--- title: "Gavar – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Gavar, Armenia: Gavar is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. Nearby: Noraduz…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gavar" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gavar.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/CH.ZG.Walchwil_Walchwilerberg_Heumoosegg_2016-10-30_OrigX-R_gp.jpg/1920px-CH.ZG.Walchwil_Walchwilerberg_Heumoosegg_2016-10-30_OrigX-R_gp.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Gegharkunik, Armenia # Gavar Gavar is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. ![Gavar](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/CH.ZG.Walchwil_Walchwilerberg_Heumoosegg_2016-10-30_OrigX-R_gp.jpg/1920px-CH.ZG.Walchwil_Walchwilerberg_Heumoosegg_2016-10-30_OrigX-R_gp.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Gavar · NOTE: This image is a panorama of Sunrays near Walchwil, Switzerland… The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavar), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Noraduz 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noratus_Cemetery) 2. 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. 8.4 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayravank_Monastery) 3. Gavar 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavar_State_University) 4. 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. 8.4 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. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Dari Glukh Small fortification at the edge of town. 2. Hayravank Monastery A rarely visited monastery overlooking Lake Sevan. 3. Noratus Khachkar Cemetery 20 km south of Sevan, near Gavar, is Noratus village, with the largest khachkar cemetery in the world. From [Wikivoyage: Gavar](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gavar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Almav From [Wikivoyage: Gavar](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gavar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Gavar **Airports:** Zvartnots (EVN), 66 km · Ganja (GNJ), 109 km · Shirak (LWN), 116 km\ - Yerevan → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yerevan-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Yerevan&to=Gavar) - Gyumri → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gyumri-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gyumri&to=Gavar) - Ganja → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ganja-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ganja&to=Gavar) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Gavar) Not yet researched ## 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. 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 69 km 2. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 118 km 3. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 192 km 4. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 197 km 5. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 200 km If you know how people move in Gavar – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cgavar&title=Gavar&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fgavar), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Gavar Gavar is 56 km from [Yerevan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yerevan), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Gandzak](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gandzak) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 5.1 km - [Noratus](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/noratus) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 4.9 km - [Lanjaghbyur](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lanjaghbyur) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 9.7 km - [Sarukhan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sarukhan) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 7.7 km - [Hayravank](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hayravank) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 8.8 km - [Karmirgyugh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karmirgyugh) village in Gegharkunik Province of Armenia 5.8 km [The place page for Gavar](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/gavar) [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/gavar, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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