Armenia Travel Blog

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Armenian churches become cattlesheds and military objects in Turkey, and cafes and restaurants in Armenia. All Armenian cultural and religious monuments that are located far from main roads of Turkey are not being destroyed, but used as habitations and cattlesheds. According to Samvel Karapetyan, the chairman of the “Era” humane society and historian, the church [...]

Presentation of a new monthly travel magazine took place in Yerevan. “Discover Armenia” is the second Armenian travel magazine after the issue of the first Armenian “National Geographic Traveler” earlier this year. “Discover Armenia” aims to introduce Armenia and the Armenian cultural and historical heritage, Armenian science, religion and events abroad. The magazine will be [...]

  The Northern pick of Aragats is the highest point not only of Aragats but of the entire present-day Armenia! Altitude of the pick is 4091 meter above the sea level. To climb the top one must have a good physical fit and especially strong lungs. Four thousand meters is not the just half of [...]

Number of tourists, visited Armenia in the first half of 2008, increased by 13,3% in comparison to the first half of 2007. According to the head of the tourism department of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia Mekhak Apresian, 207 479 tourists visited Armenia in January-June 2008 against 183 110 last year. The total amount [...]

Today, on November 4, residents of the Armenian capital Yerevan could feel earthquaking shocks. The earthquake magnitude was about 4-5. This is a light shaking causing no damage, that happens in Armenia several times a year.

“At the foot of Ararat”, an exposition devoted to Boris Piotrovsky’s 100th anniversary, opened in the state Ermitage of St.Petersburg, Russia. Academician Boris Piotrovsky was a celebrated archaeologist, orientalist, founder of the Russian Urartology, who studied archeology of Caucasus most of his life, and director of the Ermitage from 1908 till 1990. The exposition includes [...]