Two days in Armenia: Yerevan plus one real day trip Two days buys you Yerevan itself and exactly one day trip beyond it, so pick the day trip that earns its place. This plan covers the capital’s free sights (Cascade, Republic Square, the Genocide Memorial) plus the best half-day outside the city, Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery, and skips Khor Virap, Sevan, and everything south entirely. Prices run in Armenian dram (AMD); figure roughly 365-370 AMD to $1 through 2026.

Three days in Armenia: Yerevan plus two real day trips Three days is the point where an Armenia trip starts making sense: one day in Yerevan, one for Garni and Geghard, one for Khor Virap, Noravank, and the Areni wine region. Prices run in Armenian dram (AMD); figure roughly 365-370 AMD to $1 through 2026. The sights themselves are cheap or free (Garni is 1,500 AMD, everything else on this route is free), so the real budget question is transport, since neither day trip has a direct marshrutka option.

Four days in Armenia: Yerevan plus three real day trips Four days is enough to add a genuinely cheap fourth day onto the standard three-day route: Yerevan, Garni and Geghard, Khor Virap with Noravank and Areni wine, and then Etchmiadzin, the one day trip on this whole plan you can reach by ordinary marshrutka. Prices run in Armenian dram (AMD); figure roughly 365-370 AMD to $1 through 2026. Most of what you’ll see is free or near-free; the recurring cost is transport, not tickets.

Five days in Armenia: the full standard circuit from Yerevan Five days covers the whole standard Yerevan-based loop: the capital, Garni and Geghard, Khor Virap with Noravank and Areni wine, a cheap Etchmiadzin day, and Lake Sevan with Dilijan. Prices run in Armenian dram (AMD); figure roughly 365-370 AMD to $1 through 2026. Most of what’s on this route is free or near-free, and the recurring cost is a hired driver or shared tour, not entrance tickets.