Discover Armenia’s ancient history with Levon Travel’s exclusive archaeological tours.
DAY 01: FLIGHT TO YEREVAN
Arrival in Yerevan. Transfer to hotel. Hotel accommodation. Use your free time to visit the Vernissage Market in the City Centre – an arts and crafts open-air bazaar that opens only at weekends. You will find here different souvenirs, pictures, sculptures, traditional carpets and rugs, and so on. Overnight in Yerevan.
DAY 02: YEREVAN CITY TOUR
- National History Museum (stone dragons (vishaps) and rock carvings
- Vishapakar near the Government House;
- “Stone dragons” near Poplavok Lake;
- Rock carvings near the Yerevan State University;
- Erebuni Museum;
- Rock carvings near the statue of hero Torq Angel.
DAY 03: YEREVAN – ZOVUNI – AGARAK – VOSKEHAT AND OSHAKAN BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENTS – YEREVAN
- Vishapakar near Yerevan Institute of Physics;
• Zovuni: fortress, cuneiform inscription and rock carvings;
• Agarak: astronomical complex, tombs, rock-carvings
• Voskehat village rock carvings;
• Oshakan: Mesrop Mashtots’s tomb, fortress, rock carvings, vishap;
• Return to Yerevan.
DAY 04: GEGHAMA MOUNTAIN RANGE. Rock carvings from VII-III Millennia BC. High mountain lakes
- Cyclopean fortress near the Sevaberd village;
• Rock art area;
• Sevaberd village;
• Sightseeing tour around Hatis Mountain;
• Return to Yerevan.
DAY 05: SARDARAPAT (ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM), ARMAVIR (HIEROGLYPHS, INSCRIPTIONS, RUINS OF FORTRESS AND TEMPLE), METSAMOR (ANCIENT ASTRONOMY AND METALLURGY, VISHAPS AND PHALLUSES), ECHMIATZIN, ZVARTNOTS TEMPLE (VII C). Around 100 Km, 09 AM – 07 PM)
- Ethnographic Museum of Armenia;
• Armavir;
• Metzamor Museum and site;
• Ejmiatzin Cathedral;
• Zvartnots;
• Return to Yerevan.
DAY 06:KHOR VIRAP, NORAVANK, ZORAKAR (ANCIENT OBSERVATORY), SYUNIK (UKHTASAR ROCK-ART AREA), OLD KHNDZORESK (CAVE VILLAGE), SELIM PASS, SEVSAR ANCIENT OBSERVATORY AND SEVAN LAKE BASIN (NORADOUZ AND LCHASHEN). Around 700 km; 08 AM – 09 PM)
- Khorvirap monastery and sightseeing of Ararat Mountain;
• Noravank Monastery Complex;
• Zorakar Medieval Observatory;
• Ukhtasar rock carvings;
• Overnight in Goris (South Armenia).• Khndzoresk;
• Selim Pass (Sisakan);
• Vardenis stellar maps;
• Sevsar;
• Geghhovit Tukhmanuk;
• Noradouz khachqars (cross-stones);
• Hayravank and Berdkunq;
• Lchashen settlement;
• Return to Yerevan.
DAY 07:AGHTSQ (ARSHAKUNIATS MAUSOLEUM), STONE DOOR, BYURAKAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, AMBERD FORTRESS, QARI LAKE, SAGHMOSAVANK. (Around 130 Km, 09 AM – 07 PM)
- Aghtsq;
• Stone door and tunnel;
• Byurakan observatory;
• Amberd Fortress;
• Qari lake and vishaps;
• Armenian Alphabet sculptures (modern);
• Saghmosavank;
• Arriving in Yerevan.
DAY 08:LEISURE DAY IN YEREVAN
Additional visits are available.
DAY 09:DEPARTURE
Transfer to the airport. Departure.
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