Why go en Arménie?
The good reasons to go en Arménie
The place of the Republic
Testimony of Soviet national art, the centre of power and business in the capital.
The memorial of Tsitsernakaberd
Memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of the genocide of 1915, on the heights of Yerevan.
Cascade, new face of Yerevan
Soviet structure refurbished as a modern art centre in the heart of the cultural district.
Lake Sevan, the pearl of Armenia
Huge freshwater table at 1,900 m, flooded with sunshine and hemmed in by mountains and khatchkars.
Goris, troglodyte dwellings
A city full of fairy chimneys, sheltering troglodyte dwellings.
Tatev, a monastery with wings
On a promontory overlooking the Vorotan, it can be reached by the longest cable car in Europe.
Garni and its remains
Rare vestige of the pagan period, an elegant Roman temple dedicated to the cult of Mithra.
Gyumri and its historical center
The 2nd largest city in the country reveals the late 19th century charm of its pedestrian streets.
Aréni, capital of wine
Taste wines and local products in the rural and authentic south.
The Holy See of Etchmiadzin
The Cathedral, the Mecca of the Holy City and spirituality, is at the foot of the Ararat.
Good to know when visiting l'Arménie
Timetable
Most museums and monuments open from 10 am and close around 5 or 6 pm, some are closed on Mondays or Sundays and always on public holidays (31 December-1 January, 5-6 January, 7 April, 24 April, 9 May, 28 May, 5 July, 21 September). Tickets are usually taken at the cash desk, but can also be reserved on the websites of the establishments.
To be booked
Reservations for group visits are made by agency or on request.
Guided tours
Yerevan City Bus tour recently proposes a red double-decker bus to visit the capital in 8 stages, every two hours, departure and return to Place de France, behind the Opera House, equipped, like the great museums, with audioguides. The many local travel agencies offer guided tours of the city or the country. On certain sites, monastery or church in a remote village, a priest or a local resident will offer you a visit, but he must speak languages other than Armenian (in any case, you should thank him with a small fee).
The Yerevan Card, a pass to Yerevan... and the country. Since 2018, Yerevan has had a pass system, the Yerevan Card, which gives free access to public transport and the metro, as well as to 40 museums, both inside and outside Yerevan (such as Garni), and even discounts on certain hotels depending on the duration and the formula chosen. The short stay package costs 33 €, and it will cost around 57 € for the year. It can be obtained from travel agencies, but also from the following points of sale: Zvartnots Airport; 2 Abovian Street (+374 12 22 33 22 and [email protected]).
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Discover l'Arménie
Long considered an appendage of Armenia by visitors, often from the diaspora, on a patriotic pilgrimage to this southeastern region that wrested its independence from Azerbaijan by force of arms in 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh has cultivated its singularity under the Armenian name of Artsakh. Accessible by modern roads from Armenia, the Republic of Artsakh attracted more and more tourists, seduced by its landscapes, its heritage and the welcome of inhabitants anxious to erase the stigma of the war against Azerbaijan after the 1994 ceasefire. The war launched and won in the autumn of 2020 by Azerbaijan, which ended in a truce much more favourable to Baku, shatters this apparent normality. Protected by a Russian peacekeeping force, amputated of certain territories, Artsakh awaits an international status, but remains open, by a single road from now on, to visitors invited to be cautious in this conflict zone.
