Activities

Food

Wine tasting at Momik WineCube

Vayots Dzor

Momik WineCube is a wine tasting venue run by Nver and Narine Ghazaryan in Areni village, opened in 2018, set within a 1,500-square-meter vineyard. It represents a farm-to-bottle model in which local grape growers, who previously only sold raw grapes, now produce and bottle their own wine under the Momik label, making red, white, and rosé wines. From its terrace, visitors can see the 14th-century Holy Mother of God Church. Momik wines are also sold at wine bars in Yerevan, including In Vino and Wine Republic, and at restaurants along Saryan Street. What you can do: Taste Momik's red, white, and rosé wines on a vineyard terrace. View the nearby 14th-century Holy Mother of God Church from the tasting terrace. Walk through the vineyard the wine is grown in.

Food

Wine tasting at Old Bridge Winery

Vayots Dzor

Old Bridge Winery was founded by the Khalatyan family in 1998 and sits along the Arpa River in Yeghegnadzor. The winery offers wine flights, cellar tours, and local cheese pairings, with a patio known for sunset views over the river. What you can do: Taste a flight of Old Bridge wines, including their Areni Noir reserve. Tour the cellar. Pair wine with local cheese. Watch the sunset from the riverside patio.

Food

Wine tasting at Trinity Canyon Vineyards

Vayots Dzor

Trinity Canyon Vineyards is a hilltop winery in Vayots Dzor province, founded in 2012 by Armenian-American brothers, specializing in indigenous Armenian grape varieties, particularly Areni Noir and Voskeat, made using French winemaking techniques. Its tasting room has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a basalt canyon and the Arpa River gorge. What you can do: Taste wines made from Areni Noir and Voskeat grapes. Take a food pairing tasting matched with local fare. Take in canyon and gorge views from the tasting room. Buy bottles directly from the winery. Standard tasting flight of 3 wines, approximately 4,000 AMD (about 10 USD). Premium flight of 5 to 6 wines, approximately 8,000 AMD (about 20 USD). Food pairing tasting of 5 wines with local fare, approximately 12,000 AMD (about 29 USD).

Food

Wine tasting at Areni Wine Factory

Vayots Dzor

Areni Wine Factory is a joint-stock winemaking company established in 1994 in Areni village in Vayots Dzor province, on the road between Yerevan and Noravank Monastery. It holds four registered trademarks: Areni, Areni Key, Lernashen, and Vayots Dzor. Its product range includes dry, semi-dry, and semi-sweet grape wines in both red and white, as well as fruit wines made from apples, apricots, blackberries, cherries, peaches, and pomegranates, some of which are exported internationally. Visitors can tour the winery's cellar and taste its wines and brandy, and a café on the upper floor serves food alongside the tastings. What you can do: Taste Areni red wines, fruit wines made from local produce, and brandy. Tour the winery's cellar to see how the wine is stored and aged.

Food

Wine & brandy tasting at Ijevan Wine-Brandy Factory

Tavush

One of Armenia's oldest wineries, founded in 1951 in Ijevan, Tavush Province, to process grapes from the Aghstev river valley. Privatized in 1996 and modernized after a 2005 acquisition, it now produces wine, brandy — including the aged "King Abgar" line — fruit vodka, juice, and preserves under brands such as Ijevan Areni, Mkhitar Gosh, Sargon, and Haghartsin, exporting across the region. What people can do there: Take a guided tour through the fermentation hall and aging cellar, where barrels and vintage bottles date back to 1974; taste a flight of wines and brandies, including aged cognac and rose-petal wine; browse the on-site shop for wine, preserves, and sauces; and visit the small on-site zoo.

Cultural

Mimino statue photo stop (Dilijan)

Tavush

A bronze sculptural group in central Dilijan depicting the three main characters of the beloved 1977 Soviet film "Mimino" — Georgian pilot Valiko, Armenian truck driver Rubik, and Russian mechanic Ivan — as a tribute to the friendship between the Armenian, Georgian, and Russian peoples portrayed in the film. Unveiled on July 6, 2011, by sculptor Armen Vardanyan, it doubles as a working drinking-water fountain, referencing a famous line from the film about Dilijan's water. What people can do there: Photograph the bronze figures — visitors traditionally rub one statue's nose for luck, which has visibly polished the bronze — drink from the attached fountain, and continue on foot to nearby Sharambeyan Street and Dilijan's small artificial lake.

Cultural

Sharambeyan St old-town crafts walk (Dilijan)

Tavush

Named after Hovhannes Sharambeyan, a Soviet-era artist who helped found Dilijan's State Theatre, this street is the preserved heart of Dilijan's old town — two-story 19th-century stone-and-wood houses with carved wooden balconies and red-tiled roofs, restored through the Tufenkian Old Dilijan Complex project. It remains a living quarter of craftsmen's workshops, a gallery, and a museum, giving Dilijan — nicknamed "Armenian Switzerland" — its most photographed corner. What people can do there: Browse artisan workshops for woodcarving, pottery, blacksmithing, carpet weaving, and jewelry, watch craftspeople at work or join a master class, buy handmade souvenirs, visit the Museum of Folk Art, and stop at a café along the way.

Hiking

Parz Lake-Gosh Lake hike (Transcaucasian Trail)

Tavush

This roughly 9.7 km trail in the Tavush region connects Parz Lake, inside Dilijan National Park, with the village of Gosh and Lake Gosh. The route runs through mixed forest, crosses several streams, and gains around 450 m in elevation before descending toward Gosh village, home to the medieval Goshavank Monastery complex. What you can do: hike between the two lakes through forest terrain, stop at streams, see khachqars along the way, and finish at Goshavank Monastery near Lake Gosh.