HAGHARDZEEN – Dilijan becomes an open air museum with Haghartzeen monastery, which is situated 18 km East of Dilijan. The monastery is situated an oak, beech forests, in the gorge of river. The monastery was built between 10 th -13 th centuries.
GOSHAVANK – located on the wooded valley of the village of Gosh, to the south-east of Dilijan, not far from Lake Parz. This monastic complex was founded in 1188 by Mkhitar Gosh, a notable scholar from medieval Armenia. In the Middle Ages Goshavank was one of Armenia's most cultural centers.
MAKARAVANK – this monastery was built in the course of the 10th to 13th centuries on the wooded slope of a mountain which rises to the south in the region of Ijevan.
