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Town in Kotayk, Armenia
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Tsaghkadzor is a city in Central Armenia. Tsaghkadzor is known for being a ski resort, with forests and an ancient monastery.
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Beautiful monastery that has been restored. It is now a working church again, with the smells, sounds and music that goes with it.
This involves either hiking over the ridge south of town, or driving around back to Hrazdan and over to Makravan Village. Quaint little old village monastery.
Ropeway of Tsaghkadzor
Once used as a training ground for Soviet skiers, the lifts have been completely replaced with western equipment, and new runs have been developed as well. There are basically three levels of lifts. The first one is near the parking lot (and it's the single one working off-season), where you will also find a cafe and food. The 4-seat lift is only open during high season. The 2-seat lift is open all year. Both lifts take you to the bigger staging area. From here there are two lifts you can choose, or you can hang out in the cafe/food joint on this level (only open during high season), which can get quite smoky. The first lift you see will take you further up the mountain, and gives you a couple of good run options, or allows you to take a third lift to the very top. Otherwise, you can go a little past the first lift (below it) and take another lift which goes to the newest skiing areas. All seats can be paid for by-the-ride, which is very cheap, or by the day if you plan to do a lot of skiing. Skis can be rented in the parking lot, or at the second level under the cafe/restaurant, but quality varies widely, and the better ones may be gone by mid morning. Getting skis from a hotel may be a better option.
Snow tubing is available for 2500 AMD for 15 minutes or 3500 for 30 minutes. It is at the first level up on the Ropeway. They even have a little rope engine to pull you and your tube back to the top at the end of the run, so you basically just get to sit on your tube without having to hike back up.
Nice park with a switchback walking trail up the mountain to Panorama Restaurant. Trail appears to be brick and is maintained in the winter so you walk on it easily.
Artsy restaurant/bar near center of town. They have a nice "child room" where a lady will play with your little children while adults eat and drink.
Entertainment: Disco club (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), sauna, bowling and billiard, sport equipment rental. Facilities: conference hall (60-100 people), business center, Internet, taxi service.
Amenities include hot and cold water, balcony, kitchen, bathroom
Entertainment: pool, playground, sauna, restaurant, billiards, bar, cinema. Catering: FB meal – 7,000 dram.
Hot, cold water, TV set in all rooms, refrigerator. Entertainment: table tennis, billiard. Discounts for groups are offered. Payment: cash & transfer. Cold water. Hot water in public bathrooms only, TV & video in the lobby.
As of March 2024, it does not appear that hotel is accepting bookings. Entertainment: tennis, billiard, sauna and swimming pool, tennis court, restaurant (up to 400 pax), wrestling hall, weightlifting hall, boxing hall, athletics hall, indoor games hall, stadiums, playground, parking site, ski track. Discounts: children under 3 free of charge, children under 10 5,000 dram, third person in the room 10,000 dram. Total number of beds: 300, Other services: sledge rental, ski storage. Free of charge transfer of sportsmen.
Quality control is realized according to ISO-9002 system. Food (buffet and restaurant), excursions, transport services.
Nur [nu:r] Hotel is a small hotel in Tsaghkadzor that is comfortable, secure and of high quality. The hotel features 10 rooms which include quality 5 standard rooms, 4 suites and 1 family suite. There are also a bar-cafeteria, where breakfast, lunch and dinner are served, a multi-functional hall for entertainment and organization of events, a sauna-Jacuzzi complex, a garage accommodating up to 3 sedans.
“Tsaghkahovit” hotel is on the slope of the Mountain Teghenis, on the bank of Tandzakhbyur River. The hotel’s location gives an opportunity to visit the centre of Tsaghkadzor and to use the ropeway. The distance from the hotel to the ropeway is 0.5 km and to Kecharis monastic complex 0.6 km. The hotel has wonderful territory for out of doors walk. Cars can be parked in the broad yard.
Large hotel with conference center and indoor atrium. Price includes all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Heated indoor saltwater pool, play area for kids, and other amenities. Good business-class quality rooms and service.
It can be a little tricky to get into town with public transport, with the usual method forcing you to stop first in Hrazdan town and catch something from there.
Read in the guideCar, foot, snowmobile, bicycle, relatively cheap taxi (taxi from center to ropeway is approximately 300 AMD).
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