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Travel to Ashtarak, visa requirements / Get around / Ashtarak attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Ashtarak souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Ashtarak nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Contact / Get outAshtarak is a small city in Central Armenia.
Travel to Ashtarak - Visa Requirements
Tours and Getting around Ashtarak
Ashtarak tourist attractions and sightseeing
- The town has three very old churches and the ruins of another two.
- Kasagh River Gorge Monuments
Ashtarak city tours
Ashtarak souvenirs and shopping
Ashtarak Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
- Ashtaraki Dzor Restaurant Complex - well worth a stop for a reasonably priced meal and nighttime entertainment show, all outdoors, and long popular with Armenians.
Ashtarak nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Ashtarak cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Contact
Get out
- A little down the river is Oshakan Village, where the creator of the Armenian alphabet, Mesrob Mashtots, is buried in the village church.
- Just north along the river (and highway) is Mughni, with an interesting church where alternating colors of stone form black and red bands around the cupola.
- Further north is Ohanavan village with Hovhannavank Monastery. This restored monastery is perched atop the cliffs and has a great view of Mt. Ara.
- Saghmosavank Monastery, just east of Artashavan village shares the same great views of the gorge and Mt. Ara. You can hike from one to the other in the gorge. Great architecture, carvings, details.
- Much further north is the town of Aparan, whose inhabitants are the butt of jokes which pin them as not the brightest folk. The very ancient, black Kasagh basilica church, just a few meters from the main highway is worth dropping into on your way to Lori Marz.
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