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UNESCO Gems of Armenia: Echmiadzin, Hripsime & Zvartnots

By Memory Maker Travel Armenia
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$111 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

Unlike big group tours with strict schedules, this trip is designed to feel personal, flexible, and comfortable. Our drivers are not professional guides, but they are friendly locals who will share the most essential facts about each site, answer your questions, and assist you with everything you need along the way. You’ll enjoy a relaxed journey, plenty of time to explore the sights at your own pace, and the comfort of having someone who knows the area well.

This tour is perfect for travellers who want:
• A private ride with no rushing or waiting for groups
• Essential information about each site without overwhelming details
• Time to experience Armenia’s spiritual and historical treasures at your own rhythm
• A helpful, caring driver who makes the trip easy and stress-free

Activity location

  • Saint Hripsime Church
    • Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Near the Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Saint Hripsime Church
    • Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Near the Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia

Check availability

4-6 travellers
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h

Pickup included

Price details
NZ$162.90 x 1 TravellerNZ$162.90
Total
Price is NZ$162.90
1-3 travellers
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h

Pickup included

Price details
NZ$111.46 x 1 TravellerNZ$111.46
Total
Price is NZ$111.46

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All taxes and fees
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fuel surcharge and parking fee
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Zvartnots Cathedral
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Treasury Museum

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Saint Hripsime Church

  • 40m
Saint Hripsime Church is a seventh century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in the country. The church was erected by Catholicos Komitas to replace the original mausoleum built by Catholicos Sahak the Great in 395 AD that contained the remains of the martyred Saint Hripsime to whom the church is dedicated. The current structure was completed in 618 AD. It is known for its fine Armenian-style architecture of the classical period, which has influenced many other Armenian churches since. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other nearby churches, including Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia's mother church, in 2000.

Zvartnots Temple

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Zvartnots Cathedral is a 7th-century centrally planned aisled tetraconch type Armenian cathedral built by the order of Catholicos Nerses the Builder from 643-652. Now in ruins, it is located at the edge of the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) in Armavir Province of Armenia.

Echmiadzin Monastery

  • 1h
The mother cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Etchmiadzin Cathedral, is situated in Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. The original church was built in the early fourth century—between 301 and 303 according to tradition—by Armenia's patron saint Gregory the Illuminator, following the adoption of Christianity as a state religion by King Tiridates III.

Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury House Museum

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The “Treasury of Echmiadzin” museum was designed by architect Baghdasar Arzumanyan and opened to visitors on October 11, 1982. The treasury-museum is a vivid example of new and unique elements in classical Armenian architecture. The “Treasury of Echmiadzin” is named after philanthropists and patrons of art Alec and Maria Manukyans, thanks to whose donations this wonderful project was successfully fulfilled. The bodies of the spouses now rest in the courtyard of the museum.

Location

Activity location

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    Saint Hripsime Church
    • Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Near the Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Saint Hripsime Church
    • Mesrop Mashtots St., 85, Near the Echmiadzin Monastery Complex
    • 1101, Vagharshapat, Armenia

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