Families
Six days paced for families — caves, cable cars, bread you bake yourself, a lake to swim in, and no day longer than the youngest person can manage.
Length
6 days
Route
5 regions
Stay
3★/4★ family rooms
Season
Best June–September, when Sevan is warm enough to swim.
YerevanGarniSevanDilijanAreni
Who this suitsFamilies with children roughly five to fifteen. Under-sixes are welcome and we will rework the pace.
Please noteChildren under twelve travel at half price, and under-threes free. Tell us their ages when you enquire and we will send back a version with the pace adjusted.
Arrival and an easy afternoon: the Cascade escalators, Botero's cat, ice cream, and the singing fountains after dark. Nothing demanding on day one.
The temple, the basalt columns in the gorge, and a lavash session where everyone gets flour on themselves. Geghard afterwards, which is short and dramatic and echoes when you sing.
North to the lake. Sevanavank in the morning, then a beach afternoon — swimming, a boat if the weather allows, and nothing scheduled.
Through the tunnel into the woods. A short forest walk to Parz Lake, a rope park and zipline for anyone who wants it, and Haghartsin in the afternoon.
Down to Vayots Dzor. The Areni-1 cave, where the world's oldest leather shoe was found — a genuinely good story for children — and a farm lunch. Wine tasting for the adults, grape juice for everyone else.
A morning at the History Museum to see the Areni shoe itself and the Bronze Age wooden carts from Lchashen, then Vernissage for souvenirs before the airport.
In the price
Not included
Every stop on the journey, in order. Distances are indicative, not a driving route.
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