Armenia Travel Blog

Short film by Bettina Timm about Cosmic Ray Station on Aragats mountain in Armenia near the lake Qarilich at 3250 meters. The station was founded by world-known Armenian physicists Alikhanyan brothers in 1943. Research facilities are located on two high-altitude stations on Mt. Aragats: Nor-Amberd Station and Aragats Station. Cosmic Ray Division (CRD) headquarters are at [...]

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 [...]

Here are some clubs in Yerevan, Armenia, that I would recommend to visit if you like good life music

«Malkhas» jazz club (founded by Levon Malkhasian)
Pushkin str. 52/1
Tel.(374-10) 53-17-78, 53-53-50
www.malkhas.am
«Avantgarde Folk Music» club
Pushkin str. 3a,
Tel.(374-10) 56-14-97
www.afmclub.blogspot.com
“Poplavok” jazz cafe
Isahakyan str. 41 
Tel.(374-10) 52-23-03
 
«STOP» club
Moskovyan str. 37
Tel.(374-10) 56-07-80
www.stopclub.am
Club “12″
Abovyan str. 41
Tel.(374-10) 52-23-50
www.club12.am
“Ulikhanyan Club”
Gevorg Kochar str. 4  
www.ulikhanyanclub.am

Armenia and namely Yerevan can definitely be called the center of jazz in Caucasus. Jazz is an essential part of Yerevan’s life.
The first Armenian jazz orchestra was officially formed in Armenia in 1938 under the direction of Artemi Ayvazian. It was the first official state jazz orchestra in the Soviet republics (second after Russia) and was [...]

Tatev means “giving wings”. According to the legend the architect of Tatev, after finishing the building, prayed God to have wings. God granted him wings and he flew away.
Tatev monastery was founded in the IXth century  and was the political center of the Syunik principality. In the Xth century the population of the monastery was around [...]

Middle Ages were the times of the flourishing of the Armenian art; It was the Golden Age for Armenian architecture, crafts, literature, miniature. One of the brightest representatives of the medieval Armenian poetry was Nahapet Kuchak.
 
LOVE SONG
Thy face is like a moon that shines on earth,
Like a thick night thy clustering tresses be; 
Apples of paradise [...]

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 [...]

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 warm [...]

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. [...]