- Woods cover the 34 000 hectares territory
- Due to archaelogical investigations the man has been living here since the Late Bronze and the Early Iron Ages.
- In 1666 the name Dilijan has been first mentioned in French traveler Jean Chardon’s travel notes.
- “Dilijan” newspaper is published once a fortnight , information is provided by the local broadcasting station “R-TV” as well.
- Since 2006 “Dili” farm-production complex considered to be the single enterprise in the Republic is involved in pedigree cattle breeding
- The production of “Dilijan” mineral water finds a broad market both in the republic and abroad
- Since November 2006 the Tourism Informational Centre is operating
Our guests’ leisure can be spent
Goshavank |
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Visiting the ancient and memorable churches - Goshavank / it was founded in 1188 by Mkhitar Gosh, a notable Armenian scholar and author of celebre fables / , Hagartsin / 10 -13 c. / ,
Jukhtak Vank / 11-12 c. /, Matosavank /ruined church complex built in 1247 /.These last two churches are both located in a forested area , so the surrounding, the scenary and the atmosphere is worth a visit.
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Lake Parz |
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Walking in the Dilijan National park / the woodland covers 94 % of the park territory & it has about 40 types of trees 18 ones of bushes /.
Visiting Lake Parz / Clear Lake / , which is situated in the northern part of the town at a height of 1 500 meters & is too magnificent for hikes, camping or picnics.
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Haghardzin |
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Visiting museums in Diligan - Geological museum, Dilijan branch of Yerevan Folk Art Museum and “Dilijan” Historical and Cultural Reserve Museum. The Geological museum has a rich collection of great historic – archaeological value and works of prominent representatives of world fine arts as well. Now the works on new building construction for a museum are going on. The applied arts “ valuable patterns and Dilijan folk masters” works are represented in Folk Art Museum.
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