Best Things to Do in Armenia

• • Learning about the Armenian Genocide through the many exhibits at the Genocide Museum and seeing the eternal flame at the nearby memorial
  • Watching a sea of traffic converge at Republic Square
  • Wandering countless stalls of pickled vegetables, fragrant spices, and live animals at the Armenian Market in Yerevan
  • Climbing the many steps of the Cascade for a bird’s-eye view of Yerevan
  • Staring in awe at the Hellenic Garni Temple and admiring the vast valley below
  • Crawling around the Geghard Monastery and finding dark cavernous rooms illuminated by filtered sunlight
  • Gazing up at the 23 meter statue of Mother Armenia and exploring the Military Museum that tells the story of Soviet Armenia
  • Descending the 7 meter ladder into the dark well of the Khor Virap Monastery with Mt Ararat in the distance