Country Info
- Yerevan
- Capital
- Armenian Dram (AMD)
- Currency
- 3,336,100
- Population
- AM
- Country Code
Yerevan Slideshow
Yerevan
Travel Blogs from Yerevan, Armenia
Armenia
... . It was fun becuase he knew where we were from, and talked about boxing a lot. No, not a lot of tourists visits Armenia. Which is confusing, because this country is so beautiful it lives up to its tourism slogan of "An Outdoor Museum". The entire city ...
EPABAH: FRIENDLY NATIVES, ARMANIAC DRIVERS
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges, more info at ...
Mountains
... with a beautiful church nearby. Afterwards we stop at a Tegher church which is the last church I’ll see in Armenia. The way back to Yerevan is peaceful. I have to commend the bus drivers here in Armenia who choose to listen to relaxing ...
Yerevan
Super cute city
... the reception, where after a short period we were joined by 2 Lithuanian men and our perky tour guide who could have smiled for Armenia. She introduced herself and with that we were off out the door passing over the main courtyard. We took a right turn, ...
Mot Ararat
... ' varför det har berget har en sådan magisk påverkan på landet. Ararat faktiskt har två st toppar dominerar bakgrundsbilden även inne i Yerevan. De måste svida en hel del i sin självbild att själva berget ligger i dagen Turkiet. Bilder på berget ...
Last day in Armenia
... food! Unfortunately that is difficult to get outside China. After lunch I finally went to the most famous museum of Yerevan and whole Armenia, the Matenadaran. It holds one of the world’s richest collections of medieval manuscripts and books in the ...
Petite leçon d'arménien
L’arménien est une langue qui constitue à elle seule un groupe indépendant au sein de la famille des langues indo-européennes. L’arménien classique (ou grabar) est écrit à partir ...
Soviet intelligencia
... earthquake of 1988. Then there is a kiwi woman who we pick up from the Marriott hotel in the very centre of Yerevan. She’s in Armenia because of her husband who is here for 2 months as a consultant to Ministry of Finance. It doesn’t look as ...
Erevan au printemps
Erevan ou Yerevan est la plus grande des villes d’Arménie et sa capitale depuis 1918, la douzième depuis les origines de l’Arménie. Elle est située à l'ouest du pays, à l'extrémité orientale de ...
Entering Armenia
... are not talking due to the fact that Turkey (and the US) will not acknowledge the genocide of Armenian people. Azerbaijan and Armenia are still technically at war and the borders are sealed with military troops. This would make it a necessity to enter ...
Cindy and Pauls's Wedding
... converged in Yerevan, coming from as far as Singapore and New York. It was like a bad sitcom: The Asians Take On Armenia. Everywhere we went, people stared. When visited the tourist sites, people asked to take pictures of us. I ...
Yerevan and around
... and fascinating. Almost all of the houses were kind of red due to the material they have used which can be found all around Armenia. Yerevan doesn't seem like an old city, although it is, because almost everything there is now was built in the soviet era. ...
Armenia
A great welcome to Armenia, one of the most exciting country I have visited! Warm welcome at anytime and ...
Yerevan is a post Soviet dump!
... only 6 euros, and a nice pink stamp! Driving into Armenia, we were surprised by all poverty and soviet-industrial ruins we saw. Yerevan itself was little better. There are a few very fancy, new streets, but most of it looks like a third world dump! ...
Onwards to Armenia
... out on the plains though very hilly in parts and looking completely barren. A real contrast to Georgia. Got dropped off in Yerevan, the capital, and checked into the Envoy Hostel. Top marks for this place, it was spotless, free internet and breakfast and ...
Zurueck in der Hauptstadt
Da ja die Grenze zwischen Aserbaidschan und Armenien geschlossen ist und ich trotzdem Aserbaidschan besuchen wollte, musste ich wieder zurueck nach Yerewan und Tbilisi reisen. In Yerewan schaute ich mir dann noch das Ballet 'Gayaneh' von Khatchaturian, ...
Junior Eurovision 2011 With SacVoyage.am
... more enjoyable with SacVoyage Armenian tour operatorArmenuhi Ivanyan Marketing Manager SacVoyage Armenian Tour OperatorContact Details Pnone: +374 10 55 00 77 +374 93 61 23 48Fax: +374 10 55 00 77Head office: Yerevan, Armenia 4 Charents ...
Indian expo in Yerevan
Twice a year there is an Indian expo here in Yerevan, where you can find all kind of Indian things! Though I've never been to India, every time I enter this expo, I feel like I'm already there! Scarfs (silken, woolen, cachemire...),shawls, aromatic ...
Eriwan
Erst mal ausgeschlafen und auf dem Weg zum Basar in der Nähe des Opernhauses gefrühstückt. Heute ist ein „gruppenloser" Tag angesagt, und ich mache mich allein auf den Weg zum Basar, der in einer Halle untergebracht ist und überwiegend ...
Guided by our bowels..
... , and decided to start following the health and safety rules, and take a slow day. We still had a lot to see in Yerevan itself, anyway! Genocide! Probably the most famous thing that every happened in Armenia, was the 1915-1920 genocide, that according to ...
End of the Caucasian Challenge boooo
... only the womans melons were undamaged. We also had a sightseeing stop at “Armenias Stonehenge” an area a few hours out of Yerevan. No ones really sure what all the rocks are arranged in a circle for, but they discovered the holes in the rocks ...
Day 0
It's Friday, 8th of October. I know that at 12:30AM I’m flying to Yerevan, Armenia. After that I’ve no idea – I have a reservation at Envoy hostel for three days, a ticket back to Latvia on 16th of October and that’s basically it. ...
Yerevan
Finally - the Caucusus
... moonlighting to supplement her salary. But immensely knowledgeable and hugely enthusiastic. A delight. Tomorrow I start on monasteries and churches, Armenia adopted Christianity in 301 AD, the first nation to do so, even before Rome. So that history goes ...
Vardavar - The Festival of Water
... which contains an eternal flame. Needless to say, it was a very moving experience. It was back to Yerevan for the afternoon where I visited the Vernissage market. I find that markets are an interesting place to observe culture; ...
Bye, bye Ararat!
... the next few days without speaking with anybody – just reading books and browsing philosophy sites. I’m sure that Armenia’s future is bright. I did sense some deep melancholy in Armenian people, which sometimes felt even painful, but ...
Winter Wonderland
... came back from Armenia yesterday, and it was one of my best trips ever. People were questioning me (even until today), "Why Armenia?" I couldn't answer that question. Because for me, it doesn’t really need to have a reason to go and see a country, ...