Gargar

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Gargar (Armenian: Գարգառ, formerly Gyargyar) is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, founded in 1790. "After Lori was liberated from the Persian yoke by special decree and joined Tsarist Russia in 1801, many families abandoned their settlements and permanently inhabited the liberated villages in Lori. The founding families of the village are the Kalashyans, Muradyans, Zalinyans and Harutyunyans."
The village is rich with pastures and recently the villagers have also made use of the "pordzadasht", where people cultivate crops atypical to the surrounding territories such as broccoli, physalis, pattypan squash, etc. Villagers mostly cultivate potatoes and wheat, and farmers mostly produce milk, honey, eggs and wool. Being very close to the Stepanavan Dendropark, Gargar is an attractive tourist destination for local and foreign visitors. Currently, there are 7 bed and breakfast homes available in the village.