Khndzoresk – Agitu Memorial – Vorotnavank – Karahunj

• Khndzoresk Village is 8 km east from Goris. The main sight is the ‘’cave city’’, Old Khndzoresk, a village, spread out over 3 km on the slope of a deep gorge, which for a long time used to be one of the populous villages of Syunik.

• Agitu Memorial. In the early Middle Ages, Agitu was one of the first settlements in Syunik for political, religious, military and economic purposes. Agitu is famous for its famed memorial, which was built in the VI-VII centuries. The sculptures of the memorial are very similar to the sculptures of Zvartnots Temple. Stone inscriptions can also be seen on them. Agitu Memorial is one of the rare preserved tombstone obelisks in Armenia. It is noteworthy that the obelisk of Agitu served as an example for the construction of the arch of the bell tower of Memorial Complex of Sardarapat. According to one version, this memorial is the burial place of the victims in the name of the Christian faith.

• Vorotnavank Monastery is located near Vagatin village. Vorotnavank was founded in 1000 by Queen Shaandukht of Syunik. In the early Middle Ages, the church was an educational center, and also a famous place of pilgrimage with the miraculous power of healing from snake bites. According to historian Stepanos Orbelyan, the monastery complex was one of the largest in Armenia. According to him, the most ancient church of the complex - St. George Church (now ruined) – was built by Grigor Lusavorich.

• Karahunj or Zorac-Karer – is an ancient megalithic complex, located on a mountain plateau at the height of 1770 meters above sea level. The complex consists of many huge standing stones, part of which have round holes in their upper part. The construction itself consists of 223 (only numbered) basalt (andesite) stones with the height of 1,5-2,8 meters, and the weight up to 8,5 tons.