Jrvezh
Jrvezh, meaning "waterfall", is a major village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located at the eastern outskirts of the capital Yerevan.
Jrvezh, meaning "waterfall", is a major village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located at the eastern outskirts of the capital Yerevan. The village is 45 km south of the provincial capital Hrazdan, and 9 km from the town of Abovyan.
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Worth seeing in and around Jrvezh
5 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.
- 01Yerevan Zoo
The Yerevan Zoo, also known as the Zoological Park of Yerevan ), is a zoological park in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, that was founded in 1940 and is the only one in the country. It is located in the southeastern part of the city, at the foot of the hills, covering an area of 35 hectares.
3.3 km · a zoo in Yerevan · Wikipedia - 02Yerevan Botanical Garden
The Yerevan Botanical Garden of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, is the body responsible for plant collections in Armenia. It is located in the Avan district at the north-eastern part of the capital Yerevan, occupying around 80 hectares of a semi-deserted area.
3.8 km · botanical garden · Wikipedia - 03Cathedral of Avan
The Cathedral of Avan is a ruined late 6th-century church located in the Avan District of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is the oldest surviving church inside Yerevan's city limits, and earliest dated example of tetraconch church.
3.5 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia - 04Saint Sarkis Church, Nor Nork
Saint Sarkis Church or Saint Sarkis Church is an Armenian Apostolic Church in the Nor Nork district of Yerevan, Armenia. The construction of the church began in 1998 and was sponsored by Sarkis Gabrellian, an Armenian benefactor from New York City.
1.9 km · Armenian Church in Yerevan, Armenia · Wikipedia - 05Megamall Armenia
Megamall Armenia is a multifunctional shopping and entertainment center in Yerevan, Nor Nork District. It was opened on 23 October 2019.
2.1 km · shopping mall in Armenia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jrvezh
- Airports
- Zvartnots (EVN), 17 km · Shirak (LWN), 88 km · Nakhchivan (NAJ), 134 km
- Gyumri → Jrvezh94 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · $10–14
- Nakhchivan → JrvezhTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Ganja → Jrvezh157 km · quickest by road, 9h · $25–35
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jrvezh
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 Jrvezh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou may be denied entry and turned around at the border, which, if you've come by marshrutka/minibus, means that you will be stranded until you are able to find a new bus or hitchhike back to Tbilisi.
- Get inThere are marshrutkas from Tbilisi to the border for about 17 lari to Yerevan.
- Get inAlso, several marshrutkas leave daily from Akhalkalaki into Armenia (Gyumri).
- Get inMarshrutkas pass through Ninotsminda, so it is possible to jump on there.
- Get inIn both directions, marshrutka leaves quite early in the morning.
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Next door to Jrvezh
Jrvezh is 6 km from Yerevan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nor Nork Districtdistrict of Yerevan2.3 km
- Avan Districtdistrict of Yerevan3.4 km