Armenians, like their Caucasus neighbours, have long been renowned for generosity to outsiders – a result of the country’s historical location on the Silk Road. I never meant to spend the night in Dilijan. I’d been making my way through northern Armenia towards the capital city of Yerevan, having crossed from Georgia several days earlier. …

Going on vacation is great, but what if you could take a break and do something good for the environment? Ecotourism has been getting a lot of attention lately (the United Nations even declared 2017 as the year of sustainable tourism!), but some of us might not necessarily know how to be a responsible tourist. …

The Tatev monastery is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located on a large basalt plateau near the Tatev village in Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia. The monastic ensemble stands on the edge of a deep gorge of the Vorotan River. The fortified Tatev monastery consists of three churches (Sts. Paul and Peter, St. Gregory the …

`Getting the chance to take a trip on these trains isn’t easy. The tickets cost an enormous amount of money compared to ordinary transport, but it makes sense when you realize they offer you the chance for a once-in-a-lifetime trip. But this is only one of the difficulties you’ll encounter here. Some of these trains …

Traveling the world is all about seeing new spots and creating once-in-a-lifetime experiences. But even the most adventurous travelers probably don’t want their exotic excursions to end in a courtroom or jail cell, no matter how memorable those detours could be. Laws aren’t always logical to visitors, though. And offenses that might be ignored or …