A 1st-century Greco-Roman temple — the only standing colonnaded temple of its kind in the region.
A 1st-century AD Greco-Roman temple with Ionic columns, standing on a promontory above the Azat river gorge. It is the only surviving Greco-Roman peristyle temple in Armenia and the wider region — and a striking pagan survivor in a Christian land.
The heart of Armenian wine country. Nearby, the Areni-1 cave holds the world's oldest known winery — a wine press and fermentation jars dating to roughly 4100 BC. Taste the local Areni Noir grape at the village wineries.
A forested spa town nicknamed the "Armenian Switzerland", surrounded by Dilijan National Park. Walk the restored Sharambeyan Street of craft workshops, then hike to the Haghartsin and Goshavank monasteries hidden in the woods..
Vagharshapat, better known as Etchmiadzin, is the spiritual centre of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Its cathedral, founded in the early 4th century, is considered one of the oldest cathedrals in the world and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.