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The Ararat valley

 
 

The Ararat valley

The Ararat valley The Khor Virap monastery, Armenia The monastery where the patriarch of the Armenian church, Gregory the Illuminator, was said to have been imprisoned for 13 years, is located in the Ararat valley. © Bruno Morandi

Ararat valley, near to Erevan, is the country's orchard. This is where the famous Armenian apricots come from.

Other reasons to go

  1.   Towns

  2.   Arts and culture

  3.   Monuments