Ashtarak

Introducing Ashtarak

Ashtarak is a midsized regional town on the Kasagh Gorge, 22km northwest of Yerevan and somewhat higher at 1100m. Ashtarak is an interesting old town with lots of 19th-century buildings. There’s a 16th-century stone bridge below the new bridge, and four churches around town, including the little 7th-century Karmravor church with intricate carvings and a cemetery with khatchkars a short way north, and the 6th-century Tsiranavor church on the edge of the gorge. Ashtarak has some very rural neighbourhoods as well, full of fruit trees and stacks of hay in late summer. While there is no great need to come to the town itself, it does make a decent transit point for the Kasagh Gorge churches if you are travelling by local transport.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009