Armenia a beautiful with its lush green covered mountains and ancient architecture. There are numerous monuments and natural attractions making it a worth visit country, but there are few facts which you might find unique and special about this nation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here are 7 facts about Armenia Tourism<\/strong> you should know:<\/p>\n Armenia is not a very big country and its population is just approx. 3 million. Armenia a landlocked country of rugged mountains and extinct volcanoes with picturesque view and locations. One who comes here will find himself wrapped in verdure. There are monuments which has its architectural roots in the Ancient era and middle Ages. This country looks like a small fairly land with angelic people around treating you like their own. <\/p>\n Armenia converted to Christianity in 301 AD by St Gregory Illuminator making it world\u2019s first country to adopt Christianity. Presently Christians population of claims to be 97% lives in here . <\/p>\n There are some beautiful churches in Armenia which are like, centuries old! It said that the first church ever built was in Armenia. Well, it is quite clear from the fact that it is the world first nation to adopt Christianity. From gorgeous monasteries to beautiful cathedrals, Armenia is a plethora of places of worship. <\/p>\n Chess is a compulsory subject in schools of Armenia. Well this explains why they are so good at it. Armenians hold various awards and titles and have won several world championships in the game of chess. One such title is the Grandmaster Tigran Petrosyan, which is the highest title a chess player can attain. <\/p>\n Armenia is the oldest producer of wine. Archaeologists have claimed that it has the oldest winery in the planet in a cave near the village of Areni. This is the reason they make great wine! <\/p>\n Apricot ‘the most significant fruit’ to Armenia and this can be perceived from the fact that orange colour in Armenian flag actually symbolizes the apricots! Armenia\u2019s fertile land makes it perfect for apricot farming. Not just the locals but tourists also seen having a bite of this juicy fruit. The markets here are full of apricots, selling all kinds of items made from apricot, like dried apricots, apricot wine and juice and much more! <\/p>\n Armenia is famous for its lavash, a tasty flat bread. It is like a cornerstone of Armenian cuisine and the king of Armenian kitchen. Importance of the bread that it placed on UNESCO\u2019s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage<\/strong> in 2014! <\/p>\n They bake these breads from flour, salt, and water. Tonir a special oven used for baking a bread. Tonir is basically an earthy oven. Generally Armenian bake this lavash in bulk and then store for months to eat (because it does not get spoilt for 1 year). Armenian are so much devoted to breads that they cannot imagine their meals without it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Armenia is a mountainous country which is situated along the route of [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1389,1595,1588,1587,1638],"tags":[1726,1727,1728,1729,1724,1725],"class_list":["post-173317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-europe-en-ca","category-central-asia-en-ca","category-destination-info-en-ca","category-news-en-ca","category-sight-seeings-en-ca","tag-armenia-tourism-en-ca","tag-black-sea-en-ca","tag-land-of-churches-en-ca","tag-mountain-en-ca","tag-silk-route-en-ca","tag-unesco-world-heritage-site-en-ca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1. Mountainous & Small City<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n2. First Country to Adopt Christianity<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n3. Land of Churches<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n4. Chess Is Like a National Game to Them<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n5. Home of Oldest Winery<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n6. Apricot Capital of the World<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n7. Love for Breads<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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