Cultural

Day1. Arrival to Yerevan international Airport Zvartnots. A representative of The Time of a New Era company will welcome our guests at the airport and transport them to the luxurious 5-star hotel in Yerevan. After the check-in process at the hotel, our guests will have time to rest. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day2. Breakfast at the hotel. You will start your tour with panoramic city tour of Yerevan. Along the way you will see the Sports and Concert complex, Kievyan Bridge, Baghramyan Avenue, the Presidential Palace, Academy of Sciences, National Parliament and the Opera House. You will also visit History Museum and Brandy factory with tasting of 3 types of famous Armenian cognac. Lunch during the tour. Back to the hotel. Dinner at a traditional Armenian Restaurant. Overnight in Yerevan.

Day3. Breakfast at the hotel. We will start our tour with a visit of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the first official Christian church in the world, built in 301 A.D. Lunch during the tour. Depart from Etchmiadzin to Zvartonts, 7th Century Armenian cathedral. Zvartnots was built at a time when much of Armenia was under Byzantine control or influence and during the early invasions of Armenia by the Muslim Arabs.

We will continue our tour to the excavations of Metsamor - an ancient observatory and center of ancient metallurgy. Excavations have shown strata of occupancy going back to the Neolithic period (7,000-5,000 BC), but the most outstanding features of the site were constructed during the early, middle and late Bronze Ages (5,000-2,000 BC). The site occupies a volcanic hill and surrounding area. The entire city is believed to have covered 200 hectares at its greatest extent, housing up to 50,000 people (making it a huge metropolis in those days). The area was rich in water, mineral and hunting resources at the time of the development of Metsamor.

Back to the Hotel. Dinner and overnight stay in Yerevan.

Day4. Breakfast at the hotel in Yerevan. Visit to Garni, the only pagan temple in Armenia. We will see the magnificent canyon and organ-like vertical cliffs. Take part in a traditional lavash making ceremony.

After lunch we will visit a magnificent Christian Monastery Geghard, carved in the rocks. The monastery has an amazing architecture and stunning acoustics. In the afternoon we will go on a trip to the magnificent complex Agarak - ancient settlement, located in the foothills of Mount Aragats. We will see ancient burial chambers and places of worship. Back to Yerevan. Dinner and overnight stay.

автор: русский гид samvel gevorgyan