Areni

Areni village is located south of Yerevan, in the region of Vayots Dzor.



Understand
Areni is a relatively small town but a big center for wine production in Armenia. There are several big wineries and numerous homemade wine producers here. Areni is also the name of the endemic grape variety Areni Noir. Nearby there is also Areni-1 Cave, which is the oldest known wine facility in the world equipped with wine presses, big storage jars, fermentation vessels, etc.

Get in
There are minibuses and taxis from Yerevan and the same applies when coming from the south direction.

Get around
You can walk around the village or ask locals for a taxi.

Buy




Drink






Sleep
There are a few guesthouses in the village and a new big Tufenkian Hotel is under construction.

Go next

 * Yeghegnadzor