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Armenia
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Southern Armenia is in Armenia. Southern Armenia is full of tall mountain ranges, valleys, gorges and forests. One main highway takes you from top to bottom, with dramatic changes in elevation and scenery. The many types of attractions include hot springs and spas, dramatic cliffs and scenery, monasteries, caravansaries and fortresses, petroglyphs and Armenia's "Stonehenge", natural caves and cave cities, and Armenia's favorite wine region.
Almost all of Southern Armenia's visitors drive down the highway from Yerevan. You can also enter from the Lake Sevan Region, or from Iran.
Read in the guideMost tourists arrive in Southern Armenia on a tour van. You can also arrange a private tour with guide with most companies, or just negotiate with taxi drivers in Yerevan to take you around.
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Nakhchivan · International · NAJ
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a big center for wine production in Armenia
a small town close to spectacular canyon and monastery in Noravank, the impressive Smbatabert Fortress/Tsakhats Kar Monastery area and the old silk road caravanserai of Selim
a spa town where much of the country's mineral water comes from
a good base for visiting Ughtasar mountain and thousands of petroglyphs on top of it
the last major town in Armenia for travelers continuing to Karabakh and also entering point to Tatev
it is famous for its monastery and reached by the longest cable car of the world, called Wings of Tatev
the first land-art museum in Armenia
not the most interesting town, but Vahanavank Monastery is nearby
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Food & drinkAs wine is usually regarded as the most sophisticated of alcoholic beverages, wine tourism or enotourism is highly developed in many regions around the world, and it can be as simple as hopping on a wine shuttle in Napa…
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Travel tipsThe Armenian Genocide was a campaign of deportation, forced marches, and mass murder during World War I, carried out by the Ottoman Empire against ethnic Armenians.
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ItinerariesA good way to trace through the history of Armenia, the Armenia Heritage Trail is a suggested itinerary of places which takes you on an approximate chronological tour of the long and rich history of Armenia.
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Travel tipsThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)), or Soviet Union, emerged as the successor state to the Russian Empire in 1917, and was dissolved in 1991.
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