Pyunik
Pyunik — a mountain village of the Kotayk heights
Pyunik is a village in Kotayk Province, high on the mountain slopes of the region.
What is this place
Pyunik is a village in Kotayk Province, high on the mountain slopes of the region.
The name Pyunik means 'phoenix'. The village was formerly called otherwise, and took its present name in memory of rebirth. It lies high among the mountains of Kotayk, where the people keep livestock and mow the meadows.
Around lie mountains, pastures and stony slopes. Summer here is short, and winter snowy.
Pyunik is a highland village of Kotayk.
Places nearby
Makravank Monastery
A medieval monastery on a wooded slope in Kotayk, known for the delicate stone carving that lends its churches a quiet, intricate beauty.
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Dzagavank
A weathered monastery in the hills of Kotayk, a listed heritage site that has outlasted the centuries in silence.
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Neghuts Monastery
A medieval monastery above the village of Arzakan in Kotayk, where old stone churches stand half-hidden in the surrounding greenery.
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Kaptavank Monastery
A stone monastery near the village of Kaputan, where Armenian monastic tradition keeps watch over the Kotayk hills.
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Stay in Pyunik
Ready routes through Pyunik
Garni and Geghard — sun temple and cave monastery
The pagan temple of Garni, the Garni gorge with its basalt «Symphony of Stones», and Geghard — a 4th-century monastery carved into the rock. Lunch with lavash baking in a tonir.
- Bake your own lavash
- Basalt columns
- Cave sacristies
Winter Tsaghkadzor and Sevan under ice
A winter trip: a 1-day ski pass in Tsaghkadzor, a spa evening, an overnight at a mountain hotel. Day two — Sevan with its ice ridges and a hot dolma lunch.
- Lifts and slopes
- Spa in the mountains
- Sevan in winter
Winter Tsaghkadzor and Sevan under ice
A winter trip: a 1-day ski pass in Tsaghkadzor, a spa evening, an overnight at a mountain hotel. Day two — Sevan with its ice ridges and a hot dolma lunch.
- Lifts and slopes
- Spa in the mountains
- Sevan in winter
Garni and Geghard — sun temple and cave monastery
The pagan temple of Garni, the Garni gorge with its basalt «Symphony of Stones», and Geghard — a 4th-century monastery carved into the rock. Lunch with lavash baking in a tonir.
- Bake your own lavash
- Basalt columns
- Cave sacristies
Yerevan → Meghri (with an overnight en route)
The road to the Iranian border via the Kajaran switchbacks. Done over two days with a night in Goris. For experienced drivers only.