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!
“Arcolad” is the first Armenian handmade artisan chocolate brand that feature all-natural ingredients, delicious Armenian sun-dried fruits and Belgian chocolate. Armenian fruits are very sweet and juicy thanks to the unique natural conditions in Armenia, hot sun and spring water from the mountains. Apricots, plums, peaches from Armenia contribute to the rich flavor of Arcolad [...]
YEREVAN magazine is an Armenian magazine written in English. It’s an entertaining reading, covering Armenian arts, people, culture, music, traditions and more. Yerevan is capital and largest city of Armenia. The magazine is available in the US, at least at any Armenian store. The style and quality of the magazine is much like that of [...]
Direct flights from Venice, Italy, to Yerevan, Armenia, will start on June 5, 2009. The flights will be opened by a new air-company Festa Tour Avia in partnership with the Italian MyAir. The ticket price is expected to be around 475 Euro. The flights will initially be only weekly, however if the new direction is [...]
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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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
