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Popular General Tips | Other General Tips Tips | All Tips (31) When visiting different parts of Armenia, be it all the way north or east towards the mountanous Nagorno Karabakh, we witnessed many different varities of beautiful and colorful butterflies flying in and out of the trees and flowers...
From a natural history source, I read that Armenia has over 270 different species of butterflies. A country which is 1/5 the size of the state of Florida in the U.S has many beautiful butterflies at different sizes and colors.. We were fortunate to see different colored butterflies around the monastaries we visited and I took a picture of a few of them...
One hint for collectors of butterflies: At the most famous bazaar or shopping area in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia called "Vernisage" which is open on saturdays and sundays only.. You can find one person who sells preserved Armenian butterflies which he caught himself displayed in a nice frame for a negotiable price.. The price I was able to bargain for was US $20 for a medium sized frame. They are beautiful, trust me..... Leave a Comment
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While in Armenia, we took a guided tour for only one day out of our vacation because we preffered to tour the country on our own time with a taxi.. But, for a non-Armenian speaking tourist, having a tour guide who speaks multi-languages is definitely a plus..
I will provide here the tour guide and services information since I was pleased with their help. They provide transportation, refreshments and ofcourse a guidence during the tour..
"Guest Services"
www.hyurservice.com
Tel in Yerevan: 56-04-95 Leave a Comment
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Well, while traveling in Armenia, mostly which was done with taxis, we were told that most cars run on gas.. Yeah, it's natural gas, not petrol!! Cars have a tank in the trunk where they fill them at gas stations with natural gas and go on their way....
Our taxi driver's car was equiped with both.. A natural gas tank and a petrol tank.. A switch was placed next to his seat by the gear where he would choose which fuel to choose when.. Natural gas would power the automobile less than petrol would so when we needed to go up a steep hill, he would flick the switch to petrol and off we went.. Natural gass also was a lot cheaper in price than petrol...
I asked the gentleman in the photo if I could take a picture of him filling natural gas in the tanks and he agreed.. We were just about to go off on a two day driving trip to the northern regions of Armenia.. Leave a Comment
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There aren't many tourist guidebooks for Armenia. And even those that are published do not always portray the correct information.
"Rediscovering Armenia" is more or less better guidebook compared to those that exist now. Of course the information in it is already old. Many things are changed and every day there are more and more service infrastructure upgraded/built in Armenia, but still, Rediscovering Armenia gives pretty good information about the sights and it's history.
Go to Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook to download Rediscovering Armenia. Leave a Comment
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Our hotel, the Ani Hotel, was not far from the Opera Square. Even to the former Lenin Square and Vernissage it was an easy walking distance.
So we walked a lot in Yerevan downtown. Yerevan lies in an earthquake area. They told us there could be several small shocks a day. Most of the time you don't notice it, when you are walking or travelling in the bus or car. But I felt some tiny shocks early in the morning in the hotelroom.
People in the street asked my friend 'Is she an artist ?', because of the colourful trousers I was wearing. 'No', he said, 'she is an architect'. 'Sorry, sorry', was the answer. We don't know exactly why, but it was a funny conversation anyway. Leave a Comment
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When we were in Yerevan it was a very rainy period. We went to a viewpoint, from where you can normally see the Ararat.
And as we allready thought it was too cloudy to see much. Anyhow we went to the viewpoint in the hope to see a glimpse of the Ararat. The result you can see at the picture. No Ararat today ! Leave a Comment
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The Georgian Embassy in Yerevan is opened between 10.30 - 13.00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (Wednesdays are closed, and of course the day I went there). It opens up again at five o'clock to give back the passports with visas.
To have a visa issued in one day costs 75 dollars (they want to have the money in Drams). Otherwise it takes four business days and the price is then about the half. For the application you will need one photo.
The woman at the embassy said visas can be issued at one of the boardercrossings from Armenia (don't remember which one) for a cost of 80 dollars.
Address: Arami Street 42 (close to the Republic Square)
Telephon:564357, 564183
Fax: 564357
E-mail: georgia@arminco.com Leave a Comment
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You can very easy get an Armenian visa via Internet and that’s what I got in 2003. It costs 60 dollars and take only two business days to issue. You apply for the e-visa at www.armeniaforeignministry.com
The e-visa can only be used if you are entering to the airport in Yerevan.
When I arrived at Yerevan airport most people seemed to apply for the visa there. It cost 30 dollars and you just had to fill in a paper.
So the last alternative is much cheaper, but if you want to have everything ready before leaving the e-visa is what you should have.
In 2006 I knew there was no problems to apply for the visa at the airport and I got my transit visa as I arrived for 20 dollars. A single entry visa is 30 dollars. You can’t apply for a multiple entry visa at the airport, and you can’t pay in Euros. Leave a Comment
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All around Yerevan there are small green parks with cafes. In some of them there are ponds where you can rent a boat. I also saw there were billiard-tables in a few parks. Leave a Comment
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The tourist industry is not well developed even in Yerevan, and a guide is essential if you're not a Russian or Armenian speaker.
If you're coming to Yerevan, I'd be be happy to talk to you, and give advice. Leave a Comment
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