Taste Delicious Armenian Foods!

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If coming from Yerevan, leave at 09:30 and arrive in Martuni at 11:00. The distance from Yerevan to Martuni is 130km and the roads are asphalted and renovated.  Accommodations for all travelers will be made in advance (Green Gables Guesthouse).

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DAY 1

• 09:00 breakfast at the hotel (Yerevan)

• 09:30 leave for Martuni

• 11:00 arrive in Martuni and depart for Nerkin Getashen

• 11:30 arrive in Nerqin Getashen

• Sightseeing:  Kotavanq, Bagratunis’ residence, royal fishery, the ruins of the city Kot (9-10th century), and the nearest old mill.

• 13:30 -14:30 tasting traditional Armenian dishes

• Participating in collecting vegetables and in making dairy products

• Participating in the preparation of national dishes with local vegetables and dairy products

• 18:00 tasting national dishes (in a rural home)

• Participating in the preparation of baking “lavash”

• Sightseeing in the village, visiting the masters of handicraft, walking along the Argichi River

• 20:00 Supper

• Spend the night in the village

 

 

DAY 2

• 09:00 breakfast

• 10:00 departure to the village Tsovasar (15km, asphalted roads)

• 13:00 exhibition of dairy products at the Tsovasar mill and tasting national dishes.

• Walk around the territory called “Tsakkar’’ and see the natural bridge caused by centuries of water erosion.

• 16:00 visit the Martuni Art gallery, where there are 170 paintings, drawings and sculptures by M. Saryan, F. Terlemezyan, G. Khanjyan, H. Hakobyan, D. Nalbandyan. See a unique cross stone that was found in the trunk of a tree that was recovered from the Karvachar territory.

• Visit Spartak Hayrapetyan, the only master in the world who works with lichens. Custom works available for purchase.

• 18:00 Supper

• 19:00 depart for Yerevan or next destination

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