The cost of traveling to Armenia includes costs such as hotel accommodation, transportation to and from the destination, food, and buying supplies and souvenirs in Armenian shopping centers.
Armenia is one of the most popular foreign travel destinations for Iranians, and throughout the year, various land and air tours are organized to Yerevan, the capital of this country. Natural attractions, historical monuments and cultural and entertainment centers are the sights of Armenia that are visited by many foreign tourists throughout the year.
In order to properly plan foreign trips, you will need an estimate of the upcoming travel expenses. When traveling to Armenia, considering the variety of options available for traveling and visiting this country, you will have the possibility of a cheap and economical trip to an expensive and luxurious adventure. In this article, we are going to examine the costs of traveling to Armenia in different land and air routes or traveling with different types of tours in 1403.
How much does it cost to travel to Armenia in 1403?
The cost of documents required to travel to Armenia
Armenia is a country in the northwestern neighborhood of Iran, which can be reached by land and air. To travel to Armenia, like any other trip abroad, you need documents that are expensive to prepare. The style of your trip to Armenia is also important for preparing the required documents.
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When traveling by land to Armenia, if you plan to travel by land tour or by bus, at the Nordoz border (Iran’s land border with Armenia), you must present documents such as an ID card, passport, and payment receipt for exiting the country to the customs officer at the border. These documents are checked by the internal agents and after entering the territory of Armenia, only your passport is controlled.
The cost of obtaining a passport in 1403 for each person is about 470 thousand tomans. This cost includes issues such as issuance, municipal fees, passport services and authentication. For each trip to a foreign destination, the passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the day it starts; Otherwise, you should renew your passport one month before your trip. The cost of renewing a passport in 1403 is equal to the cost of issuing it, that is, 470 thousand Tomans.
The country of Armenia is in the category of visa-free countries for Iranians, and for this reason, you will not need to present a visa when traveling to Yerevan and other cities of Armenia, and you should not pay any fees for this purpose. The documents required for air travel to Armenia are the same as bus travel and land tour documents, and at the airport, only your personal identification documents are controlled along with the payment receipt for exiting the country.
The cost of leaving the country in 1403 for a tourist trip is equal to 520 thousand tomans for the first trip, for the second trip it is equal to 780 thousand tomans and from the third trip onwards it is equal to one million and 40 thousand tomans per person. This cost does not make a difference for ordinary travelers in land and air travel; But for border residents, it is equal to 25 thousand Tomans for the first land trip and 75 thousand Tomans for the first air trip. Border dwellers must also pay 600,000 Tomans for the second trip, and 800,000 Tomans for each person from the third trip onwards.
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If you choose to travel with a private car to visit Armenia, apart from the above document, you are required to present other documents at the border, such as the car hood, international car book and your international license to enter Armenia with a private car and obtain a driving license in this country. , you will be To get these permits, you should go to the nearest customs office to your place of residence, as well as the branches of Iran Tourism and Automobile Center.
The cost of obtaining the desired documents for land travel to Armenia by private car in 1403 is as follows:
- One-year international certificate translation: 520 thousand tomans
- Three-year international certificate translation: one million and 470 thousand tomans
- International book of car ownership: 485 thousand tomans
- International license plate: one million and 580 thousand tomans
- Membership card in the tourism and automobile center: 230 thousand tomans
- CD and IR labels for travel outside Iran: 20 thousand tomans
Obtaining the above documents for land travel outside Iran for tourists in 1403 costs between two million and 800 thousand tomans to three million and 800 thousand tomans.
The cost of land travel to Armenia
Land travel to Armenia can be done in various ways, such as land tours under the supervision of reputable travel companies, by private car or by bus. Each of these travel methods has its own fans and its costs are different in each sector. In the following, we will examine the costs of land travel to Armenia in different types.
The cost of traveling to Armenia by bus
To travel to Armenia by bus, you can choose one of the Gharb (Azadi) or Beyhaqi (Argentina) bus terminals in Tehran. To travel overland to Armenia by bus from the northwestern cities of Iran, you must first go to Tabriz or Jolfa. If you live in other cities, you can travel to Tehran or Tabriz and buy a bus ticket for Yerevan and continue to Armenia. It is also possible to buy Armenian bus tickets online and offline.
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The cost of bus tickets in Armenia from Tehran terminals is the same; But different companies have different levels of satisfaction among users. Before buying a ticket to Armenia, you will be able to choose a ticket from a reputable company by checking the opinions of users. The bus ticket from Tehran to Yerevan in the summer of 1403 is equal to two million tomans. This cost for Tabriz travelers will be around one million and 500 thousand tomans.
The bus from Tehran to Yerevan travels a distance of more than 750 kilometers to the border of Nordoz, and after completing the customs formalities of passengers at the border, it has a distance of about 400 kilometers to reach Yerevan. Traveling by bus to Yerevan takes nearly 20 hours; Of course, this time will be longer when the borders are busy during holidays and special occasions.
In the land trip by bus to Armenia, you can choose the option of traveling by bus to Nordoz border and continue the route inside Armenia by van or rides outside the border of Iran. Residents of Tabriz, Jolfa and border residents can travel by bus only on the internal routes of Iran. The cost of a bus ticket from Tehran to Tabriz and Tehran to Jolfa is from 360 thousand tomans.
Private and rental vans in Armenia also charge between 4,000 and 6,000 Armenian Drams (about 600 to 900 thousand Tomans) for each person in the summer of 1403 on the route from Nordoz to Yerevan.
The cost of land travel to Armenia by private car
A land trip to Armenia with a private car is a good option for those who are interested in land trips on nature trails, and the travel time in this way is much longer compared to air travel. When traveling overland with a personal car, you need to plan more carefully in your travel budget; Because the management of various expenses in this trip will be in your hands.
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One of the most important expenses in traveling to Armenia with a private car are things like fuel costs, documents required for the vehicle to leave the country, insurance and road tolls. The closest distance to Nordoz land border (the only common land border between Iran and Armenia) is about 1,100 km from Tehran. More than half of this distance in Iran passes through highways; But a significant part of it also passes through winding and side roads, which causes an increase in fuel consumption. About 700 km from Tehran to Yerevan is inside the territory of Iran and about 400 km is in the territory of Armenia.
In the summer of 1403, the price of each liter of free gasoline in Iran is equal to 3,000 Tomans and each liter of quota gasoline is equal to 1,500 Tomans. On average, 10 liters of gasoline are consumed for every 100 kilometers of passenger cars; Therefore, to travel a distance of 1,400 kilometers on the round trip, about 140 liters of gasoline is needed inside the country, which will cost about 420,000 Tomans.
Currently (September 1403), the cost of one liter of gasoline in Armenia is 510 AMD, and each 100 AMD is worth about 15,000 Tomans. In this way, you have to pay about 76,500 Tomans for each liter of gasoline inside Armenia, which will be about 6 million Tomans for the 800 km round trip in this country (80 liters of gasoline). To travel on the way to visit the sights of Yerevan and other cities of Armenia, you have to pay separate costs for fuel according to the distance ahead.
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Keep in mind that the cost of fuel in Armenia changes on a monthly basis, depending on the changes in the price of gasoline and oil globally, and increases or decreases every month. For a more accurate estimate of fuel costs for a land trip to Armenia, you can find out about the price of each liter of gasoline in Armenia at the time of your trip by inquiring from reputable global sites before you travel.
Among the other costs of land travel to Armenia with a private car, we should mention the cost of the documents required to enter the country, which we discussed in detail in the previous section. When traveling with a private car, you have to pay for the travel insurance yourself. Travel insurance companies arrange different types of insurance policies for trips abroad according to the destination country, the duration of the trip, the age of the tourist and the limit of your desired obligations.
The travel insurance policy rate for a trip to Armenia in the summer of 1403 starts from an amount of about 25 thousand tomans, which is considered for an adult person on a two-day trip with the lowest limit of financial obligations. On the road trip to Armenia with a private car, you must also pay road tolls, the amount of which is 5,500 Tomans for each car ride on the highway from Tehran to Tabriz.
The cost of traveling to Armenia by train
Traveling by train on railway routes is one of the popular trips among many tourists around the world, which has both ease of travel and reasonable cost compared to air travel. Currently (summer 1403), Armenia’s rail transportation system does not operate outside its borders, and there are no rail routes to travel from outside Armenia to the country.
Those interested in traveling to Armenia by land will only have the option of traveling to Tabriz by train, and then they will have to continue the journey to the border and Yerevan by bus, passenger car or van. The cost of a train ticket from Tehran to Tabriz in the summer of 1403 for each person is about 200 thousand tomans and above. This cost increases according to the type of train and its facilities and services. From Tabriz railway station to Nordoz land border, you have to pay a fee of about one million tomans for closed passenger cars.
The cost of traveling to Armenia with a tour
Most tourists choose to travel with a tour to travel to other cities in the world. In this way of travel, a significant part of the upcoming planning is carried out by travel agencies and tour leaders, and tourists are provided with services and facilities such as round-trip plane or bus tickets, transfer (from hotel to airport), accommodation, travel insurance, tour leader. and receives the city tour at the destination from the agencies.
Photo source: Yerevan International Airport, photographer: unknown
The cost of travel tours is determined according to several factors such as the type of travel (land or air), the duration of the trip, the quality of the hotel and the amount of services available in the tour. Tours outside the busy tourist season (high season) have lower rates than other tours; Because in the low season of tourism, significant discounts are offered to travel agencies by hotels and airlines.
The cost of a ground tour from Tehran to Yerevan in the summer of 1403 is higher than the base rate of seven million and 500 thousand tomans. In land tours, the difference in tour rates is related to the duration of the trip and the services of the destination hotel, and the quality of the buses operating on this route is the same.
To buy an air tour of Armenia from Tehran in the summer of 1403, you must pay at least 13 million Tomans. This fee is considered for minimum travel time and stay in mid-range hotels.
By choosing business class flights and high-class and five-star hotels, the costs will be much higher. Most flights from Iran to Armenia originate from Tehran. In some cases, there are also travel tours from other big cities to Armenia; But their number is limited. The rates of the tours available in Tabriz and other cities of Iran also increase and decrease with a low fluctuation compared to the tours from Tehran to Yerevan.
The cost of air travel to Armenia
To get a plane ticket from Tehran to Armenia, you will have various options of economy and business flights. Economy flights have the lowest price and their cost in the summer of 1403 starts from the base rate of five million and 500 thousand tomans. This cost is lower for return flights and starts from the base rate of four million.
Photo Source: Armenian Airlines, Photographer: Unknown
The flight time from Tehran to Armenia is about one hour and 30 minutes, and the flights on this route are carried out directly. Keep in mind that in order to buy a plane ticket to Yerevan at basic prices, you must have a suitable floating time and if you are forced to buy a ticket on a specific date, the possibility of increasing ticket prices increases. To avoid this problem, you can book the hotel by asking about the empty capacity of the hotels on your desired date, after purchasing the ticket.
If you look for other options to choose a flight, such as business class international flights, the cost of your plane ticket will increase by more than 10 times that of economy flights. Obviously, if you are prepared to buy last-minute tickets, you will save significantly on the cost of plane tickets.
If you have chosen Yerevan’s busy tourist season to travel to Armenia, prepare your plane ticket a long time before the start of your trip. At this time of the year, due to high crowds of tourists and high demand for flights, the possibility of getting cheap tickets at the last minute becomes less and you will have to pay more.
Cost of stay in Armenia
Yerevan is a city with suitable infrastructure for tourism, which has numerous accommodations from one to five star hotels, hostels, and cheap accommodations. Five-star hotels in Yerevan provide luxury facilities to tourists and provide good services to their guests.
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The cost of staying in hostels and one- and two-star hotels in Yerevan in the summer of 1403 starts from 15 dollars or 6,000 drams (about 900 thousand tomans) per night and reaches 60 dollars or 23 thousand drams (about three million and 500 thousand tomans) per night. .
The cost of staying in three-star hotels in Yerevan is from 20 to 400 dollars per night or 8,000 to 160,000 drams (about 1,200,000 tomans to 24,000,000 tomans).
To stay in the high-class hotels of four and five stars in Yerevan, you have to pay between 40 and 600 dollars for each night, equal to 16,000 to 240,000 drams (about two million and 400 thousand to 36 million tomans).
The above charges are based on normal double room occupancy and there are specials in each category. By choosing exclusive suites or increasing the number of people, the costs will increase. In Yerevan, you will have the option of choosing luxury rental villas with special facilities by paying a minimum nightly fee of 400 dollars (about 24 million). Note that the prices are calculated based on the approximate dollar price in September 1403, between 59,000 and 60,000 Tomans.
Shipping cost in Armenia
Many of Yerevan’s natural and historical attractions are located near the city center, and by staying in hotels in this area, you will be able to visit these attractions on foot; Nevertheless, the transportation system of Armenia has adequate coverage in different parts of Yerevan city. Intra-city and inter-city traffic in Armenia is carried out by vehicles such as minibuses, buses, trolleys, subways and intercity trains.
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The most popular means of public transportation in Armenia is the bus. Currently (summer 1403), the cost of using a bus in Yerevan for each citizen or tourist is 100 drams (about 15 thousand tomans); However, according to information provided by Armenian news agencies, the bus fare in this country will increase by nearly three times from September 2024 (mid-September 1403) and will reach 280 drams (about 42 thousand tomans).
By increasing the cost of bus tickets, you will be able to use one ticket up to three times every 90 minutes, after which the ticket will be invalid. In Yerevan, it is possible to purchase long-term tickets for three months, nine months and one year with high discounts for foreign tourists.
After the bus, minibuses are the most accessible means of transportation in Yerevan, which have a fare of 100 drams (about 15 thousand tomans) in many routes within the city. The cost of a metro ticket in Yerevan is also the same as a minibus and bus ticket, i.e. 100 drams.
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Many buses and minibuses in Yerevan travel between specific stations from different parts of the city to its suburbs. Traffic on these routes is carried out at specific times and according to the distance ahead in each route, the fare of buses and minibuses varies from 200 to 400 drams (about 30 to 60 thousand tomans) per person. You have to pay 300 drams (about 45 thousand tomans) to use buses and minibuses from Yerevan airport to different parts of the city.
If you intend to travel between cities by train in Armenia, the cost of an intercity ticket is around 1,000 drams (150,000 tomans) in many routes. Colorful electric trolleys are other vehicles used in Yerevan, which are slower than buses and minibuses. Electric wagons or trolleys travel in 6 inner city routes in Yerevan and the cost of using them is 50 drams per person (about 7,500 tomans).
Cost of food in Armenia
There are many options for eating in Armenia, from small local and street eateries to luxury and international restaurants. The cost of a meal in cheap restaurants in Yerevan is on average about 4,000 drams (600 thousand tomans) per person. This amount in average restaurants starts from about 6,000 drams (about 900 thousand tomans) and reaches 14,000 drams (about two million and 100 thousand tomans).
Photo source: Visit Yerevan, photographer: unknown
The cost of dining in luxury restaurants in Yerevan for each person is from the basic rate of 15,000 drams (about two million and 250 thousand tomans) to above. In international restaurants with all kinds of fast food, you have to pay between 2,500 and 6,000 drams (about 375,000 to 900,000 tomans) for a meal. The price of snacks and drinks in Yerevan cafes is calculated from the base rate of 400 drams (about 60 thousand tomans) and above.
To prepare daily food items such as dairy products, bread, eggs and every bottle of water in Yerevan in 1403, you have to pay between 250 and 1,000 drams (about 40,000 to 150,000 tomans). The price of each kilo of fruit or vegetables in Yerevan varies between 250 and 750 drams (about 40 thousand to 120 thousand tomans). Each kilo of rice, chicken and meat costs between 900 and 4,500 drams (about 140,000 to 700,000 tomans) in Yerevan in the summer of 1403.
The cost of entertainment in Armenia
Armenia’s entertainment includes various things such as visiting the sights of Yerevan, camping in the nature around Yerevan, attending concerts and film screenings, and sightseeing in Yerevan. There is no need to pay for visiting many historical and natural attractions in Yerevan and its surroundings; But to visit some sights in Armenia, you have to pay an entrance fee.
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Among the free tourist attractions of Yerevan, we can mention such things as “Yerevan Cascade”, “Republic Square”, “Mother Armenia” and “Blue Mosque”. These attractions are located near the city center and are the most famous sights of Yerevan.
Art galleries, cultural buildings and museums of this city can be mentioned among other places of interest in Yerevan. There are various museums operating in Yerevan, which are free to visit on the last Saturdays of every month. In general, there is no need to pay to visit the genocide, military and national architecture museums in Yerevan and visiting these places is free. But to visit Yerevan Modern Art Museum, you have to pay 1,500 drams (about 230 thousand tomans) per person.
Photo Source: Armenia Tours, Photographer: Unknown
Yerevan Zoo is one of the other tourist attractions of this city, whose ticket price varies between 500 and 800 drams (around 75 thousand and 120 thousand tomans) for children, teenagers and adults during the week. If you go to watch the animals of this zoo on weekends (Saturday and Sunday), you have to pay between 600 and 1,200 AMD (about 90,000 to 180,000 Tomans) for tickets. Yerevan Zoo is free for children under three years old and people over 70 years old.
If you are looking for exciting entertainment in Yerevan, visit “Water World” water park. The entrance to this water park varies from 4,500 to 6,500 AMD (680,000 to 980,000 Tomans) depending on the age of the visitors and the type of ticket requested.
Other entertainments in Yerevan include cycling in the city tracks, skiing in the indoor ice rink, and using the facilities of the Yerevan amusement park, such as karting, bowling, paintball, billiards, mini golf, and watching movies in the Yerevan open-air cinema. To enjoy these activities, you have to pay a fee of 500 to 5,000 drams (75,000 to 750,000 tomans).
Cost of shopping in Armenia
Yerevan shopping centers with a wide variety of famous stores from international brands are of interest to many tourists. All kinds of clothes, home accessories, souvenirs of Armenian handicrafts and decorative items are sold in these centers; But the cost of shopping in Yerevan commercial complexes is not very suitable for Iranians. For example, to buy all kinds of women’s clothes, from shirts to bags and shoes, you have to pay a fee of 5,000 drams (about 750 thousand tomans).
Photo Source: Armenia Tours, Photographer: Unknown
The streets of the tourist center of Yerevan also have various stores, some of which have lower prices compared to the arcades. But to buy clothes from these stores, you have to spend more than 4,000 drams (about 600 thousand tomans). This amount reaches more than 150 thousand drams (about 23 million tomans) for dresses and bags and shoes of famous brands. To buy all kinds of souvenirs in Armenian shopping centers, such as all kinds of sweets and foods and handmade wooden and clay items, you have to pay a fee of about 10 thousand drams (about one million and 500 thousand tomans).
The cost of SIM card and internet in Armenia
There are various mobile phone network operators in Armenia, some of the most famous of which are VivaCell-MTS, Beeline and Ucom. All the networks have a good national coverage and provide good coverage to tourists in different parts of Armenia, except for the unspoiled nature tourism routes.
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To buy a SIM card in Armenia, you can go to the counters of mobile phone operators in Yerevan airport, hypermarket stores and large supermarkets in the city and buy a SIM card by presenting your passport. SIM cards of different operators are offered to customers for free or at a rate of around 100 drams (15 thousand tomans); But to top up their credit and internet, you have to pay a separate fee according to the amount of consumption you need.
The cost of charging Armenian SIM card starts from the base rate of 500 AMD (about 75 thousand Tomans) for one gigabyte in 12 days and 1,000 AMD (150 thousand Tomans) for two gigabytes in 20 days. After completing the internet packages, you will be able to charge a 500 MB SIM card for one day at the price of 200 AMD (about 30 thousand Tomans). When buying a SIM card in Armenia, if you wish, you can take the price table of different types of SIM cards with a certain amount of internet from the operator’s counters and by paying more fees, buy a SIM card with the possibility of longer calls and higher internet volume.
Considering the high costs of roaming in Armenia, the best option is to buy a SIM card from one of the mobile phone operators in this country and connect to the Armenian Internet network. All SIM cards in this country can connect to Wi-Fi networks in public places and hotels.
Photo source: Iranians of Armenia website, photographer: unknown
In this article, we examined the costs of traveling to Armenia in 1403. You can also continue to share your experiences of traveling to this country and its costs according to the type of travel with us and other Kajaro companions.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to travel to Armenia with a tour in 1403?
The cost of traveling to Armenia with land and air tours in 1403 starts from 7,500,000 tomans and 13 million tomans, respectively, and increases according to the increase in facilities and the improvement of quality and services.
What is the cost of a land trip to Armenia in 1403?
The cost of traveling by road to Armenia by private car starts from around 10 million Tomans. Traveling by bus to Armenia also costs about four million tomans per person.
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