Yerevan - Post Report Question and Answers

Your friends and family will proactively make plans to visit you in Armenia. There’s always something going on in the city center: festivals, jazz nights at popular restaurants, plenty of greenery for kids and pets to run around, and plenty of shopping. Yerevan is full of arts, culture, tradition, great food, and warm locals. Wineries and monasteries are plentiful. Short flights to nearby cities like Budapest, Athens, Larnaca and Rome are cheap, although most of the flights are red-eye flights that arrive at weird times in the middle of the night. Do take advantage of traveling during long weekends. Plenty of day trip options within the country too. Fantastic restaurant and cafe options in downtown city center. Seasonal fruits like peaches, apricots, cherries, strawberries, figs, and more, helps to diversify one’s diet. - Jul 2026

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Tsaghkadzor in the winter. Dillijan in the fall or spring. Hiking Mt. Aragats. - Jan 2022

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A few days trips here and there. Not a whole lot. - Aug 2021

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The ancient monasteries are very interesting and scenic. Outside of Yerevan it is beautiful with a lot of hiking and camping opportunities. Pre-COVID, you could easily drive to Tbilisi in about five hours and spend a long weekend in Georgia. The Georgian border is the only open border for Americans (Azerbaijan and Turkey are closed and Americans can't go to Iran). - May 2021

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See Tatev, especially the tramway. It's a bit of a journey but worth the four-hour drive. For a hidden gem search out the largest medieval castle in the Caucasus, Dashtadem Fortress. It's not listed in most guidebooks and there is no charge to go inside. It's huge by comparison to most other places in the country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashtadem_Fortress. - Mar 2017

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Visiting with people. Hiking. - Oct 2014

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Traveling to the south and north of Armenia to visit ancient monasteries, taking a ride on the world's longest aeriel tramway across a stunning landscape. - Sep 2011

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