Nor Yerznka
Nor Yerznka — a village of resettlers near the Hrazdan
Nor Yerznka is a village in Kotayk Province, north of Yerevan, in the lower belt of the region.
What is this place
Nor Yerznka is a village in Kotayk Province, north of Yerevan, in the lower belt of the region.
The name Nor Yerznka means 'New Yerznka' and keeps the memory of the town of Yerznka (Erzincan), from which its people came. The village lies on the Kotayk plain, among fields and gardens, not far from the Hrazdan.
Today Nor Yerznka lives by the land and its nearness to the capital. Around lie fields and gardens, while in the distance rise the ranges of the region.
Nor Yerznka is a village of the Kotayk plain, keeping the memory of Yerznka.
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 Nor Yerznka
Ready routes through Nor Yerznka
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
Yerevan → Tatev (via Goris)
A long road south — a comfort-class car or minivan is needed. By default it stops at Khor Virap and Areni; you can overnight in Goris.