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The Best of Armenia 14 days

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Name of the tour:The Best of Armenia
Duration: 14 days
Optimal group size: 4-10 people

During this tour you will experience the most popular tourism attractions of Armenia. The program includes sightseeing, cultural events, lot of socializing with nice people, parties and testing of Armenian delicious food and drinks. A tour guide will lead the excursions in a comfortable bus. The group will spend 9 nights in Yerevan city, and 5 nights in the countryside. Accommodation in countryside will be organized in small comfortable hotels. Accommodation in Yerevan depends on your choice – several hotel options are presented in the price schedule table.

Day 1 View of Holy Mount Ararat and preliminary tour in Yerevan city. Visit to the History Museum and the National Art Gallery.	Yerevan - Capital of Armenia. History Museum of Armenia. National Art Gallery of Armenia.
Day 2 Visit to Matenadaran, where more then 14 thousand ancient manuscripts are preserved. Excursion to museum and gallery of renowned Armenian painter Martiros Saryan. Visit to the Yerevan Brandy Factory. Tasting Armenian legendary brandy.	Matenadaran - Museum of Ancient Manuscripts. Saryan Museum. Yerevan Brandy Factory.
Day 3 Drive to Garni, a former summer residence of Armenian kings. Visit the pagan temple of Mitre, the God of Sun (1st century A.D.) an architectural monument of the Hellenic period. Visit to Geghard Monastery (12th 13th century) renowned for its rocky architecture and its cave church. Return to Yerevan. Attend a cultural event.	Garni. Geghard.
Day 4 Drive to Echmiadzin the spiritual and administrative center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Stopover and sightsee at the Musa Ler Meuseum on the way to Echmiadzin. Visit the Mother See of Echmiadzin (4th Century). Stopover at the ruins of the phenomenal Zvartnots cathedral on way back. Return to Yerevan.	Musaler Heroes Memorial and Museum. Echmiadzin. Zvartnots.
Day 5 Drive to Dzoraget village near Alaverdi city - a miraculous world of mountainous woodlands and bottomless gorges. Visit medieval masterpieces of Armenian architecture: the monasteries of Sanahin (9th to 12th century) and Haghpat (11th to 13th century). These monasteries are under the protection of UNESCO and are included in the list of world heritage sites. Visit to the museum of Anastas Mikoyan. Stop at a hotel for the night.	Sanahin. Haghpat. Mikoyan Brothers Museum.
Day 6 Drive to Tavush marz (province), a region of coniferous and mixed forests and to Dilijan city. Trip to Haghartsin Monastery (11-13th century). Visit to Ijevan Wine Factory. Tasting Ijevan wine. Drive to Ijevan city. Excursion in the Ijevan park of sculptures. Stop in B&B in Ijevan for the night.	Dilijan. Haghartsin. Ijevan.
Day 7 Travel to high altitude Lake Sevan (1900 m), the "Queen of Armenia" which is one of the highest big lakes in the world. Visit the churches on the peninsula (9th century). Voyage to Noratus village where there are over 900 medieval cross-stones from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Noratus is one of the most impressive places in Armenia. Drive over the Selim Pass to Vayk marz (province). Check-in in a local hotel for the night.	Lake Sevan. Noratus.
Day 8 Ride to Jermuk, a health resort through a deep, narrow gorge. The name "Jermuk" originates from Armenian word "Jerm" which means warm. The Jermuk region is rich in unique springs of both fresh and mineral water. Excursion in Jermuk city. Sightseeing Jermuk waterfall. Ride back to Vayk for the night.	Jermuk.
Day 9 Ride towards Sisian. Stopover for sightseeing Zorats Karer an ancient astronomical observatory (5-4th millennium B.C.) also known as Karahunge. The name Karahunge is similar to England's Stonehange and means "singing rocks" or "sounding rocks". Ride to Goris. Visit to Aksel Bakunts museum. Journey to Tatev Monastery. On the way to Tatev, in one of the deepest parts of the gorge is the amazing natural miracle of Vorotan Canyon: the famous "Devil's Bridge". Sightsee at Tatev Monastery which is perched atop a gigantic gorge. Ride back to Vayk.	Sisian. Zorats Karer - ancient astrological observatory. Museum of Aksel Bakunts. Devil’s Bridge. Tatev Monastery.
Day 10 Drive to Khor Virap Monastery where the Biblical Mount Ararat reveals its breathtaking size and splendor. Sightsee at Khor Virap, where Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned for preaching Christianity. Drive to the masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture: Noravank Monastery (13th-14th century), which is in a deep canyon of red rocks. Stopover in the Areni village for wine tasting at the local wine factory. Return to Yerevan.	Noravank. Khor Virap.
Day 11 Visit the Children’s Art Museum of Armenia. Visit Vernisazh, an outdoor market of unique handmade souvenirs. Visit the Sergey Parajanov museum, the author of the world renowned "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranate".	Children’s Art Gallery. Outdoor handcrafts market. Parajanov Museum.
Day 12 Drive to Oshakan, where the body of Mesrob Mashtots, the creator of Armenian alphabet, is buried. Every year in September, after a solemn promise near his grave here in the church of St. Mashtots to love and learn the Armenian language, numerous 1st year pupils learn the first letter of the Armenian Alphabet. Journey to the Amberd Castle (10-12th century), located at an altitude of 2300m. Drive to the highest point in today's Armenia on mount Aragats (4090m). Free time near the beautiful mountainous Lake Kari, located at an altitude of 3250m. Return to Yerevan.	Oshakan. Amberd. Mount Aragats and Lake Kari.
Day 13 Excursion to the memorial of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Ride to Ashtarak city. Sightsee at Saghmosavank Monastery north of Ashtarak on the cliffs of the Kazakh Gorge. Return to Yerevan.	Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial. Saghmosavank.
Day 14 Free time. Farewell party at a restaurant.

Notice: Some target sights are not available at winter time; therefore in such cases some modifications will be made in the tour schedule subject for your final approval.

Group assembling and tour reservation principle

This is an open-date tour package, which allows you to travel with your "own" group (your family, friends, colleagues, etc.) and choose a date that is most convenient for you. You should submit an inquiry to get our response in 24 hours with a notice on availability of the tour, final price and other details. Information for the inquiries can be submitted via clicking on corresponding initial price of the tour packages in the table below.

Initial price schedule of tour packages for ONE PERSON (subject for final adjustment)

The table below presents initial prices of the tour packages for one person. These prices are subject for final adjustment depending on your hotel, room accommodation choice and some other details. You will get the final price in our response-letter to your inquiry shortly.

The Tour Package price includes: accommodation, in-country transportation (including transfers to and from the airport), breakfast, services of tour guides, tickets to museums and cultural events (opera, ballet, etc.).

Price does not include: air-tickets, visa payments, insurance, personal expenses (telephone, laundry, mini-bar, etc.), meal (except breakfast), alcohol, additional tours not included in the tour program.

Number of tourists in the group: 4-10 people

Tour package prices for 1 person

Hotel accommodation options in Yerevan Click on the names to learn more about the hotels	For groups of 4-10 people
	Room accommodation options Click on corresponding tour package price to submit information for an inquiry
	DBL	SNGL
Marriott Armenia
Golden Tulip Yerevan
Golden Palace
Congress
Ani Plaza hotel
Aviatrans hotel
Europe
Regineh

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