Stories from the roads
There aren’t many directions that make up a convenient cycling day trip from Yerevan as most of the routes out of the city will require you to make a moderate to rigorous climb. And if you just wanted to spend an easy day cycling and enjoying yourself, that’s probably not what you were looking for.
There are some exceptions though and one of them is to cycle to Khor Virap Monastery.
Continue reading “Khor Virap – Easy Half-Day Cycling Trip From Yerevan”Perhaps one of the easiest and still very picturesque cycling trips in Armenia is around Sevan lake. The lake lies high at the altitude of 1900 meters surrounded by beautiful volcanic mountains. From the cultural side you can see several medieval monasteries on the shores of Sevan and the unique Noratus cemetery where the largest remaining collection of khachkars stands.
The trip can be done in 2-3 days adding x-amount of days to take rest, swim and lay in the sun. We took 2.5 days cycling, and 1.5 days resting which was also dictated by the logistics. I will talk about it below.
Continue reading “Cycling Around Gorgeous Lake Sevan”
After my trip from Amsterdam to Yerevan was over, I had done little cycling in Armenia. However, I had a plan – when the autumn sets in, continue southwards until the border with Iran.
I planned to do this in the middle of autumn when the weather is milder for cycling and the mountains become painted with the autumn leaf colors. I chose the first week of October and I think it was right on point with the weather; for the colors I could have waited for another week perhaps. But you always have to make a guess with the weather – the best educated guess it is.
Continue reading “10 Days on a Bike to the South of Armenia”