outback, where life goes on slowly and does not change for decades. At the same time, Yerevan is a modern and convenient city for living. Well, beautiful, of course, what a sin to confess is a fact. In general, seeing it as a tourist is not a bad idea.
Yerevan is one of the most ancient cities on the planet, along with Rome and Istanbul. In 2018, he turned 2800 years old – a very impressive figure. Sometimes the Armenian capital is called the “pink city” because of the pinkish hue of most buildings. The reason for this color is the stone from which these buildings were built. It is mined in Armenia and has such a feature. Yerevan can rightly be called one of the most mono-national cities in the world. Armenians here make up almost 99% of the population. There is no common architectural style here – everyone builds what he wants and what he wants. This diversity gives the city a peculiar charm. It’s really cozy here, and you can walk the streets hour by hour, marveling at the local architecture. Yerevan is one of the hundred safest cities in the world. It’s really calm here. Even drunk people on the street is almost impossible to see. Even on Friday night. Water in Yerevan can be fearlessly drunk directly from the tap.
Coming to visit the locals, razuvatsya not accepted. Although in some parts of Armenia it is very much the other way around. In all the busy streets here and there you can see fountains with clean drinking water. There are no McDonald’s institutions in Yerevan. Although local cafes and restaurants here hundreds, if not thousands. Prices, by the way, are quite humane. The most prestigious car in the opinion of most locals is the Mercedes Gelendwagen. These cars on the roads really a lot. Prices for renting or buying apartments in Yerevan are much lower than in Moscow. There is a subway in Yerevan, but there is only one line and a dozen stations in it. Yerevan is not without reason called solar – there are about 300 cloudless days a year, just like on the coast of Spain.
Free Wi-Fi here can be caught in almost every corner of the city. With the Russian language, a tourist will not have any problems here – he owns most of the local population. Young people are also actively learning English. Yerevan drivers are extremely reluctant to observe traffic rules. Unusual for such a road chaos tourist should drive very carefully. Oncoming cars often honk each other – this is a kind of local greeting. The most popular drink in Yerevan is coffee. Almost everyone drinks it, and in cups a day.
