Alphabet

Alphabet: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Alphabet

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Alphabet — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.17412, 44.44588. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Alphabet

• Holy Trinity Church · church · Yerevan · ~0 km · Must-see
• Holy Vartanants Martyrs Church · church · Yerevan · ~2 km · Must-see
• Կարա-Կոյունլուների դամբարան · fort · Ararat Province · ~3 km · Must-see
• Teishebaini · fort · Yerevan · ~3 km · Must-see
• Church of the Exaltation of the Cross · church · Yerevan · ~3 km · Must-see
• Yerevan Cascade · waterfall · Yerevan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Shengavit Settlemen · fort · Yerevan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Tumanian garden · fort · Yerevan · ~5 km · Must-see
• Tsitsernakaberd · museum · Yerevan · ~5 km · Must-see
• Sergey Parajanov museum · museum · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Saint Sarkis Cathedral · church · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Erivan Fortress · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Yerevan History Museum · museum · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Abbas Mirza Mosque · dargah · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Vahagn choking the dragons · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Saint Hovhannes church · church · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Blue Mosque · dargah · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan Monument · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see

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Other forts & heritage near Alphabet

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• Teishebaini · fort · Yerevan · ~3 km · Must-see
• Shengavit Settlemen · fort · Yerevan · ~4 km · Must-see
• Tumanian garden · fort · Yerevan · ~5 km · Must-see
• Erivan Fortress · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Vahagn choking the dragons · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan Monument · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Nelson Stepanyan · fort · Yerevan · ~6 km · Must-see
• Harutyun Shmavonyan · fort · Yerevan · ~7 km · Must-see
• Marshal Baghramyan statue · fort · Yerevan · ~7 km · Must-see

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