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Hrazdan River Area

Tour 3:

3.7 Soundoukyan Theater

In the evening, one can attend a performance at the National Academic Theater after Gabriel Soundoukyan. Behind the theater is

one of the oldest parks of modern Yerevan - English Park,

which has existed since the 1860s. The park is famous for

hosting the first ever football match in Armenia in 1920.

Located on Italy Street, the park is surrounded by the French

and Italian Embassies, and the Best Western Congress Hotel of

Yerevan. Seven Restaurant & Lounge is a nice place to stop by

to eat or have a drink. Have a light dinner with a glass of

good wine or enjoy one of the cocktails, prepared specially for

you. Hookah lovers will find a wide variety of Meduse Shisha.

Armenian Theater

The history of Armenian Theater goes back more than two millennia. Greek historian Plutarch preserved a story in his famous Comparative Biographies about how in 70 BC, King Tigran the Great of Armenia (95-55 BC) opened the first public theater in Tigranakert. Plutarch also states that in 53 BC, The Bacchae of Euripides was performed in Artashat and that the Armenian King Artavazd composed tragedies. King Artavazd II of Armenia Read More

3.1 Blue

Mosque

3.2 St. Sarkis Cathedral

3.3 Parajanov Museum ParkMatenadaraCascade

3.4 Genocide Memorial/

Genocide Museum

3.5 Ararat Brandy/

Noy Brandy

1.6 Yerevan History

Museum

3.7 Sundukyan Theater