Gavar
Gavar is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province.
Gavar is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height of 1982 meters above sea level. Located 98 kilometers east of the capital Yerevan, the town had a population of 20,765 as per the 2011 census. As per the 2022 census, the population of Gavar is 17,741.
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Worth seeing in and around Gavar
4 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.
- 01Noraduz cemetery
Noratus Cemetery, also spelled Noraduz, is a medieval cemetery with many early khachkars located in the village of Noratus in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near Gavar and Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan. The cemetery has the largest cluster of khachkars in Armenia.
4.9 km · cemetery in Armenia · Wikipedia - 02Hayravank 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.
8.4 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia - 03Gavar State University
Gavar State University is a university in Gavar, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia. Founded on 5 May 1993, it is the largest university in the Gegharkunik Province with 4 faculties.
1 km · university · Wikipedia - 04Akob 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.
8.4 km · Memorial stele in Armenia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Dari Glukh
Small fortification at the edge of town.
- 02Hayravank Monastery
A rarely visited monastery overlooking Lake Sevan.
- 03Noratus Khachkar Cemetery
20 km south of Sevan, near Gavar, is Noratus village, with the largest khachkar cemetery in the world.
From Wikivoyage: Gavar, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Almav
From Wikivoyage: Gavar, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Gavar
- Airports
- Zvartnots (EVN), 66 km · Ganja (GNJ), 109 km · Shirak (LWN), 116 km
- Yerevan → GavarTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gyumri → GavarTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Ganja → GavarTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gavar
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 Gavar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf 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 inThroughout 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 aroundAlways offer a little tip in return—the equivalent of a marshrutka ride is common.
From Wikivoyage: Lake Sevan Region, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Gavar
Gavar is 56 km from Yerevan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gandzakvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia5.1 km
- Noratusvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia4.9 km
- Lanjaghbyurvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia9.7 km
- Sarukhanvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia7.7 km
- Hayravankvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia8.8 km
- Karmirgyughvillage in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia5.8 km