TBILISI – SADAKHLO – HAGHARTSIN – GOSHAVANK -YEREVAN

21 SEP 2019 Breakfast. Check out and proceed to border Sadakhlo. Arrive and go through border formalities. Change car and meet guide and proceed to Dilijan. Enroute visit of Haghartsin and Goshavank monasteries. Goshavank is another beacon of science and culture of ancient Armenia, Goshavank Monastery or Nor Getik where …

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YEREVAN – ZVARTNOC – EJMIATSIN

22 SEP  2019 YEREVAN CITY TOUR We  started  the tour in the capital of Armenia: Yerevan. For ages this city has been known as a “pink city” because of the color of the stone it has been built with. We visited Republic square , Mashtoc Avenue, the House of Opera …

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YEREVAN-GEGHARD–GARNI-SEVAN-YEREVAN

23 SEP 2019 After Breakfast in the Morning, we drove to Garni  located about 30 km from Yerevan and visit Hellenistic and Roman cultural centre and former residence of the royal Armenian Arshakuni Dynasty. The Temple of Garni (Armenian: “Garnu tacar”) is located in the village of Garni in Kotayk Province, Armenia, and it …

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MEXICO CITY

14 MARCH 2019 MEXICO city tour with Xochimilco and Anthropology Museum and the Metropolitan Cathedral, which is the largest church in all of Latin America, housing many art treasures of the colonial period. This landmark took over 250 years to build, evident in its various architectural styles, also visited the …

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Anthropology Museum

Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital, Mexico city is now one of the world’s largest and most densely populated cities. It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) …

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President’s Office: Diego Rivera Murals

Celebrated Mexican painter Diego Rivera transcribed the history of Mexico in a mural in his own style of painting on the main staircase of the National Palace of Mexico City. The staircase leads to the second floor of the courtyard which still houses the main offices of government entities of …

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METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL

Mexico city’s  Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is not only one of Mexico’s most treasured architectural masterpieces, it is also Latin America’s largest and oldest cathedral. This Cathedral’s creation spans three centuries, from 1573-1813 resulted in architectural  amalgamation of the three distinct styles …

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TEOTIHUACAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

15 MARCH  2019 This morning, we drove to visit Mexico’s grandest archaeological site, Teotihuacan, built by the Nahua. The sixth largest city in the world in 400 A.D., Teotihuacán was mysteriously abandoned 300 years later, centuries before the Aztec occupation. Visit the Jaguar Palace and the Temple of the Plumed …

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MEXICO CITY – PUEBLA – VERACRUZ

16 MARCH 2019 Proceeded to Puebla…the UNESCO world heritage site Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic church, Basilica and National Shrine of Mexico in the north of Mexico city which houses the cloak containing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The 1709 shrine was built …

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MEXICO – Church of Santo Domingo

Dating back to the 16th century when it was first built, the impressive Church of Santo Domingo towers over the historic center of Puebla, Mexico. Painted in deep reds and built with faded gray stone, the Roman Catholic cathedral and square is a major landmark for the town. It was …

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