{"id":1302381,"date":"2026-09-26T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302381"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:31:29","slug":"armenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Armenia country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Armenia","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"The first country to adopt Christianity, monasteries built into gorges, and a pink stone capital under a mountain that belongs to somebody else. Cheap, welcoming and barely visited.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302389","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac9 | Dorm bed, from\r\n301 AD | Adopted Christianity first\r\n180 | Days visa-free for many\r\n5,137m | Ararat, visible but in Turkey","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Old, mountainous and largely unvisited","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Armenia adopted Christianity in 301 AD, before anyone else, and spent the next seventeen centuries building monasteries in places that look impossible \u2014 Tatev on a cliff edge, Geghard cut into rock, Noravank at the end of a red gorge. They are the reason to come and most of them are free.\r\n\r\nYerevan is built from pink volcanic tuff, which gives the whole city a colour that changes through the day. It has a caf\u00e9 culture that runs late, a Soviet-era Cascade staircase covered in modern sculpture, and Mount Ararat filling the skyline to the south \u2014 in Turkey since 1921, and still the national symbol.\r\n\r\nThe country is small and mountainous. Dilijan's forests, Lake Sevan at 1,900 metres, and the Tatev cable car, the longest reversible one in the world, are all within a few hours of the capital.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Armenian, with its own alphabet. Russian widely understood, English growing in Yerevan\r\nCurrency | Armenian dram (AMD)\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe, and the street fountains in Yerevan are free and drinkable\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants\r\nBorders | The Turkish and Azerbaijani borders are closed. Enter via Georgia or fly\r\nHow long to stay | A week for Yerevan and the monasteries\r\nBest months | May, June, September and October","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Marshrutkas are cheap and slow, and nothing is more than five hours from Yerevan.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Yerevan | A pink tufa capital with a caf\u00e9 culture, Soviet planning and Ararat filling the skyline on a clear day. |  | 1302460 | Yerevan is so amazing. Clean, graffiti free and a great cafe culture. I just happened to be there for the wine festival. So much fun! Amazing culture. | \nDilijan | Forested, cooler, and the walking base in the north, with monasteries in the trees. |  | 1302461 | Really nice town situated in the middle of a national park. Lots of walking (download Hike Armenia). | \nGyumri | The second city, levelled by the 1988 earthquake and rebuilt, with black tufa streets and a hard humour. |  | 1302386 | Gyumri is a small compact and easy to get around. Food near the bazaar or central marshrutkas you could find transport to Georgia | \nGoris | The southern base, for Tatev monastery and its cable car. |  | 1302385 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Armenia is monasteries, mountains and a capital that stays up late, all of it cheap.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Culture | purple | culture | The oldest Christian architecture anywhere, in extraordinary settings. | Geghard, cut into rock; Tatev by cable car; The Genocide Memorial in Yerevan | Geghard; Tatev; Noravank | Yerevan; Goris | culture\nAdventure | green | backpack | The Transcaucasian Trail and mountains with nobody on them. | Walk a stage of the Transcaucasian Trail; Hike in Dilijan; Climb Mount Aragats | Dilijan; Aragats; Syunik | Dilijan; Goris | adventure\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Lavash, barbecue and the oldest winery in the world. | Watch lavash baked in a tonir; Khorovats barbecue; Wine tasting in Areni | GUM market, Yerevan; Areni; Vernissage | Yerevan; Areni | food\nBudget | teal | coin | One of the cheapest countries reachable from Europe. | A full meal for \u20ac6; \u20ac9 dorms; Marshrutkas for a euro or two | Yerevan; Gyumri; Goris | Yerevan; Gyumri | budget-travel\nCity break | blue | city | Three days in Yerevan, which stays up later than you expect. | The Cascade at sunset; Republic Square fountains; A late caf\u00e9 on Northern Avenue | Cascade; Republic Square; Kond | Yerevan | city-break\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | Lake Sevan, which is a beach at 1,900 metres. | Swim in Sevan in July; Sevanavank monastery on the peninsula; Grilled fish by the water | Lake Sevan; Sevanavank | Lake Sevan; Yerevan | beach","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Armenia","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The monasteries are the trip. Geghard is partly carved directly into the rock face and has singers who demonstrate the acoustics; Tatev sits on a cliff in the south and is reached by the Wings of Tatev, the world's longest reversible cable car; Noravank sits at the end of a red-walled gorge; Khor Virap looks straight at Mount Ararat across the closed Turkish border.\r\n\r\nIn Yerevan, the Cascade is a vast stone staircase covered in modern sculpture with the city and Ararat behind it, free to climb, best at sunset. The Genocide Memorial and museum on the hill above the city is essential and difficult.\r\n\r\nOutside, Lake Sevan is swimmable in July and August, Dilijan is forest and monasteries, and the Transcaucasian Trail runs through the country for anyone who wants to walk for days without meeting people.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Geghard | Carved into rock. Listen to the acoustics if singers are there\r\nTatev | The world's longest reversible cable car, and a cliff-edge monastery\r\nThe Cascade | Free, sculpture-covered, and best at sunset\r\nGenocide Memorial | Difficult and essential for understanding the country","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Armenia","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Armenia","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Lavash, the thin flatbread baked on the wall of a clay tonir oven, is UNESCO-listed and comes with everything. Khorovats is the barbecue \u2014 pork, lamb or vegetables cooked over vine cuttings \u2014 and is the centre of any gathering.\r\n\r\nDolma, harissa, apricots that Armenians will tell you are the best in the world, and enormous quantities of herbs on every table. A full meal in a Yerevan restaurant runs \u20ac6 to \u20ac12.\r\n\r\nWine is the surprise: the world's oldest known winery, at 6,100 years, was found in a cave near Areni, and the modern industry is small, cheap and good. Brandy is the other one \u2014 Ararat brandy is the national export and a tour costs very little.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Lavash | UNESCO-listed flatbread, baked on the wall of a clay oven\r\nKhorovats | Barbecue over vine cuttings. The centre of any gathering\r\nA full meal | \u20ac6\u201312 in Yerevan\r\nAreni wine | Near the site of the world's oldest known winery, 6,100 years old","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Armenia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Armenia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Yerevan stays up late in a Mediterranean way: caf\u00e9s and bars on Northern Avenue and around the Cascade fill after ten and run past midnight, and the Republic Square fountains draw crowds on summer evenings.\r\n\r\nThe scene is caf\u00e9 and wine bar rather than club \u2014 natural wine bars have multiplied in recent years, and a glass of local wine is \u20ac2 to \u20ac4.\r\n\r\nPrices are very low by European standards, and the city is safe to walk around at any hour, which makes an evening here easy in a way it is not in bigger capitals.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Where | Northern Avenue, the Cascade area and Saryan Street for wine bars\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.50\u20133, a glass of wine \u20ac2\u20134\r\nTiming | Caf\u00e9s and bars fill after 22:00 and run late\r\nSummer | Republic Square fountains and outdoor tables until midnight","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Armenia","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Armenia","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Marshrutkas and shared taxis run from Yerevan to everywhere, cost a few euros and leave when full. For monastery trips, hiring a driver for the day \u2014 around \u20ac40 to \u20ac70 split between a car \u2014 is the practical option, because several sites sit far from any bus route.\r\n\r\nThere is a small metro in Yerevan and city transport is very cheap.\r\n\r\nGetting into the country is the part to plan. The borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan are closed, so you arrive by air into Yerevan, or overland from Georgia, which is a four to six hour ride from Tbilisi and the route most backpackers use.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Marshrutkas | Cheap, frequent, and they leave when full\r\nDay drivers | \u20ac40\u201370 for a car for a day of monasteries. Split it\r\nClosed borders | Turkey and Azerbaijan are closed. Enter via Georgia or fly\r\nTbilisi | Four to six hours by marshrutka, and the usual backpacker route","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Armenia","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Armenia costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Armenia is one of the cheapest countries reachable from Europe. Dorms start around \u20ac9, a full meal is \u20ac6 to \u20ac12, a glass of wine \u20ac2 to \u20ac4, and marshrutkas cost a euro or two.\r\n\r\nThe main discretionary costs are day drivers for monastery trips and the Tatev cable car, and both are modest split between a few people.\r\n\r\nThe dram is the currency. Cards work in Yerevan but cash is needed almost everywhere else, and exchange offices give good rates without commission.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac9\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac25\u201335\r\nDay driver | \u20ac40\u201370 for a car, split between passengers\r\nCash | Needed outside Yerevan. Exchange offices are fair","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Armenia","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Armenia","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Armenia is a very safe country for travellers. Crime against visitors is rare, Yerevan is comfortable at any hour, and hospitality towards guests is a strong cultural norm.\r\n\r\nThe practical risks are roads and mountains: driving is assertive, mountain routes are unguarded, and marshrutka drivers overtake with confidence. In the mountains, waymarking is limited and rescue is slower than in western Europe.\r\n\r\nThe regional situation matters. Borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan are closed, and areas near the Azerbaijani border have seen military activity in recent years. Check current government advice, avoid border zones, and note that entry to Azerbaijan is complicated by any Armenian travel history.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nBorder areas | Avoid the Azerbaijani frontier. Check current advice\r\nRoads | Assertive driving, unguarded mountain routes\r\nHiking | Limited waymarking. Tell someone your route","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Armenia is not in the EU or Schengen, so time here does not count against the 90-day Schengen allowance.\r\n\r\nEU, UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens enter visa-free, commonly for 180 days, which is more generous than most. Check the official position before travel as the terms vary by nationality.\r\n\r\nEntry is by air into Yerevan or overland from Georgia and Iran only \u2014 the Turkish and Azerbaijani borders have been closed for decades. Note also that Armenian stamps can complicate later travel to Azerbaijan.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Not Schengen | Time here does not count against the 90-day EU limit\r\nVisa-free | Commonly 180 days. Check for your nationality\r\nClosed borders | Turkey and Azerbaijan. Arrive via Georgia or by air\r\nCurrency | Dram. Cash outside Yerevan","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Spring and autumn are the best by a distance. Yerevan in July and August is genuinely too hot, and winter closes some mountain roads.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Yerevan, which sits in a hot basin. Dilijan and Lake Sevan at altitude are considerably cooler, and Sevan is only swimmable in July and August.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 2 | 1 | Cold and quiet. Some mountain roads closed\r\nFebruary | 4 | 1 | Still winter. Cheapest month\r\nMarch | 11 | 2 | Thawing. Yerevan pleasant\r\nApril | 18 | 3 | Excellent. Green, and the monasteries at their best\r\nMay | 23 | 4 | The best month. Wildflowers and comfortable heat\r\nJune | 28 | 4 | Warm. Lake Sevan starts to be swimmable\r\nJuly | 33 | 4 | Too hot in Yerevan. Head for Dilijan or Sevan\r\nAugust | 33 | 4 | Peak heat, and the lake at its busiest\r\nSeptember | 28 | 4 | Superb. Harvest season and clear mountain air\r\nOctober | 21 | 3 | The other best month. Autumn colour in Dilijan\r\nNovember | 12 | 1 | Cooling and very cheap\r\nDecember | 5 | 2 | Cold, and Yerevan does a good New Year","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Armenian prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in dram locally; these are euro equivalents. A day driver for monasteries is \u20ac40\u201370 for the car, which is the main extra.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 15 | 16 | 5 | 10\r\nComfortable | 27 | 28 | 10 | 18","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"One of these involves the entire country throwing water at each other.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"armenia","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Armenia","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/armenia\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Armenian Christmas | 6 January | Nationwide | Celebrated on 6 January rather than 25 December, and a major family occasion. |  | \nVardavar | June or July | Nationwide | Everyone throws water at everyone, all day, with no exemption for visitors. Pre-Christian in origin. |  | \nGenocide Remembrance Day | 24 April | Yerevan | Hundreds of thousands walk to the memorial with flowers. Solemn and enormous. |  | \nYerevan Wine Days | May | Yerevan | Saryan Street closes and the city's wine producers pour in the open. |  | \nAreni Wine Festival | October | Areni | Harvest festival in the village beside the world's oldest known winery. |  | \nGolden Apricot Film Festival | July | Yerevan | The country's main international film festival. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Armenia","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Almost all are in Yerevan, with a few guesthouses in Dilijan and the south.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Armenia","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/armenia\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"11","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Armenia travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How do I get to Armenia? | By air into Yerevan, or overland from Georgia \u2014 a four to six hour marshrutka from Tbilisi, which is the route most backpackers use. The Turkish and Azerbaijani borders have been closed for decades.\r\nHow many days do you need in Armenia? | A week: three days in Yerevan and three or four for the monasteries at Geghard, Khor Virap, Noravank and Tatev, plus Dilijan or Lake Sevan. Hiring a driver for a day covers several monasteries at once.\r\nIs Armenia cheap? | One of the cheapest countries reachable from Europe. Dorms from \u20ac9, a full meal at \u20ac6 to \u20ac12, and a day around \u20ac25 to \u20ac35. A day driver for monastery trips is \u20ac40 to \u20ac70 for the whole car.\r\nIs Armenia safe? | Very, for ordinary travel. Crime against visitors is rare and hospitality is strong. The exception is the Azerbaijani border region, which has seen military activity in recent years \u2014 check current advice and stay clear of frontier zones.\r\nWhat is Vardavar? | A pre-Christian water festival in June or July, 98 days after Easter, when everyone throws water at everyone else, all day, across the whole country. Visitors are not exempt, and resistance is pointless. Waterproof your phone.\r\nCan I see Mount Ararat? | Yes, on a clear day it dominates the skyline south of Yerevan, and Khor Virap monastery sits directly in front of it. The mountain itself has been in Turkey since 1921, and the border is closed.\r\nDoes time in Armenia count towards Schengen? | No. Armenia is outside the EU and Schengen, and many nationalities get 180 days visa-free, which makes it a useful long stop while the 90-day clock is paused.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Armenia \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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