Armenia Experience

Yerevan - a history buff's paradise

Advantages: Lots to see, lots to learn, khorovats
Disadvantages: Unfriendly people, horrendous bus stations

...line and ten stops the Yerevan underground is a dream. Trains are frequent and while it is not the cleanest in the world, there are certainly worse ways to travel. It was a sunny June day and the trees were in full blossom; it was early and people were still making their way to work while waiters were putting tables out in front of cafes. The whole scene was quite Parisian. We wanted to stop but other matters were more pressing. Yerevan does have ...
...of the famous artists from Yerevan and where we could see examples of their work around the city. Yerevan is a very arty and stylish city; at its heart is the opera house and which is a good navigational landmark and a place where people of all ages stop to meet up with friends or simply take the weight off their feet. Next to the opera house is a park which is the evening meeting place - in actual fact it's a set of nose to nose pavement cafes ...

fizzytom 28.02.2007 · Read full review
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Vanadzor - an Armenian adventure

Advantages: Nice scenery, good base for sights, cognac
Disadvantages: Poor eating places, nothing to do in evenings

...had I. We chanced on Vanadzor, needing somewhere to break up the long journey between the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and Tbilisi, capital of Georgia to the north. In fact, Vanadzor is the third largest city in Armenia with a population of either 76, 000 or 175, 000 depending on which source you believe. Personally, having now been there, I’d be inclined to go for the latter figure. Amongst Armenians, Vanadzor is regarded as a rather nice place – ...
...flowers that are well tended. Vanadzor, as it is now, is mainly a Soviet town, having been destroyed totally in 1826 during the Russo-Persian Wars. It was only very slowly re-built and not considered important at all until the Soviets came and saw its industrial potential; it was known as “Kirovakan” (to honour a Bolshevik politician) until 1992. So the many of the buildings in the centre of town are typical Soviet apartment blocks of the sort that ...

fizzytom 09.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vanadzor, Armenia