Vernissage Market
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An open-air craft market beside Republic Square, selling carpets, pomegranate souvenirs, woodcarvings, Soviet-era memorabilia, and oil paintings. It is busiest at weekends.
The Vernissage Market stretches for several hundred meters through the park between Aram Street and Buzand Street. It sells handmade carpets, obsidian jewellery, ceramics decorated with pomegranate motifs, wooden backgammon boards known as Nardi, Soviet-era badges and cameras, and traditional costumes. A separate artists' area sells landscape and abstract oil paintings. The stalls are most numerous on Saturdays and Sundays, though some trade on weekdays too. Bargaining is accepted. For large carpets, check first whether they can be taken out of the country. It is a 5-minute walk from Republic Square.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (most options on weekends)
Nearby sights
- Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
- History Museum of Armenia
- Republic Square
- GUM Market
- Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Blue Mosque
- Cascade Complex
- Matenadaran