Travellers' reviews about Armenia

Visited many sites, lake sevan, areni, garni, brandy factory so i wasbusy but enjoyed every aspect of trip

Armenia & Georgia provide a most interesting destination. History, current affairs, political interest in addition to religious sites, modern developments, spectacular geography. Roads are poor in some areas, but still worth the effort. Food and drink are different, interesting and good quality.

The best moment of my trip was the day of tracking around MESTIA . Thanks to the Georgian Agency's flexibility, we could exchange the program of one day ( with bad wether) with the following one with sunshine

The destinations were fine, the food during our travel was OKay, although I think the fruit that was served at times was not ripe enough so could not eat it, there were too many barbecues, sometimes the meat like (chicken) was overcooked so quite tough. The salads were very nice.

I pretty much summed it up above but even though Armenia is a small country there's so much history and culture to experience. I felt like I did a lot in one week but it was worth the drive around the country. Also, because I was traveling alone with my own driver and guide and it was still early in tourist season, there weren't too many tourists around. I felt like I had many sites to myself and that made my experience even more special. My pictures even came out nicer without other people in them.

We (my wife and two children and my sister) were met at the airport and wafted to a hotel to recover from the overnight flight. We had a busy schedule of visiting sites, mainly churches and monasteries, but with enough other interesting places (e.g. caravanserais, early stone layouts, cave dwellings) as well as some challenging interludes for those of us nervous about heights (rope bridge, cable car). Our guide adapted to our interests and gave us copious amounts of information on most sites and our driver was most careful and unfailingly helpful even if we didn't really have a common language. Of course the guide spoke in English, excellently. We really enjoyed the lunches arranged for us every day allowing us to sample not just restaurant food but also the cookery of the land and we were pleasantly surprised how far our money went in evening meals. The main feature of our tour was to view churches and monasteries and we were entranced by the architecture and stone carving we saw. In retrospect we knew, of course, about the history of Christianity in Armenia, but we had little idea of the quality and extent of the churches. Our guide was able to help us understand so much of the history and the construction of these monuments. Altogether we had a wonderful holiday.

We all fell in love with Armenia. We really had a very happy time. Astghik arranged a wonderful and varied itinerary which took us to all parts of Armenia. She was very responsive to our request to take in as many of the monastic sites as possible, so that we visited some monastic sites that are rarely visited by other tour groups. Astghik took the trouble to call me on the phone a couple of times in advance of our trip to check that the itinerary, transport and accommodation she planned for us, met our needs. The cultural heritage of Armenia was a revelation, and we found all our days there very rewarding and absorbing. The scenery was amazing, the monasteries absolutely wonderful. We were extremely well looked after. Our meals and accommodation were all good to outstanding, and transport was also perfect for our needs. Our driver was very patient and safe so we had every confidence in him. Our guide, Janna Aharonyan, was very friendly, caring and knowledgeable and was willing to incorporate extra visits whenever we asked. We enjoyed her company. We discovered that Armenia is a very safe and comfortable place to visit. Eating (and drinking) out is cheap by UK standards. Yerevan in particular is a delightful city – it was an easy place to walk about in, with many lovely cafes and restaurants. Women in our group felt quite comfortable and safe walking back to our hotel on their own late at night for example. Outside of our itinerary, we enjoyed our evenings. One evening we attended a symphony concert at the Opera House , another (weekend) evening we visited the Vernissage market and bought a couple of small carpets, for example. Although none of us spoke Russian or Armenian, on the whole we managed to communicate enough to get by. In Yerevan, in most restaurants and museums, staff can be found who speak English well. In some more remote places like Dilijan, it was a little more difficult but we managed! We all felt that our trip was very good value for money and have plans to book another holiday through Evaneos in future