Dilijan, Haghartsin & Goshavank

Overview

Dilijan is a green resort town in the forests of Tavush, often called the Armenian Switzerland. Its old Sharambeyan Street, with 19th-century houses, workshops and small museums, has been carefully restored.

Around the town, medieval monasteries hide in the woods: Haghartsin, with churches of the 10th–13th centuries, and Goshavank, founded in 1188 by the scholar Mkhitar Gosh, with one of the finest khachkars in Armenia. On the way we stop at Sevanavank above Lake Sevan, and in the middle of the day at the forest Lake Parz.

Itinerary

1. Pick-up in YerevanFrom your hotel or apartment
2. 1Sevanavank9th-century monastery on the Sevan peninsula
3. 2Old DilijanSharambeyan Street: 19th-century houses and workshops
4. 3HaghartsinMonastery of the 10th–13th centuries in the forest
5. 4Lake ParzForest lake, lunch (optional)
6. 5GoshavankMonastery of Mkhitar Gosh with a lace-like khachkar of 1291
7. Back in YerevanDrop-off at your hotel