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Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple
Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple

Private Tour to Echmiadzin,St.Hripsime & Gayane Churches, Zvartnots Temple

By Jan Armenia Tours
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$246 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Visit churches of Echmiatsin and Zvartnots temple, which together make up a remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site! During this 5-hour private tour you will see a series of landmarks, from Echmiadsin Cathedral to Saint Hripsime Church, Saint Gayane Church, and the 7th-century Zvartnots Cathedral. Choose one of the presented individual tours, customised it or create your private tour in Armenia with Jan Armenia Tours and Travel! Book with us & Let us show you the Land of old Legends, Biblical Stories and Ancient History!

Activity location

  • Echmiadzin Monastery
    • Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia, Armenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Echmiadzin Monastery
    • Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia, Armenia

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8-15 travellers, without guide
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English

PRIVATE TOUR: St. Hripsimeh and Gayaneh churches, Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Zvartnots temple
Duration: 6 hours
Car, Minibus
Pickup included

Price details
AU$245.70 x 1 TravellerAU$245.70
Total
Price is AU$245.70
Until Mon, 2 Dec
7-15 travellers, with a guide
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English

Duration: 6 hours
Car, Minibus
7-15 travellers, with guide: PRIVATE TOUR: St. Hripsimeh and Gayaneh churches, Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Zvartnots temple
Pickup included

Price details
AU$368.54 x 1 TravellerAU$368.54
Total
Price is AU$368.54
Until Mon, 2 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedWiFi on board
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide service (optional)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop off
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional driver
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe entrance fee of Echmiadzin treasury museum
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe entrance fee of Zvartnots temple

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Echmiadzin Monastery
  • 1h
The 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.
Saint Hripsime Church
  • 30m
The 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).
Saint Gayane Church
  • 30m
St. Gayane Temple was built in honour 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.
Zvartnots Temple
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Тhe 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.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESEchmiadzin Monastery
    • Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia, Armenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEEchmiadzin Monastery
    • Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia, Armenia

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