Armenia Tour
Date Night Stay
Oct 31 Yerevan - JR's House (31.10-1.11)
Address: 4/1 James Bryce, 0019 Yerevan, Armenia, Phone: +374 10 229 857, +374 55 229 857 (Whatsapp), GPS coordinates: N 040° 11.564, E 44° 29.879, https://yandex.com/maps/-/CCUgAVtIxB - location of JR's House
Nov 1 Goris - Andranik B&B (1.11-2.11)
Address: Orbeliannery street 23, 0100 Goris, Armenia
Phone: +374 93 631654 , GPS coordinates: N 039° 30.467, E 46° 20.693
Nov 2 Yerevan - - JR's House
Nov 3 Yerevan - - JR's House
Nov 4 Yerevan - - JR's House
Nov 5 - Dilijan - Ariana Family Hotel (5.11-6.11)
Address: 33 Kamo Street, 3904 Dilijan, Armenia Phone: +374 91 519890,
GPS coordinates: N 040° 43.454, E 44° 51.831
Nov 6 Yerevan (via Lori) - JR's House
Nov 7 Yerevan - JR's House
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Oct 31 – Night Halt Yerevan
JR's House (31.10-1.11)
Address: 4/1 James Bryce, 0019 Yerevan, Armenia
Phone: +374 10 229 857, +374 55 229 857 (Whatsapp)
GPS coordinates: N 040° 11.564, E 44° 29.879
https://yandex.com/maps/-/CCUgAVtIxB - location of JR's House
City tour /Vernissage, St. Sargis Cathedral, Blue Mosque, Parajanov museum, Gum market/
Here are the Armenian dishes you absolutely must try…
1. Dolma : A traditional dish of grape or cabbage leaves stuffed with a mixture of minced meat, rice, and spices. Pronounced ‘tolma’ in Armenia, dolma is another dish you may recognise and think you know. Made from a mix of minced meat, onion, rice, and various spices, all wrapped up in a vine leaf, they are a staple across the eastern Mediterranean.
2. Ghapama - A beloved dish from southern Armenia made by stuffing a scooped-out butternut pumpkin with rice and dried fruits. A delicious moorish dish from southern Armenia, ghapama is so beloved throughout the country that it has its very own song – Hey Jan Ghapama – extolling its delicious taste and fragrance.
3.Khorovats - An Armenian barbecue that can be made with lamb, pork, beef, or chicken. Khorovats are the Armenian take on a kebab, an inescapable part of dining in the country. In restaurants and in truck stops, on street corners and in family homes, you’ll find charcoal manghals (grills) and a man turning skewers loaded with huge chunks of meat over an open flame.
4. Manti - A type of dumpling that is also found in Turkish, Central Asian, West Asian, South Caucasus, and Balkan cuisines
5. Lavash - A crucial dish in Armenian cuisine that represents life and wisdom
6. Kufta or Kyufta - Hearty meatballs made from finely chopped lamb . Every Middle Eastern country has their take on the classic kofta, but nothing comes close to the Armenian version. Like its near east cousins, minced meat is lightly spiced and mixed with crushed wheat and onions. They’re also rolled into a tapered spinning top shape. But instead of being grilled, Armenians cook them in a broth.
7. Ishkhan - Armenia may be a landlocked country, but it still boasts its fair share of fishes dishes. The most famous is Ishkhan, based on a particular type of trout found in Lake Sevan. The trout of Sevan are ‘meatier’ than most and, such was their fame, they were being exported across the region as early as the 15th century.
8. Harissa - A thick porridge made of wheat and meat that is considered the national dish of Armenia
Restaurant recommendations Yerevan
Dzirani restaurant
Van Ardi winery for view as well
Gaidz
Sherep
Mayrig
Gata Tavern also has live music
Machanents in Etchmiadzin: astonishing place, very good food, some dishes you can't get anywhere else, like Etchmiadzin kufta.
Lavash in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, at a restaurant named after the flatbread
Jingalov hats (“bread” in Armenian, pronounced “hots”
Syrian restaurant Zeituna, in Yerevan's central Missak Manouchian Park, diners spill into a courtyard where tables bear the finest falafel imaginable ; lahmajoun with pomegranate sauce; freekeh and lamb topped with cashews and almonds; and little open-cased meat pies called semsek
Vostan - Heritage Armenian fare like khorovats and gata find a fitting home in a historic building at Vostan, near Yerevan's Republic Square.
Café Merhatsy : run by Beirutis near the Yerevan Cathedral is a must for a Levantine salad called fattoush
I recall an Armenian saying Zargaryan shared with me: “To eat is to eat bread
