Group Tour: Khor Virap, Noravank, Birds Cave, Areni Winery tour
Description
A full-day trip to Khor Virap, Noravank Monastery and Areni Winery. During the tour you will have the opportunity to have a magnificent view to Biblical Mount Ararat. Discover the history of Noravank and taste Armenian wine in Wine factory. The tour starts from 09:00am. We will inform you about the exact time if we have tourist from multiple hotels. The first place will be Khor Virap, which is around an hour drive from Yerevan. It offers an amazing view to Mount Ararat and Sis. You can take beautiful pictures from the closest point to the Mount Ararat from Armenia. Then we will continue our way to Noravank Monastery. In Noravank we will visit the churches of St. Karapet, St. Grigory the Illuminator, and St. Astvatsatsin. We will have a stop in a local restaurant for Lunch. (The price of lunch is not included in the price) After lunch we will continue our way to Areni Winery, where you can see the Armenian wine production and also taste it. Later we will return to Yerevan
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he monastery is where Saint Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned for 13 years in a deep underground dungeon (Khor Virap means "deep pit" in Armenian). Khor Virap offers one of the best and closest views of the legendary Mount Ararat, Armenia’s national symbol.
Nestled in a narrow, red limestone gorge, Noravank offers breathtaking views of rugged cliffs and nature. Noravank was the spiritual and cultural center for the Orbelian dynasty, with several royal tombs inside.
Wine tour and tasting
Archaeologists discovered a 6,100-year-old wine production facility, including fermentation vats, grape presses, and storage jars. A well-preserved leather shoe, dating back to 3500 BCE, was found in the cave, making it the oldest known leather shoe in the world.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infants are free of charge if they do not occupy a seat
- Please dress appropriately taking into account weather conditions
Reviews(9)
Excellent day trip covering a lot of ground. Arsen was a fabulous tour guide, taking the time to translate to just me, being the only non-Russian speaker in the group. There was plenty of visit time at each stop and English speaking guides were provided at the Bird Cave and Areni Winery, which was much appreciated. Well worth booking!
Good, but..... try to do a tour only in English when it is mixed with Russian or Armenian you have to go after the guide to ask him because he only explains half of it. On the other hand, I did not have a good experience on the journey, up to 3 times I told the driver to take the steering wheel with both hands because he was looking for songs on his cell phone. It was scary
I had an interesting day in Armenia. Saw a lot of historical places and the tour ended with an amazing wine degustation. Our tour guide Nektar was very helpful and talked history about the places that we visited and about Armenia generally.:)
Beautiful trip to wonderful places. Our guide Arsen, made the day perfect. Professional, patient and very nice
The places are beautiful, close to the capital, the route is optimized to see each stage calmly. Both the monasteries and the cave are very interesting as well as well maintained. Noravank is worth the tour alone, spectacular. The guide, Arsen, speaks exceptional English and is very professional, as well as nice and friendly. Satisfied!
Tor Lider Mr. Sighar is a superb place full of energy, efficient and complete information from places we visited and please meet Sighar to the last tour with a Leader address with a self-contained experience and a very superb experience
I made several tours and enjoyed this one a lot! Yes the sites are definitely worth visiting!! But also the service, the company is fantastic! We were a small group. We were not overloaded with irrelevant information. But we got the most important and all questions were happily answered. We got the time we needed and felt free to explore, but same time everything was perfectly organised. The overall atmosphere was more familiar, Arsen is a really friendly guide and I would have done more tours if I would have not done others before. This was my last one in Armenia and the best!! Highly recommendable!! Thank you so much Arsen and hopefully see again!
It was one of the best tours I've ever been on and the best tour leader. I recommend to everyone who is traveling to Armenia that you definitely travel with Tatev company.
I had very interesting tour with Tatev Travel, special thanks to the guide and driver, everything was very well organised!!!
