Place in Ararat, Armenia
Ghukasavan
Ghukasavan is a village in the Masis Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.
It was renamed in 1949 in honor of Ghukas Ghukasian, founder of the Armenian Communist Youth Movement.
How locals move
Getting around Ghukasavan the local way
- 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).
- Get aroundThe marshrutkas are often overcrowded, and you may find yourself standing, crouched without a seat during rush hour.
- Get aroundBut if you are traveling on a bus (mostly regional buses) or minibus without that button, then you should say “kangnek” or “ijnogh ka” for the driver to hear, or else, just say “stop” in English.
- Get aroundThe numbers of the marshrutkas are written on the bus stations though and the webpage of the tourist information has the whole list with destinations.
From Wikivoyage: Yerevan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Armineaghayan (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.