WILD ARMENIA | Lake Sevan (& the WORST Guesthouse Experience)

Wild Armenia | Exploring the incredible Lake Sevan in northern Armenia. Lake Sevan is the largest lake in the Caucasus region and one of the largest high altitude lakes in the World. We took a bus from Yerevan to travel to this relatively unknown but stunning lake in north eastern Armenia surrounded by incredible snow-capped mountains. Fun fact: Lake Sevan, covers nearly 6% of Armenia's entire territory.
After trying a fish called, Sig - a local delicacy, we wanted to stay in the nearby town of Sevan, but we ended up having quite a bit of trouble with our host...
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[@agita4512]

Armenian Pomegranate wine is my weakness 🤤 Thank You for wonderful videos!

[@MattandJulia]

Ahhh ours too! 😍 You are so welcome 😊❤️

[@yespls4184]

I tried some too!

[@deusvult5247]

God bless Armenia 🇦🇲 Long live Hayastan 🇦🇲

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@haysupremacy4612]

Ave Maria, Deus Vult! Greetings from Armenia!

[@abdurrahaman1136]

love from bangladesh 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@MattandJulia]

Love to you ❤️❤️❤️

[@aimeecosson9473]

Oh myyyy goddd that lakeee!! So breathtaking!! 😍

[@MattandJulia]

Ah we could have sat there for so much longer 😍❤️

[@KouriiRaiko]

My partner and I recently relocated to Tbilisi from the USA, and your videos have been fascinating and given us so many ideas for adventures. Keep it up! ☺️

[@MattandJulia]

Ah awesome! So glad we can help 😀 thank you so much! ❤️ Enjoy life in Tbilisi 😍

[@vruyrmovsisyan6259]

Thank you for showing the Beauty of Armenia!🇦🇲 God bless you!❤️

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much, love Armenia 😍❤️

[@cristinabearden9629]

How beautiful!! So glad you followed your gut and decided to stay where else. Hope your next place is less awkward. Loving the videos!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Cristina 😊❤️ Yeah, we got over the slight bit of guilt we had pretty quickly, we firmly believe that you get out what you give and she was only giving the bad vibes 😅

[@sachakobelian4280]

Thank you guys for the amazing video!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🤗❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Enjoyed a lot today's video guys ☺️

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much Muhammad ❤️

[@jayrod91]

I am really enjoying your videos on Georgia & Armenia! I am heading there next week and planning on doing a lot of the same adventures as you guys!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much 🤗❤️ have an amazing time!

[@joannmcgowan9394]

The Lake was gorgeous! How beautiful was the restaurant right on the lake! I love how you guys roll with the things that don’t always go according to plan! Amazing video , thank you

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much, we have almost learnt that nothing seems to go to plan doing this so we just expect it now haha ❤️

[@shirangajayasekara8030]

Best wishes from Sri Lanka... Love both of you lots...

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Shiranga 😊❤️

[@carlosorugian3468]

Wowww... your videos are simply great. I do want to visit all these places.... congrats.

[@MattandJulia]

Thnak you so much Carlos 😊❤️

[@Anurasg]

Nice explanation. Thank you. Love from Sri Lanka. .

[@MattandJulia]

You are so welcome ♥️ Love to Sri Lanka ♥️

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Harriet and JIm have been to Lake Sevan in Armenia. A stunning landscape with a beautiful lake. Sorry for the lousy guesthouse experience. Thanks for the memories. Richmond, Va.

[@MattandJulia]

Hope you had an awesome time ❤️

[@SweetDonka]

Much love from Armenia 💗💗💗💗💗💗🥰🥰

[@sandeeppanwar8367]

Amazing video 📸 realy beautiful place

[@MattandJulia]

It is stunning ❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Beautiful view n nice hotel

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Good to see you guys 🥰🥰🥰

[@MattandJulia]

You too, had a few days off comments and things, how are you? 😊

[@Gulfcamel]

Beautiful 👌😊

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 😊❤️

[@normacastor3351]

Nice video always ♥️💞💖

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Norma 🥰❤️

[@davidellis2131]

Such a beautiful place. I truly enjoy your videos. From Augusta Georgia United States

[@MattandJulia]

thank you very much :)

[@krishnanair2706]

Nice video! Was it the wine festival at the end ?

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Krishna, yeah it was, we just randomly stumbled upon it 😀❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Drone view was outstanding bro

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much mate ❤️❤️❤️

[@bessiemann7468]

Great view also great video

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much Bessie 😊❤️

[@yespls4184]

Unfortunately didn't get to visit Lake Sevan when I was there (didn't have enough time), but glad I could experience it through your video ❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

See you in the next one 😍

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@VillageOfBDD]

Beautiful

[@MattandJulia]

🥰🥰🥰

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Reallyyy verrrryyyy nice view of the lack from inside of the hotel

[@MattandJulia]

It must have been incredible when it was first built 😊

[@anamikaroy5758]

The views from lake Sevan are amazing! Btw which month did you travel?

[@Araks1.]

Круто 😊

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

Hi Guys. I know your vids are two weeks behind, but my friends are vanlifing at Lake Sevan RIGHT NOW!

[@MattandJulia]

Ahhh so cool! We were actually saying whilst in Armenia how cool it must be to have the freedom of a van there, are they enjoying it? 😍

[@maarten_notjustagrip]

@@MattandJulia They are Loving it! Theyve been in Georgia since before the pandemic. Bought their van there and built a basic camper. Buying a van was the only formula for me in Georgia. I combined my projected accommodation budget with my projected transport budget, and bought a Mercedes Vaneo, which is basically an A Class minivan. Took it to Ushguli and beyond. There was no way I could see myself lugging two paraglider rigs and a personal bag around on marshrutkas. I spent too long in Gudauri, making money. SO much I didnt see. Sold the van with bed, camping gear and everything I had added to an Ozzie English teacher when I left. Im supposed to join a mate, driving a van to Tbilisi from Germany on the 17th of July, but covid has buggered that plan for me.

[@vaiki]

The whitefish "sig", I believe it is the same species as the "sik" that we have "back home" in northern Sweden. (I googled and found : "Sig, also known as siga, is a type of common white fish that inhabits the Sevan Lake and has been introduced from the Ladoga Lake.") My grandfather and father used to fish for "sik" back in the days. There is also a subspecies of whitefish back home called "siklöja" which is a dwarf species. This one is usually fished for in summer by using one big net that is being pulled out with a boat basically rounding the fish up into a trap. The dwarf species "siklöja" needs to be eaten basically straight away so the fishing for "siklöja" used to be a big feast for the villagers. The men went out and caught the fish, the women stayed on the shore waiting to cook the fish in big boilers. Then the entire village had a big party. Anyway, love your videos! Cheers from Far North Queensland, Australia!

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Wowwwwwww 🥰😍😍

[@user-ci3fp5ib2g]

Guys, I love your videos about Armenia and find it very useful since soon my husband and I will move there. I would like to visit that place by the lake Sevan where you ate fish, can you write how to get there? because I didn't really get the name you mentioned :(

[@Vinrx7]

That restaurant is called "Semoyi Mot". maps.app.goo.gl/874fAtrQQ6sbwgCA7 I had lunch there. Great food and amazing view. You can sit right on the edge of the water.

[@user-ci3fp5ib2g]

@@Vinrx7 thanks!

[@jessicaagana9633]

New subscriber from Philippines ❤️

[@MattandJulia]

Welcome to the channel Jessica ❤️🙏🏻

[@govindarajr3801]

Beautiful 💢💢💢

[@MattandJulia]

It is an incredible place 😊

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Crispy fish yummmm 😍😍

[@MattandJulia]

Ahhh, we love fish sooo much 😍😍😍

[@eduardovaldez195]

Hi, nice to see you, from manila philippines with love...

[@MattandJulia]

Big love to Manila ❤️❤️❤️

[@jemalichitadze2087]

I love that👍

[@MattandJulia]

😊😊😊

[@jesbackpacking13]

Is it possible to ride around the lake?

[@MattandJulia]

There is a road all the way around.so we would assume so :)

[@bergedersarkissian3717]

Great video thanks -- why do you not give names of the places you eat & stay -- for example I would like to know the name of the middle eastern restaurant --cheers

[@Jensie50]

Good decision to leave that guesthouse with their negative attitude... I guess Lake Sevan will be very busy in peak season judging by the many tourists so early in the year as seen in the aerial shot of the monastery. Your meals at both Sevan and Yerevan were awesome; never expected you to enjoy Adana kebap and Beyti kebap in Armenia (but so close to the Turkish border, I guess it can be expected). Thanks for sharing!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Johan ☺️ Yeah they were really dodgy to be honest. Dollar signs lit up in their eyes as they say 😞 not a nice feeling. Ooh, they were goooodd 🤤 Turkish and Armenian food are so similar in so many ways. Lots of similar (and identical) dishes, like Lahmacun (or Lamajo) for example 😊. In the past, lots of Armenians and Turks used to live side by side in lots of cities like, Adana and Gaziantep, Samsun, Trabzon, Kars etc so I guess the cuisine from these areas was almost adopted by both cultures, really interesting 😊

[@Jensie50]

Very interesting indeed, thanks for the info! 🥰

[@walterwhitesballsgaming4629]

Wow

[@MattandJulia]

It's a beautiful place ❤️

[@zafer22]

Əlbəttə wow. Ora Qərbi Azərbaycandır. Tarixən qədim Azərbaycanlıların yurdudur. Ora bizimdir başa düşün. Bunu yayın. Bizim bəddualarımıza məruz qalmayın. Yoxsa pis olacaq.

[@catvaping1767]

Hello guys. Quick question: in which country did you have better experience georgia or armenia?

[@MattandJulia]

Hiya, to be honest, we can't really compare, both countries are so different to one another if would almost be unfair to choose. The only real thing Georgia and Armenia have in common is that they are Christian neighbours and have a shared recent history but other than that, very different

[@catvaping1767]

@@MattandJulia thank you

[@tanyaj9714]

💙

[@megazenn22]

I always love seeing inside shops in foreign countries, is it just me?

[@MattandJulia]

We do too, to be fair 😊

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

New video 🥰

[@MattandJulia]

Hey Muhammad ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-rl9ul7yg1i]

Fun trip ( Ali from Iraq )

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you Ali ❤️

[@clints3727]

👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@marinadelrey96]

As Armenian i feel really sorry for what did that lady. Btw enjoy your time in Armenia,if you're still here hehe)

[@MattandJulia]

No worries, it happens, just bad luck 😊 you get good and bad people everywhere right 😊 and Thank you so much! ❤️

[@zafer22]

🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

[@antranik0]

Sorry for the rude guest house, usually Armenian are vey welcoming.

[@MattandJulia]

Yeah we know, that's why we were so surprised because we totally didn't expect that 😁 I had so many friends from Armenia growing up, so got very used to people being very welcoming 😊

[@zafer22]

Qonaqpərvər? Yoxsa getdiyi yerdən nə isə oğurlamağa çalışan bir millət? Yanılırsan dostum. Erməni milləti heç də qonaqpərvər deyil. Qərbi Azərbaycan İndi Ermənistan ərazisidir. Ermənistan deyilən bir yer yoxdur. Bu sadəcə bir qondarma müvəqqəti dövlətdir. Yox olacaqsınız İnşəAllah

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Nice potatoes 😍😍😍

[@MattandJulia]

They were honestly incredible, so fresh 🤤

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Wowwwwwww Adana kebab ☺️☺️☺️

[@MattandJulia]

One of our favourites! Can you get it in Pakistan? ❤️

[@zafer22]

Adana kabab is national food of Turkey

[@kabardinka1]

If you hadn't left the obnoxious guesthouse you wouldn't have had the perfect meal in Yerevan. It all worked out!

[@MattandJulia]

So true! We were really happy in the end with heading back to Yerevan, would have been a looong evening in Sevan 😅

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Such a huge lack and 5% of the aremania

[@guy9444]

There is a military base at the edge because it borders Azerbaijan. In the past months, the Azeris have sent down soldiers into Armenian territory which caused the recent tensions to escalate again. Fights broke out, shots were fired, another Armenian soldier was killed. Since then, the villagers in that area have been living in fear. The base you are mentioning protects the civilians from the constant treat posed by the Azeris. Of course, as one would expect any normal country to do, they will not allow you to take arial photos of a highly strategic military base. Go figure 🤷‍♂️.

[@azer.azizov]

🇦🇿🤝🇦🇲 peach from Azerbaijan.

[@nnareg7706]

Thanks

[@something49]

?

[@zafer22]

Ala, Sam nətər Azərbaycanlısan? Dostluq nədir? Onların etdiklərindən sonra dostluq deyilə bir şey mümük deyil! Dost istədik dost olmağı, amma heç zaman bunu dərk etmədilər. Sil mesajını. Ya da düzəlt.

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Must say lucky to escape from the worst guesthouse 🤣

[@MattandJulia]

Honestly, we didn't film inside but it was really uncomfortable, the lady was really rude 😬

[@khyberkhan5564]

I love you julia

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks, from Matt ❤️

[@ashikislam8370]

were you eating halal food?

[@calamity1803]

U guy speak Russian very fluently

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you Raheel. Julia is actually Russian 😀❤️

[@mikemichael8280]

The Land is beautiful, historical, outstanding but unfortunately the people are gullible, faithless, unpatriotic, short sighted

[@zafer22]

Və yalançı. Ermənistanın bütün ərazisi Qədim Azərbaycan torpaqlarıdır. Bunu paylaşın. İnsanların gözünü açın!

[@zulfiyyazeynalli2258]

Once my family lived there, right next to the lake Goycha in a small village before the mass deportation of azerbaijanis in 1988. Maybe one day, they will have chance to visit their village again. Thanks for the video🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

[@enna4998]

Well I hope Armenians from Baku and Nakhichevan will have a chance to visit their native lands too, because mass deportations and killings happened

[@zulfiyyazeynalli2258]

@@enna4998 Just unlikely, we still have armenians in our country like some of my teachers or neighbours🙂

[@MattandJulia]

thank you very much! really sad to hear your story, hope that your family will get the chance to visit their village again ❤️

[@zulfiyyazeynalli2258]

@@MattandJulia You're welcome🌸🙌

[@zulfiyyazeynalli2258]

@Commander Kowalski We do not have anti-armenian propaganda and noone cares about history indeed )) I have the family who were forced to leave their homes and don't have any chance to go back just because armenians want to be one and only nation. Guess who is more "anti"🙂

[@turgutabdullazadeh6173]

All armenian lands are old Azerbaijan land🇦🇿

[@Armenogi]

sure in ur dreams a country younger than coca-cola 💀💀 I want peace, and if u wont shut up it wont happen

[@LiaLoves]

💛

[@MattandJulia]

😊❤️