Cond
This old district of the 17th century is a real Yerevan ghetto, which through the efforts of one street art artist turned into a vibrant art-district. You can wander around the colorful streets of Konda for hours, admiring the details on the shabby houses.
Shopping
In Yerevan, you can not hold back and buy something unnecessary, such as silk neck scarves with an author’s print. And you can buy something you need: handmade carpets, pottery, original silver jewelry or stylish clothes by fashion designers.
Kochar Museum
Bright canvases, models of famous metropolitan sculptures and sketches of book illustrations are stored in the Yerevan Museum of Yervand Kochar – one of the masters who shaped European avant-garde art, the founder of Spatial Painting and a close friend of Picasso.
Mirzoyan Library
In the old courtyard, a five-minute walk from the central metropolitan square, the Mirzoyan Library photo gallery is open. Here advanced young people like to have breakfast, you can flip through a cup of coffee for an interesting collection of books on photography and watch exhibitions of the most famous local photographers.
Parliamentary Park
After the velvet revolution, for the first time in many years, a park was opened for visiting at the National Assembly – the Armenian parliament. Now you can see closely the palace erected in the Soviet years, which the British newspaper The Independent called one of the most beautiful parliament buildings in the world.
Parajanov Museum
On the edge of the Hrazdan Gorge is the house of a man familiar to Tbilisi people from a flying monument on Sharden Street – in the museum of Sergei Parajanov, as in a magic box, hundreds of director’s collages are stored and the atmosphere of the Parajanov’s Tbilisi house is recreated.
Lovers park
This park was laid out in the 18th century. on the site of a medieval cemetery and chapel. After the Second World War, the place was renamed Pushkin Park. In 2008 The park, called Lovers’ Park, was completely reconstructed and became one of the favorite vacation spots of Yerevan residents. True, it is forbidden to walk on the neat lawns of the park!
Aznavour Square
The square at the intersection of Abovyan and Tumanyan streets is named after the famous chansonnier Charles Aznaura. Here they often give jazz and rock concerts, the fountain about the zodiac signs of a famous sculptor refreshes in the summer heat, children move giant chess pieces, and adults drink coffee on the open terraces of numerous cafes, take selfies with a giant spider created from car parts and look at the Avenue of Armenian Cinema Stars in front of the oldest movie theater in the country.
Abovyan street
The oldest street in Yerevan, and one of the few where the mansions of wealthy citizens of the late XIX – early XX centuries have been preserved. It is unusually atmospheric, dotted with cafes where you can come across local celebrities and where, arriving in Yerevan, Kim Kardashian drinks coffee, and tea – Prince Charles, the best souvenir shops and shops where vinyl is sold for a penny, and restaurants in whose courtyards nice to dine in the shade of a century-old vine.
Brandy Factory
Trying Armenian brandy is best where it is born – in the cellars of the Yerevan Brandy Factory. At the Ararat Museum you will be introduced to the history of local cognac making, and in the salon you can buy the most famous Armenian brandy at factory prices.
Northern Avenue
This pedestrian zone connects Abovyan Street with Theater Square. At 500 meters of the deep urban gorge formed by the most expensive real estate in Armenia, there are boutiques of famous world and Armenian brands, street musicians play, portraits of artists are painted, passers-by, and a shopping gallery works under the avenue.
Sculpture park
In Yerevan Cascade, fans of modern sculpture can take pictures with Botero’s puffy creations and Lynn Chadwick’s faceted figures, count Flanagan’s hares and horseshoes from which Tom Hill’s horses were created, decipher tattoos on sculptures by Jaume Plens and check out LOVE, Robert’s cult installation.
Vernissage
To come to the flea market – Vernissage, you need to walk along the paintings of local artists for sale, buy vedutas, sketches and still lifes, souvenirs, ceramics and silver, leather goods and local ornamental stone – obsidian, an old silver belt that Armenians traditionally wore on top of a dress or blouse, and much more.
