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Name of the tour: May holidays in Armenia
Duration: 11 days/ 10 nights
Dates: April 30 – May 10, 2010

Day 1, 30 April, Friday: Arrival to Armenia International Airport. Meeting with English speaking guide. Transfer to hotel. Check in. Rest. Breakfast in hotel. Preliminary tour in Yerevan city. View of Holy Mount Ararat. Visit to Matenadaran - the Institute of ancient manuscripts.Dinner in traditional Armenian restaurant with folk music. Overnight at a hotel.	Yerevan - Capital of Armenia. Holy Mount Ararat. Matenadaran - Museum of Ancient Manuscripts.
Day 2, 1 May, Saturday: Breakfast in hotel. Drive to Garni temple. Lunch in the traditional Armenian family. Being present at the ‘lavash” baking ceremony. Trip to Geghard Monastery (12th - 13th centuries). Geghard Monastery is included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Visit Vernissage, an outdoor market of unique handmade souvenirs. Overnight at a hotel.	Garni. Geghard. Outdoor handcrafts market.
Day 3, 2 May, Sunday: Breakfast in hotel. Drive to Khor Virap Monastery where the Biblical Mount Ararat reveals its breathtaking view when the weather is favourable. Sightseeing Khor Virap, where Grigor the Illuminator was imprisoned for preaching Christianity. Drive to the masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture: Noravank Monastery (13th-14th century), which is in a gigantic basin of miraculous cliffs. Lunch. Stopover in the Areni village. Tasting the wine in local wine factory. Return to Yerevan. Overnight at a hotel.	Khor Virap. Noravank.
Day 4, 3 May, Monday: Breakfast in hotel. Drive to Echmiadzin, the spiritual and administrative center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Ride back to Yerevan. On the way visit to Zvartnots temple. Lunch. Dinner. Overnight at a hotel.	Echmiadzin. Zvartnots.
Day 5, 4 May, Tuesday: Breakfast in hotel. Check-out from hotel. Visit to Yerevan Brandy Factory, tasting of 3 best brands of brandy. Drive to the North of Armenia - Yenokavan (1,5 hours). Check-in in the equestrian sports complex. Lunch in pavilion. Hiking to "Lover's Path". Visit to the horse stable, checkup of horses. Training in the riding-school (mandatory for all members of the group). Overnight in cottage.	Yerevan Brandy Factory. Ijevan.
Day 6, 5 May, Wednesday: Breakfast. Hiking to Lastiver. Lunch next to waterfall of Khachakhpyur river. Return to complex through Krana Taght - a unique cross stone shop in beech forest. Rest. Supper. Bonfire, songs. Overnight.	Ijevan.
Day 7, 6 May, Thursday: Breakfast. Check-out. Drive to Dilijan city. Visit to medieval Haghartsin Monastery (11-13th century). Trip to mountainous lake Sevan (1900 m), the "Queen of Armenia" which is one of the highest lakes in the world. Sightseeing the churches on the peninsula (9th century). The strongest may try to swim in the cold water of lake. Lunch in the restaurant next to lake Sevan. Return to yerevan. Check-in hotel. Overnight.	Haghartsin. Lake Sevan.
Day 8, 7 May, Friday: Breakfast in hotel. Visit to the museum of Sergey Parajanov, world renowned film director, the author of films "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranate". Visit to Yerevan wine-brandy-vodka factory "Noy" with tasting of 3 brands of wine and 2 brands of brandy. Lunch in the restaurant. Visit to Yerevan food market, where one can buy sweets, fruits, etc. Free time. Overnight at a hotel.	Yerevan - Capital of Armenia. Parajanov Museum.
Day 9, 8 May, Saturday: Breakfast in hotel. Visit to the History Museum. Excursion to the memorial of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Free time. Visit to the jazz club "Malkhas" in the evening. Overnight at a hotel.	History Museum of Armenia. Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial.
Day 10, 9 May, Sunday: Breakfast in hotel. Visit to Victory park and Military Museum of Yerevan city. Free time. Farewell dinner in the restaurant. Overnight at a hotel.	Yerevan - Capital of Armenia.
Day 11, 10 May, Monday: Breakfast in hotel. Check-out from hotel. Transfer to the a/p. Departure.	Yerevan - Capital of Armenia.

Price includes:
All transfers,accommodation 8 nights in 3* hotel in Yerevan, 2 nights in cottage in Yenoqavan, meals according program, bottled water in the bus, program trips by comfortable minibuses with air conditioner, cruises (horseback riding and trekking),tour guide services, tickets to museums and temples.

Price does not include:
Air tickets, personal expenses, additional tours not included in the program.

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