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Take marshrutka no. 18, i.e. from France Square. After a while you'll pass some very ugly appartment blocks and then leave the city. This is the main road out of town, nice place to hitchhike. Make sure you get off right in time as the marshrutka will leave the main road for some villages.
update to Marshrutka 18
you can get it at France Square at the Marshal Baghramyan Avenue (north west street direction).
It is like Marshrutka #57 yellow and cost 100 AMD (you pay when you go out)
But I don't recommend to take it because it is just crossing M1 Gevorg Chaush Street once and than it is driving already in the wrong direction. The spot where to get out is difficult to realize, because #18 is driving often left and right turns and at the M1 road you are still in the block house naighberhood.
You can also take bus #57 (colored yellow). Pay attention, at one point you'll notice you're at the city limits. Get off the bus. You'll see the highway running North. Start hitchhiking after the petrol station. Bus fee: 100 AMD.
Update and recommendation for Marshrutka #18 and #57.
I would recommend to take metro to the last stop Barekamutyun. The exit is bit complicated but when you are at the street you can orientate better. You must go to Kievyan street.(it's the street which is heading bit downhill) In the beginning you will see a bus stop where #18 and #57 is passing by. With Mashrutka #57 you realize that you are nearly out of town when the block house naighberhood is ending and you are driving north at M1 Gevorg Chaush Street. You are passing some gas stations and the street is uphill. Go out there. Straight forward you see the highway bridge where you can walk to the highway and stop a car quite quick.
Another option is from Kilikia Bus Station take a bus going to the city of Ashtarak. Tell the driver you need to get off at Bagavan. The bus will stop on the main road next to gas and petrol stations right before it enters the city of Ashtarak. You'll find yourself on the main road that goes to the cities of Gyumri or Vanadzor. The road splits about 2-3 kilometers after - going to the left towards Gyumri and to the right towards Vanadzor and Armenia-Georgia border. The bus costs 250 AMD. This location is very good for hitchhiking and in most of the cases you can hitch a direct ride to Gyumri or to Aparan (direction towards Vanadzor).
