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ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN TOURIST EXPEDITION MEMBERS PASS QASAKH CANYON
YEREVAN, June 12./ARKA/. The members of the second Armenian-Russian
tourist expedition, "Path to the single CIS youth space," passed one of
the narrow and steep pathways leading to the Qasakh canyon in Armenia,
Novosti-Armenia reported.
"None of us has ever passed this pathway before, and we wanted to try
it as one of the goals of our expedition is to reveal new routes,"
said Edgar Navasardyan, the group instructor. The tourists, who are
not pleased with hiking, can try something steeper and get adrenaline,
he added.
The second hiking route laid through the canyons to the medieval
monastery of XII-XIII centuries named Saghmosavank.
The expedition first visited the Alley of letters - a unique monument
located in Aragatsotn region representing the Armenian alphabet,
then took a look at the rock engravings, headed to Saghmosavank and
Ohanavank monasteries, the latter of which is famous for its secret
underground entrance.
"Today we indeed practiced sport tourism of Armenia. We were highly
impressed by passing the route leading to the rock engravings- this
is a unique thing which dates back to the seventh century B.C. The
important and interesting thing was that we were passing the canyon, it
was actually hard," Elena Lozyanova, a teacher at Russian International
Tourism Academy, told Novosti-Armenia.
According to her, just easy hiking tours should be mixed with extreme
hiking thus encouraging tourists to come to Armenia for sport tourism.
Lozyanova noted the second route of the expedition was experimental
for the members.
"The pathway leading to this place was pretty steep. I wouldn't say it
was physically hard for me particularly, but it was quite interesting
as I like to pass the pathways which have as few footprints as
possible," she clarified.
The expedition members spent their night in Byurakan, and on Wednesday
they plan to climb Aragats mountain.
Armenian Tourism Institute and Russian International Academy have
jointly organized the second tourism expedition, "Path to the single
CIS youth space," in Armenia.
The expedition has two parts : a two-day train tour
(Yerevan-Gyumri-Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Yerevan) to know the motherland
better and tell about it, and the second part that aims to reveal
the tourist sacred roads of Armenia.
The expedition is supported by South Caucasus Railways, VTB
Bank (Armenia) and Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) under the
initiative of RPA Council of Women and under auspices of the
National Assembly and Russian Embassy in Armenia. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/armenian_russian_tourist_expedition_members_pass_q asakh_canyon/#sthash.1BJZ5v3i.dpuf
YEREVAN, June 12./ARKA/. The members of the second Armenian-Russian
tourist expedition, "Path to the single CIS youth space," passed one of
the narrow and steep pathways leading to the Qasakh canyon in Armenia,
Novosti-Armenia reported.
"None of us has ever passed this pathway before, and we wanted to try
it as one of the goals of our expedition is to reveal new routes,"
said Edgar Navasardyan, the group instructor. The tourists, who are
not pleased with hiking, can try something steeper and get adrenaline,
he added.
The second hiking route laid through the canyons to the medieval
monastery of XII-XIII centuries named Saghmosavank.
The expedition first visited the Alley of letters - a unique monument
located in Aragatsotn region representing the Armenian alphabet,
then took a look at the rock engravings, headed to Saghmosavank and
Ohanavank monasteries, the latter of which is famous for its secret
underground entrance.
"Today we indeed practiced sport tourism of Armenia. We were highly
impressed by passing the route leading to the rock engravings- this
is a unique thing which dates back to the seventh century B.C. The
important and interesting thing was that we were passing the canyon, it
was actually hard," Elena Lozyanova, a teacher at Russian International
Tourism Academy, told Novosti-Armenia.
According to her, just easy hiking tours should be mixed with extreme
hiking thus encouraging tourists to come to Armenia for sport tourism.
Lozyanova noted the second route of the expedition was experimental
for the members.
"The pathway leading to this place was pretty steep. I wouldn't say it
was physically hard for me particularly, but it was quite interesting
as I like to pass the pathways which have as few footprints as
possible," she clarified.
The expedition members spent their night in Byurakan, and on Wednesday
they plan to climb Aragats mountain.
Armenian Tourism Institute and Russian International Academy have
jointly organized the second tourism expedition, "Path to the single
CIS youth space," in Armenia.
The expedition has two parts : a two-day train tour
(Yerevan-Gyumri-Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Yerevan) to know the motherland
better and tell about it, and the second part that aims to reveal
the tourist sacred roads of Armenia.
The expedition is supported by South Caucasus Railways, VTB
Bank (Armenia) and Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) under the
initiative of RPA Council of Women and under auspices of the
National Assembly and Russian Embassy in Armenia. -0- - See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/armenian_russian_tourist_expedition_members_pass_q asakh_canyon/#sthash.1BJZ5v3i.dpuf