Metsamor

Worth seeing in and around Metsamor

6 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. 01
   Quba Mere Diwane

   Quba Mêrê Dîwanê is the world's largest Yazidi temple. It is located in the Armenian village of Aknalich, in the province of Armavir, where the Yezidis are the largest minority.

   3.9 km · Yazidi Temple · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Metsamor site

   The Metsamor site is an archaeological site in the Ararat Plain region of Armenia. It includes the remains of settlements and structures dating from the Chalcolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Ages.

   6.3 km · remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the Armenian village of Taronik, in the Armavir Province. · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lake Akna

   Lake Akna is a small lake located in the Ararat plain west of Ejmiatsin in Armenia. The area of the lake is 0.07 km2, while its maximum depth is 9.4 meters.

   4.5 km · lake in Armenia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Armavir City Stadium

   Hakob Tonoyan Stadium, formerly known as Jubilee Stadium or Yubileynyi Stadion, is a football stadium in Armavir, Armenia. The all-seater stadium has a capacity of 3,120.

   6.5 km · football stadium in Armavir, Armenia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Armenia Ethnography Museum

   The Armenia Ethnography Museum and the National Liberation Movement is a state-owned museum in Armenia, located in the village of Araks, Armavir Province, within the Sardarapat Memorial complex, approximately 10 km southwest of the provincial centre Armavir. Designed by architect Rafael Israelyan, the museum opened in 1978.

   8.6 km · Museum dedicated to the national liberation movement · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Sardar's Fortress

   Sardarabad, also known as Sardari Berd, was a 19th-century fortress and urban center built in the Erivan Khanate in Qajar Iran, in the territory of modern-day Armenia. Its ruins are located near the village of Nor Armavir in the Armavir Province of Armenia.

   8.7 km · 19th-Century Fortress in iran · Wikipedia

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Getting to Metsamor

Airports

Zvartnots (EVN), 24 km · Shirak (LWN), 71 km · Nakhchivan (NAJ), 156 km

• Gyumri → Metsamor

  76 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · $8–12
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• Nakhchivan → Metsamor

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• Tbilisi → Metsamor

  182 km · quickest by road, 5h 44m · ₾32–42
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No local-transport research exists yet for Metsamor

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 Metsamor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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