From Paganism To Christianity

Day 1

 Arrival to Yerevan,Tranfer to the hotel.

 Accommodation in a 3 star hotel.

 City tour in Yerevan

 Welcome dinner in a restaurant with national cuisine.

Day 2

 Breakfast at the hotel.

 Visiting Khor Virap monastery complex (monastery located at the foot of Mount Ararat). Khor Virap's notability as a monastery and pilgrimage site is attributed to the fact that Gregory the Illuminator was initially imprisoned here for 13 years by King Tiridates III of Armenia.

 Winery Areni. Tour inside the wine factory and free wine tasting.

 Trip to the monastery complex Noravank. Noravank monastery is located among the bizarre sheer red rocks on the ledge of the winding gorge.

 Lunch in Yeghegnadzor.

 The Selim Caravan-Saray-Caravanserai of Armenia, which had provided overnight accommodation for loaded caravans that led the way through the Silk Road.

 Last stop will be in Noratus - Khachkar repository (cross stones).

 Overnight in Yerevan.

Day 3

 Breakfast at the hotel.

 Visit to the only pagan temple of Garni. The structure was built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, it was converted into a royal summer house of Khosrovidukht, the sister of Tiridates III.

 Geghard - “Ayrivank” (“cave monastery”). The main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank, meaning "the Monastery of the Cave".

 Arch of Charents. From there opens a beautiful view to Mount Ararat.

 Transfer to the Airport.