national park
Dilijan National Park
Armenia's Little Switzerland, a lush forested national park in the Lesser Caucasus with medieval monasteries hidden among beech and oak forests.
24 km · about 30 min drive
AsiaArmeniaKotayk
Meghradzor
Kotayk, Armenia · Asia
About Meghradzor
Meghradzor is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Aghavnadzor, 24km from Dilijan National Park.
Meghradzor is in Kotayk, Armenia, with about 2,400 people. The nearest town is Aghavnadzor, about 6 km away.
Meghradzor (Armenian: Մեղրաձոր, lit. 'valley of honey'; formerly known as Taycharukh) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Hrazdan. The village is located to the south of the Pambak mountain range, along the left bank of the Marmarik River.
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immigrants from Aratsap in 1830 and is well known for its famous honey; hence, the name Meghradzor literally translates to valley of honey. The community has a secondary school, kindergarten, first aid station, house of culture, and library. The local economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, based predominantly on beekeeping, cattle-breeding, and farming (potatoes, cabbages, and grains). There is also a disused gold mine north of Meghradzor that has been in use since the 19th century. In the foothills nearby, to the south, is the 12th-century walled Chalcedonian Armenian Tejharuyk Monastery. The nearby village of Gorgoch is also included in the community of Meghradzor.
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What is there to see near Meghradzor?
Within an hour or so of Meghradzor: Dilijan National Park (24 km), Haghartsin Monastery (28 km), Lake Sevan (31 km), Amberd Fortress (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Meghradzor?
The nearest famous roads are Orbelian's Caravanserai (Vardenyats Pass).
Where is Meghradzor?
Meghradzor is in Kotayk, Armenia, about 6 km from Aghavnadzor.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,393
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Armenia
- Region
- Kotayk
- Timezone
- Asia/Yerevan
- Coordinates
- 40.6068, 44.6416
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Worth the detour from Meghradzor
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Haghartsin Monastery
A 10th-13th century monastery of three churches hidden in beech forest above Dilijan, with a vaulted 1248 refectory. The setting, deep in trees on a mountainside, is what sets it apart.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Lake Sevan
The Jewel of Armenia, one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in the world at 1,900 meters with the medieval Sevanavank Monastery on its peninsula.
31 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Amberd Fortress
A 7th-century fortress with an 11th-century church on a triangular spur at 2,300m on the slopes of Mount Aragats, wedged between two river gorges. Ruined by the Mongols in 1236 and never rebuilt.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Geghard Monastery
A UNESCO partially rock-cut medieval monastery with extraordinary acoustics, said to house the spear that pierced Christ's side at the crucifixion.
54 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Debed Canyon (Haghpat & Sanahin)
A dramatic gorge housing two UNESCO-listed medieval monastic complexes, Haghpat and Sanahin, masterpieces of Armenian ecclesiastical architecture.
54 km · about 65 min drive
ancient ruins
Garni Temple
The only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded temple in the former Soviet Union, a 1st-century pagan shrine overlooking the dramatic Azat River gorge.
55 km · about 65 min drive
ancient ruins
Zvartnots Cathedral
Haunting ring of 7th-century columns from a collapsed circular cathedral, framed by Mount Ararat on the Yerevan–Etchmiadzin road; a UNESCO World Heritage ruin.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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