Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of the country, as its primate city. It has been the capital since 1918, the fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world.
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Worth seeing in and around Yerevan
10 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 State University
Yerevan State University, also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919, it is the largest university in the country.
1.2 km · university · Wikipedia - 02Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque is an 18th-century Iranian Twelver Shia mosque, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was commissioned by Hoseyn Ali Khan, the khan of the Erivan Khanate.
600 m · mosque in Yerevan, Armenia · Wikipedia - 03Erebuni Fortress
Erebuni Fortress is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres above sea level.
4.7 km · Fortress · Wikipedia - 04Republic Square
Republic Square is the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It consists of two sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a pool with musical fountains.
0 m · square in Yerevan · Wikipedia - 05Mother Armenia
Mother Armenia is a female personification of Armenia. Her most public visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.
2.2 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia - 06Hrazdan Stadium
Hrazdan Stadium is a multi-use, all-seater stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, opened in 1970. Being the largest sports venue in Armenia, Hrazdan was mostly used for football matches.
1.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 07Tsitsernakaberd
The Armenian Genocide Memorial complex is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan. Every year on 24 April, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, thousands of Armenians gather at the memorial to commemorate the victims of the genocide.
2.3 km · memorial to victims of the Armenian genocide · Wikipedia - 08National Gallery of Armenia
The National Gallery of Armenia is the largest fine arts museum in Armenia. Located on Yerevan's Republic Square, the museum has one of the most prominent locations in the Armenian capital.
200 m · art museum in Yerevan, Armenia · Wikipedia - 09Republican Stadium
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, also known as the Republican Stadium, is an all-seater multi-use stadium located on 65 Vardanants Street, in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The stadium was built between 1933 and 1935.
1.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 10National Library of Armenia
The National Library of Armenia is a national public library in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1832 as part of the state gymnasium-school of Yerevan.
1.6 km · national library, cultural heritage monument of the Republic of Armenia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Churches in Yerevan are open from early morning till very late evening. There is no entrance fee ever charged. If you manage to find the priest you can ask him to bless you and any object (of non-violent usage) that belongs to you (including friendship and other relationships).
- 01Katoghike
- 02Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan
- 03St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
Yervand Kochar St (Metro: Zoravar Andranik).
- 04Saint Sarkis Cathedral
Israyelyan street (at the border of the city centre, on a picturesque gorge of Hrazdan River, Metro: Yeritasardakan 2 km).
- 05St Astvatsatsin of Nork
- 06St John The Baptist Church
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Things to do
Hrazdan Gorge partying (try around the start of the children railway and from there going northwest). Only in summer. Visit one of the themed restaurants in the Hrazdan Gorge to see the locals partying. The food does not tend to venture far from barbecue and crayfish, but it is usually good barbecue, and the prices range from very reasonable to the unreasonable.
- 01Climb the Cascades
Ararat, then head across the street to the amusement park inside Victory Park for some cotton candy and a ride on the rickety Ferris wheel.
- 02Yerevan Water World
- 03Yerevan Zoo
- 04Spartak Stadium
Agatangeghos St (Metro: Zoravar Andranik 300 m).
- 05Botanical garden of Yerevan
The collection includes more than 200 species of endemic, rare and declining plants.
- 06Children's Railway Park
Hrazdan Gorge (Close to Parajanov Museum).
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Where to eat
Stands selling Armenian-style "pizzas" called "lamehjun" or "lahmajoun" are prevalent throughout Yerevan. This cheap snack consists of a thin layer of dough topped with an herb and meat paste.
- 01Master Class
28, 20 Tumanyan St (a couple of spaces from Abovyan Street, semi underground.).
- 02Mer Taghe
A small lahmejun joint on Tumanyan, and their lahmejuns have a big following.
- 03OST
Cheap cafe, lots of food options and drinks.
- 04Meghedi
Cheap cafe, lots of food options and drinks.
- 05Tumanyan Shaurma
A local chain with a dozen restaurants around Yerevan.
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Getting to Yerevan
- Airports
- Zvartnots (EVN), 10 km · Shirak (LWN), 84 km · Nakhchivan (NAJ), 137 km
- Stations
- Erebuni Airport, 6.5 km · Garegin Nzhdeh Square, 3.9 km
- Gyumri → Yerevan89 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · $10–13
- Nakhchivan → YerevanTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Ganja → Yerevan166 km · quickest by road, 9h 4m · $25–35
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Yerevan
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 Yerevan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMarshrutkas (aka minibus aka converted delivery van) are the chief mode of transport within Armenia and internationally.
- 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 inTbilisi, Georgia – Some five or six marshrutkas run daily, taking 5-6 hr (via Vanadzor & Debed Canyon) and costing 6,500 dram or 35 lari.
- Get aroundYerevan operates 8- and 12-meter buses, as well as minibuses, better known as marshrutkas.
- Get aroundMore than a hundred marshrutkas still routes criss-cross the city and travel to the suburbs and beyond (such as to Georgia).
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