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Days: 8 Distance: 950 kilometers

Day 1 Arrival, Meeting at the Airport, Transfer to Hotel. Yerevan City Tour including light walking in the City Centre, outdoor coffee break. Matenadaran. National History Museum. Free afternoon. Welcome Dinner (Optional). Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 2 Breakfast. Geghard Monastery (7-12 cc, UNESCO). Garni Pagan Temple (1st century AD, UNESCO). Lunch in Garni in a rural house and Armenian Lavash baking. Return to Yerevan. Free afternoon. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 3 Breakfast. Echmiadzin (Main Cathedral (303 AD, UNESCO) and Churches of St Gayane (630 AD, UNESCO) and St. Hripsime (618 AD, UNESCO) . Zvartnots Temple (7th century AD, UNESCO). Back to Yerevan. Lunch. Museum of Genocide in Thsitsernakaberd. Leisure time. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 4 Breakfast. Visit Khor Virap Monastery (4-17 cc). View to Ararat Mount . Noravank (13-14 cc). Wine testing. Outdoor lunch in a resteruant with a view to high-scale mountains and fascinating landscapes. Selim Pass and Carvansaray. Noraduz Cross-Stones. Sevan Lake. Hotel check-in. Overnight in Sevan.

Day 5 Breakfast. Sevan Lake, Peninsula and Sevanavank (13th century AD). Dilijan Resort Town and Haghartsin Monastery (13th century AD). Lunch in an outdoor restaurant near the river. After lunch visit Sanahin (10th century AD, UNESCO) and Haghpat Monasteries (10th century AD, UNESCO). Overnight in Hotel in Debed Canyon.

Day 6 Breakfast. Drive back to Yerevan via Vanadzor and Spitak. Visit old cemetery in Yezdi minority village. Saghmosavank and Karmravor churches (7th century AD). Ashtarak old town. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 7 Breakfast. Yerevan. Hand-knotted carpet/rug production factory. Close grocery/food market. Yerevan Brandy Factory and brandy testing. Vernisage. Free afternoon. Farewell dinner in an Armenian style restaurant with live music. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 8 Light breakfast. Early morning hotel check-out and transfer to the Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport. Assisting with flight check-in and departure.

Included:Excursions to most famous cultural/historical and scienic places of interests in Armenia including all the UNESCO sights Licensed Guide (English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian) Transport in AC comfortable Mini-van or Coach depending on group size Breakfast in all days. Other meals as requested. Hotel accomodation (3-star, 4-star and 5-star) as requested. In-bus mineral water, coffee and tea during travelling Airport transfers