Lyon Park

Vardavar Park

Surrounding the artificial Vardarvar Lake, this park was renamed Lyon Park to honor France's second city. Lyon is a friendship city of Yerevan and the French funded the renovation of the park in the early 2010s.

outdoors

Address: Argishti, Sasuntsi Davit St
Getting there: Vardavar Lake

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Yerevan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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