Armenia Travel Blog

About 11,000 years ago the ice shield of the last Ice Age covering the Armenian mountains started to melt. The new stage of the formation of Armenian relief began. The passing glacier formed a lot of cirques (an amphitheater-like valleys) on its way, part of which became tarns. A tarn is a mountain lake or pool [...]

The Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia has developed the plan for the Khosrov State Reserve management for 2010-2014, which should foster the development of the reserve’s bioresources. According to Aram Aghasyan, head of the department for coordination of natural areas under special protection, Ministry of Nature Protection, the new plan also includes scientific research works [...]

Unfortunately, YouTube has decreased the quality of images (((.
The better quality you can find on the site of the travel agency, that organizes trips to Aragats

 
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 Everest, where [...]

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 communities. [...]

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 [...]