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ARMENIA & GEORGIA / ARMGEO

(Erevan – Sevan – Tiflis)

DAY 1 EREVAN On the way back to Yerevan we will visit during the 13th century. Return to
Arrival at the Int. Airport of Erevan and the ruins of the temple of Zvartnots from Yerevan.
transfer to the hotel. the 7th century. Overnight stay.
DAY 4 EREVAN - GUEGHARD - GARNI
DAY 2 EREVAN – ECHMIADZIN DAY 3 EREVAN - KHOR VIRAP - SEVAN
– ZVARTNOC – EREVAN - NORAVANK - EREVAN Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to
Breakfast and panoramic tour of Yerevan, After breakfast, start of the excursion to Sevan, a high mountain lake at 2000m
whose main tourist attractions are the the Khor Virap Monastery, considered above sea level. On the way we visit
Republic Square, Mashtots Avenue, the cradle of civilization and located near Gueghard and Garni, with photo stop
the Opera House, Swam Lake and the biblical Mount Ararat and the Turkish at the Yeghishé Charents Arch, from
the Cascade Monument. We visit the border. According to history, St. Gregory which you get breathtaking views of
Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and the the Illuminator was imprisoned here Mount Ararat, located in Turkey. Arrival
Museum of the victims of the Armenian for 13 years for preaching Christianity in Gueghard and visit of the monastery
Genocide. throughout the country. carved into the rock during the 12th –
Then departure to the Echmiadzin We continue the tour to Vayots Dzor 13th centuries. Continuation to Garni,
Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage Site), where we will visit the Noravank where you can enjoy a typical lunch
20 km from the capital and sacred place Monastery, considered one of the most accompanied by “Lavash”, Armenian
of the Christian religion. beautiful monasteries in Armenia and an bread baked in a stone oven, and local
important religious and cultural center cheese.

After lunch, visit of a Greco-Roman style
temple of the 1stcentury. We continue to
Sevan, where we will visit the monastic
complex of Sevanavank, of which two
medieval churches are preserved.
GEORGIA Overnight in Sevan.

Gori / Uplistsikhe Alaverdi DAY 5 SEVAN - SANAHIN - HAGHPAT
Mtskheta Gremi - SADAKHLO - TBILISI
Tiflis Today we leave in the direction of
Georgia, visiting first the monasteries
of Sanahin and Haghpat, in the
Sadakhlo
Tumanian region. Both monasteries, built
Sanahin Haghpat between the 10th and 13th centuries,
are outstanding works of medieval
ARMENIA Sevan architecture in the country and included in
the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Echmiadzin Geghard
Garni
Vagharshapat Yerevan Transfer to Sadakhlo, the border between
Zvartnoc Armenia and Georgia. Arrival at the hotel
Khor Virap in Tbilisi where we will stay until the end
Noravank of the trip and departure point for day
trips to the main tourist attractions of the
country.

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