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For true connoisseurs of shopping as high art, Yerevan has plenty to offer: here you can easily find amazing souvenirs for mere pennies, and real antiques that are well worth the asking prices. The best place to conduct search work is the Vernissage market, which every weekend takes over the Republic Square in the capital with a motley crowd and a pile of all kinds of treasures. Here you can find everything your heart desires, from cute trinkets to expensive items. Art lovers are welcome near the Opera House, next to the monument to Martiros Saryan. Local artists and masters of other genres exhibit their works here for the audience to judge. After wandering among the rows and admiring the colorful personalities, and maybe even talking to them, you will definitely find a canvas to your taste.
If you dream of returning from Yerevan with a carpet, there is nothing easier. The main thing is to decide on the quality requirements of the work and the price. Simple examples of carpet weaving skill, similar to those sold on vacation in Uzbekistan, which you can put on the floor and not be ashamed or sorry, can be found at the Mergeryan factory. But real masterpieces await their fans on Tumanyan Street, in the famous Tufenkian Carpets gallery. Soft, thin threads drawing intricate patterns, carpets just ask to be held in your hands. If you want some, partial uniqueness, then you can add an inscription, initials, in general, something small to the finished canvas. For those who are thirsty for a unique masterpiece, the masters are ready to weave a picture according to any of their sketches. But in any case, all the works here are modern. For an antique carpet, you will have to go to an antique shop.
In any case, so that all your purchases do not remain at Armenian customs, keep all the necessary documents. For new canvases, a receipt from the store will be quite enough. But for antiques, you will have to ask for a special certificate permitting the export of this woven masterpiece abroad.
So that the carpet in the suitcase is not lonely, we buy it a couple of bottles of cognac and local wine for company. Both of these do not necessarily have to be obtained in specialized stores; ordinary supermarkets also offer a decent selection of these wonderful drinks.
