Accommodation

10 nights at 3 star hotels (other hotels as 4 or 5* are available upon request)

Transport

Transportaiton with a modern car with AC

Meals

Breakfast at the hotel

Others

Accommodation at 3* hotels in DBL/Twin rooms (10 nights) Transportation with a comfortable cars with AC English speaking guide Breakfast at the hotel Entrance fees to all visited places Armenian bread Lavash making in a local house in Garni village Wine tasting in Areni village Airport transfers Local taxes

Guide

English speaking tour guide (Other languages are available upon request)

Not included:

Insurance

Flights

Others

Lunches and dinners Flights Travel insurance Visa to Armenia and Georgia (if required) Single room supplement Tips to the guides/drivers

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Day 1 Arrival To Yerevan (Armenia)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival To Yerevan (Armenia)

Arrival at Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel.

Overnight in Yerevan
Day 2 Yerevan City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yerevan City Tour

Yerevan is the pink “pearl” of Armenia. This beautiful European city is mostly built by different shades of pink stone called “tuf” quarried in Armenia. Founded in 782 B.C. Yerevan is reputedly one of the oldest cities in the world to have been continuously inhabited. The city is located under the gaze of the biblical Mount Ararat where the Noah’s ark landed. We start our exploration with the Republic Square with it magnificent buildings enhanced by singing fountains. Walking down the Abovyan Street, one of the oldest streets in Yerevan which was on the Silk Road,we continue to Northern Avenue, Opera House, Cascade, GUM Bazaar. Later we will visit St Gregory the Illuminatore, the largest church in Armenia built in 2001 when Armenia celebrated 1700 years of being the first Christian country in the world.

Overnight in Yerevan
Day 3 Yerevan - Garni - Geghard - Symphony Of Stones - Yerevan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yerevan - Garni - Geghard - Symphony Of Stones - Yerevan

We drive to Garni Fortress, the royal summer residence of the Armenian kings and visit Garni Temple of the Sun, the only standing Hellenistic temple in the Caucasus and the former USSR. It resembles Parthenon in Greece but its dimensions are smaller as it was built only for the Armenian royal family to worship the Sun God.

We continue to Geghard Monastery (UNESCO), the most beautiful rock-cut medieval monastery in the world with its fascinating natural setting and decorative art carved inside the solid rock. It is the only place in Armenia where you can see a large number of the Armenian exquisite lace-type cross-stones carved on the rocks.

Master class of traditional Armenian bread “lavash” being baked in tonir (underground oven). The preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Humanity. Later we will explore the most surreal site in Armenia, the stunning Garni Gorge where you can marvel at basalt rock formations – columns looking like honeycombs or pencils. The site stretches for a kilometer along the river…

Overnight in Yerevan
Day 4 Yerevan - Khor Virap - Areni - Noravank - Yerevan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yerevan - Khor Virap - Areni - Noravank - Yerevan

Early morning departure from Yerevan. The first stop of our trip is Khor Virap, the most sacred pilgrimage destination in Armenia. Guided by the remote majesty of biblical mount Ararat, we explore the site, its underground chambers, elegant chapels and are captivated by the ascetic atmosphere of the site.

We continue to the south driving through the agricultural heart of Armenia, Ararat Plain offering a fantastic scenery of fruit orchards, endless vineyards at the foothills of Ararat Mountain where the Noah’s ark landed. As soon as the we pass the Ararat Plain we can experience the untamed beauty of Southern Armenia – surreal red rocks providing an eerie echo, honey-colored villages sandwiched between them.

Our next stop is the Monastery of Noravank, an architectural gemstone nestled among brick-red cliffs, just above a deep gorge. Later we’ll drive back to Areni village, the cradle of viticulture! This is where world’s ancient winery was found (about 6000 years old). Winery tour and wine tasting.

Overnight in Yerevan
Day 5 Yerevan - Lake Sevan - Haghartsin - Dilijan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yerevan - Lake Sevan - Haghartsin - Dilijan

We tour around the Lake Sevan (60 km far from Yerevan), a huge mountainous lake which takes up almost 5% of the country’s surface area. It’s one of the most beautiful alpine lakes in the world situated at 1900 m above sea level . On a clear and sunny day, the water is often deep turquoise color.

Then we continue to Dilijan National Park. Many poets used to say, “If there are woods, mountains, streams and mineral waters in paradise, it must be like Dilijan”. As a climatic balneal health center of medium-mountain zone, Dilijan is characterized by mild, moderate warm summer, sunny warm winter and dry warm weather during the whole year.

Take a stroll in the most beautiful part of the town, Old Dilijan Complex. Here we experience the town as it was in the 19th century. We visit Haghartsin, a fairy-tale monastery nestled in the middle of the forest. Drive to Dilijan

Overnight in Dilijan
Day 6 Dilijan - Haghpat - Tbilisi (Georgia)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dilijan - Haghpat - Tbilisi (Georgia)

Driving through the Russian Old believers’ villages and picturesque Canyon of Debed River we visit the Monastery of Haghpat dating back to the 10th century. It’s a perfect example of medieval Armenian architecture. Being astonishingly well preserved with its frescoes, “lace” stone-crosses, inscriptions and bas-relieves it became the first Armenian architectural monument to be included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Drive to Sadakhlo Georgian – Armenian border. Change buses and guides. Continue to Tbilisi.

Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 7 Tbilisi City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tbilisi City Tour

Tbilisi today is one of the most modern and cosmopolitan cities in the Caucasus. Since that time the city has been destroyed and rebuilt on nearly 30 different occasions following a long history of fighting off Persian, Arab, Turkmen, Mongol, Turk and, finally, Russian invaders. We begin our tour with a visit to Old Tbilisi town with its “Sulfur Baths” district, Georgian Orthodox and Armenian Gregorian churches, and a Jewish synagogue and a Turkish mosque side by side, reflecting Tbilisi’s acceptance and tolerance of different religions. Then we’ll continue our sightseeing with a visit to the Fortress of Narikala and its St. Nikolas Church. We can walk up the stairs of the fortress in order to get a “bird-eye” view of the magical city of Tbilisi. We’ll stroll down Rustaveli Avenue, the main thoroughfare running east through the city.

Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 8 Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Ananuri - Gudauri
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Ananuri - Gudauri

Today we will drive north along the Georgian Military Highway, linking Georgia with Russia into the mountainous provinces of the Greater Caucasus. The first stop of our tour will be in sacred Mtskheta (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the ancient capital of eastern Georgia, at the southern end of the highway. Georgia conversion to Christianity took place in Mtskheta in 337 AD. We will visit Church of Jvari perched on a cliff overlooking the city, the Sveti-Tskhoveli Cathedral, the first Christian church to be built in Georgia and its largest functioning cathedral and the Samtavro Monastery complex. Continuing our journey into the mountains, we will stop in Ananuri to see the incredible 16th century fortress complex built by the warring dukes of Aragvi in an attempt to control the main road. Later a tour to Gergeti Trinity church at Mount Kazbek.

Overnight in Gudauri
Day 9 Gudauri - Gori -Uplistsikhe -Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Gudauri - Gori -Uplistsikhe -Tbilisi

We journey down from the mountains today stopping at Samtavisi Georgian Orthodox cathedral (11th century). The Assyrian missionary Isidore founded the first monastery here in 572 A.D. We continue to the town of Gori, founded by one of the greatest kings of Georgia, David the Builder in the 12th century. Visit the house museum of Joseph Stalin in Gori as this town is the house birthplace of the dictator. The town will also provide a convenient jumping off point for our explorations of nearby Uplis-Tsikhe, an ancient cave town dating from the first half of the 1st millennium BC. The entire town is a complex of rock-cut streets, residences, churches, secret tunnels, water passages, markets and the oldest theatre in Georgia. Though there are about 700 caves the visitor have access to only 150 of them. Drive to Tbilisi.

Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 10 Tbilisi - Sighnaghi - Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tbilisi - Sighnaghi - Tbilisi

Today we visit Sighnaghi – “the love town” in the wine region of Kakheti. It is located on the eastern part of Georgia, bordered by the small mountains province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north. Here we’ll visit Bodbe monastery of St. Nino. Her tomb is still shown at the Bodbe Monastery. St. Nino has become one of the most venerated saints of the Georgian Orthodox Church and her attribute, a Grapevine cross, is a symbol of Georgian Christianity. Drive to Tbilisi.

Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 11 Departure (From Georgia)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure (From Georgia)

Transfer to Tbilisi International Airport. Departure.

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Arrival To Yerevan (Armenia)

Yerevan City Tour

Yerevan - Garni - Geghard - Symphony Of Stones - Yerevan

Yerevan - Khor Virap - Areni - Noravank - Yerevan

Yerevan - Lake Sevan - Haghartsin - Dilijan

Dilijan - Haghpat - Tbilisi (Georgia)

Tbilisi City Tour

Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Ananuri - Gudauri

Gudauri - Gori -Uplistsikhe -Tbilisi

Tbilisi - Sighnaghi - Tbilisi

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