Armenia, 2026
The 2026 road trip
In August 2026 we travelled through Armenia by minibus, shared taxi, tour bus, taxi, metro, train and on foot. Every part of the road becomes a piece on this site and a film, published as each one is finished. So far the road runs from Gyumri in the north-west to Meghri: 9 stops, in 11 parts.
Newest piece: part 11, Byurakan, published 25 October 2026.
By road By train
Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors
How the road is written
Each part of the road is a piece on this site and a film on our YouTube channel. The piece is written after the film is cut, so it can say what the camera missed and correct what it got wrong. Nothing here is a listicle; it is what happened, in order, with the names of the people who were there.
The roads on the map are the main roads of Armenia, drawn from OpenStreetMap. The line is the way we went along them, dashed where we took the train, and the stops sit where the towns are, numbered in the order we reached them. Point to a stop, or tap it, and a card opens with every piece written there. A stop with two pieces under it is a place where we stayed long enough to write twice, and a piece that covers two places is listed under the first of them.
If you would rather read the older travel writing from before the trip, it is all in the Travel section.
Travel with us
Want to see Meghri with us?
We build small trips out of the places and people we write about. Rough dates and a sentence about what you want out of it are enough to start.