Armenia
by Adam Hodge (RSS feed) (3 months ago)
Ask someone to name tourist draws in Turkey and you'll get the obvious: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Galipoli, maybe the beaches of Antalya. Some more familiar with the country might offer up the bizarre calcium cascades of Pamukkale, or the monstrous gods' heads sculptures on ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (7 months ago)
I traveled to Beirut earlier this year with bmi (British Midland International), the East Midlands-based airline partially absorbed into British Airways in the spring. My Beirut trip was meant to be the third installment in an ongoing series called "Far Europe and ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
There are two obvious day trips from Yerevan, both fascinating and absolutely worth the effort: Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery. Both of these sites are located less than an hour from Yerevan by car, along scenic roads that afford, here and there, great views of Mount ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Here are two Yerevan tips. Though both make it into some guidebooks, neither would probably be an obvious choice for a Yerevan sojourn: the Syrian-Armenian Lagonid Bistro-Café and the Sergei Paradjanov Museum.
I never meant to wander into Lagonid ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
The architectural influence of the Soviet years cannot be missed in Yerevan. Two examples in particular viscerally embody the grandiose massive-scale drama associated with Soviet architectural projects: the Armenian Genocide Monument and the 50th Anniversary of the ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Markets are great places for getting a sense of what makes a place tick, for grasping both the local agricultural bounty of a place and its culinary inclinations. Yerevan's covered food market presents no exception to this general principle.
It's physically a very ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
It took around five hours to get from Tbilisi to Yerevan, in a taxi organized along a rather mysterious logic. I made it first to Ortachala bus station, the appointed place in Tbilisi for hiring long-distance taxis for Yerevan, and was introduced to a portly gentleman ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
Far Europe and Beyond, a Gadling series in partnership with bmi (British Midland International) launches today.
Europe's eastern borders cannot be defined simply. The western, northern, and southern perimeters are easy: The Atlantic, the Arctic, and the Mediterranean ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Lake Ohrid, Macedonia.
Yesterday, I wrote about the fact that European passport stamps have become harder and harder to get. The expansion of the Schengen zone has reduced the number of times tourists are compelled to show their passports to immigration officials. For ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
This year is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Soviet Union and 21 years since the reunification of Germany. While citizens of the USSR and GDR were unable to travel abroad and restricted in domestic travel, foreign travelers were permitted under a controlled ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Once upon a time, gas stations gave away all kinds of cool stuff, most of it targeted at kids. As a child of the 70's, I clearly recall of our Exxon "NFL Helmets" drinking glass collection, and my miniature Noah's Ark collectible series (What genius ad team decided that was ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Archaeologists in Armenia have discovered what they believe to be the world's oldest wine press. The press is inside a cave, where they found the remains of grape seeds, pressed grapes, and vines of Vitis vinifera vinifera , the same type of grape still used in winemaking ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Among the best travel stories this last weekend of October: emerging Armenia, undervisited Northern Vietnam, a rail journey across China, top spots to celebrate Halloween (start your research for Halloween 2011 here!), and a wine-free tour of St. Helena, California.
1. In ...
by Scott Carmichael (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
On October 16, Armenia became home to the longest aerial tramway in the world. The three-and-a-half mile track consists of just two stations - without any other supporting tower structures.
The new tramway takes passengers from the village of Halidzor to the Tatev ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Yesterday, Latvian airline AirBaltic launched two new routes: Riga-Madrid and Riga-Beirut.
Riga-based AirBaltic is an airline to watch. Little known in North America, the airline is notable for its low starting fares and the inclusion of most of Europe's most popular ...
by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) (5 years ago)
I always get excited when new rail routes open up.
In my opinion, there is no better way to travel than by train. And when countries that are normally difficult to traverse by other means suddenly open up a new rail route, it makes travel and exploration all that much ...
by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) (6 years ago)
It's not so often that one hears about travel to Nagorno-Karabakh. After all, this was hell on earth during the 1990s when regional conflict ripped it apart as Armenia and Azerbaijan fought for control of this parcel of land--a predominantly Armenian enclave located in ...
by Neil Woodburn (RSS feed) (6 years ago)
Small towns are fiercely proud of their local heroes who have made it big on the world stage. Fresno is no exception. This blip of a metropolis in the center of California gave birth to Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan.
Today, the William Saroyan Society is dedicated ...
by Erik Olsen (RSS feed) (6 years ago)
Someone just sent me yet another note asking what happened to all the dispatches on Armenia I did back in 2005. And sure enough, when I went to check for them myself, the link was not working. So I went back and resaved out into the Armenia section all those dispatches and ...
by Adrienne Wilson (RSS feed) (6 years ago)
While our category list doesn't reflect it a quick trip over to the Armenia link for travelers headed that way will prove differently. Erik visited the country just around this time last year and posted some amazing information on concerts, chess, the Genocide Museum and ...
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