Popular Airport | Beja Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 5 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4460 Km |
It is very easy to reach Zvartnos Airport from every point in the city. You can reach the airport, which is nearly 13 kilometers away from the city center, in 15 minutes. You can get to the airport by choosing from the public transportation alternatives such as bus, minibus and metro, by taking a taxi or driving your car.
Buses and minibuses are the most frequently used public transportation vehicles in Yerevan. The routes of buses and the minibuses called marshrutka are connected to each other and so you can easily reach the airport from anywhere in the city.
It is possible to reach the airport directly by bus from the best-known central points of the city, such as Opera House, Tigran Mets av., Khanjyan st., Abovyan st., Yeritasardakan.
The buses N107 and N108 directly go to the airport. In addition, the bus number 18 has services between the airport and the main railway station of Yerevan. If you have arrived in the city by train, you can reach the airport in 20-25 minutes by taking the bus 18.
The marshrutka is the most popular means of public transportation in the city thanks to the high number of routes and lines. You can see the marshrutkas that directly go to the airport from every point of the city. If there is not a marshrutka line going to the airport from where you are, you can easily reach the airport in 30 minutes transferring by bus or metro because marshrutka lines are connected to metro and bus stops. It is also possible to come across the marshrutka minibuses from Tbilisi's Ortachala bus station to Yerevan.
Minibus drivers usually wait until the minibus is full. There are more than 100 marshrutka routes serving in Yerevan. The minibus number 23, which is the most preferred line, departs from the main railway station and goes to Kilikia central bus station. This route also passes through the city center. Marshrutkas departing from Kilikia bus station go to almost everywhere in Yerevan. You can directly get to the airport by taking the marshrutka 18 from this station.
Yerevan metro has a total of 10 stops with a single line of 13.4-km length. The metro serves between 6:30 am and 11 pm every day of the week and it is connected to the main bus station and the railway station as well.
The busiest metro station is the Hanrapetutyan Hraparak station next to Republic Square, which is the center of Yerevan. Yeritasardakan, which is very close to the Opera House that is another central point, and Zoraver Andranik opposite the cathedral are also another practical metro stations.
The Sassountsi David area, where the Yerevan railway station is located, is also connected to the metro network and so transportation becomes easy to a great extent. The boarding fee has been fixed for years; it is possible to buy tickets from the stations by paying 100 Drams.
There are two types of taxis in the city; the taxis you can take directly on streets and the taxis you can get by phone. The taxis you can get by phone charge 600 drams for the first 5 kilometers and 100 drams per kilometer. The only thing you need to be careful is to make sure if the taxi driver has turned on the taximeter.
Sixt Rent a Car company serves in the arrival terminal building of Zvartnots Airport and you can rent here a car when you arrive at the airport or while leaving the city. The only thing you need to do to travel by your car in Yerevan, which has well-maintained roads, is to have a navigation device. If you have rented a car within the city, you can deliver the car at the airport on your return journey.
Zvartnots Airport, which was established in 1961, is about 13 kilometers away from Yerevan city center, on the west of the city center. In 2004, the construction of a new terminal was started and it continues to increase its passenger capacity day by day. Zvartnots Airport, which served more than 2 million passengers in 2014, host the airline companies such as 97 Airlines, Aeroflot, UTair, Austrian and Ural Airlines.
Once you arrive in Yerevan, you can get 120-day visa by paying 15.000 drams or a 21-day visa by paying 3000 drams. For a transit visa, the amount you need to pay is 10.000 drams.
At the airport, you can easily carry out your foreign currency transactions at the world-famous Converse Bank. Just across the terminal is the car park with 600 cars capacity. Hourly parking fee is 500 drams, while daily parking fee is 2000 drams.
The airport has three terminals in total as Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and VIP Terminal. Within the main terminal building, there are tourist information desk, free wi-fi service, duty-free shop, VIP lounge, restaurants, bar, cafes, and the shopping stores where you can find souvenirs, DVD, CD, newspaper and magazines.
You can enjoy your time at Esperçnto Food bar that offers the delicacies of Armenian, Italian and Chinese cuisines and at the restaurants such as Pascucci, Dili Jan / Lavazza, Segafredoz, which serve as both cafe and bar.
Beja Airport, which lies a kilometer away from the city center of Beja, has not been used for flights for a while. As an alternative to Beja Airport, you can opt for Lisbon International Airport, which is approximately 150 kilometers far from the city. Passengers who would like to travel to Beja from Lisbon International Airport can prefer one of the bus and taxi options. Car rental is among the alternatives for traveling to Beja from Lisbon; however, if you do not possess so much information about the routes, you should set off together with a local guide or take a map with you so that you can find your direction easily until Beja.
Passengers who land on Lisbon International airport can take the buses which have services for the most part of the day in order to go to Beja. It takes 3 hours on average to travel to Beja from Lisbon by bus. You can go to the bus terminal or train station in the city center by taking the underground from Lisbon International Airport, and then easily switch to trains or buses going towards Beja. With transfers from the train station known as Gare do Oriente or bus terminal called Sete Rios, you can arrive in Beja after a budget-friendly journey.
Trains going from Lisbon to Beja are a little faster than the buses. It is possible to reach Beja by train in about 2 hours 30 minutes.
If you would like to spend some time in Lisbon and see the city before going to Beja, you can take the bus 91 from the airport. This bus sets off every 20 minutes and directly goes to the city center of Lisbon. This bus, which can be taken to go to the center of Lisbon, is in service between 07:45 and 20:15.
You can obtain information about taxis from the desks at Lisbon International Airport before you leave the airport terminal. You can also ask about the average fate you need to pay to go to Beja by taxi, and then choose a vehicle that suits your budget and needs. Taxi fares might be a little higher at night, weekends and on holidays in Lisbon. If you will take a taxi on holidays or at weekends, do not forget to ask the taxi driver about the average fare you are going to pay when you arrive at your destination.
Since the distance between Beja and Lisbon is over 150 kilometers, taxi fares increase for this route. If there are different passengers who would like to travel to Beja from Lisbon International Airport, you can propose sharing the taxi and reduce the taxi fare by half.
By reaching the train station or bus terminal in the city center with a taxi, that is, by traveling to Beja with one of these vehicles, you can reach the city center of Beja more cheaply.
Passengers who land on Lisbon International Airport can rent a car by selecting one of the rental companies at the airport terminal. It is possible to arrive at the city center of Beja from the airport in approximately 2 hours. Car rental can be preferred as the most practical and quickest option to go to Beja from Lisbon.