«Taste of Armenia» Gastro Tour

27.08.2025-02.09.2025

«Zvartnots» airport - Yerevan – Yerevan City Tour – Welcome Dinner with Folk Music program  

• Arrival. Meet and transfer to the hotel in Yerevan (recommended arrival time to Yerevan – until 14:00). 
• 16:00 Yerevan City Tour
• City tour in Yerevan, partly walking tour combined with drive on a comfortable vehicle (main stops – Mother Armenia Monument, Victory Park, Cascade architectural complex, State Opera and Ballet Theatre, pedestrian Northern Avenue, The Republic Square, Tsitsernakaberd).
• Welcome Dinner in a restaurant with traditional cuisine and Folk Music Program.  
• No Lunch.

Yerevan – Charents Arch – Garni – Stone Symphony – Lunch – Lavash baking master-class – Geghard - Yerevan

• Photo-stop at the Arch of Charents with a breathtaking panoramic view of Ararat mountain.
• Garni pagan temple, 1^st century – it was an Armenian kings summer residency.
• The Symphony of Stone – natural amazing monument in the form of basalt musical instrument, organ – the miracle of nature.  
• Armenian Lavash baking master-class in Armenian tonir (special oven) – one may try to roll out the dough and bake lavash.
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• Geghard – the monastic complex partly carved in the rocks (9^th century). One of the main halls of the complex has a unique acoustics, as well as there is a sacred source of water inside.
• Drive back to Yerevan.

Yerevan – Khor Virap – Noravank - Lunch – Old Bridge – Goris

• Khor Virap monastery (7^th century) with panoramic view of Ararat mountain. 
• Noravank monastery (13^th century) surrounded by red rocks with an amazing road through the picturesque canyon of the Gnishik River leading to the monastery.  
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• A visit to the authentic family winery "Old Bridge" - one of the best in Armenia.
• During the tasting the following wines are served: 1 white, 1 rose, 2 red aged wines and at the end - grappa aged for 4 years. 3 types of cheese, 3 types of olives prepared by the owners of the winery, sun-dried tomatoes in oil, water, mineral water are also served as snacks.
• Drive to Goris town, on the South of Armenia, overnight.

Goris – Khndzoresk – Lunch – «Wings of Tatev» - Tatev – Goris

• Khndzoresk cave town where the people live till the beginning of the 20^th century.
• In order to explore the Cave town we will pass through the beautiful hanging bridge above an amazing canyon.  
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• Flight on the longest reversable cableway in the world “Wings of Tatev” to Tatev monastery – it is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
• One of the most beautiful monastic complexes of Armenia – Tatev monastery (10^th century) – flight back on the cableway.
• Drive back to Goris, overnight.

Goris – Karahunj – Shaki – Lunch – Bird’s cave – Yerevan  

• The ancient observatory – Karahunj - it is usually called Armenian Stonehenge.
• Shaki waterfall with the height of 18 meters.
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• Bird’s Cave (Areni-1), where the oldest leather shoe (5500 years old) in the world and the oldest winery (6100 years old) in the world were founded. The Archaeological excavations are underway here till present.
• Back to Yerevan.

Yerevan – Sevan – Hayravank – Noratus – Lunch – Cheese family farm – Yerevan

• High-altitude lake Sevan – it is located at an altitude of 2000 m above the sea level.
• Hayravank monastery is located on the small hill – the lake view is breathtaking from here.   
• Noratus – here is the largest number of Khachkars (Cross-Stones) on the territory of modern Armenia.  Each Khachkar is very unique – the patterns on the Khachkars are not repeated.  
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• Mikayelyan Family farm – family-based cheese production. Here one may participate in the excursion in the small farm as well as in the cheese tasting of 5 types of the cheese – “wine” cheese and “cognac” cheese are also included in the tasting package.
• Back to Yerevan.

Yerevan – Market – Vernissage – Lunch - Echmiadzin – Zvartnots – «Zvartnots» airport

• Food Market – here one may taste a lot of tasty local food and products: Armenian cheese, basturma, lavash, greens, fruits, dried fruits, spices and many more..
• Vernissage – is an open-air museum in Yerevan city center. Here one may find handicrafts of Armenian masters: paintings, clay, wood, semi-precious stone, silver products. Here you can buy various interesting souvenirs as a gift to remember your trip to Armenia.
• Lunch in a local restaurant with traditional cuisine.
• Explore the Main Cathedral of Echmiadzin – which was founded in 301. The Cathedral was made of wood initially. The Cathedral has been included in the UNESCO cultural heritage list since 2000.
• Explore the ruins of Zvartnots temple – it was founded in the 7^th century. The ruins of the temple along with the archaeological territory across the temple have been included in the UNESCO cultural heritage list since 2000.
• Transfer to «Zvartnots» airport, departure (recommended departure time from Yerevan – not earlier than 19:00).

NOTE: the tour price is a “starting from” price. Minimal number of participants – 2 people.

The tour price includes: 
Group transfers "Zvartnots" airport-hotel-"Zvartnots" airport
Accommodation in a chosen hotel in Yerevan – 4 nights, with double accommodation
Accommodation in a chosen hotel in Goris – 2 nights, with double accommodation
Professional English-speaking Guide
Professional Driver
Entrance fees to museums and cultural-historical sights
6 Lunches in local restaurants
Welcome dinner in a restaurant with folk music program
Lavash baking master-class
Armenian wine tasting  
Armenian cheese tasting
"Tatever" cableway round-trip tickets
Museum guides
Bottled still water - 1 bottle per person per day

*Company reserves the right to change the order of the program, as well as replace the visited attractions with equivalent ones due to unfavorable weather conditions.

**The payment for the tour should be arranged in Armenian Drams.