We visited the nearby Tatev Monastery and the village by the same name. To get there you have to cross a massive gorge. A 5.7 km cable car spans the gorge or else you can take the 16 km road that switchbacks down and up the other side. We took the cable car, and then also drove down to the bottom of the gorge for a different point of view.
The day was very foggy so for part of the ride all we could see was the bit of cable we were dangling from.
Cable car station
Disappearing into the mist
View from the cable car
The road snaking through the gorge
Almost at Tatev
Tatev Monastery
The Monastery church
Entrance
Interior of church
Lighting candles
A mausoleum next to the church
Monastery yard
Old khachkars
Street in the farming village of Tatev
Farm yard
Fountain and water trough
Barn and corn
Cows grazing and lazing
We had lunch at this cafe
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