--- title: "Berdkunk – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Berdkunk, Armenia: Berdkunk is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Nearby: Hayravank Monastery, Akob Aghi…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/berdkunk" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/berdkunk.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Berdkunk%2C_fortress_06.jpg/3840px-Berdkunk%2C_fortress_06.jpg" --- Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia # Berdkunk Berdkunk is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. ![Berdkunk](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Berdkunk%2C_fortress_06.jpg/3840px-Berdkunk%2C_fortress_06.jpg) Berdkunk · Wikimedia Commons The place Berdkunk is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berdkunk), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Berdkunk 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Hayravank Monastery Hayravank is a 9th to 12th century Armenian monastery located just northeast of the village of Hayravank along the southwest shores of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The monastic complex consists of a church, chapel, and gavit. 1.4 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayravank_Monastery) 2. Akob Aghi khachkar Akob Aghi khachkar is a khachkar located just northeast of the village of Hayravank along the southwest shores of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It lies in front of the western wall of the Hayravank Monastery complex, on the pedestal; the upper left corner is broken. 1.4 km · Memorial stele in Armenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akob_Aghi_khachkar) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Berdkunk **Airports:** Zvartnots (EVN), 68 km · Ganja (GNJ), 108 km · Shirak (LWN), 110 km\ - Yerevan → Berdkunk Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yerevan-to-berdkunk) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Yerevan&to=Berdkunk) - Gyumri → Berdkunk Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gyumri-to-berdkunk) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gyumri&to=Berdkunk) - Ganja → Berdkunk Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ganja-to-berdkunk) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ganja&to=Berdkunk) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Berdkunk) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Berdkunk Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Berdkunk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in If you just want to go to the "kghzi" peninsula with the most popular beaches during the summer, then marshrutkas make frequent trips from Yerevan for cheap. - Get in Throughout the year you can take the Ijevan/Dilijan/Noyemberyan marshrutka and hop off at the lake as well, or depending on where you want to go in the region you can take a van directly to Vardenis or Martuni or Kavar. - Get around Always offer a little tip in return—the equivalent of a marshrutka ride is common. From [Wikivoyage: Lake Sevan Region](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lake_Sevan_Region), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 78 km 2. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 113 km 3. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 185 km 4. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 190 km 5. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 194 km If you know how people move in Berdkunk – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cberdkunk&title=Berdkunk&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fberdkunk), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Berdkunk Berdkunk is 58 km from [Yerevan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yerevan), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Lchap](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lchap) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 3.5 km - [Hayravank](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hayravank) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 1.2 km [The place page for Berdkunk](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/berdkunk) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Armenia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-AM) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/berdkunk, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt