--- title: "Noratus – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Noratus, Armenia: Noratus is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. Nearby: Noraduz cemetery.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/noratus" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/noratus.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Noratus_by_Ohannes.jpg/3840px-Noratus_by_Ohannes.jpg" --- Village in Gegharkunik, Armenia # Noratus Noratus is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. ![Noratus](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Noratus_by_Ohannes.jpg/3840px-Noratus_by_Ohannes.jpg) Noratus · Wikimedia Commons The place Noratus is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. The village has a rich historical past, and is famous for the Noratus cemetery, the largest surviving cemetery in the world featuring khachkars. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noratus), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Noratus One place 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. 700 m · cemetery in Armenia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noratus_Cemetery) 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: Noratus](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gavar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Almav From [Wikivoyage: Noratus](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Gavar), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Noratus **Airports:** Zvartnots (EVN), 71 km · Ganja (GNJ), 104 km · Shirak (LWN), 119 km\ - Yerevan → Noratus Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yerevan-to-noratus) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Yerevan&to=Noratus) - Gyumri → Noratus Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gyumri-to-noratus) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gyumri&to=Noratus) - Ganja → Noratus Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ganja-to-noratus) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ganja&to=Noratus) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Noratus) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Noratus 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 Noratus. 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 70 km 2. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 121 km 3. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 192 km 4. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 194 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 Noratus – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cnoratus&title=Noratus&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fnoratus), and the note gets an entry. 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