Posted: 2008-07-19 10:08:00
Hola Louis!
Yes, two weeks is time enough for visiting the two countries if you run. A little bit short, but enough.
Places you should not miss:
ARMENIA: Etchmiadzin, Armenia religious capital, very close to Yerevan, and the Genocide monument in Yerevan.
The two monasteries declared Patrimony of the Humankind by UNESCO that is Haghpat and Sanahin, very close each other. Lake Sevan is also nice place in your way by car from Tbilisi to Yerevan. And if you like adventure, go to Nagorno Karabah!
Visa for Armenia is given at the border with Georgia, and it is cheaper than in the Armenia Embassy in Tbilisi. Visa for Nagorno Karabah, too, it is cheaper at the border. But remember! After Nagorno Karabah do not go to Azerbaijan! Better change your passport first.
If you go to Gori (to spit at the face of Stalin statue, what many people do), do not forget to stay in the house of Vahtang Chitashvili, Wojciech friend (and also mine).
Try cognac in Yerevan and very good wines in Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabah capital, I liked it more than Georgian wines.
In Yerevan there are two sisters in the main street, in front of the Conservatorio and Musical theatre, who rent rooms in their houses, very cheap, and invite you to tea and biscuits all the time. The same in Tbilisi, go to Carmen house, behind the Freedom Square. She speaks Spanish (she studied in Salamanca).
Remember that for Georgia you do not visa (at least I did not need last year).
In Tbilisi do not miss the banya, in downtown, is a pleasant experience and not expensive. Close to Tbilisi, you can get there buy bus, do not miss, the complex of monasteries and other tourists attractions.
I think that it is enough for two weeks.
Buen viaje!
Just my two lars
jorge ---
Bonum est faciendum et prosequendum, et malum vitandum.
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