Meghri

Meghri is a city in Southern Armenia. Although the village of nearby Agarak is the crossing point into Iran, this is the last major centre and the gateway for those entering. The sheer jagged brown mountains here jut up from the thick waters of the Arax River. The old mud adobe architecture of the city is crumbling, much of it replaced with Soviet, but parts of it remain for those who want a taste of a town with a very middle eastern flair. There are a few churches, 2 of them are in very good condition and absolutely covered in frescoes inside. A series of fortresses and fortifications above the city are some of the most recent in Armenia, only a couple of centuries old.

Meghri

Get in
Alley in old town Meghri

Marshutni/bus, car, taxi from all points north in Armenia.

One bus per day to Yerevan (9-10 hr, and it might not be available each day) and another one to Kapan (1.5 hr).

From the border crossing with Iran

Take a taxi to Agarak border crossing, it's an 8-km ride and costs 2,000 dram. Cross the border and arrange a taxi (US$ 10-15) or hitch a ride with an Iranian trucker to Jolfa - first Iranian city having proper transport options.

Get around

By foot or car/taxi.

See
Surp Hovhannes monastery
Holy Mother of God church
Saint Sarkis church
Meghri fortress

The old churches, the older sections of town which surround them, the fortresses, the Arax River.

  • Fortress Megry. Built in the 17th century. 
  • Astvatsatsin Mets Taha church. Built in the 17th century. 
  • Church of St. Sargis Pokr Taha. Built the 17th century. 
  • Ethnographic houses (17th - 20th centuries.)

Nearby
  • Mégret Wank church. Built in the 15th - 18th centuries. 

Do

Buy

Eat

Food can be ordered in B&Bs and in a few barbecue joints along the road.

Drink

Sleep
  • Mila Hotel, Adelyan 2nd Ln, ☎ +374 2860 3180. Amenities: hot, cold water in Luxe rooms, TV in all rooms, refrigerator, 15-20,000 dram. 
  • Jemma's Hotel, 5 Nshagortsner Str., Agarak village (A few km west of Meghri), ☎ +374 2860 21480. Luxes have TV, hot/cold water, heating 3,000-20,000 dram. 
  • Hotel Aygedzor, Aygedzor village (not in meghri!), ☎ +374 2860 43340, +374 94 602006. hot, cold water, TV set, refrigerator, bathroom, toilet, restaurant, horse-riding, swimming pool, hunting (upon request), cow milking 15,000 dram (per room). 
  • Haer B&B (Follow the road north along the hill from the main square starting at the postoffice. After the cemeteries on your left a road will go up the hill, with the B&B on the right.). 6000 dram to sleep, 2000 dram for breakfast, 2000 dram for dinner. 

Connect

Go next
  • Jolfa, Iran - the closest Iranian city that has some transportation options
Routes through Meghri

Kapan ←  N  S  → Ends at Armenian-Irani border



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