Vineyards near Rind under a dramatic sky

Wine & gastronomy

The Gourmet Weekend

Four days built entirely around the table: the market at opening time, two wine valleys, one brandy cellar, and dinners you will still be describing months later.

4 days / 3 nights4★ Yerevan, centralPrivate tour — just your partyEasy

Length

4 days

Route

4 regions

Stay

4★ Yerevan, central

Pace

Relaxed

Season

Year-round; the harvest weeks of September-October are special, and winter brings khash season.

How this journey feels

Nature

Culture

Food

Adventure

Relaxation

Photography

The route

YerevanAreniVayots DzorArmavir

Highlights

GUM market walk with tastings stall by stall
Areni-1 cave and two contrasting wineries in one valley
The ARARAT brandy cellars and a guided vertical tasting
A family dinner where the recipes are older than the house

Who this suitsA long weekend for two that eats like a two-week holiday.

Day by day

Day1

The market and the city

Arrival, GUM market before lunch - sujukh, cheeses, dried fruit - then an evening wine-bar walk on Saryan Street.

YerevanTastings, dinnerDriving: ~30mWalking: ~3 km

Day2

The wine valley

South to Areni: the 6,100-year-old winery cave, a precise modern cellar, and a village one with buried karas jars. Late lunch among the vines.

YerevanBreakfast, lunch, tastingsDriving: ~4h totalWalking: easy

Day3

Brandy and the plain

Echmiadzin’s cathedral morning, then the ARARAT cellars back in the city and a vertical tasting. Farewell dinner with live duduk.

YerevanBreakfast, tasting, dinnerDriving: ~1h30Walking: ~3 km

Day4

Slow morning, departure

Coffee the Armenian way, last pastries, airport transfer.

-BreakfastDriving: ~30mWalking: -

What is included

In the price

Three nights central 4★
Private car, driver and guide-host
All tastings and the meals listed
Airport transfers

Not included

International flights
Travel insurance

Practical details

Price: From €790 per person, twin share.
Single supplement: €140 for the whole trip, if you would like a room to yourself.
Group size: Private tour — just your party. Every package also runs privately for your party alone.
When it runs: Year-round; the harvest weeks of September-October are special, and winter brings khash season.
Deposit: Multi-day journeys need a 20% deposit; the balance is due on arrival in Yerevan.
Cancellation: Free up to 14 days before departure. After that the deposit is retained. If we cancel, you get everything back.
Payment methods: Cash (AMD, USD, EUR, RUB), Visa, Mastercard, Mir, bank transfer, Idram and Telcell.

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Route map

Every stop on the journey, in order. Distances are indicative, not a driving route.

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