The childhood home of Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenia's national poet and storyteller, in Dsegh.
Tumanyan was born in Dsegh in 1869, and the village still feels like the setting of his fairy tales. The house museum keeps family rooms and manuscripts; around the village are viewpoints, small churches and walking routes to the canyon edge.
Good to know
- Call ahead out of season.
- Stay a night in Dsegh to walk to Kobayr or the Chgnavor hermitage.
Read more: Wikipedia: Dsegh, Wikipedia: Hovhannes Tumanyan
Getting there
313 m above the Debed river, which runs 900 m away in a straight line.
| From | Road distance | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Vanadzor | 31.1 km | 33 min |
| Alaverdi | 28.6 km | 30 min |
| Stepanavan | 48.9 km | 56 min |
| Yerevan | 146.3 km | 2 h 32 min |
| Tbilisi | 140.8 km | 2 h 36 min |
Contact
- Phone
- +374 77 906989
Details
- Type
- Museum
- Where
- Dsegh
- Elevation
- 1,202 m
- Built
- 19th c.
Light
Golden hour is when the sun is less than 6° above the horizon — the warm light for photos. In deep gorges the sun leaves the valley floor earlier.
Photos taken nearby
From Wikimedia Commons, within 1 km. Click a photo for its author and licence.
Weather at Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum
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On these routes
- A Lori weekend from Yerevan 2 days
- Three slow days in the canyon 3 days
Sights nearby
- Hovhannes TumanyanMonument 250 m same level
- Karasun MankantsAttraction 600 m 111 m lower
- Viewpoint in DseghViewpoint 1.7 km 52 m lower
- Surb Harutyun chapelShrine 1.8 km 66 m lower
- Surb AstvatsatsinChurch 1.9 km 92 m lower
- Single-nave churchChurch 1.9 km 92 m lower
Nature nearby
- DidPeak 1000 m 70 m higher
- BerdakPeak 2.6 km 326 m higher
- Tsover LakeWater 3.3 km 178 m higher
- TsitskarPeak 3.4 km 228 m lower
- TsovakarPeak 3.6 km 405 m higher
Stay nearby
- Agha-Bek B&BGuesthouse 50 m same level
- Tourism Unique CenterCampsite 650 m same level
- Hotel in TsaterHotel 1.0 km 306 m lower
- TamaraGuesthouse 1.0 km 40 m higher
- Kaghni HotelHotel 1.1 km same level
Eat nearby
- DzoreniRestaurant 750 m 55 m lower
- Restaurant in DseghRestaurant 950 m 317 m lower
- Hats u PanirRestaurant 3.3 km 32 m higher
- Flying Samovar CafeCafe 4.3 km 364 m lower
- COAF Debed Canyon Visitor CenterCafe 4.4 km 253 m lower
Services nearby
- Team EnergyEV charging 1.2 km 278 m lower
- Team EnergyEV charging 1.2 km 278 m lower
- HayPost 2035Post office 2.5 km 274 m lower
- Fuel in TumanyanFuel 2.6 km 365 m lower
- Fuel in DzoragetFuel 2.8 km 290 m lower
- Haypost 1712Post office 4.3 km 355 m lower
Distances in the "nearby" lists are straight-line; the height difference shows how much climbing a short distance can hide here.