Khor Virap – Noravank – Tatev – Goris

We start our tour day proceeding to the Khor Virap monastery (XVII century) where from a magnificent view to the biblical Mount Ararat opens, where according to the Bible, Noah’s ark came down. The next point of our tour is Noravank (XIII-XIV centuries) situated among a picturesque gorge with caves and red rocks.
The next destination of our tour will be the Tatev monastery. We will drive to Syunik region to reach the Tatev monastery. You will take “the Wings of Tatev”, the longest reversible ropeway in the world (5752 m), recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Twelve minutes of unforgettable flight above the ravine of the fierce Vorotan River! It is the most picturesque and impressive route to the Tatev monastery. The Tatev monastery is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located on a large basalt plateau near the Tatev village. The monastery complex consists of three churches (St. Paul and Peter, St. Gregory the Illuminator and St. Mary), a library, dining hall, belfry, mausoleum as well as other administrative and auxiliary buildings.

In the 14th and 15th centuries the monastery hosted one of the most important Armenian medieval universities, the University of Tatev, which contributed to the advancement of science, religion and philosophy, reproduction of books and development of miniature painting.

After the excursion in Tatev we will drive to Goris for overnight.