Mayakovski
Mayakovski — a village of the Kotayk upland
Mayakovski is a village in Kotayk Province, on the upland of the region, bearing the name of the poet.
What is this place
Mayakovski is a village in Kotayk Province, on the upland of the region, bearing the name of the poet.
The village of Mayakovski received its name in Soviet years in honour of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. It lies on the slopes of Kotayk, among fields, gardens and pastures, and lives by the land and livestock.
Around open the ridges of the upland and the distant ranges. Roads link the village with the neighbouring villages and the towns of the region.
Mayakovski is a farming village of the Kotayk upland.
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 Mayakovski
Ready routes through Mayakovski
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
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
Toyota Camry 2023
A business sedan for those travelling for work or wanting a comfortable ride on asphalt. Not for gravel — low clearance.
- Leather
- Climate control
- CarPlay