A monastery near the Turkish border, where St Gregory the Illuminator was held in a pit for 13 years before converting Armenia to Christianity in 301 AD. It has the best view of Mount Ararat, the national symbol, now in Turkey.
Climb down into the pit. Go early on a clear morning. It's about 45 minutes from Yerevan.
A giant stairway of white limestone climbing a hill in the city centre, with fountains, modern sculptures (including works by Botero) and the Cafesji…
A medieval monastery partly carved into the cliffs of a gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with chambers hewn from the rock and remarkable acoustic…
One of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world, at 1,900 m, called the 'jewel of Armenia'.
Two medieval monastic complexes in the Debed Canyon in northern Armenia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with churches, libraries, carved stone crosses…
A 9th-century monastery on the edge of a deep gorge in southern Armenia, reached by the Wings of Tatev, one of the longest reversible cableways in th…
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