This is my first sight of Armenia. I arrived at 4 AM on the local airport and when I woke up at 10 AM this was the view from my hotel room.
Looking from the hotel room a bit to the left. Even worse then first sight.
I looked back the hotel room ... not so bad.
The hotel loby was nice. This is hotel Ani in Yerevan - one of very few mid class hotels.
another look at the hotel lobby
The hotel entrance
Look at the hotel. Seems a bit scary old communist building.
Typical Armenian bus reminiscent of the communist era. The gap of society between very reach mafia and average population seemed even deeper in Armenia then Bulgaria. Over 70% of cars were old Russian cars while few vehicles demonstrated luxury and power of the rich (mostly expensive SUV).
The monument of architect of Yerevan and an architectural complex behind whose purpose I could not understand well.
Yet another picture of the monument. In front is a map of Yerevan city center
Nice view of Yerevan and mount Ararat
Here is a Russian Volga, reminiscent of old communist era.
Very old small buses used for local transport.
Volga on the move and the typical view of the Yerevan downtown architecture.
Armenian travel agencies offered travel to Bulgaria. This was interesting for me. Also seen are - Italy, France, UK, Spain, Antalia (Turkey), Cyprus, and Sochi.
There was big market for art near the opera.
The opera building. Probably the best looking building in Yerevan.
The opera plaza. Lots of people gathered there every evening
A bit more lively view of the opera square.
A very rare sight in Yerevan - street name sign. It is quite hard to get around as there are no signs with street names.
An iron bull
This was the typical sight in front of the expensive hotels in Yerevan. Lots of expensive SUVs predominantly black with dark windows.
A beautiful old door. There were a couple like that in the Yerevan history museum.
This is the administrative center of Yerevan the Republic Square. A triumph to the Stalinist architecture. The building is covered in red stone like many other buildings in downtown Yerevan. This seems to be an easily available construction material in Armenia.
Lots of nice coffee places in downtown Yerevan.
The caption comes from Turkish and stands for the vessel on which the caption is. It is a copper vessel for cooking special Turkish coffee; which seems to be shared by all former provinces of the empire. (We have the same in Bulgaria)
The new terminal on the Yerevan airport. Looks quite nice.
A picture of what I believe to be lake Balaton in Hungary.
