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Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Yerevan, Armenia, Europe
$75
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Overview
The Churches of Echmiatsin and the Zvartnots Temple form a remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site, showcasing Armenia's rich history. This private tour offers a captivating journey through several significant landmarks.
- 🏷️ Private Tour Option: Enjoy a comprehensive 7-hour experience with a professional guide, exploring the rich history of the region.
- 🚗 Self-Guided Option: For those seeking flexibility, a 6-hour private tour without a guide allows you to explore at your own pace.
- 🏛️ Visit Echmiadzin Cathedral, the first Christian cathedral founded in the IV century BC, renowned for its stunning architecture and historical significance.
- ⛪ Explore Saint Hripsime Church, a UNESCO World Heritage site with unique architecture and the resting place of two prominent Armenian Catholicoses.
- 🕊️ Discover Saint Gayane Church, where the relics of St. Gayane are preserved, showcasing exquisite 17th-century murals.
- 🏰 See the magnificent Zvartnots Cathedral, an architectural marvel built in the VII century, with its ruins offering a glimpse into its majestic past.
- 🚐 Enjoy convenient hotel pickup and drop-off in an air-conditioned vehicle, ensuring a comfortable journey throughout your tour.
- 💧 Stay refreshed with complimentary bottled water provided during your trip.
- 📶 Stay connected with onboard WiFi, allowing you to share your journey in real-time.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
1-3 travelers, without guide
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple, without guide
Duration: 6 hours
Car, Sedan
Pickup included
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple, without guide
Duration: 6 hours
Car, Sedan
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 7 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Professional driver
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional guide (if the guide option is selected)
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private transportation
- Anything not mentioned in the “Inclusions” section
- Zvartnots cathedral
- Echmiadzin treasury museum
- Lunch
- Food and drinks
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Armenian Apostolic Holy Church Mother See Holy EtchmiadzinThe first Christian cathedral of Echmiadzin was founded in the IV century BC, whose name means “place of the descent of the Only Begotten.” A feature of the Cathedral is that in addition to the main altar in the eastern part, there is another altar in the middle, at the site of the descent of Christ. In the right-hand boundary of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral there is the Treasury Museum, where are kept relics, church clothes, embroidered with gold and pearls, catholicos’ staffs and crosses, numerous ritual objects made of gold, silver and ivory. On the territory of the monastery complex is also the residence of the Armenian patriarch – the Catholicos of all Armenians. Also here you will see many cross-stones, of which “Amenaprakich” (1279), and the cross-stone devoted to the victims of the 1915 genocide.
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Saint Hripsime ChurchThe Temple of Saint Hripsime was founded in the 7th century by Catholicos Komitas I Aghtsetsi in the place of a sepulcher of Saint Hripsime. Since 2000 Saint Hripsime Temple has been included in UNESCO World Heritage List. Two prominent Armenian Cathlicoses are buried in the court yard of Saint Hripsime Temple. They are Catholicos Astvatsatur (1715-1725) and Catholicos Garaped II Oolnetzi (1725-1729).
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Saint Gayane ChurchSt. Gayane Temple was built in honor of St. Gayane in the VII century on the place of IV century chapel, which is one of the best monuments of Armenian architecture. The relics of Saint Gayane are kept in the southern wall of the temple, next to the altar niche. Above the western entrance, there was preserved the murals of the 17th century on the theme of the birth of Christ. Near the Saint Gayane Temple there is a special room where animals are sacrificed and stabbed from the time of St. Gregory the Illuminator. This rite is called – matah, which is customary to perform for any occasion: weddings, birth of a child, etc.
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Zvartnots TempleТhe magnificent Zvartnots Temple, which mean “Temple of Vigil Forces”, was built in the VII century. The temple was built for 20 years. Unfortunately, Zvartnots was destroyed by a powerful earthquake in the XX century and only its ruins remained. But even the ruins of this temple give us an idea of its rare and majestic beauty. Today the Zvartnots Temple is an archaeological reserve and museum founded in 1937, where you can see model-versions of the reconstruction of the temple, numerous sculptural fragments, impressive in size. The ruins of Zvartnots Temple are included in UNESCO as World Heritage Site.
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Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Yerevan, Armenia, Europe
$75
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!