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!!) , in the morning we will visit the lookout point, the Devil's Bridge, the Tatev Monastery, the cable car, then we will go to a village house to eat and feel the local cuisine and culture, where Aunt Romeella will cook for us various delicious dishes, the Shaki waterfall and in the evening we will arrive in 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
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.
Khor Virap is an ancient Armenian monastery located near the state border of Armenia, near the city of Artashat. The monastery is known for its location at the foot of the biblical Mount Ararat, where, according to legend, Noah ended up on the ark after the Flood.
