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Arinj
Village in Kotayk, Armenia

Arinj

Arinj, is a major village located just north of Yerevan in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.

Plan a trip to Arinj→From Gyumri

Arinj is an upscale suburb with several mansions belonging to multimillionaires located there, including the mansion of Gagik Tsarukyan, founder of the Prosperous Armenia party.

How locals move

Getting around Arinj the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inKapan and Kajaran are more frequently served by marshrutkas, but it is a long and mountainous (and therefore expensive) stretch to the border from there.
  • Get aroundMost inter-city travel is by 14-seat minibuses or buses.
  • Get aroundUnlike many countries in Eastern Europe, many Armenian marshrutkas do not sell tickets beforehand, and do not issue tickets at all.

From Wikivoyage: Armenia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Алексей Веллог (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.