Tours in Armenia : 11 days tour in Armenia

Tours in Armenia

11 days tour in Armenia

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Name of the tour: Sense of Armenia
Duration: 11 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 7 nights in Yerevan city, and 4 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.	History Museum National Art Gallery
Day 2 Visit to Matenadaran, where more then 14 thousand ancient manuscripts are preserved. Excursion to museum after Martiros Saryan a world known painter. Visit to the Yerevan Brandy Factory. Tasting Armenian legendary brandy.	Matenadaran - Museum of Ancient Manuscripts Martiros Saryan Museum Yerevan Brandy Factory
Day 3 Visit to the museum of Sergey Parajanov, the world known film director and author of famous movies: "Shadows of forgotten ancestors" and "The Color of Pamagranat". Ride to Garni, a former summer residence of Armenian kings. Sightseeing 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 church, dug in the cliff. Return to Yerevan.	Parajanov Museum Garni Geghard
Day 4 Drive to Echmiadzin, the spiritual and administrative center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Stopover and sighseeing the Musa Ler Museum on the way to Echmiadzin. Sightseeing the Mother See of Echmiadzin (4th Century) where treasures and relics of the church are preserved. Visit to st. Hripsime church. Stopover at the ruins of the phenomenal Zvartnots temple (7th century) which was ruined by an earthquake in the 10th century. Ride back to Yerevan.	Musaler Echmiadzin Zvartnots
Day 5 Drive to Alaverdi city - a miraculous world of mountainous woodlands and botomless gorges. Sightseeing medieval masterpieces of Armenian architecture: monasteries of Sanahin (9th to 12th century) and Haghpat (11th to 13th century). These monasteries are under protection of UNESCO and are included in the list of world heritage. Visti to Migoyan Brothers' meuseum. Stop at a hotel for the night.	Sanahin Haghpat Mikoyan Brothers Museum
Day 6 Drive to the region of coniferous and mixed forests, to Dilijan city. Outing to midieval Haghartsin Monastery (11-13th century). Trip to mountainous lake Sevan (1900m), the "Queen of Armenia" which is one of the highest big lakes in the world. Sightseeing the churches on the peninsula (9th century). Voyage to Noratus village where there are over 900 medieval cross-stones from 9th to the 15th centuries. Noratus is one of the most impressing places in Armenia. Drive over the Selim Pass. Ride to Vayk City. Check-in in a local hotel for the night.	Haghartsin Lake Sevan Noratus
Day 7 Ride to Jermuk, a health resort, through the deep narrow gorge. The name "Jermuk" originates from Armenian word "Jerm" which means warm. The Jermuk region is rich of unique springs both fresh and mineral. Jermuk is special for its soft, mild climate. Excursion in the city. Sightseeing Jermuk waterfall. Ride back to Vayk City for the night.	Jermuk
Day 8 Ride towards Sisian. Stopover for sightseeing Zorats Karer an ancient astronomical observatory (5-4th millennium B.C.) also known as Karahunje. The name Karahunje is in rhymes with 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". Sightseeing the Tatev Monastery which is on the verge of a gigantic gorge. Ride back to Vayk for the night.	Sisian Karahunj - ancient astrological observatory Museum of Aksel Bakunts Tatev Monastery
Day 9 Drive to the masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture: Noravank Monastery (13th-14th century), which is in a gigantic basin of miraculous cliffs. Stopover in the Areni village. Tasting the wine in local wine factory. Sightseeing Khor Virap, where Grigor the Illuminator was imprisoned for preaching Christianity, and where the Biblical Mount Ararat reveals its breathtaking view when the weather is favorable. Return to Yerevan.	Noravank Khor Virap
Day 10 Excursion to the memorial of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Ride to Ashtarak city. Sightseeing Saghmosavank Monastery on the North of Ashtarak. Sightseeing Amberd Fortress. Return to Yerevan.	Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Saghmosavank Amberd
Day 11 Visit the Children’s Art Museum of Armenia. Visit Vernissage, an outdoor market of unique handmade souvenirs. Free time. Departure party in a restaurant.	Children Art Gallery Outdoor handcrafts market

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.

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
Metropol
Best Western Congress
Ani Plaza hotel
Aviatrans hotel
Europe
Regineh

Important notice: Similar customized tours can be developed for individuals, small groups (1-3 people) and large groups (11 and more people).
Please order a customized tour here.