We were on our third world trip for our 40th wedding anniversary in september 2003. After spending 2 weeks in Madrid, Seville, followed by one week stay in St.Petersburg and unforgetful Moscow, we arrived Yerevan quite exhausted. Taxi trip to Metropol was shorter then our other airport to hotel trips. Metropol was only 2-3 years old, rather small and simple modern building. the rooms are larger than the rooms of similar class hotels that we stayed in Spain, Russia, France and Italy. It was by far the cheapest 4 star value for money hotel in the 5 cities we visited. We paid $110 per night that included buffet breakfast, with armenian and continental dishes, pastries and unusual jams(walnut.grape) The service was better than other hotels we have ever been, so much so, that when the hotel doorman saw that the taxi driver was charging $2 for a city ride he forced the driver to return $1 dollar, because in Yerevan any taxi fare was one dollar within the city limits. We enjoyed tremendously the museums of Spain,Russia France and Italy, as well as our visit to over 1000 years old armenian churches dug in hills, but the fantastic armenian dishes at Metropol at $10 are something that we still remember and talk about after nearly 2 years of our visit.