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Yerevan
Capital and largest city of Armenia

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Yerevan

  1. 01
    Zvartnots International Airport
  2. 02
    Yerevan Train Station
  3. 03
    Central Bus Station
  4. 04
    Northern Bus Station
See

Worth seeing

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).

  1. 01
    Katoghike
  2. 02
    Katoghike Tsiranavor Church of Avan
  3. 03
    St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral

    Yervand Kochar St (Metro: Zoravar Andranik).

  4. 04
    Saint Sarkis Cathedral

    Israyelyan street (at the border of the city centre, on a picturesque gorge of Hrazdan River, Metro: Yeritasardakan 2 km).

  5. 05
    St Astvatsatsin of Nork
  6. 06
    St John The Baptist Church
Do

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.

  1. 01
    Climb 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.

  2. 02
    Yerevan Water World
  3. 03
    Yerevan Zoo
  4. 04
    Spartak Stadium

    Agatangeghos St (Metro: Zoravar Andranik 300 m).

  5. 05
    Botanical garden of Yerevan

    The collection includes more than 200 species of endemic, rare and declining plants.

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    Children's Railway Park

    Hrazdan Gorge (Close to Parajanov Museum).

Eat

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.

  1. 01
    Master Class

    28, 20 Tumanyan St (a couple of spaces from Abovyan Street, semi underground.).

  2. 02
    Mer Taghe

    A small lahmejun joint on Tumanyan, and their lahmejuns have a big following.

  3. 03
    OST

    Cheap cafe, lots of food options and drinks.

  4. 04
    Meghedi

    Cheap cafe, lots of food options and drinks.

  5. 05
    Tumanyan Shaurma

    A local chain with a dozen restaurants around Yerevan.

How locals move

Getting around Yerevan 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 and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.