Tour to Karabagh (3 days)

A TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINOUS KARABAGH REPUBLIC (duration: 3days)

Day 1

Visit Khor Virap  Monastery. To this day you can visit the underground chamber where St. Gregory the Illuminator, the first Armenia’s Patriarch, was imprisoned for 13 years before curing King Trdat III of a disease. This caused the conversion of the king and Armenia into the first officially Christian nation in the world in the year 301. Its location, near the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders, offers a spectacular view of the mountain, the national symbol of Armenia.

Proceed to Noravank Monastery (13-14^th centuries), an architectural gemstone nestled among brick-red cliffs, just above a deep gorge. The breathtaking church of the monastery is St. Astvatsatsin, a two-storied building with an open-air church.
Lunch in a lovely restaurant on Arpa River bank.

Near the town of Sisian visit Karahundj-Armenia’s Stonehenge. This stone circle, now shown to be a prehistoric observatory, long predates Stonehenge in England. Ancient inscriptions found here may mark the birthplace of the Zodiac – and of Western Civilization itself. Possibly it was the world's first astronomical observatory founded 7500 years ago. Its history is really very impressive.

Stop on the road to admire the beauty of Goris town which is in a deep gorge having houses with red roofs. It’s a town of orchards having a rather interesting architecture of civil structures. Overnight in Stepanakert, the capital city of Mountainous Karabagh Republic.

 Day 2

Stepanakert City Tour. Visit the Museum of History and Country Study of Artsakh (Karabagh). Have a stroll in the city’s main food market. Shoushi City tour. This is the 2^nd city of Karabagh and historically, it used to be the capital of Artsakh. Visit Ghazanchetsots Ghurch, Jldrdyuz gorge, the Persian Mosque and Shoushi’s liberation monument-tank. Drive to Gandzasar Monastery, perhaps the most important architectural monument of Artsakh (13^th century). According to renowned Russian scholar A. L. Yakobson of St. Petersburg's Hermitage, Gandzasar Monastery is "the encyclopedia of Armenian architecture."  Stop in the village of Vank where you can socialize with the locals. Lunch in a nice restaurant. Back to Stepanakert town. Rest. A walking tour in Stepanakert’s park in the evening. Overnight in Stepanakert.

Visit Armenia’s major climatic and hydrotherapic resort, Jermuk spa town, where much of the country's mineral water comes from. The town is full of hotels and sanatoriums. The countryside at this very high elevation resort is worth the visit as well, with canyons, forest and wildlife to explore. In Jermuk you can see the waterfall Tsolk, mineral water-drinking gallery and the Park of “Statues”. Lunch in Jermuk.  Back to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.

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