Arrival in Yerevan. Transfer to the hotel. Free day in Yerevan.

Breakfast. Departure to Dvin. Vostan Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia. It was the most important city in the region Vostan Dvin and in the province Ayrarat. It was built in 335. Since then, the city had been used as the primary residence of the Armenian kings of the Arsacid dynasty. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor River, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan. Dvin is in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. Departure to Tatev, monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, situated on the south-western side of Armenia, near the village Tatev, not far from Goris, 280 km from Yerevan. Near Tatev is situated another Armenian monastery – Tatevi Anapat. There are 2 variants of the translation of the word Tatev from the old Armenian: «give me wings» and «fly». Tatev is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tatevi Mets Anapat (Tatev's desert) is a monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church, situated in Armenia, in the region of Syunik, near the village Tatev. The monastery is built in the 17-18th centuries. Since 1995 the monastery is in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight in Goris.

Breakfast. Departure to Zvartnots. Zvartnots Cathedral (celestial angels) is a 7^th-century Armenian cathedral, that is situated near Yerevan and Vaghashapat (Etchmiadzin). The cathedral was built under the guidance of Catholicos Nerses III, who wanted to transfer the patriarchal place from Dvin to Vagharshapat. Zvartnots remained standing until the end of the 10^th century. The ruins of Zvartnots was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000. Departure to Etchmiadzin. The Etchmiadzin cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the catholicosate since 1441. The cathedral is situated in Vagharshapat, in Armavir province. Along with medieval churches located nearby - the churches of St. Hripsime and St. Gayane - the cathedral was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. Return to Yerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.

Breakfast. Departure to Haghpat – a working monastery in the village Haghpat in the northern site of Armenia, 10 km from the town Alaverdi. The monastery is described as a masterpiece of religious architecture and a major center of learning in the Middle Ages. Visit of the monastery Sanahin from the 10-13th centuries. Sanahin had a scriptorium, where books were copied. The buildings in Sanahin from the different times create an architectural ensemble. The complex consists of 2 churches – Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God – in 934) and Surb Amenaprkich (in 957-962; one can see here a sculptural group of Smbat and Kyurike kings with a model of the temple in hands). Haghpat monastery, together with Sanahin monastery was placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1996. ReturntoYerevan. Overnight in Yerevan.