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Group Tour: Gyumri (Urban Life museum, Black fortress, old town), Harichavank
4.9
206 Ratings
Yerevan
Explore Gyumri's rich culture, historic sites, and Harichavank Monastery on this immersive 10-hour tour. Discover museums, fortresses, and ancient architecture.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Hyur Service - starting and returning point
- Museum of National Architecture and Urban Life - Everyday life, culture and history of Gyumri are presented in the museum. This remarkable mansion was built by wealthy merchant Petros Dzitoghtsyan in 1872 from the famous red tuff of Shirak. The museum was founded in 1984 in this very building. It is included in the list of intangible monuments of history and culture of Gyumri.
- Black Fortress - short visit of the fortress, mainly from outside
- Gyumri Main Square - walking tour through the old streets of Gyumri
- Harichavank Monastery - 7th century monastery complex of Harichavank is situated on the western slope of Mount Aragats, on a roky cape. Not far from the main buildings there is a small chapel which is of great interest. The chapel is built on a piece of rock, which as a result of an earthquake split from the cape and the chapel is now towering over the canyon.
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What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicles
- Vehicle & passengers insurance
- Professional guide: ENG + RUS consecutively
- WiFi in the vehicles
- Bottled water & pastries
- Admission tickets
What's Not Included
- Lunch price (3500 - 4500AMD = 9-11 USD)
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off
Additional Information
On this 10-11-hour tour you will visit Gyumri, the second largest city in Armenia. It is one of the main cultural centers of the republic, you will see the museum of urban life and national culture of Gyumri. Besides, there will be a chance to walk through the old streets of the town, visit black fortress and enjoy lunch in national restaurant (own expense). Finally visit 7th century Monastery Harichavank situated on the western slope of Mount Aragats, on a roky cape.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- The duration is approximate
- Seats will not be known in advance
Location
Hyur Service (Head Office)
Nalbandyan poxoc
on the left hand, little bit down from Nalbandyan and Tumanyan corner
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Chirinebassila
Jun 21, 2024
Highly satisfied - Great experience and very professional staff. Our guide Marina is skilled and knowledgeable
She kept us engaged for the whole tour duration. I have booked another tour for tomorrow :)
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650litom
Jun 11, 2024
Gyumri - Karen guise & Khachig driver were very attentive and gave us very interesting explanations. I recommend this tour!!! Excellent
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Vicktoriya
May 31, 2024
Group excursions - This agency was recommended to me by a teacher. I purchased three group excursions from this agency.
I didn’t regret it for a minute. The excursions are very interesting. If the places in them are repeated, then the program is still different. The price is very reasonable.
I had two of them with Karen and Geham, one with Manya and Arayk. The guides conducted excursions to the best of their ability; it is clear that they really love their country and culture. Drivers are very careful on the roads. The buses are comfortable. I think that I will return to Armenia more than once. And I will definitely purchase excursions from this agency, with these guides.
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Andrescr86
May 24, 2024
Destination to the North of Armenia: Gyumri - Excellent tour, you get to know the city Gyumri in the north of Armenia. Karen and the driver Aro were incredible and the tour was very enjoyable. I recommend it to get to know an unknown part of Armenia.
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X667thandreig
May 21, 2024
Tour to Gyumri. - We visited the second largest city in Armenia - Gyumri. Thanks to our guide Marina, we were able to fully enter the atmosphere. Marina is an amazing guide. Her explanation takes you back in history. Also congratulations to our driver Agop who drives super safe and calm. The experience was truly amazing. I strongly recommend.
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Luyssine
May 14, 2024
In the north of Armenia - For this second day with Karen as guide and Achot as driver, the rain was there. But good humor too. Karen is an excellent guide who always has something to teach you on various themes.
The visit ends with Haritchavank
ceptor, dazzling.
And Achot led us on paths that were sometimes under construction, sometimes damaged by rain... expertly!
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Katja_blomberg
May 13, 2024
Very good tour - In this tour there were interesting sites, tour guide Tigran and driver Arai were very friendly and professional. Lunch was in a fine restaurant.
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372polinas
May 11, 2024
Great tours! - Great daily tours, especially for the price! We went to Garni with tour guide Vardui (I hope I spelled it right), she was amazing. I don’t know how she does it, but it was so interesting to listen to her, I would definitely go to the tour with her again. We also went on a tour to Gyumri with Marina, she was great too!
I’ve never been a huge fan of tours, but decided to go because I’ve heard really good reviews about Hyur, and it did not disappoint.
All the pictures were taken during the 2 tours, they took us to such beautiful locations 😍
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98maras
May 8, 2024
Gyumri tour brought to life by stories - Tiran was a great guide taking care to answer all our questions. The tour was well planned and well paced. The driver (Aroi?) was excellent, patient and very safety conscious. Such interesting places brought to life through well delivered fact and anecdote.
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868sylvied
May 19, 2024
Excursion in stopwatch mode - The Gyumri excursion was the least satisfying of all the ones I did with Hyur Service. The guide Marina seemed to me the least enthusiastic of all those we had... she got on the bus, sat down straight away and introduced herself afterwards... didn't have time to see who she was. Also she didn’t even offer to take the group photo…. She also favored more Russian translation when there were 16 GB and 8 Russians…. I had to tell him in Armenian to put English first because we missed all the translations in front of the monuments in car……
Also the driver Joseph did not drive very carefully unfortunately.
In our opinion, the Gyumri excursion would deserve a night there because the day passes in accelerated mode and that is a great shame…. We had the feeling that the visit to the city itself would deserve more time there….to be able to appreciate it at its true value….
As for lunch, many of us that day found it really tasteless… barely cooked chicken
We were happy to have seen Gyumri but too much of a drive for a short time spent there (4 hours drive back)… it’s a shame
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