Garni Temple and the Symphony of Stones
Skip the half-day bus tour. Garni gets sold as a stop. It’s a day. The temple itself takes about twenty […]
Why Khor Virap Is Really About Mount Ararat
Khor Virap is the monastery you go to for the church. That sells it short. You go for the mountain.
Historic Bridges of Armenia to Visit
The Sanahin Bridge survived a flood in May 2024 that took out seventeen other bridges in the area. I went
Going to the Theatre in Yerevan
A balcony seat at the National Opera and Ballet for Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake runs about 15,000 dram, roughly $39 USD.
Traditional Armenian Food
Anahit was eighty-something and barely came up to my shoulder. She was running a guesthouse in a back-street courtyard near
The Saryan House Museum in Yerevan
Martiros Saryan moved into the house at 3 Saryan Street in 1932. Alexander Tamanian, the architect who gave Yerevan its