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Arrival to Yerevan. Meet and greet with our English Speaking representative and transfer to hotel.

Check-in.

Overnight at Hotel Congress Best Western in the center of Yerevan.

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we will start our Panoramic City Tour of Yerevan. Yerevan, the capital of the Republic of Armenia is a lively metropolis with an ancient history dating back to 782 BC. Yerevan is located in a valley surrounded by hills. At the south-west part it overlooks the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat covered with perennial snows. Yerevan Panoramic City tour by visiting the main monuments of Yerevan: Republic Square, Opera Square with Swan Lake, the Northern Avenue, Abovyan street with the “Armenian Belle Epoque” buildings, Cascade complex, a grand staircase with terraced gardens. Enjoy the panoramic views of the city from the top. After we continue our journey to Garni Pagan Temple from 1st c. The temple was built by Armenian King Tiridates and was dedicated to the God of Sun Mithra. Garni is the only pagan temple existing nowadays not only in Armenia, but in all the region also. The stairs of the temple are made huge and high which means that every human being climbing up the stairs is condescending to God of Sun. The last visit of the day will be at the Geghard Cave Monastery (13th c.) – a monastery which is hewn out from a cave. The monastery had been originally named Ayrivank meaning “the Monastery of the Cave”. The name commonly used for the monastery today, Geghard, or more fully Geghardavank meaning “the Monastery of the Spear”. The monastery is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Overnight at Hotel Congress Best Western in the center of Yerevan.

After breakfast transfer to Lake Sevan, the Pearl of Armenia and also one of the largest high altitude lakes in the world. We will visit the peninsula of Sevan from where there is also a beautiful panorama of the lake. The lake Sevan is famous also for its endemic fish type – Sevan trout, Salmo Ishkhan. We will continue our journey towards the ski resort of Tsaghkadzor and going up the Teghenis mountain with a cable car from where a beautiful panorama opens up over the whole town of Tsaghkadzor. After a full day of exploration return to Yerevan and stop in the Victory Park with the statue of “Mother Armenia” from where amazing view on all the city of Yerevan. Afterwards free time in the Vernissage, the arts and crafts market where you can not only admire the works of different craftsmen, including stone and wooden crosses, handmade cloth dolls, ceramic plates and glasses and other local handicrafts, but also attend the display of silver and gold jewels, Armenian rugs, embroidery, books, paintings of Armenian painters. The rest of the day you could spend exploring the city at your leisure. You can visit museums, enjoy shopping, or try local cuisine.

Overnight at Hotel Congress Best Western in the center of Yerevan.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport 3 hours before the flight back home.