Category Archives: Plan Your Trip

2025 Yerevan Wine Days: How to Experience Yerevan’s Biggest Street Festival

Yerevan Wine Days: How to Experience Yerevan's Biggest Street Festival

One of the most exciting events to pop up in the Armenian capital in recent years has been Yerevan Wine Days, a massive street festival in June on popular Saryan Street. This guide covers why you should visit Yerevan Wine Days, what to expect, and everything else you need to know about Yerevan’s biggest street […]

A Complete Travel Guide to Khor Virap Monastery (Tips & More!)

A Complete Travel Guide to Khor Virap Monastery (Tips & More!)

Khor Virap is one of those must-visit places that should be on your itinerary when you visit Armenia. This is a complete travel guide to Khor Virap Monastery.  It includes how to visit, why you should visit, facts about Khor Virap, and much more! If you’re looking for a tour to Khor Virap, please check […]

The Ride to Hell: Discovering a Soviet Prisoner Wagon in Yerevan

You never know what you can find accidentally chatting with new people that you randomly met during a group gathering. I was at my co-working space, Impact Hub Yerevan, conducting a tourism workshop when I began chatting with one of the event participants who informed me he was going to check out an old train […]

11 Cafes in Yerevan with Delicious Coffee and Good Wifi

green bean cafe in yerevan

Travelers might be surprised to learn that Yerevan is a city brimming with cafes. Yerevan cafes differ from one another; some are hidden behind buildings, some are lining the city’s streets, and some are inexplicably unique to cafes in other cities around the world. This is a guide to cafes in Yerevan that offer tasty […]

What to Know Before You Go to the Urvakan Festival in Yerevan

Urvakan Festival in Yerevan, Armenia 2019

Due to Azerbaijan’s aggression and military threats to our country, Urvakan Festival 2022 has been canceled. Please check back next year for details about the 2023 event. Yerevan held the first and inaugural Urvakan Festival from May 3-5, 2019 in the capital city’s derelict and almost forgotten Hrazdan Gorge. The Urvakan Festival is an international […]

17 Incredible Places to Visit in Shirak Province (Marz)

Yereruyk Basilica

There is definitely something spectacular about Shirak province. It is cold, the landscapes look neverending, and there is no shortage of amazing places to visit in Shirak. This guide details some of the coolest places in Shirak – from big cities (well, big city), to villages, to historic monasteries and sights. We love how clean […]