Discovering Georgia & Armenia
10-Days Deep Cultural
Journey from Tbilisi to Yerevan
Route: → Mtskheta → Kazbegi → Kakheti → Haghpat → Lake Sevan → Yerevan → Khor Virap → Tatev → Echmiadzin
Theme: Early Christianity • Silk Road Heritage • Medieval Monasteries • Caucasus Landscapes
Finish:
Best Season: May–June & September–October
DAY 1 – Arrival in Tbilisi: Crossroads of Empires
Arrival in .
Old Town exploration:
Introduction to Georgia’s role
between Persia, Byzantium, Ottomans, and Russia.
Overnight: Tbilisi
DAY 2 – Mtskheta & The Birth of Georgian
Christianity
Excursion to (UNESCO).
Visit:
Theme: Georgia’s conversion to Christianity in 337 AD.
Return to Tbilisi.
DAY 3 – The Caucasus
Mountains
Drive along the Georgian Military Highway to Stepantsminda.
Discussion: Mountain monasticism & medieval Georgia’s
Golden Age.
DAY 4 – Kakheti: Wine & Monasteries
Drive to Kakheti region.
Explore Georgia’s 8,000-year-old qvevri
wine tradition.
DAY 5 – Crossing into Armenia
Drive south via Sadakhlo border.
Visit UNESCO-listed:
Continue to Lake Sevan.
Overnight: Dilijan / Sevan region
DAY 6 – Lake Sevan & Dilijan
Continue to .
Evening walking tour: Republic Square & Cascade Complex.
DAY 7 –
Yerevan & Echmiadzin
Theme: Armenia as the first Christian nation (301 AD).
Overnight: Yerevan
DAY 8 – Ararat & Monastic
Landscapes
Drive to:
Discussion: Medieval Armenian architecture & symbolism.
Return to Yerevan.
DAY 9 – Southern Armenia: Tatev Monastery
Scenic drive to:
Optional cable car ride (Wings of Tatev).
DAY 10 – Ancient
Temple & Departure
Transfer to airport.
Cultural Themes Covered
✔ Kingdom of Iberia & Colchis
✔ Armenia – First Christian Nation
✔ Silk Road trade networks
✔ Medieval Caucasian architecture
✔ Wine traditions of Georgia
✔ Sacred Mount
Ararat symbolism
