Lake Sevan and Dilijan

High lake shores, khachkar fields and the green hills of Dilijan.

• 2 days
• 9 stops

Day 1

Starts from Sevan · 3h at the sights, 1h 48m travelling · 99 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. Hayravank — Lakeside monastery on a rocky outcrop (30m)
4. Noratus Cemetery — Field of nearly a thousand medieval khachkars (45m)

Day 2

Starts from Dilijan · 6h 45m at the sights, 1h 05m travelling · 59 km

Areas: Tavush

1. Dilijan National Park — Forested park known as "Armenian Switzerland" (3h)
2. Goshavank — 12th-century monastery with an exquisite khachkar (45m)
3. Lake Parz — Forest lake with walking trails near Dilijan (1h 30m)
4. Haghartsin Monastery — Monastery complex set deep in beech forest (1h)
5. Jukhtakvank — Pair of churches in the woods near Dilijan (30m)