Titan Armenia and Georgia - crossroads of Europe and Asia

– Selected Meals: 11 breakfasts (days 2-12), 8 lunches (days 2-7, 9 and 11) and 7 dinners (days 2,3,5 and 7-10)
– 11 nights in hotels
– International flights
– Travel in destination by coach
– Wine with dinner and lunch whilst in Tbilisi
– 19 excursions and visits

– Yerevan city tour with cooking masterclass
– Khor Virap Monastery, Echmiadzin Treasury Museum and Zvartnots Cathedral
– Amberd fortress and Perch Proshyan House-Museum
– Geghard and Sevanavank monasteries and the Temple of Garni
– Haghartsin and Haghpat monasteries and a Molokan village
– Tbilisi city tour
– Mtskheta
– Stalin’s childhood home, Gori
– Gergeti Sameba Church
– Ananuri castle complex
– Funicular ride to Mtatsminda plateau
– Kakheti including wine tasting and cooking demonstration

– VIP door-to-door travel service
– Check-in service by Titan staff
– Services of an experienced Titan tour manager
– Best available coaches with Wi-Fi and experienced drivers
– Hotel porterage
– Airport taxes, security charges and fuel surcharges
– UK Air Passenger Duty

Day 1: UK – Yerevan

Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service collects you from home, for your flight to Yerevan.
Grand Hotel Yerevan (4.5-star)

Day 2: Yerevan

A guided tour of Yerevan offers a glimpse of the Soviet past. We take a look at Armenian culture at the Cafesjian Centre for the Arts and Matenadaran. We also visit the Genocide Memorial and the museum dedicated to the victims. We continue to the Megerian Carpet Factory to learn about years-old traditions of Armenian carpet making and enjoy an Armenian lunch with a special culinary masterclass. We then visit the Sergei Parajanov Museum.
Grand Hotel Yerevan (4.5-star)

Day 3: Yerevan

Khor Virap Monastery was constructed over the dungeon that imprisoned patron saint Gregory the Illuminator. From here, you can admire Mount Ararat. Then in Echmiadzin we’ll see the cathedral. Reputed to be the first official Christian church in the world, it’s the spiritual centre of the Armenian people. UNESCO-listed Zvartnots Cathedral is our last stop.
Grand Hotel Yerevan (4.5-star)

Day 4: Yerevan

Visit the ruined 7th-century fortress of Amberd. Next is the Perch Proshyan House-Museum, birthplace of the Armenian writer and teacher. In the Ararat valley grows a unique variety of grapes used to make much-loved Ararat brandy, a brand favoured by the court of His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II and Sir Winston Churchill. Before we taste this national spirit, we take a tour of the factory. We’ll also visit Yeravan’s History Museum today.
Grand Hotel Yerevan (4.5-star)

Day 5: Yerevan – Dilijan

Geghard Monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site hewn into rock, creating incredibly haunting acoustics. We’ll hear this during a short recital exclusive to Titan. The pagan Temple of Garni is next, with Roman bath mosaics. Lunch is in a family home, where we participate in making Armenian bread, before our host shows us around the village – a great opportunity to learn about life here. Later, we visit the medieval Sevanavank Monastery, before heading to Dilijan.
Tsaghkadzor Marriott Hotel (3.5-star)

Day 6: Dilijan – Tbilisi

We begin today at a pottery, then the medieval Haghartsin Monastery.  Later, we visit UNESCO-protected Haghpat Monastery. We then cross the border into Georgia, where we stay in Tbilisi.
Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi (4-star)

Day 7: Tbilisi

Founded in the 4th century, Tbilisi developed into the main city of the Caucasus. Our city tour includes the Old Town, Metekhi Temple, the Mosque and Narikala, the main fortress of Tbilisi.
Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi (4-star)

Day 8: Mtskheta – Gori – Kazbegi

Mtskheta was the capital of the Georgian Kingdom of Iberia between 500 BC – AD 500. We also visit Gori, a town known for its huge fortress and as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. We visit the dictator’s family home, and then take the Georgian Military Highway into the Caucasus Mountains.
Rooms Hotel Kazbegi (4-star)

Day 9: Kazbegi

Kazbegi is a picturesque settlement overlooked by the biggest peak of the Caucasus – Mount Kazbek. We ascend to Gergeti Sameba Church in an wonderfully photogenic mountaintop setting. The rest of the day is at leisure, with an optional excursion available to beautiful Sno Valley and the village of Juta.
Rooms Hotel Kazbegi (4-star)

Day 10: Ananuri – Tbilisi

Visit Ananuri castle complex, the scene of many battles including peasant uprisings. We take the funicular railway to the top of the Mtatsminda plateau for spectacular panoramic views of the city.
Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi (4-star)

Day 11: Kakheti Region

Kakheti, Georgia’s famous wine district is filled with acres of vineyards. We head to Sighnaghi for a walking tour of this pretty town perched on a hilltop. We’ll then head to a winery near Telavi, where we’ll taste some Georgian wines and watch a cooking demonstration before lunch. We’ll continue to the beautiful ancestral estate of Tsinandali, before our final stop of the day in Gremi.
Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi (4-star)

Day 12: Tbilisi – UK

Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK. Upon arrival, your Titan vehicle will be waiting for the journey home.

– Based on return flights from London Heathrow via Frankfurt or Munich

Please note, prices listed are guide prices only and are based on 2 people sharing and don’t include any additional supplements. Holiday prices are fluid and dynamic and may be changed at a moment’s notice, prior to booking, at which point they are confirmed. Please call the team free on 0800 707 6229 for more departure dates available and a quote.