Titan Travel Armenia and Georgia

• Admire the snow-capped peak of Mount Ararat
• Enjoy a full day tour of both Yerevan and Tbilisi
• Discover the region’s beautiful monasteries and cathedrals

• Return flights and transfers
• 11nts accommodation
• Selected meals: 11 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 7 dinners
• 20 excursions and visits
• Wine with dinner in Tbilisi

Day 1: Flight to Georgia
Travel to the airport using Titan’s door-to-door service, and take your flight to Tbilisi

Day 2: Tbilisi
On arrival to the city, head to one of the city’s highest points for panoramic view over the capital. Then, check into your hotel and enjoy some free time before heading to a local restaurant for dinner.
Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi****

Day 3: Dilijan & Tsaghkadzor
Drive across the border and into Armenia. From here, visit a group of Molokans, a Russian sect who settled in Armenia centuries ago. After a tea break at a Molokan house, continue to Dilijan city where you can browse some shops and see a potter at work. Later in the day, visit the Haghartsin Monastery. Stay overnight in Tsaghkadzor.
Breakfast and lunch | Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel***^1/2

Day 4: Geghard and Garni
The first stop on today’s exploration is Lake Sevan, where you’ll visit the medieval Sevanavan Monastery. Then, head to Geghard Monastery, hewn out of rocks creating haunting acoustics, which you’ll hear during an exclusive recital. The next destination of today is the Temple of Garni, where you’ll see the Roman bath mosaics. Enjoy lunch at a family home where you’ll part in making lavash bread.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Grand Hotel Yerevan****^1/2

Day 5: Yerevan
Visit Khor Virap Monastery, build over the dungeon where Saint Gregory was imprisoned. From here, admire the immense Mount Ararat. Continue onto Echmiadzin, where you’ll see the Cathedral, said to be the first official Christian church in the world. Then, visit the ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Grand Hotel Yerevan****^1/2

Day 6: Yerevan
Take a guided tour of Yerevan today. Visit the Genocide Memorial and the museum. Spend some time at the Cafesjian Centre for the Arts and Matenadaran where you can learn more about Armenian culture. Continue to the Megerian Carpet Factory to learn about traditional Armenian carpet making. After, enjoy a lunch with a culinary masterclass
Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Grand Hotel Yerevan****^1/2

Day 7: Yerevan
Today, visit the fortress of Amberd, which sits on the slope of Mount Aragats where a unique variety of grape is grown to make Ararat brandy. Take a tour of the brandy factory, before enjoying a tasting session.
Breakfast and lunch | Grand Hotel Yerevan****^1/2

Day 8: Haghpat
Visit the UNESCO protected Haghpat Monastery, a major centre of learning in the Middle Ages. Then, cross the border into Georgia and head back to Tbilisi.
Breakfast and lunch | Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi****

Day 9: Tbilisi
Spend the day exploring Tbilisi, visiting the Old Town, Metekhi Temple, the Mosque and Narikala, the main fortress.
Breakfast and lunch | Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi****

Day 10: Kakheti Region
Head to Kakheti today, the country’s famous wine district. Head to Sighnaghi for a walking tour of the town before heading to winery where you’ll taste some Georgia wines. Continue to ancestral estate of  Tsinandali, once owned by Garsevan Chavchavadze who participated in the annexation of Georgia to Russia.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Biltmore Hotel Tblisi****

Day 11: Mtshketa & Gori
Head to Mtshketa, capital of the kingdom of Iberia until 500AD. Here you’ll see Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, where many Georgian monarchs are entombed. Then, visit Gori, famous as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. After some free time, head to the ancient cave city of Uplistsikhe before heading into the Caucasus Mountains.
Breakfast and dinner | Rooms Hotel Kazbegi****

Day 12: Stepantsminda
From the picturesque settlement of Stepantsminda, head up to Gergeti Sameba Church. Agyer you’re visit, you can hike or catch public transport back to the village. Enjoy lunch with a local family who will also give you a cooking demonstration.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner | Rooms Hotel Kazbegi****

Day 13: Ananuri to UK
Drive towards Tbilisi this morning, stopping en route at Ananuri Castle, where many battles took place. After some time here, transfer to the airport for your flight home.
Breakfast

• Visit
  • Visit a Molokan village, Dilijan, Haghartsin monastery
  • Visit Sevanavank and Geghard monasteries and the Temple of Garni
  • Lavash bread making with local family
  • Visit Khor Virap Monastery, Echmiadzin Treasury Museum and Zvartnots Cathedral
  • Yerevan city tour with cooking masterclass
  • Visit Amberd fortress and brandy factory
  • Visit Haghpat Monastery
  • City tour of Tbilisi
  • Excursion to Kakheti including wine tasting
  • Visit Mtskheta and Gori
  • Visit Gergeti Sameba Church
  • Visit Ananuri Castle Complex

• Titan’s VIP door-to-door service
• Service of an expert local Titan tour manager
• Porterage services included