:00, Overnight in Yerevan or Ashtarak;
Breakfast 07:20 , Ashtarak - St. Sargis - 13th century, Spitakavor - 13th century, Karmravor - 7th century, Old bath - 1900, Mill complex - 19th century, Old- 17th century bridge, suspension bridge, St. Mariane church - 1281 , Norayr Sisakyan monument - 1987, his name was immortalized in Moscow - a plaque hangs on the building of the Institute of Biochemistry after Bach A., Norayr Sisakyan's name is immortalized in golden letters on the main building of UNESCO in Paris. For his contribution to the development of space biology, the organization of medicine, he was elected Vice-President of the International Astronomical Academy, Chairman of the Bio-Astronomical Committee of the International Astronomical Federation. A large geographical area on the Moon is named after Norayr Sisakyan's name - "Sisakyan Sea"; Monument to the heroic battle of Van in 1915 built in 1980; Mughni - St. George monastic complex;
Lunch: 13:00
Karbi – Tukh Manuk , bell tower St. Mariam; Ohanavan- St. Hovhannavank, a monastic complex, where you can talk to the clergyman, ask him your questions, St. Gregory the Illuminator church, Cyclops Fortress; Saghmosavan - Saghmosavank monastic complex; Artashavan - St. Thaddeus Apostol Church - 13th century, St. Amenaprkich - 7th century; Ushi - St. Sargis Monastery, St. Astvatsamayr Chapel, fortress; Parpi
- St. Grigor, Tsiranavor; Ghazaravan
- St. Narek virgin monastery; Byurakan
- House "Haykashen Catholicosate" - 1972, Vishapakar BC 2-nd millennia, Mill of 19th century, restored in 1985 by architects G. Gyurjyan and S. Militonyan, Astrophysical Observatory after Victor Hambardzumyan, Artavazdik Church 5th-6th centuries, St. Hovhannes Church 10th, Fortress - Castle complex 10-14 centuries, Victor Hambardzumyan house-museum. St.Astvatsatsin was built by Vahram Pahlavuni in 1026, the Mother Canal 9th-10th centuries - starts from the gorge of Amberd river, was restored in 1980, by the efforts of the villagers - 1.5 km to the north, Mnatsakanyans' gastrobak, church of St. Hovhannes - 10th century; Antarut - half-ruined church - 19th century, dragon stone –1 millenium BC, on the shore of the Black lake, anomalous zone; Ashtarak - Aparan Highway - Monument to the Armenian Alphabet, Garden of Eternity, Holy Angels Glass Church, Holy Cross and Holy Trinity Hope Altar Tabernacle (a place to partake of the sacrament); Apnagyugh
- old bridges, chapel; Ara - Chapel; Vardenut - church; Aragats - St. Astvatsatsin,
Dinner 20:00 at Aragats Hotel.
Lunch: 13:00
Karbi – Tukh Manuk , bell tower St. Mariam; Ohanavan- St. Hovhannavank, a monastic complex, where you can talk to the clergyman, ask him your questions, St. Gregory the Illuminator church, Cyclops Fortress; Saghmosavan - Saghmosavank monastic complex; Artashavan - St. Thaddeus Apostol Church - 13th century, St. Amenaprkich - 7th century; Ushi - St. Sargis Monastery, St. Astvatsamayr Chapel, fortress; Parpi
- St. Grigor, Tsiranavor; Ghazaravan
- St. Narek virgin monastery; Byurakan
- House "Haykashen Catholicosate" - 1972, Vishapakar BC 2-nd millennia, Mill of 19th century, restored in 1985 by architects G. Gyurjyan and S. Militonyan, Astrophysical Observatory after Victor Hambardzumyan, Artavazdik Church 5th-6th centuries, St. Hovhannes Church 10th, Fortress - Castle complex 10-14 centuries, Victor Hambardzumyan house-museum. St.Astvatsatsin was built by Vahram Pahlavuni in 1026, the Mother Canal 9th-10th centuries - starts from the gorge of Amberd river, was restored in 1980, by the efforts of the villagers - 1.5 km to the north, Mnatsakanyans' gastrobak, church of St. Hovhannes - 10th century; Antarut - half-ruined church - 19th century, dragon stone –1 millenium BC, on the shore of the Black lake, anomalous zone; Ashtarak - Aparan Highway - Monument to the Armenian Alphabet, Garden of Eternity, Holy Angels Glass Church, Holy Cross and Holy Trinity Hope Altar Tabernacle (a place to partake of the sacrament); Apnagyugh
- old bridges, chapel; Ara - Chapel; Vardenut - church; Aragats - St. Astvatsatsin,
Dinner 20:00 at Aragats Hotel.
Breakfast 07:30, Tsaghkashen
- church; Kuchak - St. Astvatsatsin; Aparan - St. Khach and St. Astvatsatsin churches, famous Gntunik national bakery, where we will taste freshly baked bakery prepared in front of you; Vardenis - Narek Chapel, St. Hakob Church; Chknagh - St. Stepanos Church, Ttujur - healing mineral water with natural gas; Yeghipatrush - St. Astvatsatsin Church 13th century, direct participation in the ceremony of milking the cow in the same village, communication with the villagers, making butter with an ancient khnotsi, tasting delicious tan, tasting of Armenian dairy products: buffalo, cow, sheep, goat milk and also yogurt and cheese of the mentioned kinds of milk, entertaining to other other rural goods, Tukh Manuk, St. Vardan, Poghos-Petros churches which are on the shore of Aparan reservoir, of which St. Vardan was built on the place of a pagan shrine, and Poghos-Petros was built in 451 in memory of Commander Vardan Mamikonyan, and his comrade-in-arms Lord of Nig-Aparan, Minister: Tachat Gntuni is buried in the mausoleum. St. Astvatsinkal Monastery, St. Astvatsatsin Chapel; Yernjatap - St. Astvatsatsin; Bujakan -Teghenyats monastic complex 7-5th century and half-ruined basilica church; Aragyugh - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin; Yeghvard - St. Astvatsatsin, St. Katoghike, St. Sargis, monument to the victims of the Second World War; Holy Martyrs and Holy Cross Churches, St. Astvatsatsin Church in Kanaker - 1695, Russian Orthodox Church - Cathedral of St.Godmother - 1912 , Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum 18th century, St. Hakob Church in 1695
Dinner 20:00, Overnight in Yerevan
- church; Kuchak - St. Astvatsatsin; Aparan - St. Khach and St. Astvatsatsin churches, famous Gntunik national bakery, where we will taste freshly baked bakery prepared in front of you; Vardenis - Narek Chapel, St. Hakob Church; Chknagh - St. Stepanos Church, Ttujur - healing mineral water with natural gas; Yeghipatrush - St. Astvatsatsin Church 13th century, direct participation in the ceremony of milking the cow in the same village, communication with the villagers, making butter with an ancient khnotsi, tasting delicious tan, tasting of Armenian dairy products: buffalo, cow, sheep, goat milk and also yogurt and cheese of the mentioned kinds of milk, entertaining to other other rural goods, Tukh Manuk, St. Vardan, Poghos-Petros churches which are on the shore of Aparan reservoir, of which St. Vardan was built on the place of a pagan shrine, and Poghos-Petros was built in 451 in memory of Commander Vardan Mamikonyan, and his comrade-in-arms Lord of Nig-Aparan, Minister: Tachat Gntuni is buried in the mausoleum. St. Astvatsinkal Monastery, St. Astvatsatsin Chapel; Yernjatap - St. Astvatsatsin; Bujakan -Teghenyats monastic complex 7-5th century and half-ruined basilica church; Aragyugh - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin; Yeghvard - St. Astvatsatsin, St. Katoghike, St. Sargis, monument to the victims of the Second World War; Holy Martyrs and Holy Cross Churches, St. Astvatsatsin Church in Kanaker - 1695, Russian Orthodox Church - Cathedral of St.Godmother - 1912 , Khachatur Abovyan House-Museum 18th century, St. Hakob Church in 1695
Dinner 20:00, Overnight in Yerevan
Breakfast 07:00,
St. Astvatsatsin church complex in Avan, Fridtjof Nansen church, garden, museum; Voghjaberd cave settlement; Garni - Mashtots Hayrapetats Church, Saint Astvatsatsin, St. Astvatsamayr, Garni pagan temple, symphony of stones natural monument; Goght -Vishapakar BC 3-2 millenium , Cave-dwelling complex – natural and artificial, Geghard - Geghard monastic complex 12-20 centuries, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Geghard - a monumental landmark, a monument to the victims of World War II - 1978, Chapel of St. Gevorg (George) - 18th century, in the village; Geghashen
- St. George Church; Zar - 4th-3rd millennia BC, on the right and left sides of a complex flow of frozen lava in the petroglyphs - with scenes of a hunt, a snake under a man's feet, a hunter, a goat, a human and a star, a prehistoric man; Akunk - St. Karapet and St. Mariam Astvatsatsin churches, chapels St. Sargis and St. Amenaprkich, St. Poghos Petros church, cave-dwelling, memorial to the victims of the Second World War; Katnaghbyur - Red Cross Chapel; Aramus - St. Nshan, the survived part of Tsiranavor Church, St. Hakob Church, Chapel of St. Astvatsatsin; Kamaris
- ancient small church; Nor Gyugh
(new village) - church of St. Astvatsatsin, Mayakovsky - church of St. George; Abovyan - St. Stepanos Church, St. Hovhannes Church, monument to the 50th anniversary of the annexation of Armenia to Russia, cemetery of POW (prisoners of war) of the Second World War, Museum of Friendship of Armenian-Russian Peoples, monument to King Trdat III; Balahovit - St. Astvatsatsin church 19th century, St. Hovhannes 19th century, St. Karapet 5th century chapels; Arinj - St. Getargel (Dzagaravank) Monastery complex 7-17th centuries, Chapel of St. Karapet 20th century, Church of St. Hovhannes 1880, Castle 8th century BC till 17th century, 400 m north of the village, on the top of the hill, inside the Castle - St. Astvatsatsin Church - 15th century, Chapel of Karmravor - 13th century, numerous khachkars; Jrvezh - Holy catholic Church, Jrvezh forest reserve;
dinner 20:00, overnight in Yerevan;
St. Astvatsatsin church complex in Avan, Fridtjof Nansen church, garden, museum; Voghjaberd cave settlement; Garni - Mashtots Hayrapetats Church, Saint Astvatsatsin, St. Astvatsamayr, Garni pagan temple, symphony of stones natural monument; Goght -Vishapakar BC 3-2 millenium , Cave-dwelling complex – natural and artificial, Geghard - Geghard monastic complex 12-20 centuries, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, Geghard - a monumental landmark, a monument to the victims of World War II - 1978, Chapel of St. Gevorg (George) - 18th century, in the village; Geghashen
- St. George Church; Zar - 4th-3rd millennia BC, on the right and left sides of a complex flow of frozen lava in the petroglyphs - with scenes of a hunt, a snake under a man's feet, a hunter, a goat, a human and a star, a prehistoric man; Akunk - St. Karapet and St. Mariam Astvatsatsin churches, chapels St. Sargis and St. Amenaprkich, St. Poghos Petros church, cave-dwelling, memorial to the victims of the Second World War; Katnaghbyur - Red Cross Chapel; Aramus - St. Nshan, the survived part of Tsiranavor Church, St. Hakob Church, Chapel of St. Astvatsatsin; Kamaris
- ancient small church; Nor Gyugh
(new village) - church of St. Astvatsatsin, Mayakovsky - church of St. George; Abovyan - St. Stepanos Church, St. Hovhannes Church, monument to the 50th anniversary of the annexation of Armenia to Russia, cemetery of POW (prisoners of war) of the Second World War, Museum of Friendship of Armenian-Russian Peoples, monument to King Trdat III; Balahovit - St. Astvatsatsin church 19th century, St. Hovhannes 19th century, St. Karapet 5th century chapels; Arinj - St. Getargel (Dzagaravank) Monastery complex 7-17th centuries, Chapel of St. Karapet 20th century, Church of St. Hovhannes 1880, Castle 8th century BC till 17th century, 400 m north of the village, on the top of the hill, inside the Castle - St. Astvatsatsin Church - 15th century, Chapel of Karmravor - 13th century, numerous khachkars; Jrvezh - Holy catholic Church, Jrvezh forest reserve;
dinner 20:00, overnight in Yerevan;
Yerevan - Breakfast 06:30, Arzni - St. Mariam Astvatsatsin Assyrian Church, Nor Hachn - St. Amenaprkich Church, St. Kiraki (Sunday) Church; Argel - Church of St. Gregory Zoravar 1890, cave dwellings, Tukh Manuk chapel; Karenis - Monastery complex Karenis 6-7th centuries, Matthew and Andreas Apostles Monastery, underground tomb where the relics of the Apostles are kept; Alapars - St. Astvatsatsin and Vardan Zoravar 10th century churches; Bjni - St. Thaddeus, St. Cross, St. George, Tukh Manuk, St. Hovhannes, St. Astvatsamayr churches, Kiraknamut chapel, Bjni fortress, Bjni mineral water source; Qaghsi - St. Astvatsatsin Church 10th century restored in 1905, St. Varvara Chapel, St. Gevorg, Mayravank Monastery not far from Solak village, St. Astvatsatsin Church, Tombs - the findings of which are kept in the State Museum of Armenia; Lernanist - St. Avazan Church, St. Karapet Chapel; Hrazdan - Maqravank monastery complex 10-17th centuries, caravanserai 13th century, St. Astvatsatsin church, Surb Manuk church; Sevan - St. Gevorg, Sevanavank monastery complex, located on the Akhtamar peninsula of Lake Sevan, Ttujur - source of mineral waters, church; Aygut - an old Arab cemetery; Gosh - Goshavank monastery complex (Mkhitar Gosh, born in 1130 in Gandzak - died - in 1213, in Goshavank), Armenian thinker - scientist, legislator, fable writer, clergyman, pedagogue, public figure.
According to the fables of Mkhitar Gosh, the type of folklore - the fable entered the 12th century Armenian literature.
M. Gosh's wisdom has become so well-known that many have come from far and wide to study with him. He enjoyed great prestige not only among intelligentsia (intellectual class), but also among politicians and statesmen of the time. In the Middle Ages, legends were told about him, in which he was sanctified. The American encyclopedia considers that Gosh is one of the main representatives of the Armenian Renaissance. The British intellectual David Lang compares Gosh with the famous fables of Aesop և Lafontaine; Haghartsin - Haghartsin monastic complex; Dilijan - Jukhtak (12th century) և Matosavank (13th century) monastic complexes, Ttujur - source of mineral water; Overnight in Yerevan.
According to the fables of Mkhitar Gosh, the type of folklore - the fable entered the 12th century Armenian literature.
M. Gosh's wisdom has become so well-known that many have come from far and wide to study with him. He enjoyed great prestige not only among intelligentsia (intellectual class), but also among politicians and statesmen of the time. In the Middle Ages, legends were told about him, in which he was sanctified. The American encyclopedia considers that Gosh is one of the main representatives of the Armenian Renaissance. The British intellectual David Lang compares Gosh with the famous fables of Aesop և Lafontaine; Haghartsin - Haghartsin monastic complex; Dilijan - Jukhtak (12th century) և Matosavank (13th century) monastic complexes, Ttujur - source of mineral water; Overnight in Yerevan.
08:00 Breakfast, Gum Market, Vernisazh.
Farewell Lunch, 12:00,
Free hours, transfer to the airport.
Farewell Lunch, 12:00,
Free hours, transfer to the airport.