Areni tour
Booking
15000 AMD
Destinations
- Khor Virap Monastery
- Areni Winery
- Noravank Monastery
- Professional drivers
- Free pick-up and drop-off within Yerevan
- Air-conditional vehicle
- Extra stops on the road upon request
- WiFi in the vehicle
- Not allow to drink alcohol
- No entrance fee included
- Significant deviations from the route
Areni Winery
- Founded in 1994, Areni Wine Factory is among the oldest and most well-established wine facilities in the area.
- A tour of the factory includes a walk through the cellar where wine is aged in massive oak casks, followed by a tasting of the winery’s selection of traditional and fruit wines.
- A small craft shop offers souvenirs and handmade gifts as well as a selection of wines for purchase.
Khor Virap Monastery
- The history of the site dates back to a pagan temple that stood here for centuries before Christ’s birth.
- Trdat (king of Armenia) threw Gregory in a deep pit and kept him there for 13 years.
- As the years went on, Trdat started to feel ill. His wife, who had already converted to Christianity, told him that he would feel better after he released Gregory, and she turned out to be right. After being cured, Trdat converted to Christianity in 301, making Armenia the first official Christian country in the world.
- The pit is still open for people to climb down, though it’s a quite a steep descent down a ladder. In fact, the name Khor Virap means “deep pit”, named after the prison where St. Gregory the Illuminator was held.
Noravank Monastery
- The monastery is already more than seven centuries old.
- The monastery is sometimes called Amagu Noravank, to distinguish it from Noravank Monastery in the city of Goris. Amagu is the name of a small settlement which used to stand over the gorge.
- Noravank became a major religious and later a cultural center of Armenia. According to a legend, a piece of the True Cross, stained with the blood of Christ, was hidden there.
- The most magnificent building of the monastery is the two-storey St. Astvatsatsin Church, constructed in 1339 by Prince Burtel Orbelyan. The building is a classic architectural monument.
- The semi-basement first floor of the church serves as the tomb of the Orbelyan family. Above the tomb, on the second floor, there is the cross-shaped chapel. There are steep stairs leading up to the second floor.
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