Summer In Armenia

Day 1 Yerevan - City Tour

1. 1

   Republic Square

   15 min

   Republic Square is the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It consists of two sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a pool with musical fountains.

2. 2

   Victory Park and Statue of Mother Armenia

   40 min

   The current statue replaces a monumental statue of General Secretary Joseph Stalin that was created as a victory memorial for World War II. During Stalin's reign of the Soviet Union, Grigor Harutyunyan, the first secretary of the Armenian Communist Party's Central Committee and members of the government oversaw the construction of the monument which was completed and unveiled to the people on November 29, 1950.

3. 3

   Armenian Genocide Museum

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Away from the city center, on one of the green hills of Yerevan, there is a Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide. This place eternalized the memory of the awful crime of the 20th century against the Armenian nation.
   The building was opened recently, in 1995. Next to the museum, a memorial had been erected to commemorate innocent victims.
   Although the place is rather sad, as the old wisdom says: “If we forget the past mistakes, there is a great probability that we repeat them”.

Day 2 Garni - Geghard- Sevan

1. 1

   Garni Temple

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Garni is remarkable with a number of historical and architectural monuments of the Hellenistic and early Christian era. The most prominent among them are Garni temple and the fortress of the same name. Moreover, there you will find the ruins of the royal palace and baths built according to the Roman methodology. The museum-reserve is situated on the territory of 5 hectares, 28 kilometers away from Yerevan. In 2011 the complex received the prestigious award of the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize.

2. 2

   The Monastery of Geghard

   1 hour

   Located several miles from Garni, along the river Azat gorge to the northeast, on the amphitheatre-like slope of steep rocks, amidst severe and majestic nature is Geghard or Geghardavank monastery well-known for its rocky sights. The direction there is shown by the figure of a lioness on a high pedestal standing right at the abrupt turn after which you suddenly see the monastery.
   The half of the monastic complex is indeed cut from granite monolith. The other half consists of natural grottoes and caves which were used as cells.

3. 3

   Monastery Sevanavank

   1 hour

   In the northwest part of Sevan Lake, on a narrow rocky peninsula, there stands one of the most prominent examples of medieval Armenian architecture – Sevanavank Monastery.
   In ancient times, the peninsula was stand-alone island. It was separated from the shore by 3 km of transparent water full of fish, which were caught by the monastery. The monks first arrived there at the end of the 8th century, and they built a small chapel and few cells.

Day 3 Dilijan- Haghartsin- Tsaghkadzor

1. 1

   Dilijan National Park

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Dilijan is one of the major cities in Armenia, and has a lovely mountain climate and several mountain springs. Dilijan is located in the marz (province) of Tavush, in the Aghstev River gorge among coniferous woods. Famous for its healing aromatic air, Dilijan is famous for those with respiratory diseases.

2. 2

   Haghartsin Monastery

   1 hour

   Haghartsin (Armenian: Հաղարծին) is a 13th-century monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It was built between the 10th and 13th centuries (in the 12th under Khachatur of Taron); much of it under the patronage of the Bagratuni Dynasty.

3. 3

   Kecharis Monastery

   2 hours Admission ticket not included

   Translated from Armenian the word “Tsakhkadzor” means the Gorge of Flowers. Today's Tsakhkadzor is a cozy city and modern mountain-ski resort. It is located in the picturesque Tsakhkunyats canyon amidst virgin woods and Alpine meadows, on Mount Tegenis gentle slope (at the height of 1,845 m above the sea level). It received the city status in 1984 and today Tsakhkadzor attracts thousands of holiday makers who come there to relax, improve their health and admire beauties of the nature.

Day 4 Yerevan - Zvartnots International Airport

1. 1

   Zvartnots Temple

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Located 5 km from Echmiadzin is one of the brightest landmarkst of medieval Armenian architecture –the magnificent Zvartnots Temple constructed in the 7-th century. Unfortunately, like the majority of other ancient Armenian temples, Zvartnots has survived only in ruins since it was completely destroyed by powerful earthquake in the 10 th century. But even the ruins of this temple give us the idea of its rare and majestic beauty