Solak
Solak — a mountain village of northern Kotayk
Solak is a village in Kotayk Province, in the mountains of the north, not far from the Hrazdan.
What is this place
Solak is a village in Kotayk Province, in the mountains of the north, not far from the Hrazdan.
Solak lies in the mountain belt of northern Kotayk, among slopes, fields and pastures. This old village lives by the land and livestock, and around it spread mountain pastures and meadows for the herds.
Above the village rise the ridges, and below opens the road to the Hrazdan. The air here is mountain-clear, the winters snowy, the summer short and cool.
Solak is a mountain village of the north 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 Solak
Ready routes through Solak
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
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
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