Best Of Armenia Tour From India

Arrival in Yerevan – Yerevan City tour  

1.  Arrival in Yerevan. Meet & transfer to the hotel for check in.
2. Lunch at Indian restaurant.
3. Continue Yerevan City tour - Yerevan sightseeing, including City center, Republic square, State University, City panorama, Mother Armenia Monument, Parliament, President’s Residence, Opera House. Visit the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex.
4. Visit to Cascade complex, which is considered the modern art center of Yerevan, with art pieces displayed throughout the whole area: the boulevard and up the stairs, from top of which you can enjoy the panoramic view on the city and Mountain Ararat. Cascade is home to Cafesjian modern art museum.
5. Dinner at Indian restaurant.
6. Overnight at hotel in Yerevan. 

Yerevan – Sevan Lake – Tsaghkadzor – Yerevan

1. Breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to Sevan Lake, which is the largest body of water in Armenia and Caucasus region, then visit Sevanavank monastery located on the peak of Sevan peninsula.
2. Local lunch at restaurant with a view of Sevan Lake with Indian ascent.  
3. Then drive to Tsaghkadzor (means “gorge of flowers”) town, the magical place of forested mountains. Opportunity to go up to the mountain peaks by rope way, where you will catch an unforgettable gorgeous panoramic view of this part of the world (going up the first level and back) from Teghenis Mountain. In winter Tsaghkadzor is a well-known ski resort with several levels of ropeways leading up the mountains. In summer it’s a pleasant place to spend the afternoon in nature and enjoy the sun. Drive back to Yerevan city.
4. Dinner at Indian restaurant.
5. Overnight at hotel in Yerevan.

Yerevan – Khor Virap – Areni Winery – Noravank – Yerevan 

1. Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Khor Virap Monastery. To this day you can visit the underground chamber where St. Gregory the Illuminator, the first Armenia’s Patriarch, was imprisoned for 13 years before curing King Trdat III of a disease. This caused the conversion of the king and Armenia into the first officially Christian nation in the world in the year 301. Its location, near the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders, offers a spectacular view of the mountain, the national symbol of Armenia.
2. Then we will drive to Areni Winery, degustation and presentation of local wine.
3. Lunch at local restaurant with Indian ascent.
4. Proceed to Noravank Monastery (13-14th centuries), an architectural gemstone nestled among brick-red cliffs, just above a deep gorge. Drive back to Yerevan.
5. Dinner at Indian restaurant.
6. Overnight at hotel in Yerevan.

 Yerevan – Garni – Geghard -  Yerevan - Vernissage 

1. Breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to the unique caved temple St. Geghard (12th -13th cc.), the name of which means “holy spear” in the honor of the long-preserved spear, the same spear that pierced the body of crucified Christ. It is now exhibited in the museum of Etchmiadzin Cathedral. Geghard Monastery is included in the UNESCO World Heritage list (2000). Drive to the only remaining pagan temple in Armenia devoted to the God of Sun – Myrth, in Garni, built in 77 AD by King Trdat.
2. Local lunch at Habitat house with Indian ascent.
3. Drive to the only remaining pagan temple in Armenia devoted to the God of Sun – Myrth, in Garni, built in 77 AD by King Trdat. Photo stop at Charentc Arc. Drive back to Yerevan.
4. Visit Vernissage open air market of handicrafts.
5. Dinner at Indian restaurant.
6. Overnight at hotel in Yerevan.

Yerevan - Etchmiadzin – Zvartnots – Yerevan 

1. Breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to Etchmiadzin City, the Holy See of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Visit St. Hripsime Church built in the 7th century and is considered a masterpiece of early medieval Armenian architecture. Continue to Etchmiadzin Mother Cathedral. Historically, it is the focal point of the town of Etchmiadzin, and it’s the oldest church in the world. It was originally built by Saint Gregory the Illuminator as a vaulted basilica in 301-303A.D., when Armenia was the only country in the world the state religion of which was Christianity.
2. Lunch at local restaurant.
3. After lunch we will visit Zvartnots. Zvartnots Cathedral is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat, Armenia. Built in the seventh century
4. Gala Dinner at Indian restaurant.
5. Overnight at hotel in Yerevan.

Departure 

1. Breakfast at the hotel.
2. Check out.
3. Transfer to the airport.