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From the pink-tuff boulevards of Yerevan to Lake Sevan’s blue shoreline, the forests of Dilijan and the canyon monasteries of the south, this section covers where to go in Armenia. Each destination guide gives you the practical shape of a place — how to get there, how long to stay, what’s genuinely worth your time and what you can skip — alongside the history and character that make it worth the trip. Whether you’re planning a first visit built around the capital and its day trips, or heading further out to Gyumri, Goris, Jermuk and the Debed Canyon, start here to decide where Armenia should take you.

Argishtikhinili and Ancient Armavir: Urartu’s Lost City on the Ararat Plain
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Argishtikhinili and Ancient Armavir: Urartu’s Lost City on the Ararat Plain

Argishtikhinili, founded 776 BC by Argishti I and later Orontid Armavir: the two mounds, Greek inscriptions, the Polish dig and…

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Bgheno-Noravank: The Forest Church Above the Vorotan Where the Echmiadzin Gospel Was Written
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Bgheno-Noravank: The Forest Church Above the Vorotan Where the Echmiadzin Gospel Was Written

Bgheno-Noravank, a 1062 forest church near Tatev with rare Gospel reliefs and the 989 Echmiadzin Gospel link: history, what to…

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Arates Monastery: Vayots Dzor’s Ruined Orbelian Summer Retreat and the 14 km Walk to Yeghegis
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Arates Monastery: Vayots Dzor’s Ruined Orbelian Summer Retreat and the 14 km Walk to Yeghegis

Arates Monastery: ruined 7th–13th-c. churches, a 1270 gavit, Orbelian history, the road in, the checkpoint question and the 14 km…

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Hnevank Monastery: Lori’s Georgian-Inscribed Canyon Monastery near Kurtan
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Hnevank Monastery: Lori’s Georgian-Inscribed Canyon Monastery near Kurtan

Hnevank, the 7th–13th-century Chalcedonian monastery in the Dzoraget canyon near Kurtan: history, the 2006 dome rebuild, the road in, and…

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Metsamor Museum and Bronze Age Site: Visiting Armenia’s Oldest Town (Not the Power Plant)
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Metsamor Museum and Bronze Age Site: Visiting Armenia’s Oldest Town (Not the Power Plant)

Metsamor near Taronik: 5,000-year-old settlement, 27,000-object museum with gold treasury, the 'observatory' stones, Polish digs, hours, tickets and…

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Makenyats Vank: the 9th-Century Monastic School South of Lake Sevan
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Makenyats Vank: the 9th-Century Monastic School South of Lake Sevan

Makenyats Vank, Grigor Supan's walled 9th-century monastery near Makenis: its famous school, the galloping-horse lintel, khachkars, and how to get…

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Vanevan Monastery: The 903 Church Where King Smbat I May Be Buried
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Vanevan Monastery: The 903 Church Where King Smbat I May Be Buried

Vanevan Monastery near Artsvanist on Lake Sevan's quiet south shore: the 903 Bagratuni church, the King Smbat I burial debate,…

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Kotavank: Grigor Supan’s 9th-Century Church Above Nerkin Getashen, and the Sevan South-Shore Loop
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Kotavank: Grigor Supan’s 9th-Century Church Above Nerkin Getashen, and the Sevan South-Shore Loop

Kotavank, the late-9th-century Supan church above Nerkin Getashen near Martuni: history, the Kota icon legend, 2015 rebuild, Vanevan–Makenyats loop.

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Artashat (Artaxata): Walking the Ruins of Armenia’s Hellenistic Capital Beside Khor Virap
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Artashat (Artaxata): Walking the Ruins of Armenia’s Hellenistic Capital Beside Khor Virap

Ancient Artashat (Artaxata), Armenia's Hellenistic capital around Khor Virap: history, the Armenian-German dig, the unfinished Roman aqueduct, and how…

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Talin Cathedral: Armenia’s Ruined 7th-Century Giant and Its Frescoes
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Talin Cathedral: Armenia’s Ruined 7th-Century Giant and Its Frescoes

Talin Cathedral: a 7th-century Kamsarakan domed basilica with rare early frescoes, the tiny St Astvatsatsin church, cemetery and how to…

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