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Travel Info How can i reach from Yerevan to sevan lake? Travel Tips you can go to Lake Sevan with Taxi or take a local tour from you hotel, there is all kinds of tours to anywhere in Armenia in your hotel lobby, and here is some information for you. THE LARGEST ALPINE LAKE ON EARTH About 70 miles north of Armenia鈥檚 capital city of Yerevan sits Lake Sevan, the largest alpine lake in the world. At over 6200 feet above sea level, the lake鈥檚 water temperature is brisk 鈥?between 60F and 72F degrees. In the summer months when temperatures in Yerevan reach into the 90鈥檚, Armenians travel to the lake鈥檚 white sand beaches for what they think of as a refreshing dip in the lake鈥檚 cool water鈥? Lake Sevan is the home of Armenia鈥檚 only national park: Lake Sevan National Park. The lake itself covers between 5% and 10% of Armenia鈥檚 surface (depending on how you calculate it) and the large park, which includes the lake鈥檚 watershed and some nearby nature reserves, takes in about one-sixth of Armenia. It is a beautiful area. The park includes an industrial zone because Lake Sevan is an important source of fish and electricity for the region. But the majority of the park is set aside either as nature reserve (the park鈥檚 core area) or for recreational use. Among the most striking areas within the park鈥檚 reserve is the Artanish Peninsula. Isolated and largely undisturbed, the peninsula boasts three separate bioregions: a shoreline environment, a mid-altitude temperate zone, and a high altitude zone. The peninsula provides shelter from many of the parks 267 species of birds, including coots mallards, Greylag geese, the Armenian gull, the glossy ibis, storks, pelicans and flamingos. The park also is home to some 34 mammals, including leopards, wild goats, otters and wolves. The natural attractions of Lake Sevan alone would be worth the trip from Yerevan. But it is the developed areas of the lake within the recreation zone that attract most of its visitors. A number of locations alone the northwest shore of Lake Sevan provide free access to white sand beaches. Some of the better beaches are hidden, not visible by road. So it pays to have a guide. A few of the beaches near the town of Sevan charge a nominal fee for parking. But there are also facilities and services here that the less developed beaches lack. You can rent anything from a paddle boat or row boat through a catamaran (complete with pilot). The lake area offers a handful of options to visitors seeking overnight accommodations: Blue Sevan on the lake鈥檚 north shore is perhaps the best established of the hotels. Technically it is a budget class hotel. It is park campground, part cottages, and includes a regular hotel with about 40 rooms. For $20US or less a night you get hot water and a private bath in the hotel鈥檚 main building. Guests who stay in the cottages share a shower room. And there is a restaurant of sorts on the premises. Their web site鈥檚 not in English, but the pictures are informative. Also on the north shore is a no name hotel from the Soviet era. It is slightly more comfortable and somewhat more expensive than Blue Sevan. Rooms go for about $30US and suites for about $40. While the hotel itself has hot water and TV in all the rooms, the property is surrounded by abandoned construction projects that appear to date back 10 or 15 years. Hotel Hasnaqar is another north shore facility, two miles from the Sevan Peninsula. It includes a collection of cottages and a water park. The main building has 30 rooms. The hotel is close to the more developed tourist beaches of the Sevan town area. During the summer rooms start at about $80. Sevan Two Motel, located on the lake near Sevanavank Monastery, has over 100 rooms in two buildings. It is a budget facility. Tsapatagh Hotel is part of Armenia鈥檚 Tufenkian Heritage Hotels group. The facility opened in the 2003 and is sometimes referred to as a 鈥渢ourism complex.鈥?It is on the east shore of the lake and is not close to any of the lake鈥檚 main attractions. So if all you鈥檙e looking for is a place to relax, this is it. Facilities include an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, and a bar. Rooms start at about $50 and there is an option for full board. If the beauty of nature and the idea of warming yourself on a nice beach aren鈥檛 enough to justify a trip to the lake, you can add history to the list of area attractions at lake Sevan. Sevan Monastery was established in an island on the lake in the Ninth Century. The last monk left in the 1930鈥檚. Since then the lake鈥檚 water level has been lower somewhat through industrial uses and the monastery now sits on a peninsula. The monastery is still used, but as a retreat site for seminary students. Hairavank Monastery is also worth a side trip. It rests on a cliff top overlooking the lake. The monastery dates from about the same time as the Sevan Monastery. With its history and scenery, Lake Sevan is among the most inviting destinations in central and western Asia. |
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