Day tour to Stepanavan Dendropark - Lori Berd

Classic Tours
1 day
Jan - Dec

Overview

Stepanavan is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Armenia. It attracts guests with pine forests and beautiful nature, rich historic-cultural heritage.
Every year, during the pine pollination season (late May to early June), visitors rush to the Stepanavan Arboretum to enjoy the nature and healing air here. In the summer, you can cool off from the summer heat in the arboretum. And in general, in any season you can walk along the beautiful alleys, breathe the oxygen-rich air and have a picnic.
On the way to the Arboretum is located Tormakavank Church, and you can take a nice photo shoot in the alley near it. From Tormakavank, the route reaches to the Saint Nicholas Church in Amrakits village, which belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church and is unique in its architecture.
The next stop of the excursion is the Lori Berd Fortress, which was one of the most powerful fortresses in medieval Armenia. From the territory of the fortress a wonderful view opens up to the gorges of rivers Dzoraget and Urut. From the Lori Berd you can go down to the Urut Gorge, where the Miskhana Bridge of the 11th-12th centuries has been preserved.
On the way back to Yerevan, you can also visit the Armenian Alphabet Monument.

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Tormakavank Church / Tormakavank is a half-ruined church of 5th-6th century. It is located near the Stepanavan Dendropark. In 1962 several episodes of the film "Master and Servant" by the Armenfilm studio were filmed in Tormakavank.
Stepanavan Dendropark / Stepanavan Dendropark is a beautiful arboretum with a lot of different trees and flowers. Here you can breath the freshest air and walk throught alley garden
St. Nicholas Church in Amrakits / Saint Nicholas Church in Amrakits village belongs to the Russian Orthodox Church and is unique in its architecture.
Lori Berd Fortress / Ruins of 11th-century fortress cover about 35ha on a plateau, which is 1500m above the sea level. Deep canyon and 20-25m height walls made the Lori Fortress unapproachable
Miskhana Bridge / The Miskhana Bridge was built in the 11th-12th centuries in the Urut Gorge, on the Urut (Mishkhana) River. The bridge provided entry and exit for the Lori Berd fortress through the Urut Gorge.
Armenian Alphabet Monument / An unusual monument to the Armenian alphabet is a composition of 39 Armenian 2-meter letters carved from tuff