Places

Monasteries, temples, lakes, mountains and cities: the places worth the trip, region by region.

Guides

Saint Gayane Church

Saint Gayane Church is one of the Armenian signs of wealth. It's located in Vagharshapat near to the Ejmiatsin Cathedral.

Goshavank

Nor Getik Monastery or Goshavank is a popular religious and cultural centre of northern Armenia. Mkhitar Gosh had established the…

Saint Hripsime Church

Saint Hripsime Church is one of oldest Armenian churches. It's located in Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin). It's not only beautiful but has…

Geghard Monastery

Geghard Monastery is a 13th-century monastery cut into the rock near Garni. See the cave churches, the Holy Lance legend…

Sanahin Monastery

Visiting Sanahin you will get an interesting information not only about the monastery but also Armenia's beautiful architecture.

Yerevan Singing Fountains

The Yerevan singing Fountains show is completely free of charge and is a lively, dynamic, crowded and a very pleasant…

Garni Temple

Garni Temple is a 1st-century Greco-Roman temple above the Azat gorge, 30 km from Yerevan. See its history, the Roman…

Amberd

The complex of Amberd is one of the best and the largest examples of Armenian fortress construction, which in X…

Noravank

Noravank is a 13th–14th-century monastery in a red-rock gorge in Vayots Dzor. See Momik's two-storey church, its legend and how…

Tsitsernakaberd

Tsitsernakaberd - the Armenian Genocide (1.5 million Armenians were killed) memorial complex on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd, in Yerevan, Armenia.

Khor Virap Monastery

Khor Virap Monastery stands below Mount Ararat over the pit of Saint Gregory the Illuminator. See its history, the Ararat…

Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is Armenia's largest lake, 1,900 m up. See Sevanavank and Noratus, the best beaches, Sevan fish and how…