Caucasus & Central Asia
Armenia.
Monasteries on cliffs and hilltops, Mount Ararat on the horizon and Yerevan's cafés — one of the oldest Christian lands, easily seen in a week.
Best months May–June and September–October
Khor Virap
The monastery beneath Mount Ararat.
Garni Temple
A Greco-Roman temple above a basalt gorge.
Geghard Monastery
Churches cut into the rock of the cliff.
Lake Sevan
A high mountain lake and the Sevanavank monastery.
Yerevan
The Cascade
A giant stairway of art with the city below.
Tatev
A long cable car to a clifftop monastery.
Dilijan
Forested hills and old craft streets.
Noravank
A monastery in a red-rock gorge.
Designed for you
Tell us how you want Armenia to feel. We'll design it.
We don't have a ready-made Armenia package on the site yet, and we won't invent one to fill the page. Tell us the month, who's travelling and what the trip is for — a specialist builds the itinerary by hand and comes back with a real price, not a “from” number with conditions attached.
Why people go
- Khor Virap with Ararat behind it is one of the great views of the region
- Compact: most of the sights are day trips from Yerevan
- Combines well with Georgia by road
What we'll ask you first
- Whether you would like to add Georgia over the land border
- How many monasteries you want — they are best mixed with lakes and gorges
- Whether Tatev's long cable car is worth the long drive south to you
Planning Armenia?
Tell us roughly when and who's going. A specialist replies within 4 working hours.