Yerevan Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

Yerevan can cause confusion. Its neoclassical squares can remind you of Vienna, while its wide boulevards conjure up Paris. There's no escaping the brutal skyscrapers that are a legacy of its Soviet days, yet recent investment has provided the city’s rougher edges with glinting streets, a cable car and arts’centre, all asking to be explored.

To discover this fascinating city in your own time and at your own pace just download this self-guided audio tour, pop in your headphones, open the map that comes with your download and start walking.

On this wonderful tour of Yerevan you will see many wonderful sights including a unique piece of architecture, a fascinating sculpture park and the home of one of the 20th century’s finest composers.

The tour will take approximately two and a half hours, but you can pause the audio guide when needed. Grab a bite to eat or do some shopping along the way.

Please note that this tour is only available in English.


Itinerary
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Stop At: Aram Khachaturian Museum, Zarobyan YA. str. 3, Yerevan 0009 Armenia

Aram Il'yich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.
The house-museum was founded in 1978 and opened in 1982.
It aims to perpetuate the memory of the great artist, to preserve his rich musical heritage and to pass it on to future generations.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Alexander Tamanyan Statue, Mokovyan str. 10, Yerevan 0009 Armenia

Architect Alexander Tamanyan designed many of Yerevan's prominent buildings. Work on the monument lasted for about 4 years and it was opened in 1974. Yerevan’s chief architect appears lost in thought over the city plan laid out in front of him on three stones.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Monument Avetik Isaakyan, Abovyan str. 27 Кольцевой бульвар, Yerevan 0009 Armenia

Avetik Isahakyan.was a great Armenian poet and writer. Isahakyan’s best work is full of sorrowful and painful reflections on the fate of humanity, on the injustice of the world and is filled with love for his native land, for his people.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Katoghike Church, Intersection of Abovyan Street and Sayat-Nova Avenue, Yerevan Armenia

This is the oldest church in Yerevan and dates back to 1264.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Children’s Art Museum, Abovyan str. 13, Yerevan 0001 Armenia

Gathered here today are over 150,000 works by children from over 110 countries including pictures, sculptures, embroideries, appliques, carpets, tapestry, masks and dolls. The gallery’s large displays introduce us to the realm of children’s fantasy. Visitors to this unusual museum get to revisit the clear-cut world of childhood.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Arno Babajanyan Statue, Tumanyan O. str. 34 Corner of Tumanyan and Terian Streets, Yerevan 0001 Armenia

Arno Babajanyan was an Armenian composer and pianist during the Soviet era. He was born in Yerevan. Much of his music is rooted in Armenian folk music and folklore, which he generally uses in the virtuosic style of Rachmaninov and Khachaturian. The statue was the subject of controversy when first unveiled due to the unusual depiction of its subject..

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Republic Square, Yerevan 0001 Armenia

One of the most striking landmarks on Republic Square, and indeed, in all of Yerevan, is the Singing Fountains. Every day at 9pm, except Monday, hundreds of adults and children are there to enjoy a unique combination of dancing water and music – an extraordinary visualization of the world’s classical masterpieces as well as national and popular motifs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Charents Museum of Literature and Arts, Arami str. 1, Yerevan 0010 Armenia

Yeghishe Charents was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents' literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War to socialist revolution, and frequently the country and its people. He is recognized as Armenia’s most significant poet of the 20th century.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Zoravor S. Astvatsatsin Church, Gazar Parpyettsi str., Yerevan 0002 Armenia

In the middle of a residential neighborhood, amongst modern urban developments lies Zoravor Surp Astvatsatsin, one of the oldest active churches in Yerevan. The temple is said to have been founded in the seventh century by Ananias the Apostle whose relics are buried in the foundation in a special cell under the tiling.


Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, Mashtots M. ave 7, Yerevan 0002 Armenia

As a specialized museum of modern and contemporary art, this centre of Armenian culture became the first in the territory of the former Soviet Union. For the next 20 years, this museum remained the only centre of Contemporary Art in the above-mentioned region

Duration: 15 minutes



Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Service animals allowed"
"Near public transportation"
"Not recommended for travelers with back problems"
"Not recommended for pregnant travelers"
"Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level"
"This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"



Start Time: 09:00 AM
Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Start location: Aram Khachaturian Museum, 3 Zarobyan St, Yerevan 0009, Armenia

Cancellations and refunds: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.

Included

• Zip folder of audio files and map
• Self paced audio tour

Not Included

• Food and drink
• Transport
• Audio Device
• Headphones
• Admission Fees

Facilities