Daily private tour to Garni templeGeghard monastery

Daily private tour to Garni templeGeghard monastery

Private tour to Garni( the Pagan temple), Geghard and Arch of Charents.

During the tour to Garni,Geghard we will visit:

✅to the only pagan temple of Garni. The structure was built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, it was converted into a royal summer house of Khosrovidukht, the sister of Tiridates III.

✅ Geghard - “Ayrivank” (“cave monastery”). The main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank, meaning "the Monastery of the Cave".

✅ Arch of Charents. From there opens a beautiful view to Mount Ararat.

Itinerary
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Stop At: The Monastery of Geghard, Geghard Armenia

Geghard - “Ayrivank” (“cave monastery”). The main chapel was built in 1215, the monastery complex was founded in the 4th century by Gregory the Illuminator at the site of a sacred spring inside a cave. The monastery had thus been originally named Ayrivank, meaning "the Monastery of the Cave".

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Garni Temple, Geghard Monastery Road H3, Garni Armenia

We will visit to the only pagan temple of Garni. The structure was built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, it was converted into a royal summer house of Khosrovidukht, the sister of Tiridates III.

Duration: 40 minutes