Tatev aerial tram to work until 6 pm from October 1
30.09.2013,
19:20
The world’s longest aerial tramway built to transport visitors to the Medieval Monastery of Tatev in southern Syunik region said it will operate from 10 am to 6 pm from October 1. From June 1 it operated until 8 pm and from September 1 to September 30 until 7 pm..
The aerial tram works six days a week, expect Monday.
The aerial tram works six days a week, expect Monday.
YEREVAN, September 30. / ARKA /. The world’s longest aerial tramway built to transport visitors to the Medieval Monastery of Tatev in southern Syunik region said it will operate from 10 am to 6 pm from October 1. From June 1 it operated until 8 pm and from September 1 to September 30 until 7 pm..
The aerial tram works six days a week, expect Monday.
The 5.7-kilometer-long aerial tramway, built by Austrian-Swiss Dopplemayer/Garaventa transports visitors from the village of Halidzor across the Vorotan gorge to the village of Tatev, within walking distance of the monastery, allowing tourists and visitors to bypass a 90-minute drive on a road in and out of the Vorotan River Gorge.
The cable car travels at a speed of 37 kilometers per hour (23 miles per hour) and a one-way journey takes 11 minutes. At its highest point over the gorge, the car travels 320 meters (1,056 feet) above ground level. It has two cabins, each capable of carrying up to 25 passengers.
The cable car is part of a $45 million-dollar public-private effort to develop tourism at Tatev and in the overall region of Syunik. The aerial tramway was officially registered by a representative of the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest aerial tramway built to transport visitors. -0-
