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Yeghegnadzor (Armenian: Եղեգնաձոր), is a town and urban municipal community at the south of Armenia, serving as the provincial capital of Vayots Dzor Province. It is located at a road distance of 123 km south of the capital Yerevan, on the shores of Srkghonk River (Armenian: Սրկղոնք), at a height of 1194 meters above sea level.
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1. Jermuk Waterfall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 89 reviews
Reviewed By Macoona
The walk from the city centre is about 30min. Pass the bridge and then follow the first road down on the left hand (after a industrial building).
2. Yeghegis Jewish Cemetery
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
Reviewed By patrickmeyer - Washington DC, District of Columbia
Here you will find about 40 tombstones dating from 1266 to 1337. The cemetery was used for about 80 years, but then the Jewish community disappeared, leaving only this cemetery as evidence they once occupied this village. The cemetery was studied academically only in the 2000s and was opened to the public in 2009. This is undoubtedly one of the most unique sites in Armenia.
3. Vayots Dzor History Museum
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By JGDynamo - Halifax Region, Canada
The Vayots Dzor History museum in Yeghegnadzor is a small but informative museum with an archive about the history or the area pre-and-post war time material as well as other great artifacts and stories.. There are parts of the museum that don’t seem to be finished but its unpolished charm is a relief to travelers weary of super-shiny-tourist-traps which this is not one. Fabulous way to spend an hour or so and the staff were terrific.
4. Spandaryan Water Reservoir
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By deborahk3 - Maidstone, United Kingdom
Man made water Reservoir on the main road between Yerevan and the south of Armenia. Armenia really is a breathtakingly beautiful country and this Reservoir pops up by the side of the road against a back drop of Mountains. We stopped on our journey for a photo opportunity. It was built around 1980 in the Arpa River basin, reportedly connected to it by a 9-mile long tunnel. It is known to have a breeding colony of Lesser kestrels, the only known in Armenia. It contains the Spandaryan Hydro Power Plant and is considered a great fishing location in Armenia.
5. Tanahati Monastery
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5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By JGDynamo - Halifax Region, Canada
Tanahati Monastery is not far off a main road but you get a real sense of remoteness out here in the middle of Armenia. Beautiful architecture, stunning panoramic vistas, intricate carvings and no noise except the birds, bugs and the wind. Worth the detour even if you just bring a picnic and look out over the countryside.
6. BenSon
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5 based on 2 reviews
Bensontour company offers a holiday in one of the most beautiful places of Vayots Dzor region, in Gomk village, where guests can stay overnight in cozy guest houses and diversify leisure with horseriding, fishing, boating, hiking, walking in the bosom of nature.
Reviewed By Elisabeth M
For sure my best experience in Armenia! I was traveling with two friends and we wanted to do horse-riding in the nature. We were not disappointed by the tour. The organisation was great (someone drove us from our hotel in Erevan and then back after the tour, the horses were ready when we arrived). Everyone welcomed us very nicely, we had natural tea, cheese and jam when we arrived and also after the tour to relax. The tour itself was amazing and lasted about 5 hours, the landscapes were impressive and three people (including guide and translator) rode with us to explain us everything about what we saw during the ride. As an experienced rider I had a lot of fun during the tour as I had a dynamic horse. A friend who was not experienced had a more quiet horse and felt very safe and comfortable surrounded by our guides, two hours later he was galloping with us! I can't wait to come back for a longer ride!
7. Surp Sion Monastery
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By gentbrugg - Moscow
Это деревушка Гергер с одноименной рекой не так далеко от административного центра марза – Егехнадзора. В ней самой есть пара более современных церквей (одна 19 века, другая – вообще то ли 13-ого, то ли 14-го). Но монастырь Гошаванк (как местные чаще называют то, что нам известно как монастырь Сурп Сион) находится в полукилометре от деревни – если свернуть налево еще до того, как основная дорога повернет направо, в сторону трассы Егехнадзор – Горис. Он вроде бы 8-го века. «Гошаванк» - в переводе «двойной монастырь», состоит действительно из двух церквей, плотно прижатых друг к другу. Стены не общие, но и зазора практически нет. Это церкви Сурп Сион и Сурп Аствацацин. Ничего примечательного, как мне показалось. Неплохие хачкары (их всего там примерно пара десятков), из которых больше других понравился тот, что с крестом, вплетенным в растительный орнамент. Внутри есть древняя надпись, прочитать которую, не зная языка, мы, естественно, не могли.
8. Noravank Monastery
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5 based on 311 reviews
9. Selim Caravanserai
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4 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By JGDynamo - Halifax Region, Canada
Just off the Vardenyats Pass as you get into Gegharkunik Province in Armenia the Selim Caravanserai is more of a historical stop than anything. The history of the stop along the Silk Road is open to interpretation so your imagination can run wild with thoughts of the exotic Silk Road, its travelers and the stories that were told about this area. The original building was destroyed in the 16th century and restored in the late 1950’s, it has some of the flair of an ancient building but not a really impressive structure, more a place to hold the stories now.
10. Vardenyats Pass (Selim Pass)
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By Brun066 - Florence, Italy
This high mountain pass (over 2400 meters) crosses the Vardenis Mountains range and connects Martuni, on Sevan Lake, with Yeghegnadzor, capital of Vayots Dzor province.
While towards the south (Vayots Dzor) the pass is facing from high altitude the valley below, then the road rapidly slopes down on the bottom of the valley itself with hairpin bends; instead towards the north (Gegharkunik province) the pass features a landscape completely different.
Because in fact the lake Sevan is at 1900 meters above sea level, the road climbs to the pass with a not abrupt slope, and in particular the stretch closest to the pass crosses many wide plateaus, featuring marshy bottoms and surrounded by soft reliefs (but bare of trees due to the high altitude). So it's a wild mountain landscape, fascinating in every season.
In summer (as we could see from some pictures) it looks like a rather arid steppe, and it's home to wide variety of birds (so that here is set up an important bird sanctuary). In spring (we visited the pass in late April) just the road itself is completely clear of snow; the rest is still largely white, although in the bottoms of the Valleys the thaw water flows abundant.
So it's a mountain pass which offers amazing landscapes, made more impressive by loneliness. In fact, although the road is all paved, and although it's used since ancient times (as demonstrated inter alia by the wonderful Orbelian's Caravanserai, former Selim Caravanserai, just south of the pass), it currently connects together two lightly populated regions, then the road isn't busy at all; which adds charm to the site.
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