Questions, answered properly

No. Share your interests, your party and your pace — the Build your Armenia planner walks you through it — and we suggest a starting route. You can also just write to us with a rough idea.

Yes. Airport transfers, stays, private transport and selected experiences can all be included in one proposal. The final scope of what is included is confirmed before you book.

Yes — many of our trips are family trips. Tell us your children’s ages so we can suggest suitable activities, sensible driving days and the right room arrangements. Requirements are confirmed in the proposal, not assumed.

No. Everything you pick in the planner is a preference. We check availability, suitability and price for your dates, and your proposal states exactly what is included.

A person here reads your preferences and replies using the contact method you chose — with questions if something is unclear, and then a day-by-day proposal with a price. You discuss and adjust it as needed; nothing is booked until you confirm in writing.

Before booking — freely: the proposal is the starting point of a conversation. After confirmation, changes depend on availability and the conditions agreed in your proposal.

Yes. Most parties are two to eight, but that is a description, not a rule. Tell us your party details and we will propose suitable arrangements and honest per-person pricing.

Citizens of the EU, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Russia and the other CIS states, and a long list of others, enter Armenia without a visa for stays of up to 180 days.

Russian citizens may enter on an internal passport. Citizens of many other countries can obtain a visa on arrival at Zvartnots or apply for an e-visa in advance.

Rules change. Check the official position with the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs before you travel, and tell us your nationality when you enquire — we will confirm what applies to you.

For day tours, a day or two is usually enough outside the peak. For multi-day journeys in September and October — our busiest months — six to ten weeks is sensible, mainly because the good small guesthouses fill up.

That said, we have put together a decent week at four days' notice more than once. Ask.

Not to enquire, and not to receive a proposal — both are free. Payment terms for your specific trip are set out in the proposal before you confirm, so you always know what is due and when before committing to anything.

Payment and cancellation conditions are supplied with your proposal before you confirm, matched to the actual hotels and services in your trip.

If we have to change something — weather, road closures — we tell you as soon as we know and offer an alternative.

The currency is the Armenian dram (AMD, ֏). Cards are widely accepted in Yerevan and increasingly in the regions, but carry some cash for village guesthouses, small cellars and site entrances.

Exchange offices in Yerevan give better rates than the airport or your bank at home, and they take euros, dollars and roubles. ATMs are everywhere in the city.

No, by European standards. A good dinner with wine runs €12–25 a head, a coffee €1.50–3, a taxi across Yerevan €2–4, and a museum €2–5.

Wine is the surprise: excellent bottles at the cellar door start around €6.

Yes. Local SIM cards from Team, Ucom or Viva are sold at the airport and everywhere in the city, cost a few euros, and come with generous data. Coverage is good on main roads and patchy in the mountains.

eSIM works too if your phone supports it.

Shoulders and knees covered, for everyone. Women are not required to cover their heads in Armenian Apostolic churches, though many do out of preference, and scarves are usually available at the door.

Beyond that, Armenia is relaxed. Yerevan dresses well and nobody will mind what you wear in the street.

Yes. Armenia has consistently low violent crime and Yerevan is a city where people walk home late without thinking about it. The ordinary advice applies — watch your pockets in crowded markets — and little else.

Solo women travellers generally report feeling comfortable here.

The borders with Turkey and Azerbaijan are closed. This does not affect travel within Armenia, and none of our routes go near a contested area.

Travel to Nagorno-Karabakh is not possible. Following the events of September 2023 the territory is under Azerbaijani control and its Armenian population left; no operator can take you there, and any that offers to is not telling you the truth.

The borders with Georgia and Iran are open and used normally. We run overland trips into Georgia regularly.

Check your own government's current travel advice before booking — it is the only source that speaks for your insurance.

Yes, and it is very good. Yerevan's water comes from mountain springs and there are free drinking fountains — pulpulaks — on street corners all over the city. Fill your bottle from them.

Zvartnots International Airport (EVN), 15 km west of Yerevan, is the main gateway, with direct flights from across Europe, Russia, the Gulf and the region. Gyumri's Shirak Airport (LWN) takes a smaller number of routes.

You can also arrive overland from Georgia — Tbilisi to Yerevan is a comfortable day by road, and there is a slow overnight train.

We meet every arrival, at any hour. Flights into Yerevan have a habit of landing at four in the morning.

There is no group. The journeys featured here are private for your party — you will not be added to a shared departure with strangers.

Most of our guests are couples, families and groups of friends of two to eight, but solo travellers and larger parties are welcome through the same enquiry — tell us your party and we will propose suitable arrangements.

Say so when you book and it is straightforward. Armenian fasting cookery is an entire tradition of excellent vegan food, so this is not a compromise here.

Please be specific about allergies. Walnuts in particular turn up in places you would not expect.

Many are. Garni, Echmiadzin, Zvartnots and the Yerevan sites are largely level. Geghard, Sevanavank, Tatev and Noravank involve steps or uneven stone.

Tell us honestly what you can manage and we will design around it — and say so if something will not work rather than letting you find out on the day.

Yes, from anywhere in central Yerevan, included in the price. If you are staying outside the centre tell us the address and we will confirm.

It is not obligatory and it is appreciated. If your guide made the day, €5–10 per person is a normal gesture, and a little less for the driver. In restaurants, round up or leave about 10%.