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Itineraries

Routes we'd send a friend on, with times that leave room for coffee. Every leg is routed on real roads; each stop links to its page with contacts and directions.

Photos: Emma YSU, Սարո Հովհաննիսյան, lori-m (Wikimedia Commons)

1 day from Yerevan or Tbilisi

Debed Canyon in one day

The classic route: four monasteries, a medieval bridge and the canyon itself, end to end.

Stops
6
By road
71 km
Driving
1 h 28 min
Climbing
2,055 m
  1. 1COAF Debed Canyon Visitor Center
  2. 2Odzun Church
  3. 3Sanahin Monastery
  4. 4Sanahin Bridge
  5. 5Haghpat Monastery
  6. 6Akhtala Monastery

See the routeCar or taxi

2 days from Yerevan

A Lori weekend from Yerevan

Canyon monasteries on day one, the plateau, Lori Berd and the dendropark on day two.

Stops
10
By road
210 km
Driving
5 h 08 min
Climbing
4,049 m
  1. 1Spitak
  2. 2Vanadzor
  3. 3Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum
  4. 4Odzun Church
  5. 5Haghpat Monastery
  6. 6Sanahin Monastery
  7. 7Hnevank Monastery Complex
  8. 8Lori fortress
  9. 9Sochut Dendropark
  10. 10Stepanavan

See the routeCar

1–2 days from Yerevan

Yerevan to Tbilisi through Lori

Turn the border run into the best road trip in the Caucasus.

Stops
6
By road
116 km
Driving
2 h 14 min
Climbing
2,013 m
  1. 1Spitak
  2. 2Vanadzor
  3. 3Odzun Church
  4. 4Sanahin Monastery
  5. 5Haghpat Monastery
  6. 6Akhtala Monastery

See the routeCar or taxi

3 days from Vanadzor

Three slow days in the canyon

Walk between villages and monasteries instead of driving between them.

Stops
8
By road
57 km
Driving
1 h 22 min
Climbing
1,918 m
  1. 1Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum
  2. 2Chgnavor Monastery
  3. 3Kobayr Monastery
  4. 4Odzun Church
  5. 5Horomayr Monastery
  6. 6Haghpat Monastery
  7. 7Kayan Fortress
  8. 8Sanahin Monastery

See the routeOn foot, minibus and taxi