Day trips from Yerevan with kids: where to go and how to get there?

Routes that work with children

Prices are per car, sedan / minivan, on November 7, 2026; every route runs all year.

• Garni Temple & Geghard Monastery — 5 hours, 30,000 AMD / 44,000 AMD. A first-century temple, a walk through the Symphony of Stones gorge and a monastery carved into the rock. The Garni ticket is bought on site and is free for children under 12; the Symphony of Stones charges a small fee on site; Geghard is free. With a 9:00 pickup you reach Garni as it opens at 10:00.
• Garni, Geghard & Lavash Baking — 6 hours, 41,000 AMD / 54,000 AMD. Charents Arch, Garni and Geghard without the walk down into the Symphony of Stones gorge, plus a 20-minute class with a local family, who bake lavash in a tonir, a clay oven. The class is paid on site and is not included in the car price.
• Khor Virap Monastery — 4 hours, 27,000 AMD / 38,000 AMD. A monastery with a view of Mount Ararat, free entry; the mountain shows only in clear weather. A narrow, steep metal ladder leads down into the pit where, by tradition, Gregory the Illuminator was held — not for small children.
• Echmiadzin, Zvartnots & Khor Virap — 6 hours, 39,000 AMD / 55,000 AMD. The road runs across the plain, with no mountain passes. Zvartnots: ticket on site, free for children under 12, open until 16:00 on Sundays; Echmiadzin Cathedral is free, its treasury museum charges admission, tickets on site.
• Lake Sevan & Tsaghkadzor — 6.5 hours, 39,000 AMD / 55,000 AMD. The lake lies high in the mountains and it is windy, so bring a warm layer for the kids. A long, steep stairway leads up to Sevanavank, so a stroller will not make it. The Tsaghkadzor ropeway runs daily 10:00–17:30; tickets are bought on site.
• Lake Sevan, Dilijan & Parz Lake — 8 hours, 47,000 AMD / 67,000 AMD. A full day: Sevanavank, Haghartsin Monastery, a walk around Parz Lake and the wild deer sanctuary in Dilijan National Park — a short walk from the parking, the deer are watched through a fence, ticket on site.
• Dilijan, Parz Lake, Haghartsin & Goshavank — 9 hours, 45,000 AMD / 63,000 AMD. The loop around Parz takes about 30 minutes; boats and the rope park cost extra and run in season; Haghartsin and Goshavank are free. About 5 hours of driving, so we suggest an 8:00 pickup; no public transport goes there.
• Yerevan, Erebuni, Tsitsernakaberd & Matenadaran — 6 hours, 20,000 AMD / 27,000 AMD. For a day without leaving the city. Museums are closed on Mondays, the Matenadaran also on Sundays, so pick a day from Tuesday to Saturday. The Armenian Genocide Museum is a heavy subject; with small children you can shorten that stop by telling the driver.

Taxi app or a car with a driver

A comparison by the services' rules, without figures: app tariffs change.

Pickup is at your hotel at the time you choose; the order of stops can be changed by telling the driver at the start of the trip. The price depends only on the class of car, sedan or minivan: the car is chosen by passengers and luggage, and children count as passengers. Two adults and two children ride in a sedan: the Garni and Geghard trip costs 30,000 AMD per car for the four of them; a family of five takes a minivan at 44,000 AMD.

The driver drives, waits at every stop and helps with the bags, but does not give a tour: telling the history is the work of a qualified guide. A guide is an option in the request, with a surcharge shown on the trip page: 25,000 AMD on trips of up to 6 hours, 40,000 AMD on the two Dilijan routes.

What is included and what you pay on site

The car price includes the car with a driver for the whole route, hotel to hotel, every stop on the programme and the waiting at each, a child seat, fuel, parking and water. On site you pay for entrance tickets, lunch, the lavash class and the ropeway; tickets are bought separately, and it is safer to carry cash in drams. Tips are not included and not expected; they are up to you. There is one possible surcharge, at a rate known before you book: an unplanned stop, a change of route or waiting beyond what is included. Nothing is paid before confirmation and there is no deposit; afterwards you pay by card via a link (Visa, Mastercard) or in cash to the driver after the trip.

Good to know

• The child seat is free and compulsory for children under 7. State the number of children and the age of each; the seat type comes with the confirmation.
• A sedan takes up to 3 passengers with 3 suitcases or 4 with 2; a minivan up to 7 passengers. Children count as passengers; list the children and the stroller in the request.
• Pickup at your hotel at the time you choose, 09:00 by default; drop-off at the same or another address in Yerevan.
• It is cooler in the mountains than in Yerevan; in monasteries shoulders and knees must be covered.
• The dispatcher is available around the clock and confirms requests at any time of day or night; the driver's name and phone number and the car's model, colour and plate arrive the day before.
• Drivers have at least 5 years of driving experience, cars are built in 2018 or later, documents are checked before the driver's first trip with us, and every car carries a fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit.
• The trip is sold by BarevTrip, and we are responsible for all of it: the car, the driver, the time, the route and the price.

Questions and answers

Our child sleeps late — can we leave at 10:00? Yes, you choose the pickup time; Garni, Zvartnots and the Tsaghkadzor ropeway open at 10:00.

Our child fell ill the day before — what now? Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, Yerevan time; up to the same deadline the trip can be moved once free of charge. After that a card payment is not refunded, and a free reschedule is no longer possible.