YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS. After visiting Armenia at the request of Armenia Development Fund, Der Standard newspaper’s journalist Christian Schachinger published an article about Armenia presenting several Armenian tourist destinations, press service of the Fund informed “Armenpress”.

The journalist was mostly admired by the deep roots of the Christian culture and the centuries-old hospitality traditions in Armenia.

“Wines, monasteries, in case of being interested in both, one should visit Armenia”, the journalist writes and recalled that the oldest wine production was here in 2007.  

About the Christian faith in Armenia, the journalist writes: “In the art of the Armenian Apostolic Church there are no cruel scenes of crucifixion in practice. Instead, here you can see root trees in the cross-stones, the tree of life as a fertility symbol with pomegranate on it”.

Christian Schachinger puts a special emphasis on Yerevan “light entertainment”, Cascade complex, the Republic Square, the Armenian famous brandy and the beautiful nature.

In the comments following the publication of the article, the German readers discussed a number of episodes related to Armenia and said vacation is very safe in Armenia, they remembered the delicious dishes and expressed regret that there is no talk in the article about Tatev Monastery, the longest ropeway, Matenadaran and Etchmiadzin.

Liana Yeghiazaryan assisted the translation from German.