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City in Gegharkunik, Armenia

# Gavar

Gavar is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province.

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## Every way there

- Yerevan → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/yerevan-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Yerevan&to=Gavar)
- Gyumri → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gyumri-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gyumri&to=Gavar)
- Tbilisi → Gavar Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tbilisi-to-gavar) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tbilisi&to=Gavar)

The field note

What is in and around Gavar, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Gavar has

- Yes Scheduled flights Yerevan (EVN), 66 km as the crow flies
- Yes Trains and coaches Transitous carries 1 timetable feed for this country, 0 with real-time; whether a train or coach stops here shows when you plan
- No Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Yes Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- No Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- No Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Yes: you can plan it here today · Not yet: we know a source but do not plan with it yet · No: no source we know of.

40.359°, 45.127°

It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height of 1982 meters above sea level. Located 98 kilometers east of the capital Yerevan, the town had a population of 20,765 as per the 2011 census. As per the 2022 census, the population of Gavar is 17,741.

Get in

## Getting to Gavar

Gavar is about 35 minutes south of Sevan via routes M10 and H39, and 98 km east of Yerevan.

See

## Worth seeing

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.

Eat

## Where to eat

1. Almav

How locals move

## Getting around Gavar the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-05.

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