Wooden balconies
Traditional houses.
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The restored historic street in the heart of old Dilijan, the mountain resort town Armenians call the Switzerland of Armenia for its thick forests and clean air, recreating the town as it looked in the nineteenth century. Traditional houses of stone and wood with carved wooden balconies and tiled roofs line the cobbled street, carefully restored and turned into workshops where woodcarvers, potters and carpet weavers work in front of visitors, alongside a small museum, a guesthouse and cafés. The street is short and walked in minutes, but it is a pleasant place to wander, buy handicrafts and try Armenian coffee. From it the town's quiet neighbourhoods climb the hillsides, with the forests and trails of Dilijan National Park beyond. The street is free and open at any time, and the workshops usually open by day. It pairs with Haghartsin Monastery and Lake Parz on a day out from Dilijan.
Traditional houses.
At work.
Forests and clean air.
Central old Dilijan
For its thick forests, green mountains and clean air; it has long been a resort town.