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Destinations Armenia

Armenia, end
to end.

Yerevan and the Caucasus. Sixteen days, very little traffic, the best monasteries in the region, and altitude. Pilot tour September 2026.
Distance
850 km approx
Climbing
10+ km
Difficulty
4 of 5
Group size
8 to 10
The country, in one paragraph

Armenia is small enough that a sixteen-day tour reaches almost everywhere worth reaching, and remote enough that you'll have entire mountain passes to yourself.

Why Armenia

Armenia gets very few cycling visitors and that’s the headline. You can ride a 1,800-metre pass in late September and not see another vehicle for an hour. The monasteries are some of the oldest in the world, the food is unexpectedly excellent, and the people are warm in a way that lasts.

The climbing is real — most days have at least one significant ascent — but the rewards on the way up are some of the best on the network.

What’s confirmed

Pilot tour: September 12 to 27, 2026. Sixteen days. Twelve riders maximum. Run with our local operator Artur, who has been guiding cycling tours here for over a decade.

This is a pilot tour at pilot pricing — a small discount to first riders in exchange for help fine-tuning the route. After September, we expect to run two or three Armenia tours per year from 2027 onwards.

Questions

Things people ask.

We answer every email personally. If yours isn't here, write to us. We'll reply within a day.

Why Armenia and not Georgia or Azerbaijan?

We've ridden all three. Armenia has the right combination of road quality, traffic levels, and our local guide network. Georgia is on the list for later.

When can I ride it?

First confirmed group is September 12 to 27, 2026. Pilot pricing for that one. Larger 2027 schedule lands later this year.

Come ride Armenia with us.

Armenia is launching soon. Get on the list and we'll tell you the moment dates are confirmed.