Long Weekend in Armenia

4 days / 3 nights
You want to explore the city older than Rome ... Feel the mystery of the Biblical Mount Ararat? Here is a great opportunity to take a bitr of what Armenia has to offer to its guests.
Day 1: Arrival / City tour / Echmiadzin / Zvartnots / Yerevan
Arrival to Zvartnots airport. Meet and greet transfer, accommodation at the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel. City tour around Yerevan. You will see the Republic Square, Opera house, Victory Park with Mother Armenia statue. Lunch in a local restaurant. Visit to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial park and Museum of The Victims of Genocide. Departure to Echmiadzin, 20 km from Yerevan. Return to Yerevan with a stop at the ruins of Zvartnots temple. Drive back to Yerevan. Welcome dinner in a national restaurant and overnight in Yerevan.
Day 2: Yerevan / Carpet Factory / Khor Virap / Areni / Noravank / Yerevan
Tour starts with a visit to Carpet Factory to see the Armenian carpet making process. Tour to Khor-Virap monastery 4- 17th cc., which is 45 km from Yerevan. It is situated in the Ararat valley against the biblical Ararat Mountain. The importance of it is connected with Grigor the Illuminator. Continue tour to Noravank monastery - a great religious and cultural centre of 12th c. On the way visit “Areni” wine factory to taste local wine, and then to Noravank. Lunch in a local cave cafe. Return to Yerevan. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.
Day 3: Matenadaran / Garni / Geghard / Vernisage / Fruit Market
Departure to Garni Temple - a picturesque monument of the Hellenistic period. Lunch at a local house in Garni. Northeast to it, higher up the gorge of the Azat River, there is Geghard monastery - another incredible ancient Armenian monastery, partly carved out of a mountain. Return. After lunch there comes a visit to open air market Vernissage, which offers woodcarving, antiques, fine lace, and the hand-knotted wool carpets. Visit to the famous fruit market. Farewell dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.
Day 4: Departure
Transfer to the airport and departure.
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