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Standing on the Silk Road

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10 days / 9 nights

The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, is an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe. The Silk Road earns its name from the extensive Chinese silk trade, the main reason why the road was created. The Silk Road represents an early phenomenon of political and cultural integration due to inter-regional trade. In its heyday, the Silk Road sustained an international culture that strung together groups as diverse as the Magyars, Armenians, and Chinese.

This Armenian tour gives you a nice opportunity to discover some routes of the Great Silk Road in Armenia!

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Day 1: Arrival

Arrival to Zvartnots Airport. Meet and greet transfer airport/hotel. Accommodation. Rest.

Day 2: City tour

In the morning the city tour around Yerevan starts. During your tour, you will see the Republic Square, Cascade, Opera house, the Victory Park. Lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon your main attractions will be Erebuni Fortress Museum and Armenian History Museum. Welcome dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.

Day: 3 Genocide museum / Echmiadzin / Zvartnots / Vernisage

Breakfast at the hotel, departure to Echmiadzin, which is the centre of Armenian Apostolic Church. Return to Yerevan with a stop at the ruins of Zvartnots temple - the pearl of the 7th c. architecture. Lunch in a national restaurant in Yerevan. Visit to the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial park and Museum of The Victims of Genocide. Then you will visit open air market Vernissage, which offers woodcarving, antiques, fine lace and hand-knotted wool. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.

Day 4: Khor Virap / Noravank / Selim Caravansary / Noraduz / Sevan

Tour to Khor-Virap monastery 4- 17th cc where Grigor the Illuminator was held in captivity for 40 years for his effort in introducing Christianity to Armenia. Continue tour to Noravank monastery - a great religious and cultural center of 12th c. On the way visit to Areni wine factory to taste local wine. Noravank is 122 km away from Yerevan. The oldest structure of the monastery is the church of St. Karapet (9-10 c) that has not survived but was reconstructed in the 13th c. Lunch in a local cave cafe. Drive to Selim Pass for visiting the caravanserai (XIV c.), which used to be an important trade point in the famous Silk Road. Overnight at the hotel in Sevan.

Day 5: Sevan / Dilijan / Goshavank / Haghpat / Sanahin Monasteries / Dzoraget

Start tour from Sevan Dilijan, where you can walk through a museum street, with the buildings preserved from 19 c. Visit to Gohsavank complex (11-13 th cc.) which is situated in the woodlands of Dilijan. Continue tour to the architectural complexes of Sanahin (966 AD) and Haghpat (976 AD). The architectural details and decoration of the monuments, which belong to the same epoch, have much in common, which gives us a ground to presume that they were created by craftsmen of the same school. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Dzoraget.

Day 6: Dzoraget / Gyumri City tour / Mastara / Talin / Aruch Caravansary / Yerevan

Drive to Gyumri - the second largest city in Armenia. City tour aroung Gyumri. Lunch in Gyumri. Drive back to Yerevan. Visit church Mastara (7 c.). Continue to Talin village with the remains of church of 7 c. In the village Aruch, one of the oldest settlements of Armenia, you’ll see the temple of Aruch (7 c A.D) an important medieval Armenian architectural construction. The half - destroyed caravanserai is preserved on the northern side of the village, on the Ashtarak-Talin highway. Drive to Yerevan. Overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.

Day 7: Yerevan / Ashtarak / Saghmossavank / Hovanavank / Amberd / Yerevan

Proceed to Ashtarak to visit the church Karmravour - one of the smallest pan - Armenian churches. Continue to Hovanavank Monastery (5-13 cc.). Saghmossavank medieval monastery is situated not far from Hovanavan. Lunch in a local house tasting homemade dishes. Tour to Fortress of Amberd (9th c) which is situated 6 km from the village of Byurakan. There are also vestiges of a fortified three - storied palace, a church built in 1026, a palace bathhouse with two domes, and other buildings. Drive back to the capital. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Matenadaran / Garni / Geghard / Fruit Market

Visit to the depositary of ancient manuscripts the Matenadaran, where you can see the first copy of the Bible and the Gospels. Departure to Garni Temple. The citadel and pagan temple of Garni is a picturesque monument of the Hellenistic period. Lunch at a local house in Garni. Geghard monastery is situated in Northeast of Garni. Though the monastery of Gueghard was around before the 4th century, the main cathedral was built in 1215. Return back. Visit the fruit market. Farewell dinner and overnight at the hotel in Yerevan.