The classic postcard: a hilltop monastery framed by Mount Ararat, and the pit where St Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned.
A monastery close to the Turkish border with Armenia's most famous view: Mount Ararat rising behind its walls. Tradition holds that St Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned here in a pit for 13 years before converting King Tiridates III to Christianity.
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.