Tsaghkadzor - a ropeway to mount Teghenis - Kecharis

• Tsaghkadzor is located in the picturesque valley, in the south-west of the Tsakhkunyats Mountains at the height of about 1800 meters above sea level. The historical name of this settlement is Kecharis, which in Armenian means Birch Grove. The main sight of the town is an ancient Monastery – Kecharis, built in the XI century. In Ttsaghkadzor is located Orbeli Brothers House-Museum. Since 1846 there is a Molokan community and House of Prayer in Tsaghkadzor. Since the settlement of Molokans by the disposal of Graph Voroncov the village had been called Konstantinovka, in honor of a great King Konstantin.

• Kecharis Monastery is in the north-eastern part of Tsaghkadzor, on the terrace of Pambak Mountain range and is one the main sights of the town. Three monastery churches and also a little church, standing not far from them, are surrounded by ancient tombstones. In the XII-XIII centuries the Monastery was a major spiritual center of Armenia with its school. Kecharis was laid in the XI century by King Pahlavuni, it had been building until the middle of the XIII century.

• Tsaghkadzor ropeway, from which the whole Armenia can be seen, is a unique sight not only of the ski resort, but of the whole Tsaghkadzor. Locating on slope of Mount Teghenis, the ropeway is equipped with soft armchairs, has 5 stations and more than 10 ski tracks. Its highest point is 2819 meters above sea level. You will reach this height after 32 minutes, using high-speed lift, from which in clear weather a panorama of Ararat can be seen.