Vanadzor Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Vanadzor’s avtokayan and train station (2 10 09) are at the bottom of Khorenatsi Poghots. Marshrutkas to Yerevan (AMD1200, two hours, every 20 minutes from 7.30am to 8pm) take a 132km route via Spitak and Aparan to Yerevan. There’s also transport to Dilijan (marshrutka or bus AMD500, up to one hour, 10am and 1pm) continuing to Ijevan (AMD1000), Stepanavan (AMD400, 45 minutes, 8.30am, 10am, 1pm, 2.30pm and 4.30pm), Gyumri (AMD800, 9am, 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm) and Alaverdi (AMD500, up to one hour, 8am, 10am, 1.30pm, 3pm and 4.30pm). A bus to Tbilisi (AMD3500) departs around 8am.

Trains heading to either Yerevan or Tbilisi will come and go in the middle of the night, making them of little use to travellers. A marshrutka to Tbilisi (AMD3500) leaves at 8.30am.

The churches of the Debed Canyon and Lori Berd can be visited on a day trip by taxi for around AMD6000 to AMD8000 for seven or eight hours, or about AMD5000 to Lori Berd, or you can negotiate with drivers based at the avtokayan.