Getting Aroundin Yerevan

Transport

Getting around Yerevan

Central Yerevan is genuinely walkable and walking is the best way to cover it: the core is compact, laid out on Tamanyan's radial plan, and the main sights sit within a radius most people can cross on foot in half an hour. The metro is clean, cheap and fast but very limited, with a single line and around ten stations, so it helps only on a few specific journeys. Buses and trolleybuses cover the city far more comprehensively. All city public transport now runs on a unified cashless system: you cannot pay a driver in cash, and you need either a contactless bank card, a transport card, a QR ticket bought from a payment terminal, or the official mobile app. Ride-hailing apps are the normal way to take a taxi, cost little by European standards and remove any fare negotiation; hailing on the street invites a higher quote. Driving in the city is not recommended for visitors given traffic, parking pressure and assertive local driving norms, but hiring a car or a driver for day trips is often worthwhile because several of the best sites have no practical public transport. Intercity travel runs mainly on marshrutkas from several bus stations, which depart when reasonably full rather than to a strict published timetable, so treat any stated frequency as approximate and confirm return times locally.