Discover a unique culture and explore the adventures that await, whilst indulging in traditional local cuisine on our Armenia Tours. Located in the heart of the Caucasus, this beautiful mountainous land is yet to be touched by mainstream tourism. Whilst its neighbouring countries, Georgia and Azerba...
For additional information on the ancient peoples andculturesof Armenia and the surrounding region,seeMesopotamia, history of;art and architecture, Mesopotamian. The Artaxiads After the defeat of the Seleucid kingAntiochus III(the Great) by Rome at theBattle of Magnesia(winter 190–189bce), his ...
international: country code - 374; Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional international service is available by microwave radio relay and landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and through the Moscow ...
Armenia and the surrounding areas have a lot to offer. While the city center has museums, parks, and other attractions, the famous coffee region wilderness just outside Armenia draws visitors from all around the world. Keep in mind that while Armenia has great gastronomy, coffee shops, and sh...
Transportation: Railways:total: 869 km (2012).Highways:total: 7,705 km (2012).Waterways:n.a.Ports and harbors:none.Airports:11 (2013). International disputes:the dispute over the break-away Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Armenian military occupation of surrounding lands in Azerbaijan remains the...
There is no legal consensus on the tragedy of 1915 because even though the Armenian lobby has been misrepresenting the facts for nearly a century, history – and the law – tells us otherwise. It’s time to cut through the propaganda and get the facts straight 173 COUNTRIES have NOT ...
After 18 civilians were killed and more than 90 wounded in shelling by the Azerbajain army since the latest outbreak of fighting between the two neighboring countries a week ago, President Ilham Aliyev demanded a timetable of an Armenian withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding territories....
mountain monastery in ArmeniaGegard monastery in the mountains surrounding the Ararat Plain southeast of Yerevan, Armenia. Thepopulation densityis highest in the Ararat Plain, which serves as the centre of Armenia’s economy andculture. The river valleys in the southeast and northeast are the next ...
countries. Weeks before the invasion of Ukraine, the Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenka had said that a new ‘union of sovereign states’ under Moscow’s leadership would be created, and that Armenia ‘has nowhere else to go’. Given that Lukashenka is Putin’s closest ally and had ...
Though mountainous and rocky, the soil is fertile, blessed with a system of rivers, lakes and underground reservoirs that allowed large-scale agriculture to develop at a very early period. The most fertile valley in Western Asia lies in the Ararat Valley, followed by that surrounding Lake Van....