Lake Sevan shores

Monasteries and khachkar fields around the great blue lake.

• 1 day
• 7 stops

Day 1

Starts from Sevan · 5h 30m at the sights, 4h 11m travelling · 230 km

Areas: Kotayk, Gegharkunik

1. Kecharis Monastery — 11th-century complex in the ski town of Tsaghkadzor (45m)
2. Sevanavank — Peninsula monastery above the largest lake in the Caucasus (1h)
3. Lake Sevan — Vast high-altitude lake, beaches and fish restaurants (1h 30m)
4. Hayravank — Lakeside monastery on a rocky outcrop (30m)
5. Noratus Cemetery — Field of nearly a thousand medieval khachkars (45m)
6. Vanevan Monastery — 10th-century church near the lake's southern shore (30m)
7. Makenyats Monastery — Medieval monastery above the village of Makenis (30m)