Discover Armenia
Armenia is an epic land. Armenia is one of the ancient countries with a long, great and at times tragic history. Beautiful mountainous landscapes, numerous cultural and historical monuments of Armenia would never leave one cold!
“There is no other land in the world so full of wonders as the land of Armenians… But whatever may have been their destiny, and it has been bitter, whatever it may be in future, their country must ever be one of the most interesting in the world” George Gordon Byron In 1816, Byron [...]
Tegher church is another unique place on the Mount Aragats, in Aragatsotn marz. This beautiful creation of the medieval Armenian architecture is located in Tegher village on the southern slope of Aragats at the altitude of 1650 meters above the sea level. This is a half desolate village, whose inhabitants ascend here only for the [...]
The whole territory of Armenia is divided into 10 provinces or, as they are called in Armenian, marz’es. Armenian capital Yerevan is not included in any marz and it has a special administrative status as a capital city. Each province is divided further into communities, which stand for municipalities. It can be urban or rural [...]
The 41st international film festival for films and video programmes devoted to tourism was held traditionally in Karlový Vary, Czech Republic in October 2008. The TourFilm festival includes not only films and video produced by national boards, regions and cities, but also commercial films devoted to tourism and television travelogues, as well as multimedia (www [...]
Armenia and Georgia has an unsolved border dispute, which arose because of the medieval Armenian monastery Khorakert, dated XII – XIII centuries and located on the border between Armenia and Georgia. The monastery is in the list of specially protected objects of Armenia together with other 24,000 historical and cultural monuments. The dispute arose at the [...]
Armenian government has recently approved the Tourism Development Program for 2008-1012. The program was developed in frames of the Armenian Tourism Development Concept. According to the Program, paramount attention is paid to the legislative base of the tourism in Armenia, as well as to the development of structures of the industry and their constructive reformation. [...]
Visiting Armenia, try to include Amberd fortress into your program! This fortress was a family estate of Pahlavuni dukes. Supposedely the castle was built in the VIIth century by the Kamsarakans, an Armenian noble family. Later the castle passed into the hands of a celebrated Armenian commander Vaghram Pahlavuni. Still later Bagratuni brothers, Armenia rulers [...]
Once upon a time argued two sisters about their beauty. The one was proving that she’s the most beautiful creature in the world, the other was unbending confident in her superiority. They argued for a long time. No one was willing to make concessions to the other. Maruta Sar was vainly trying to restore piece [...]
by Yeghishe Charents Of my motherland Armenia, its sun-soaked word I adore, Of our old, mourning saz, the deep, moving string I adore, The radiant scent of blood-red roses and sun-dipped flowers I adore, And the humble, graceful dance of women of Nairi I adore. I love our sky – deep blue and high, the [...]
This blog is about Armenia, its nature, people, culture, unique historical and cultural monuments, its mountains, lakes and churches, its great history and inimitable beauty – in short, everything that can be useful and interesting to know about Armenia when visiting this country. Armenia is a very small country. One can cross it from one [...]
