Armenia - Georgia

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Sightseeing tours to Georgia

Georgia – Armenia

Part 1: Georgia

Day 1

• Arrival at the Tbilisi international airport
• A company representative will meet you with a plate “Mouzenidis Travel”
• Transfer from the airport to the hotel in Tbilisi (20 minutes)
• Check-in to the hotel (early check-in upon availability)
• Overnight stay at the hotel in Tbilisi

Day 2: Tbilisi

• Breakfast at the hotel
• City tour of Tbilisi: Walking in the downtown - visiting the oldest urban area of ​​Abanotubani (the place of natural sulfur baths), Tbilisi Cathedral synagogue (19^th century), Tbilisi mosque (19^th century), the city fortress Narikala (4^th century), the Armenian church SurbGevork (14^th century); passing the residence of the Patriarch of Georgia; visiting the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Sameba), the oldest Anchiskhati Church (5^th century), the Rezo Gabriadze Theatre and the “Tower Clock”, the “Peace Bridge”, the Metekhi Church (9^th century), the Zion Cathedral (8^th century), “Leghvtakhevi” waterfall, the bohemian district of “Marjanishvili”.
• Dinner: experience the traditional Georgian cuisine, famous Georgian wines and enchanting performance of the Georgian folk dance group.
• Return and overnight stay at the hotel in Tbilisi 

Day 3 - Uplitsikhe-Mtskheta

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visiting Uplistsikhe – “Fortress of the Lord”, the ancient cave city on the bank of the Mtkvari River, represented a significant political, military, religious, and cultural center between the 6^th century BC and 11^th century AD. The building is a place of unique archaeological discoveries of the late Bronze Age.
• Visiting Mtskheta: Mtskheta has been Georgia’s religious and cultural center since the Christianity has become the state religion in 4^th century. It was the Capital of Georgia until the 5^th century AD, before King Vakhtang Gorgasali moved the Capital to Tbilisi. The “Svetitskhoveli” Cathedral (4^th century) in Mtskheta has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. “Svetitskhoveli” is the place for enthronization of Georgian patriarchs.
• Visiting the “Jvari” Monastery (Monastery of the Cross) of 6^th century on the hill right on top of the “Svetitskhoveli” with fascinating views. Visitors may enjoy the extraordinary panorama at the junction of Mtkvari and Aragvi Rivers.
• Return and overnight stay at the hotel in Tbilisi.

Day 4 - Signagni

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Departure for the Kakheti region - the cradle of the Georgian winemaking
• Stop at the Bodbe Monastry, a burial place of St. Nino of Cappadocia, who converted Georgia to Christianity in the 4^th century.
• Visiting Sighnaghi, the “city of love” and the ancient Royal town surrounded by fortress of 18^th century with 23 towers.
• Lunch in a traditional Georgian restaurant: you will experience the unique Kakhetian cuisine and taste variety of local wines.
• Visiting the famous winery of “Khareba”. The master-class in making Georgian “churchkhela” – traditional candle-shaped sweet with the main ingredients of grape must, nuts, and flour, also baking bread and wine-tasting.
• Return and overnight stay at the hotel in Tbilisi. 

Note (!)

The price of the tour includes:

• Transfers throughout the program by a comfortable bus of the “Mouzenidis Travel”
• 4 nights accommodation in the 3*/4*/5* hotels of your choice (BB-Bed and Breakfast)
• 3 excursion days accompanied by an English-speaking guide of the “Mouzenidis Travel”
• 1 dinner in a restaurant with folk dance show (including drinks)
• 1 lunch in a restaurant
• 1 master-class in Kakheti
• All applicable taxes and VAT

The price of the tour does not include:

• Entry tickets to museums and archaeological sightseeing (Stalin Museum - 7$; Uplistsikhe Museum  - 7$)
• Extra Lunch –12$ per person
• Extra diner - 15$ per person

Part 2: Armenia

Day 5: Crossing the Armenian border – city of Dilijan - Transfer to hotel

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to the border with Armenia
• Arrival at the Georgina-Armenian border. A representative of the “Mouzenidis Travel” transfers the group to the hotel by the sprinter/bus of “Mouzenidis Travel”.
• Passing the Dilijan (spa-wellness center), a popular mountainous resort in Armenia, called “small-Switzerland” for its unique nature. The town is also remarkable by its historical sites, including the complex Old Dilijan of 19^th century.
• Dinner at a local restaurant
• Departure for Yerevan
• Overnight stay at the hotel in Yerevan

Day 6: Erevan City tour

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Walking sight-seeing tour of Yerevan: Visiting the Square of Republic, famous by the vocal fountains; walking to the North avenue; Visiting of the building of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, the monument of the great composer Aram Khachaturyan, the Swan Lake; Arno Babajanian monument, the France Square, Yerevan Cascade - the center of the modern art named after Gerard Cafesjian.
• Visiting the famous Yerevan Cognac factory “ArArAt”, tasting the legendary Armenian cognac
• Return and overnight stay at the hotel in Yerevan

Day 7: Garni – Geghard

• Breakfast at a hotel
• Departure for Garni
• Stop at Charents Arch with a spectacular view of the mountain Ararat: Visiting the fortress of Garni, located on top of the canyon of the river Azat - a sample of the Greco-Roman culture (the Hellenistic period) in Armenia; visiting Royal baths, the remnants of the royal palace and the winery.
• Departure for the monastery of Geghard (est. 6^th century), where the Holy Spear was kept before it was removed to the cathedral church Saint Entchmiadzin.
• Return and overnight stay at the hotel in Yerevan

Day 8: Lake Sevan

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visiting the lake of Sevan, located at 2000 meters above the sea level surrounded by mountains. Sevan peninsula is famous for its monastic complex Sevanavank (VIII-IX centuries) and all-round view of Sevan. At the lake of Sevan locals and visitors may enjoy barbeques of whitefish, trout, crayfish, including local delicacy luleh-kebab of crayfish tails.
• Lunch and lavash (local bread) baking master-class
• Return to the hotel

Day 9: Local Bazaar and market in Yerevan

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visiting art market Vernissage and Local Bazaar: Visitors may buy hand-made souvenirs, chess and nardy (backgammon game set), ceramics, hand-made jewels, decorations, traditional musical instruments, carpets, paintings and plates, also fresh vegetables, fruits, herbs, oriental sweets.
• Check-out from the Hotel
• Transfer to the airport and departure

Note (!)

The price of the tour includes:

• Transfers throughout the program by a comfortable bus of the “Mouzenidis Travel”
• 4 nights accommodation in the 3*/4*/5* hotels of your choice (BB-Bed and Breakfast)
• 5 days excursion accompanied by the English-speaking guide of “Mouzenidis Travel”
• 1 lunch, 1 dinner, lavash (local bread) baking master-class
• All applicable taxes and VAT

Note: The company Mouzenidis Travel reserves the right to change the sequence of excursions.