Envoy Hostel Tours

Envoy hostel was the best place I stayed on my month-long trip. The hostel was clean and staff were friendly and professional.
I also took two tours organised by the hostel, involving visiting historical places and beauty spots around Armenia. Both tours includee lunch with local families and the food was excellent. One tour also involved wine tasting which was very fun. Aida, our guide for both tours, was friendly and informed and made it a great experience. Will definitely recommend these tours to others.

I had the pleasure of joining the tours arranged by Envoy Tour in Armenia: Enlightened Armenia, Essential Armenia, and Enlinking Armenia. The tours were well organized, I saw a lot but the tours never feel rushed. Also, for lunch stops I dined at the local families’ houses, and the whole experience felt much more authentic. If you want to visit Armenia, I highly recommend Envoy Tour to be your tour operator too.

A great hostel with a good central location. Clean rooms and common area. I recommend the larger dorm rooms over the smaller ones as they are a bit better ventilated which definitely helps in summer. Staff were great at giving directions and transport advice. Would recommend.

Having stayed at the sister hostel in Tbilisi and loved it, I had high hopes for this hostel.
Unfortunately, it just wasn’t as good — not as social (no bar/rooftop), staff not as friendly/welcoming and a lot of noise/light pollution in the rooms. Other guests left the bedroom door open constantly and the bed lights are crazy bright. I was woken up so many times during my stay here by other guests coming back late and turning on their lights. This did not happen in Tbilisi, the lights used there must be dimmer/the guests more respectful.
Despite this, I stayed for five nights because the location was good, it was a decent price and frankly because I couldn’t be bothered to change hostels again.

Solid hostel for a good price! The location is very convenient as it is right in the city center. The staff was friendly and had good English. The room was nice and clean and the bed was quite comfortable. They also accept card payments, which is nice.
The only small complaints I would have are that there is only one toilet and shower so you might have to wait for a while and that the lights in the room have quite unpleasant white light instead of warm yellow light which would be quite nice for the bedside lamps. But these are only minor problems; overall it was a nice stay and I would gladly come back again.

I discover the Envoy Hostel’s tour on a travel blogger page. I chose the Enlinking Caucasus tour from Tblisi to Yerevan because it’s a way to corr the border and visit the monasteries during the trip. We had lunch by an Armenian family and the food was idyllic. The guide is knowledgeable and speaks fluently English.

I took the transfer from Tblisi to Yerevan. The guide was excellent (as was the Soviet Yerevan guide a couple of days later). It was perfectly paced with stops at rural churches and our guide was informative and enthusiastic. The leisurely local lunch was varied and superb. The driver also did a great job. Highly recommended and a good value transfer. Email communication about tour detsils was also very good.

This tour was a great way to travel to Tbilisi. The beautiful scenery and visits to several UNESCO sites made the trip more enjoyable with interesting stops along the way.
Our guide, Aida, was very friendly and knowledgeable. She shared lots of information about the places we visited and was also happy to talk about life in Armenia and its relationships with other countries.
We also stopped at a local bakery and had lunch, which were both included in the tour. Overall, it was a great day trip.

Our two tours of Armenia were totally fascinating.
The guide's English skills were very good, and he related what we were seeing in a personal, entertaining and relevant way.
We covered much in the lengthy time but were NEVER bored.
The places, well selected, that we visited helped us begin to get an understanding of the country.
The drivers were particularly skillful on the road.
And the delicious lunches were an Armenian tour in themselves.
I was VERY impressed by Envoy’s complete professionalism.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Highly recommended for international travellers. Location very central, everything within walking distance. Beds are comfortable; rooms are big enough & bathrooms are very clean, water pressure sufficient. Big social space in basement. Kitchen with full equipment. Receptionist & maintenance personal very friendly. Profile of customer very good quality.

I recently went on a Soviet-themed group tour, and I can't recommend it enough! Our guide was passionate and extremely knowledgeable, sharing fascinating anecdotes about the Soviet era that really brought the history to life. Visits to iconic monuments were carefully planned, and each stop offered a unique perspective. The atmosphere of the group was very friendly, which made the experience even more enjoyable. I particularly appreciated the exchanges and discussions that followed each visit. This allowed me to better understand the impact of this period on current culture. In summary, this excursion was both informative and memorable. If you are curious to learn more about the Soviet era, this is an activity not to be missed!

I would like to say a big thank you for everybody at Envoy Hostel especially for Aida.
I did the Essential Armenia Tour with her and did stay at the hostel and it was an incredible day! Very friendly and knowledgeable guide and everyone else on the tour was also lovely. Thank you very much! :D.

Well equipped, nice staff, good prices for Yerevan standards. Can be noisy at night, some rooms don’t have windows — very bad air inside. Book a room with windows! Tours guided by Aida are great.

I did the Essential Armenia Tour with Envoy (I didn't stay at the hostel) and it was an incredible day! Very friendly and knowledgeable guide and everyone else on the tour was also lovely. It was a long day (10hrs) but worth every second as you get to see so much.

Nice welcoming staff. Accomodation is well equipped. Felt very comfortable and safe there. One of the cleaning person (Asya) was extremely sweet to me and did her jon very well. Kudos to her. If I fly back to Europe through Yerevan again I ll stay at that hostel again.

The tour was very interesting. Saten is very friendly and knows a lot about everything. We did see many different sights and had a great lunch in a family’s house in a small village. Also the tour size was very good (only 4 people). Thank you for this nice experience!

A wonderful tour very well managed by a great guide (Satin). I particularly appreaciated the small group size, the lunch experience by a local family and the fact that Envoy tour is well balanced among sightseeing and local experiences. You will not find another tour that combines Garni/ Gherard, Noratus and Sevan. Thanks to Satin and to the driver (I am sorry I don’t remember his name)