Northern Armenia

📍 Departure from Yerevan | Duration: 1 or 2 Days

🗓 Option 1: One-Day Express Tour

🕘 07:00 – Depart from Yerevan by comfortable AC vehicle with Wi-Fi
🚗 3.5 hours drive through scenic Debed Canyon

🛑 Odzun Monastery

• One of Armenia’s oldest basilicas (5th–7th century)
• Unique design with cupola and early Christian carvings

🛑 Sanahin Monastery (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

• 10th-century monastic complex and academy
• Known for beautiful stone carvings, khachkars, and history of Armenian scholars

🛑 Haghpat Monastery (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

• Majestic medieval monastery with breathtaking views
• Once a major religious, educational, and cultural center

🍽 Lunch in a local guesthouse or restaurant in Alaverdi or Haghpat

🛑 Zarni-Parni Cave / Mendz Er Cave

• Hidden in a forested gorge near Haghpat
• Medieval cave complex once used by monks and villagers
• Includes museum, tower, and panoramic viewpoints

🕕 17:30–18:00 – Begin drive back to Yerevan
🕘 21:00 – Arrival in Yerevan