Yerevan: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Yerevan was founded in 782 BC, when the Erebuni fortress was built. The city combines this early history with a diverse cultural and urban offering. Those wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Yerevan can then continue searching for accommodation.

City Life

Yerevan is a “walking city”. The most important museums, parks, cafés and cultural centres are located in the city centre. The tourist infrastructure includes tourist information centres, maps, apps, multilingual travel guides and tourist services.

The official Yerevan City Tour is a 90-minute tour that introduces visitors to the city’s history, culture, architecture, monuments and sights. It starts and ends at France Square, operates with open-top double-decker buses and offers guides in Armenian, English and Russian. The buses are accessible to people with disabilities.

Yerevan has hundreds of cafés, restaurants, markets, pubs and gastro platforms. The city’s eateries serve traditional dishes as well as cuisines from various countries.

History

Yerevan’s Urartian heritage includes Erebuni, Karmir Blur and the Biainian Tomb. Erebuni is a fortified city founded by Argishti I on the southeastern outskirts of Yerevan. The Biainian Tomb of Yerevan is the only known monumental Urartian tomb in the Caucasus region.

Culture

Republic Square is Yerevan’s central and most famous square and a symbol of Armenia. The Cascade combines art, architecture, urban life and green spaces. The Matenadaran is a manuscript archive, museum and scientific research institute.

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church is Yerevan’s mother cathedral. The church was built between 1996 and 2001 to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity becoming Armenia’s state religion. The Erebuni Historical and Archaeological Reserve-Museum was founded in 1968 and is an important Urartian research centre in the region.

The National Gallery of Armenia is a major fine arts museum in Armenia. Kond is one of Yerevan’s oldest districts. The Yerevan History Museum represents Yerevan’s cultural heritage. The Sergey Parajanov Museum is one of the most visited museums in Yerevan.

The Museum of Folk Arts named after Hovhannes Sharambeyan promotes tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The Cafesjian Center for the Arts presents contemporary art in Armenia.

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