Day Trips from Yerevan
The best excursions and trips you can do in a day
Full-Day Trips
Worth dedicating a whole day to explore.
Lake Sevan & Sevanavank Peninsula
$12-15The vast sapphire sheet snaps into view after a pine-scented climb. Gulls bank over Soviet-era beach cafés while monks' bells drift down from the 9th-century black-stone monastery on the ridge.
Garni Temple & Geghard Monastery
$8-10A 1st-century Hellenic temple stands above a river gorge, paired with a cave monastery where incense curls through chambers chiselled straight into the cliff.
Khor Virap & Noravank
$25-30Stand in the pit where St. Gregory endured thirteen years, then steer south through vineyards to a 13th-century monastery flanked by sheer red cliffs.
Dilijan National Park & Haghartsin
$15-18Cool pine air shoves city smog aside the moment you exit the tunnel. Trails weave past mossy khachkars to a fairy-tale lakeside monastery.
Mount Aragats South Peak
$30-35A high-altitude day trek threads through wildflowers and obsidian lava fields, topping out at 3,888 m with views that stretch to Tbilisi on clear days.
Echmiadzin Cathedral & Zvartnots
$6-8The spiritual heart of Armenia, white-columned cathedral laced with beeswax and incense, followed by the honey-colored ruins of a 7th-century circular church.
Amberd Fortress & Mount Aragats Foothills
$20-25A grey-stone fortress teeters on a windy ridge above deep gorges, bright with wild tulips in spring and echoing to shepherd dogs barking across the ravines.
Half-Day Options
Shorter excursions when time is limited.
Saghmosavank Monastery & Gorge View
$6-8Tiny cliff-hugging monastery reached by a dramatic road that clings to the Kasagh Gorge. Shout and hear your voice ricochet off basalt walls.
Etchmiadzin Treasury Museum
$5-7A whirlwind of reliquaries, illuminated gospels, and the spear that allegedly pierced Christ, compact yet dazzling.
Garni Gorge Symphony of Stones
$4-5Walk the basalt columns nicknamed 'organ pipes', then sip tan (salty yoghurt drink) at a riverside café.
Victory Park & Mother Armenia
$3-4Cable car up the hill for apricot-laden trees, Soviet war memorials, and a panoramic sweep over Yerevan's pink tufa roofs.
Day Trip Tips
Make the most of your excursions.
- ✓ Marshrutkas leave when full, arrive 15 min before the posted time on weekdays, 30 min on weekends.
- ✓ Taxi apps like Yandex or Bolt work inside Yerevan but drop signal in the mountains. Negotiate day rates before setting off.
- ✓ Pack a light jacket even in summer. Altitude swings of 1,000 m are common and winds rise fast.
- ✓ Cash rules outside the capital, carry small Armenian dram notes for monastery donations, roadside fruit stands, and village bakeries.
- ✓ Most monasteries stock basic toilets. Bring tissues and hand sanitizer as supplies dry up by late afternoon.
- ✓ Sunday lunch crowds swamp Sevan and Garni, visit on a weekday if your calendar allows.
- ✓ Fuel stations thin out north of Dilijan and south past Areni. Top up in Yerevan or major towns.
- ✓ If motion sickness bites, grab the front seat on marshrutkas, the mountain switchbacks are real.
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Top-rated excursions you can book now.
Private 6-7 hour Tsaghkadzor, Kecharis, Lake Sevan, Sevanavank Tour from Yerevan
See Tsaghkadzor, known as Valley of Flowers, on this 6-7-hour tour. Ride on the ropeway (optional) to admire whole the beauty of the place. Go to the Kecharis monastery complex in Tsaghkadzor before g
Balloon ride Skyball
Skyball is the founder of air ballooning in Armenia. Since 2014, we have already served more than 24,000 tourists, find the majestic beauty of Armenian gorgeous mountains and landscapes right from the
Private tour to Hin Areni winery, Tatev monastery & ropeway, Khndzoresk caves
This tour includes some of the most impressive sites of Armenia in southeastern direction. The first stop will be in the old village Areni, where a 6000-year-old winery was found. You will enjoy here
Yerevan Private Walking Food Tour
This private walking food tour is an introduction to Armenia's ancient and international kitchen. Following an expert storytelling guide, you'll stop at 6 of the best eateries in Yerevan and try 6 car
Private 8-9-hour Echmiadzin, Zvartnots, Garni and Geghard trip from Yerevan
On this 8-9-hour tour visit Echmiadzin Mother Cathedral, the main cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the very first Christian cathedral in the World (from outside). It is listed among the
Garni, Geghard & Lake Sevan Private Tour
"The first stop on the itinerary is the Arch of Charents - monument-viewpoint of the Biblical Mt.Ararat. Next, the Pagan Temple of Garni - only standing Hellenistic pagan temple in the Caucasus Region
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