GUM Market
Գումի շուկա
A large market where Yerevan residents shop for groceries, with mounds of dried fruit, sujukh candy, spices, cheese and freshly baked lavash to sample.
GUM Market (Gumi Shuka) is in the south of the city center and is where locals buy their everyday groceries. Indoor and outdoor stalls sell dried apricots, figs, and sujukh, Armenia's version of tanghulu, made of walnuts threaded with dried apricots or figs. You will also find herbal teas, cheese, pickles, pomegranates and seasonal fruit. Vendors often invite shoppers to taste their products, and you can watch lavash, the flatbread listed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage, being baked on the spot. It is a good place to buy dried fruit as souvenirs. Bargaining is acceptable, but keep an eye on the scales.
Opening hours
About 09:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
- Vernissage Market
- Republic Square
- History Museum of Armenia
- Blue Mosque
- Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Sergei Parajanov Museum
- Yerevan Brandy Company (Ararat)