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    TATEV TOURIST COMPLEX TO OFFER BALLOON AND BIKE RENTALS

    http://asbarez.com/110955/tatev-tourist-complex-to-offer-balloon-and-bike-rentals/
    Monday, July 1st, 2013

    The Gates of Tatev tourism area provides services for visitors to
    the medieval monastery.

    YEREVAN (Arka)-The Tatev Monastery tourism area in Armenia's southern
    province of Syunik, named Gates of Tatev, has extended the range of
    its services, now offering rentals for mountain bikes and hot air
    balloons, rock climbing, a planetarium, a visual show, audio guides,
    and new stalls with souvenirs, Vahan Meliksetyan, head of the Wings of
    Tatev tramway company, said today during a meeting with representatives
    of the tourism industry.

    Meliketyan said the updated website for Gates of Tatev will provide
    detailed information about the services. It will also allow online
    booking of services.

    According to information posted on the Wings of Tatev website,
    tourists who come to Tatev without a guide may rent a video guide in
    five languages: English, Armenian, German, Russian and French.

    Portable devices with audio clips tied to the map will enable tourists
    to navigate on the terrain independently. Tourists will also have an
    opportunity to climb down the serpentine road to the river Vorotan
    to explore the old village in the valley.

    Stretching 3.5 miles above the Vorotan gorge, the Wings of Tatev
    tramway is the longest in the world.

    Gates of Tatev is located 250 km south of Yerevan. It boasts the
    world's longest aerial tramway, built to transport visitors to
    the Medieval Monastery of Tatev. The 5.7 kilometer-long aerial
    tramway transports visitors from the village of Halidzor across the
    Vorotan gorge to the village of Tatev, within walking distance of
    the monastery, allowing tourists and visitors to bypass a 90-minute
    drive on a road in and out of the Vorotan River Gorge. The cable
    car travels at a speed of 37 kilometers per hour (23 miles per hour)
    and a one-way journey takes 11 minutes. At its highest point over the
    gorge, the car travels 320 meters (1,056 feet) above ground level. It
    has two cabins, each capable of carrying up to 25 passengers.

    The cable car is part of a $45 million-dollar public-private effort
    to develop tourism at Tatev and in the overall region of Syunik.

    The new Wings of Tatev website will launch in September. It will
    provide an opportunity to book tickets on-line.

    The 100,000th visitor visited Wings of Tatev last year. This year,
    the tramway is preparing to welcome its 150,000th visitor.

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