Arzakan-Meghradzor Sanctuary

#45 among destinations in Armenia

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The Arzakan-Meghradzor Sanctuary is a protected area in the Armenian Kotayk Province. The sanctuary covers an area of 135.32 km² in the Hrazdan forest. It has a protection level of 4 according to the IUCN protection system. ()

Local name: Արզական-Մեղրաձորի արգելավայրEstablished: 1971 (53 years ago)Area: 52.25 mi²Coordinates: 40°31'40"N, 44°36'34"E

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Arzakan-Meghradzor Sanctuary – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tejharuyk Monastery, Bjni Fortress, Neghuts Monastery, Tsaghkunyats Mountains.

5.2 miN
Monastery
Tejharuyk Monastery
133 min walk • Tejharuyk is a 12th-century walled Armenian monastery located upon a wooded hill just southwest of the village of Meghradzor in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It was constructed between 1196–99 and commissioned by Ivane, a commander of the Armeno-Georgian Zakarian-Mkhargrzeli family, who was a convert to the Georgian Orthodox Church.
5.2 miSE
Ruins, Forts and castles
Bjni Fortress
133 min walk • Bjni Fortress, is a medieval Armenian fortress located in the village of Bjni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It sits upon the top and along the sides of a mesa that divides the village nearly in half.
5.1 miS
Monastery
Neghuts Monastery
130 min walk • Neghuts Monastery is a monastery founded in the 10th or 11th century, situated in a clearing on a hillside overlooking a valley and the village of Arzakan in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
2.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Tsaghkunyats Mountains
55 min walk • Tsaghkunyats Mountains, Armenian: Ծաղկունյաց լեռնաշղթա, are a range of mountains in Armenia, mainly in the provinces of Kotayk and Aragatsotn. The range is of volcanic origin including many extinct volcanoes.
5.4 miS
Village
Arzakan
139 min walk • Arzakan, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Aghveran resort is located in Arzakan. There are the large ruins of the 10th- or 11th-century Neghutsi Vank, located along a ravine to the northwest of the village.
5 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Tsaghkadzor ski resort
127 min walk • Tsaghkadzor Ski Resort, is a sports and tourists facilities located just above the Armenian town of Tsaghkadzor of Kotayk Province, approximately 60 km north east of the capital Yerevan and the Zvartnots International Airport. It was opened in 1986 adjacent to the Tsaghkadzor Olympic Sports Complex.
5.3 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Tsaghkadzor Olympic Sports Complex, Tsaghkadzor
137 min walk • Tsaghkadzor Olympic Sports Complex, is a multi-sport training complex in the mountain resort town of Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk Province, Armenia. It was opened in 1967 a state-owned sports complex of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was entirely renovated between 2007 and 2008 with an estimated cost of US$ 8 million.
5.5 miN
40°36'24"N • 44°35'60"E
Zepyur Football Training Camp
140 min walk • Sport venue, Sport