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.
25 km · about 30 min drive
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Noratus
Gegharkunik, Armenia · Asia
About Noratus
Noratus is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Gavar, 25km from Lake Sevan.
Noratus is in Gegharkunik, Armenia, with about 6,100 people. The nearest town is Gavar, about 5 km away.
Noratus (Armenian: Նորատուս) is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. The village has a rich historical past, and is famous for the Noratus cemetery, the largest surviving cemetery in the world featuring khachkars.
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What is there to see near Noratus?
Within an hour or so of Noratus: Lake Sevan (25 km), Geghard Monastery (41 km), Garni Temple (48 km), Orbelian's Caravanserai (Vardenyats Pass) (48 km).
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The nearest famous roads are Orbelian's Caravanserai (Vardenyats Pass).
Where is Noratus?
Noratus is in Gegharkunik, Armenia, about 5 km from Gavar.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,105
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Armenia
- Region
- Gegharkunik
- Timezone
- Asia/Yerevan
- Coordinates
- 40.3779, 45.1805
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Worth the detour from Noratus
6 notable places within an hour's 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.
41 km · about 45 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
historic highway
Orbelian's Caravanserai (Vardenyats Pass)
Best-preserved caravanserai in Armenia, built in 1332 at the 2,410 m Vardenyats (Selim) Pass on the Silk Road: the hairpin climb between Yeghegnadzor and Lake Sevan is a classic drive.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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.
49 km · about 55 min 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Noratus
- 48 kmOrbelian's Caravanserai (Vardenyats Pass)Best-preserved caravanserai in Armenia, built in 1332 at the 2,410 m Vardenyats (Selim) Pass on the Silk Road: the hairpin climb between Yeghegnadzor and Lake Sevan is a classic drive.
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