Social Program
After Conference days, it is our pleasure to offer the Conference Guests the sightseeing tour on September 20. The details of Social Program are available below.
Ararat and Vayots Dzor regions, Khor Virap and Noravank Monasteries, Areni Bird’s cave, and Areni Village for Wine Tasting: With transport and English-speaking guide. Tour duration is 8 hours. Tour starts at 10:00 from the building of NAS of Armenia with a return to the city center. Price: 15000-20000 Armenian drams including wine tasting and lunch along the route.
Payment will be made to the tour agency in place.
We travel south through Ararat valley, to legendary Khor Virap, the dungeon where St. Gregory the Illuminator was jailed for thirteen years before converting Armenia into the world’s first Christian nation in 301 AD.
Noravank is a 13th century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery.
The monastery is best known for its two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) Church, which grants access to the second floor by way of a narrow stone-made staircase jutting out from the face of building.
Areni-1 Bird’s cave located in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia. Excavations in the same area also found the world's oldest known wine-making site and a 5,500-year-old leather shoe that was found in 2008.
We make a stop in the famous Areni village, where we can taste finest Armenian wines.