Tour: Contrasts of Armenia

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Seven-day tour

Day 1:

Sightseeing tour in Yerevan

1. Airport – Hotel
2. Lunch at the cafe Olympia
3. Sightseeing tour in Yerevan (Matenadaran, Cascade, Opera House, Republic Square)
4. Dinner at the restaurant Olympia (Welcome Party)

Day 2:

Sacred Armenia 

1. Breakfast at the hotel
2. A hike to the Memorial Complex to Armenian Genocide Victims of 1915
3. Lunch at the cafe Olympia
4. A visit to the Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral (301) (The year of inclusion in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: 2000)
5. A visit to Zvartnots Temple – “the temple of the celestial angels” (6-7th centuries) (The year of inclusion in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: 2000)
6. Dinner at the restaurant “Our village” and “Old Erivan” 
   

Day 3:

Northern Armenia (two-day tour) 
  
Day 1:

1. Breakfast at the hotel Olympia
2. Lake Sevan: Swimming, beachfront volleyball, sunburn
3. Lunch on the beach (fresh fish just out of Sevan)
4. Goshavank monastery (11th century)
5. Fresh Air Picnic in Haghartsin forest
6. Haghartsin Monastery (11th century)
7. Dinner at the restaurant Tufenkyan in Lori region

Day 2:

1. Breakfast at the hotel Tufenkyan
2. Haghpat Monastery (10th century) (The year of inclusion in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: 1996)
3. Sanahin Monastery (10th century) (The year of inclusion in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre: 2000)
4. Lunch in Alaverdi Canyon
5. A visit to the monument to the Armenian Alphabet “Aybuben”
6. Dinner at the restaurant Olympia

Day 5:

Leisure Day

Day 6:

Southern Armenia (quick tour) 

1. Breakfast
2. A trip to South – Khor Virap
3. Noravank Monastery Complex (13-14th centuries) (The year of inclusion in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre:2003)
4. Lunch at a cave restaurant
5. Areni village, wine degustation

  Leisure Time 

Day 7:  
Leisure Day

Shopping tour

1. Breakfast at a restaurant
2. Armenian market (buying dried fruits)
3. Degustation of Armenian Cognac
4. Lunch at a restaurant
5. Saryan Park (outdoor exhibition of paintings)
6. Vernisage – arts and crafts market (buying souvenirs)
7. Leisure Time
8. Farewell Party

 The prices include:

• Transfer to the hotel
• Lodging at Olympia hotel
• Breakfasts at the hotels
• All lunches and dinners mentioned in the tours
• Wine degustation
• Cognac degustation
• Guide services
• Transportation (A high-level bus or microbus with an air-conditioner)
• Tickets to the museums

$ 540 until 4 person

$ 430 until 15 person

$ 380 until 30 person