Signature
The South: Monasteries & Wine
7 days
2,400 m
Monastery
Khor Virap
Ararat plain — The "deep dungeon" facing Mount Ararat
Destinations
Khor Virap means "deep dungeon". Here Gregory the Illuminator was held prisoner for thirteen years before converting King Trdat — and with him the whole nation — to Christianity. The monastery stands directly before the sacred twin peaks of Ararat; no place binds Armenia's faith and longing more closely.
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Signature
Spiritual Highland
5 days
1,800 m
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