An amazing, educational and entertaining program for schoolchildren! Only here in Yerevan can you visit the innovative creative technology center for teenagers - TUMO, only in Yerevan can you see the world's smallest statue of Charlie Chaplin made of gold, which fits into the eye of a needle, and master classes in the cultural center "Machanents", "Noyan Aygi" and the time spent in the center "Aya Maria" and sightseeing in Armenia will never be forgotten.

 

Day 1: Yerevan — Sightseeing tour
Arrival in Yerevan. Meeting at the airport. Accommodation in a hostel/hotel. After rest — City tour with a visit to the Ter-Khazaryan Micro Art Museum.
Eduard Ter-Khazaryan is considered the inventor of this unique art form. The miniature sculptures he created literally fit into the eye of a needle. Among them is the world's smallest statue of Charlie Chaplin made of gold, a caravan of camels made of precious stones, bouquets of roses 100 times thinner than a human hair and much more.
After the tour — free time for walks.

Day 2: Yerevan — Garni — Excursion to TUMO
After breakfast — a trip to Garni, a pagan temple and a visit to the Noyan Aygi cultural center, where children can take part in various master classes: making sujukh, pottery, baking lavash. Lunch in Garni.
After lunch, return to Yerevan, where you will have a tour of TUMO, the Center for Creative Technologies for Teens. Here, schoolchildren will get acquainted with the programs that the center offers for training. Training at the center is organized in four areas: animation, game development, web development, and digital media. In the evening, a walk around the city.

Day 3: Yerevan - "Aya Maria"
In the morning - a trip to the tourist zone "Aya Maria", where children will be able to take part in interactive games, an art program, learn Armenian dance and have a good time in the wonderful open-air garden "Aya Maria".
Lunch in the center. Return to Yerevan. In the evening (possible) a walk around Yerevan.

Day 4: Yerevan - Echmiadzin - "Machanents" cultural center
In the morning after breakfast, children will travel to Echmiadzin, where they will visit one of the most ancient monasteries in the world, the Echmiadzin Cathedral, and then visit the "Machanents" tourist and cultural center with museums, an art gallery, master classes in ceramics, painting, carpet weaving and batik. Here they will be able to learn recipes for cooking, and taste various dishes of traditional Armenian cuisine, witness the creation of wine and baking of lavash.
There is also a souvenir shop in the center where you can buy very interesting souvenirs and handicrafts made by the students of the center.
Return to Yerevan. Free time.

Day 5: Yerevan — Noravank — Yeghegnadzor — Yerevan
In the morning after breakfast - departure to the Vayots Dzor region, where you will see the Noravank monastery complex among the red rocks, then - a trip to the city of Yeghegnadzor to the family guest house "Under the Oreshinoi", where you will have lunch, take part in a master class on baking gata - a national sweet, and then go to the Mosh studio, where children will create dolls themselves, get acquainted with the technique of making dolls, and tour the studio. Return to Yerevan.

Day 6: Yerevan - Sevan - Dilijan - Yerevan
Breakfast at the hotel. Trip to Sevan, one of the most beautiful lakes in the Caucasus.
The excursion will continue to Dilijan, the "Armenian Switzerland", where you will visit the Museum of Folk Art, which contains works by folk artists and self-taught artists, ethnographic exhibits.
Lunch. Walking tour of the old quarter of the city.
Return to Yerevan.

Day 7: Yerevan - Zvartnots airport
At the specified time - transfer to the airport for the flight home.

The program price includes:

• Transfers
• Guide services
• All the above excursions and master classes
• Accommodation in a hostel/hotel in DBL (6 nights) on a bed and breakfast basis
• Tickets to museums and historical complexes
• Interactive games in the tourist zone "Aya Maria"

Master classes of your choice:

• Making a clay product;
• Carpet weaving;
• Drawing;
• Making traditional national dolls, amulets\talismans;
• Preparing any dishes of Armenian cuisine;
• Preparing traditional Armenian sweets;
• Master class in Armenian national dances;Master class in playing Armenian musical instruments;
• Participation in a traditional winemaking ceremony. Master class in squeezing grape juice with your feet;
• Showing a small theatrical or puppet show on various national themes;
• Photo session in traditional Armenian costumes - taraz;
• There is a restaurant where you can organize lunch.
• Here you can order several master classes at the same time, children will take turns moving from one to another so that there are no queues.