Armenia and Georgia

On the way to Armenia.

No ground service

Arrival in Yerevan, at «Zvartnots» International airport. 

Meeting Armenian guide at the airport lobby. Boarding the bus.

 Yerevan «Zvartnots» airport- Lake Sevan- Garni — Geghard- Yerevan- Tsitsernakaberd, Cascade

• Drive to Lake Sevan (Breakfast included), visiting Sevanavank Monastery.
• Half-hour boat trip on Lake Sevan (optional)- 5 EUR.
• Visit to Garni Pagan Temple, an old Armenian pagan temple, which is the only monument preserved from the period of paganism and Hellenism in Armenia, on the right bank of the Azat River. Entrance fees are included.
• Lunch in Garni
• Visit to Geghard monastery complex.
• Back to Yerevan
• Visiting-Genocide museum, Cascade , Opera theatre, Republic Square
• Overnight.

• After breakfast, meeting Armenian guide at the reception desk at 8:30am.
• Drive to Khor Virap Monastery, from where a wonderful view of biblical Ararat opens.
• The next stop will be near the Bird Cave, where the world’s oldest shoes and a 6,000-year-old winery were recently discovered. Wine tasting in one of Areni wineries. Entrance fees are included.
• Lunch in Areni 
• Visit to the Noravank monastery complex surrounded by mysterious red rocks, built in XIII-XIV centuries.
• Cognac factory ARARAT which is 100 years old (guests will test 2 types of products.) Entrance fees included.

OPTION + A dinner in a typical restaurant with Armenian folklore.( Tavern Yerevan)-30 EUR

• Breakfast, meeting Armenian guide at the reception desk at 8 am. Boarding bus with luggage.
• Drive to spiritual centre —Echmiatsin (museum) – Zvartnots Temple, Entrance fees are included.
• Transfer Etchmiatsin -Haghpat monastery 170 km -3 h.
• Lunch
• Transfer to the Bagratashen -Sadahklo border crossing with Georgia 35 km -1h. Unloading stuff

End of ground service in Armenia- expected at 5-5:30pm.

After having done border formalities, passengers board Georgian bus, waiting for them at

the Georgian side of the border.

Meeting Georgian local guide.Start of the ground service in Georgia scheduled for 6

Pm.

Transfer Bagratashen -Sadahklo border crossing – Tbilisi 75 km – 1h 30 min

End of bus service. Accomodation. Dinner. Overnight in Tbilisi-check in.

• Breakfast Meeting Georgian guide at the reception desk at 8:30 am.
• A 3 hour guided city tour of Rustaveli Avenue, State Opera and Ballet, Parliament, Freedom Square.
• Short drive along the walls of Old Tbilisi and after crossing the river a group catches funicular to get to the ancient fortress of Narikala offering a nice view of the city. End of the bus service. Transport fees of funicular are
• Thence, they descend the stairs to the ancient Sulfur baths, and walk through the Old Town, Shardeni Street next to the old Cathedral of Sioni and the Basilica of Anchiskhati.
• Overnight

 Trip to Wine growing region of Kakheti- Sighnaghi

  In the afternoon, a bus excursion to the outstanding city of

love and wine Sighnaghi Transfer Tbilisi-Sighnaghi 109 km in the Kakheti

Region. A short tour of the city walls, towers and belvedere. Lunch and

tasting of classy Georgian wines in the famous wine cellar. Return to

Tbilisi in the evening.

• Meeting Georgian guide at the reception desk at 8am A full day bus excursion to the Caucasus (9h).
• Transfer Tbilisi -Stepantsminda with a short stops at Gudauri Fortress and a viewpoint on the old Russian military road, 155 km 3h 30 min.
• From there, a group shall be taken uphill by landrovers to the Church of the Holy Trinity situated at 2170m with a beautiful view of the glacier peak Kazbegi (5047 m).
• Lunch break at Stepantsminda. Return to Tbilisi 3h 30 min.End of bus service.

OPTION +: folklore spectacle with a typical Georgian dinner – BABILO MUSIC HALL-30 EUR

• Meeting Georgian guide at the reception desk at 8 :30 am.
• Tbilisi — Mtskheta , the most significant religious centre of Georgia .A visit to the Church of the Holy Cross from the 6th century 25 km-40min Guided tour of the church 30 min.
• Then to the Svetiskhoveli Cathedral in the city centre 15 km – 20 min.
• Guided tour of the cathedral. 45 min Entrance fees are included.
• Transfer Mtskheta -Gori 65 km -1h A guided visit of Stalin museum. Entrance fees are included.
• Lunch break.

(Breakfast) Boarding bus, Transfer Hotel-Tbilisi airport 20 km-25 min.