By going on this excursion we will actually learn the history, way of life, culture and cuisine of my country!! First of all, we will visit Old Artashat and see Khor Virap (this is exactly the place where the first Patriarch Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned as a criminal and the closest view of Ararat), the wine region of Areni (here we will be visiting a winemaker where we will have a shish kebab in a tondoor on a grapevine vine and try the winemaker's signature wines), after which we will visit the bird cave, the Noravank monastery (here I will show you the miraculous face of Christ), we will reach the village of Halidzor and spend the night in an Eco hotel, if you love mountains and gorges, then you will fall in love here!!) ,
Day two. We will visit the village of Old Hot (Armenian Machu Picchu) this is an abandoned town where life was in full swing in the past, after we will have a little Hiking to the Tatev Great Hermitage (an old abandoned men's monastery) where you will meet the hermit Hakob, we will go down under the damn bridge and depending on season, we will swim in mineral springs), lunch will be picnics in nature
Day three. In the morning we will visit the lookout point, Tatev Monastery, cable car, lunch in a village house, Shaki waterfall and in the evening we will reach Yerevan!
Languages of the tour
- Russian
Information
The price does not include and is paid separately:
Entrance to the bird cave - 3$ per person
Cable car 23$ per person
Rooms in an eco hotel from 15$
Attractions
Shaki Waterfall - you will enjoy the local fantastic nature, where water pours down from a height, creating a mesmerizing cascade. You will learn the legend about the girl Shaka who escaped from captivity, whose story became part of the magic of this place.
Tatev Monastery Complex is a historical monument of the 9th century, one of the oldest and most famous monastic complexes in Armenia, a pearl of Armenian architecture.
Wings of Tatev is the world’s longest pendulum-type passenger cable car, the length of the cable car is almost 6 km.
Noravank is an Armenian monastery complex built in the XIII-XIV, 122 km from Yerevan, on the ledge of a narrow winding gorge of a tributary of the Arpa River near the village of Areni. The gorge is famous for the steep red rocks that rise behind the monastery, on the territory of which there is a two-story church of St. Astvatsatsin with narrow cantilever staircases.
Artashat - the first capital of Great Armenia
Devil's Bridge, also known as Satani Kamurj, is a natural formation stretching 30 m in length and 50–60 m in width. It is located in the gorge of the Vorotan River in the Syunik region of Armenia, approximately 2.5 km east of the village of Tatev, with an altitude above the river of about 50 m.
