Georgia and Armenia Discovery

Land at Tbilisi International Airport where a private vehicle meets you for the transfer into the capital. Check in to your 4-star hotel and enjoy a relaxed evening at your own pace.

Depart at 9:00 AM after breakfast for Mtskheta, visiting hilltop Jvari Monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral before free time in town. Return to Tbilisi to see Metekhi Church, explore Meidani Square and Shardeni Street for lunch, view the Gabriadze Clock Tower and Sioni Cathedral, walk the Peace Bridge, and ride the cable car up to Narikala Fortress.

Leave Tbilisi at 9:00 AM after breakfast for a scenic countryside drive to Dashbashi Canyon. Marvel at the sheer cliffs and lush gorge, then cross the suspended transparent Diamond Bridge. You can buy lunch at Bridge Cafe right above the canyon before returning to Tbilisi for a free evening.

Head north along the Georgian Military Highway, stopping at turquoise Zhinvali Reservoir and the 17th-century Ananuri Castle Complex. View the confluence of the Black and White Aragvi rivers, then ascend Jvari Pass to the Gudauri Panorama monument and ride the Gudauri Cable Car. Continue to Stepantsminda for lunch and take a 4x4 jeep ride up to Gergeti Trinity Church under Mount Kazbek before driving to Telavi.

Depart Telavi at 9:00 AM for the historic Tsinandali Estate to tour its gardens and sample three Georgian wines. After lunch in the wine region, visit Bodbe Monastery, resting place of Saint Nino. Continue to Sighnaghi, the fortified City of Love, for a one-hour walking tour and a stroll along the 18th-century defensive wall overlooking the Alazani Valley before returning to Telavi.

Depart Telavi at 8:00 AM to cross the international border into Armenia. Arrive in Dilijan to tour the 19th-century carved wooden architecture along Sharambeyan Street in the Old Dilijan Complex and stop for lunch. Journey onward to the high-altitude shores of Lake Sevan before driving to Yerevan to check in to your 4-star hotel.

Begin in Yerevan at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex. Visit the Matenadaran Institute to inspect ancient manuscripts, take in views from the Mother Armenia Monument in Victory Park, and walk down the limestone art terraces of the Cascade Complex. Drive to Etchmiadzin Cathedral and its treasury museum, then return to explore Republic Square and the handicraft stalls at Vernissage Market.

Drive out to Charent's Arch for open views across the plain toward Mount Ararat. Descend into Azat River Gorge to view the basalt columnar cliffs of the Symphony of Stones, then visit the first-century Hellenistic Garni Temple and pause for lunch. Continue up the gorge to explore cliff-carved Geghard Monastery before returning to Yerevan for your final evening.

Check out after breakfast and drive north through Armenia toward the border. Stop along the Debed River gorge to explore the 10th-century medieval churches and stone khachkars of UNESCO-listed Haghpat Monastery. After lunch nearby, cross the Armenian-Georgian border and drive directly to Tbilisi International Airport for your departure flight.