Armenia Nature: Lake Sevan, Dilijan, Lori Region, the Debed Canyon, and the Most Dramatically Scenic Single Armenian Beyond-Yerevan Circuit
The Armenia nature route covers Lake Sevan as the most spectacularly beautiful single Caucasus highland lake, Dilijan as the most Swiss-like single Armenian forest town, Lori with the Debed Canyon, and the most dramatically scenic single Armenian beyond-Yerevan circuit.
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Lake Sevan: The Azure Caucasus Highland Lake in Detail
Lake Sevan (the most specifically azure single Caucasus highland lake at 1,900 meters altitude and 1,240 square kilometers area, the most completely seasonal single crayfish (gamir khezchik) freshwater crayfish culinary specialty at the most specifically lakeside single Sevan town restaurant, the most particularly Sevanavank Monastery single 9th century peninsula monastery, and the most specifically Noratus single largest single Armenian medieval cemetery (khachkar cross-stones) on the most directly Lake Sevan single western shore), is the most practically complete single Yerevan day trip for the most specifically nature-and-heritage single combined Armenian outdoor experience.
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Dilijan: The Armenian Switzerland
Dilijan (the most specifically forested single Armenian highland town with the most comprehensively Soviet-era single sanatoria in the most completely beech-and-oak single forest setting creating the most dramatically Swiss-like single Armenian mountain landscape, the most specifically restored single Sharambeyan Street traditional Armenian stone house, and the most particularly Composer Aram Khachaturian single childhood home context in the most comprehensively musician-and-artist-retreat single Soviet Armenian cultural destination), is the most atmospherically green single Armenian town contrast to the most specifically arid single Yerevan highland capital.
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Debed Canyon: The Northern Armenia Monastery Circuit
The Debed Canyon monastery circuit (the most dramatically gorge-positioned single Armenian monastery with the most specifically Haghpat Monastery (UNESCO) and Sanahin Monastery (UNESCO) single dual-UNESCO Armenian monastery complex in the most completely 10th-12th century single Armenian Golden Age architecture in the most particularly Debed River single gorge in northern Armenia, combined with the most specifically Alaverdi single copper-smelting town as the most dramatically industrial-valley single Armenian landscape contrast), is the most comprehensively UNESCO-heritage single Armenia northern day trip.
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Tatev Monastery: The Wings of Tatev Cable Car
Tatev Monastery (the most specifically dramatically positioned single southern Armenian monastery accessible via the most completely Wings of Tatev single longest-non-stop-double-track cable car in the world at 5.7 kilometers traversing the most dramatically Vorotan Canyon single deep gorge, arriving at the most specifically 9th century single Tatev monastery complex in the most comprehensively Syunik single Armenian province with the most dramatically canyon-and-monastery single combined landscape), is the most adventurously accessed single Armenian monastery.
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Khachkar: The Armenian Cross-Stone Art
Armenian khachkar (the most specifically unique single Armenian artistic tradition with the most completely hand-carved single basalt cross-stone monument in the most traditionally interlaced single vine-and-floral single Armenian geometric border pattern in the most practically Noratus (Lake Sevan) and Echmiadzin single largest khachkar collection, representing the most artistically distinctive single Armenian visual heritage that most directly influenced the most specifically Celtic single cross design through the most particularly Armenian missionary single medieval European cultural exchange), is the most artistically unique single Armenian heritage art form.
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Amberd Fortress: The Mountain Castle
Amberd Fortress (the most specifically dramatically positioned single Armenian medieval fortress at 2,300 meters on the most completely Mount Aragats single lower slope in the most particularly 7th century single Kamsarakan dynasty Armenian castle with the most directly attached single 11th century Vahramashen Church, accessible via the most specifically 40-minute single drive from Yerevan in the most comprehensively mountain-and-castle single Armenian highland day excursion), is the most adventurously accessible single Yerevan mountain castle.