Here is brought standard version of itinerary
for travel in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, which takes
into account the arrival in Azerbaijan and departure from
Armenia of the consumers. If it will be necessary the itinerary
can be adapted under other wishes of the consumers. During
this journeys you examine the best monuments of history
and culture each of countries of visit, get acquainted with
history, religion, culture and traditions.
Note: Duration of this tour
can be from 5 days to 12 days for each of countries depending
of consumer's desire.
Travel in Azerbaijan
Day 1st
Arrival to Baku. Meeting at Baku Airport. Check in to
the Hotel. Dinner at the hotel Day 2nd
Breakfast. Departure from hotel for Baku City Tour
City Tour visiting Panoramic view on Baku City, Shemakha
Gates, Kervansarays, Maiden Tower, Shirvanshakh's Palace.
Lunch (upon request). Dinner in a local restaurant with
entertainment (live music, national dances). Day 3rd
Breakfast. Departure for Gobustan Tour
Option 1
Gobustan Tour visiting Stone Carvings, mud volcanoes.
Afternoon free
Option 2
Gobustan Tour visiting Stone Carvings, mud volcanoes.
Afternoon visit to fire temple and “Flame Mountain”.
Dinner in an Asian restaurant. Day 4th
Breakfast. Departure for Sheki Tour. On the way visit
to Shemakha: Yeddi Gumbez Cemetery, Juma Mosque. Lunch
(upon request). Check in to the hotel in Ismayilli. Dinner
in the hotel Day 5th
Breakfast. Departure for the tour around Lahij village.
Tour within Lahij. Lunch in a local restaurant within
nature. Drive to Sheki. Check in to the hotel in Sheki.
Dinner in the hotel in Sheki Day 6th
Breakfast. Departure for the Sheki tour . Sheki Tour visiting:
Sheki Khans’ Palace, Albanian church in Kish village.
Drive to the Georgian border in Balaken.
Tavel in Georgia
Day
1-2: Kakheti Region
Meeting at Azerbaijan-Georgia border at Balakan. Drive
to Telavi (Main City of Kakheti region).
Kakheti is the famous wine-growing region. We will have
visit Teliani Valley winery and Telavi wine cellar. There
we will visit to Erekle’s Muzeum, Alaverdi Monastery and
Ikalto Academy. Here you can also see a three-century
old wine cellar and taste wine straight from the clay
jars kept under the ground. On the way to Tbilisi we will
visit the beautiful Tsinandali garden and the house of
the 19th century Georgian duke as well as the wine factory
to taste more Kakhetian wines. Overnight in Telavi. Day 2: Drive to Tbilisiin in the evening.
Arrival in Tbilisi, accommodation. Overnight in Tbilisi Day 3: Tbilisi
Tbilisi sightseeing program - the Old and New Towns. The
city offers a great variety of sights, most of them very
ancient. All the places of interest in the Old Town are
very close to each other, within a few minutes’ walk.
We start our visit to Old Tbilisi from Metekhi Church,
then walk up to the brick-domed Sulphur Baths. From the
Baths we head up the hill to visit Narikala Fortress -
one of the oldest fortifications in the city. Afterwards
we continue to the Synagogue, Sioni Cathedral and Anchiskhati
Church. This marks the end of the Old Town. After lunch
we visit the stunning treasuries of the Georgian State
and Art Museums, before taking a stroll along Rustaveli
Avenue - the main street in Tbilisi. Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 4: Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Gori – Bakuriani
From Tbilisi we will drive west to visit the ancient capital
and religious centre of Georgia - Mtskheta and its historic
Jvari Church and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral - both UNESCO
World Heritage sites. From Mtskheta we drive to ski resort
- Bakuriani (1800m). On the way we visit the town of Gori
- the heart of the Kartli region - the Stalin Museum and
Uplistsikhe Cave Town - one of the main points along the
Great Silk Road. From Gori we continue to Meskheti region,
pass through Borjomi spa town and drive up to Bakuriani.
Overnight in Bakuriani. Day 5: Bakuriani - Borjomi – Kutaisi
We will drive from Bakuriani meanders down through the
forest to Borjomi. In this spa town we visit the Summer
Palace of the Russian Tsar, have rest in beautiful park
in Borjomi and then travel to Imereti province (West Georgia)
- an area of cool springs, green fields and beautiful
gardens. We arrive in Kutaisi – the second largest city
in the country and visit its historical sights. Overnight
in Kutaisi. Day 6-7: Kutaisi
Kutaisi is the second largest city in the country. Here
we will visit its historical sights – Gelati Monastery
and Academy and the splendid Bagrati Cathedral ruins,
both UNESCO World Heritage Sitesand largest food market
in West Georgia and Archaeologikal Muzeum in Vani (historic
city). Unlike East Georgia the summer temperatures are
lower here with higher precipitation. That’s why the grapes
in Imereti are less sweat and mostly European-style dry
and semi-sweat wines are made from them. The wine is kept
traditionally in underground clay jars, but unlike Kakheti
there are no indoor wine-cellars here. We visit a local
farmer’s house to taste Imeretian white and red wines,
more sour and less stronger than Kakhetian ones. We have
lunch in the outdoor wine-cellar with traditional Imeretian
food and wines. Overnight in Kutaisi. Day 7: Drive to Tbilisiin in the evening.
Arrival in Tbilisi, accommodation. Overnight in Tbilisi Day 8: Free day in Tbilisi. Youn can
to have entertinment to yours mind. Overnight in Tbilisi Day 9: Tbilisi.
Transfer to Georgia-Armenia border.
Travel in Armenia
Day
1. Tbilisi - Alaverdi
In the morning arrival from Tbilisi. Meeting in the border.
Visit to the monastery of Hagpat. The Cathedrals of Haghpat
and Sanahin, two of Armenia's Unesco World Heritage sites.
Constructed and expanded over several hundred years starting
in the 10th century, these resplendent ecclesiastical
and academic centers are reminders of Armenia's years
of past glory, intellectual activity, and cultural heritage.
It is believed that the great Armenian troubadour and
poet Sayat-Nova was born in Sanahin, the birthplace of
his mother. Lunch. Visit of the monastery of Sanahin.
Visit to the monastery of Kobayr. Dinner. Night in Alaverdi.
Day 2. Alaverdi – Amberd – Yerevan
Breakfast. Return to Yerevan in the way visit to the fortress
of Amberd. The fortress was built according to state of
the art criteria used for military constructions at that
time, taking advantage of Armenian military tradition,
local geography, and building material availability. It
is an outstanding example of Armenian secular architecture.
The church complex was protected by thick walls and placed
almost inaccessibly on a crag overlooking deep ravines
and mountain rivers. Lunch. Return in Yerevan.Dinner.
Night in the hotel. Day 3
City tour. Visit to the museum of Matenadaran. The Matenadaran
is one of the oldest and richest book-depositories in
the world. Lunch. Visit to the museum of History. Dinner.
Night in the hotel. Day 4. Yerevan – Sevan - Dilijan
Breakfast. Departur to the lake of Sevan. Visit to Noraduz
- the art of khachkar (cross-stone) is the most original
manifestation of Armenian medieval culture. Noraduz which
is truly considered a forest of khachkars and open-air
museum, displays hundreds of khachkars, the most stunning
of which are the so called "embroidered" ones
typical to the 13th-14th centuries. This is a unique place,
where one can reveal the development of khachkarial art
in its historical process. Lake Sevan is the largest alpine
high mountain freshwater lake in the Caucasus region and
in Armenia Highland.Visit the church in the peninsula.
Lunch.
Continue to the city of Dilijan & visit to the monastery
of Hagartsine. This monastic group of buildings, near
the town of Dilijan. It is one of those spots in Armenia.
The combination of natural and architectural beauty is
very impressive. Return. Dinner. Night in the hotel. Day 5. Yerevan – Khor-virap - Noravank
Breakfast. Departure to the south of the country. Visit
to Khor Virap dates back to 4th –17th centuries and offers
the best view of the Sacred Mountain Ararat where Noah
Ark landed.
Khor Virap is one of the most popular destinations in
Armenia. It is the place where Grigor Luisavorich (St.
Gregory the Illuminator) was imprisoned for 13 years for
preaching the word of Chris
Continuation to Noravank. Noravank the regional religious
center is situated deep in the Noravank canyon, and from
a distance appears to be perched high on the flat surface
of a rock, nestled into a majestic mountain. The main
church of St. Karapet was built in1221-1227. Lunch. Return.
Dinner. Night in the hotel. Day 6. Yerevan – Garni – Gerard – Echmiatsine
- Zvartnots
Breakfast. Visit to the temple of Garni. Garni Temple,
the pre-eminent example of Hellenistic culture in Armenia
today, acted as the summer resort of Armenian kings over
two thousand years ago. The Garni Fortress was built in
the 3rd century BC on a triangular plateau. Continue to
the monastery of Geghard is revered throughout Armenia
as one of the country's greatest spiritual and cultural
centers. First called Ayrivank, or the Monastery of the
Caves, the history of Geghard dates back to pre-Christian
times.
The present buildings here date from the 10th- 13th centuries,
when the monastery was renamed Geghard, meaning ‘spear’
or ‘lance’ in Armenian. The association itself harkens
back to the times of Jesus, when a spear was used by a
Roman soldier to pierce the body of Christ during the
Crucifixion. Cathedral. Geghard is an architectural wonder
– a complex of churches hewn from within a mountain of
solid rock. Particularly striking is the main church with
its vestibule, alongside three other churches which comprise
the site. Return in Yerevan. Lunch.
Departure for Echmiadzin. Echmiadzin, which means the
“The Descent of the Only Begotten Son, is an ancient capital
of Armenia. According to legend, Jesus Christ descended
from heaven and indicated the spot for a church to be
built. Holy Echmiadzin Cathedral was erected at that site
in the 4th century (301-303), at the dawn of the Christian
conversion of the country. Echmiadzin is the residence
of the Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians and the center
of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Return. In the way visit to the temple of Zvartnots. The
architectural masterpiece of Zvartnots was built between
the years 641 and 662. It was damaged by an earthquake
in the 10th century and unearthed nearly a thousand years
later in 1900-1907, in the town of Echmiadzin.
Visit to the open market – Vernissage ( ONLY SUNDAY &
SATURDAY).
Farewell party in Yerevan. Night in the hotel. Day 7
Transfer to Yerevan air port. Departure
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