Very often we want to go on an easy relaxing ride or there is a beginner in the group and we need to make it a relatively painless first trip. But it just happened so that Yerevan is surrounded by mountains on most of its ends with only 1/4th of the circle around the city being flat. So here are a few easy to medium routes that you can take from Yerevan.
To the South
Cycling to the south from Yerevan is the easiest thing to do. It’s both flat and there is both a highway with a wide shoulder and a secondary road parallel to the highway. So depending what is more comfortable for you and your companions you can choose to combine those two. I always recommend to take the highway going out and the secondary road on the way back.
You can cycle as far as you want however I recommend those three destinations:
Khor Virap Monastery
Relatively long ride to the Khor Virap Monastery where the famous Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned. Great views of Ararat Mountain.
Round Trip: 87km | Elevation Up: 270m
Read more about Khor Virap Monastery trip here.
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