Lake Sevan (Sevanavank) - Dilijan (Agartsin) - Lake Parz

1. Stop: Lake Sevan

Location: Armenia, Gekharkunik region, Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest lake in the Caucasus, located on the Armenian Highlands in Armenia. The area of the lake is 1240 km2. The Hrazdan River flows out of the lake. The waters of Sevan and Hrazdan are used by the Sevan cascade of hydroelectric power plants. To replenish the waters of Sevan, a tunnel was built to transfer the waters of the Arpa River to the lake. Sevan is the second largest freshwater mountain lake in the world, second only to Lake Titicaca. Sevan is the only major source of fresh water in Armenia and the largest in the entire Caucasus. The lake is also an important center of the Armenian gull population, with a population of about 10 thousand individuals.

Duration: 2 hours

Entrance is free

2. Stop: Sevanavank Monastery

Location: Sevanavank, Armenia, Gekharkunik region, Sevan, Tsamakaberd quarter

Description: The monastery complex of Sevanavank, also “Mariamashen”, that is, built by Mariam, was built east of the city of Sevan on a peninsula that was once an island. Archaeological excavations on the peninsula have uncovered signs of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements. When in 301 the Armenian king Trdat III the Great adopted Christianity from Grigor Lusavorich and proclaimed it the state religion, monasteries and churches began to be built everywhere in Armenia. Grigor Lusavorich himself founded the first two churches of Sevanavank - St. Harutyun and St. Karapet (named after St. Hovhannes Mkrtich). Records on the south wall of St. Arakelots is associated with the expansion of the monastery with the name of Princess Mariam - daughter of the founder of the Bagratuni dynasty - Ashot I Bagratuni.

Duration: hour

Entrance is free

3. Stop: Dilijan

Location: Armenia, Tavush region, Dilijan

Dilijan is a city in the Republic of Armenia, a mountain climatic and balneological resort. Located on the river Agstev (right tributary of the Kura). Dilijan is surrounded almost on all sides by the territory of the Dilijan Reserve, one of the richest in the South Caucasus. The city itself is given the status of a national park. Many famous Armenian artists, composers, scientists and directors lived and live in Dilijan. Today, the city is considered one of the most intelligent cities in Armenia.

Duration: hour

Entrance is free

4. Stop: Hagartsin Monastery

Place: Hagartsin Monastery, Armenia, Dilijan National Park

Description: Agartsin is an Armenian monastery located in the Tavush region of Armenia, 18 km from the city of Dilijan, in the wooded valley of the Ijevan ridge. It was built in the XI-XIII centuries. Hagartsin Monastery was one of the monasteries of Armenia, destroyed and ravaged during the invasions of the Seljuk Turks in the second half of the XI century. Since the second half of the XII century, when the political life of the Armenian feudal lords under the auspices of the Georgian Bagratids revived in northern Armenia, the devastated country began to quickly recover.

Duration: hour

Entrance is free

5. Stop: Lake Parz

Location: Armenia, Tavush region, Lake Parz

Lake Parz - "Clear" or "Transparent Lake" - a small lake in Armenia, located in the Tavush region, east of Dilijan, in the Dilijan National Park, at an altitude of 1334 meters above sea level. The lake stretches in a shallow valley between wooded hills and has an oblong outline, the length reaches 385 m, the width is 85 m, the depth is more than 5 m. On the territory of the lake there is everything necessary for active recreation of tourists.

Duration: 2 hours

Entrance is free

• Wi-Fi in transport
• Bottled water
• Comfortable transport
• Local sweets
• Professional guide services
• Air conditioning in service transport