Dilijan
Armenia · Tavush · 1250 m
Description
Dilijan (Դիլիջան) sits in dense beech and oak forest in the Tavush hills and is called the “Armenian Switzerland” often enough that the tourist board has given up resisting it. It was a Soviet writers' and composers' retreat, Sharambeyan Street has been restored as a lane of wooden-balconied craft workshops, and since 2014 the international UWC school has brought a young foreign population to a town of fifteen thousand. Around it Dilijan National Park protects the forest, with the small Haghartsin and Goshavank monasteries hidden in it and Parz Lake in a clearing.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 4 days (optimal 2 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: May – October
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Highlights
- Haghartsin Monastery in the forest
- Sharambeyan Street craft workshops
- Dilijan National Park beech forest trails
- Goshavank Monastery and its carved khachkar
- Parz Lake and its rope park
- Transcaucasian Trail section through the park
- Dilijan Museum of Local Lore and Art Gallery
- Mineral water springs of the old spa town
- Jukhtak Vank and the forest chapel walks
- Mountain biking on the forest tracks