Sea and mountain travel in Georgia

Airport transfer; hotel check-in
Lunch at the hotel, followed by a visit to the Ghelati Motsameta Cathedral. Stroll through Kutaissi and dinner in a typical Georgian restaurant.
Night in hotel
1h30 2h

Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the Prometheus caves, 1600m long and 2000 m deep (the deepest caves in the world!). Boat tour of the caves.
Transfer to Mestia, a Unesco World Heritage site. The town’s 11th-century tower-houses, which served both as dwellings and watchtowers, add to the charm of the region (Svanetia). Some are 25 meters high. Lunch en route.
Dinner and overnight in a hostel in Mestia
3h50 4h

Breakfast at the hotel.
4×4 transfer to Ushguli. Lunch in Ushguli.
Walk through the village of Ushguli, Europe’s highest inhabited village and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the church.
4×4 journey to visit the Shkhara glacier and views of the highest mountains in the Caucasus.
Return transfer to Mestia
Dinner and overnight in a hostel in Mestia
4h 3h

Breakfast at the hotel.
You’ll visit the village of Mestia and discover this unique regional culture. You’ll visit a tower house and the Museum of History and Ethnography. This museum boasts an excellent collection on life in Svanetia, as well as numerous religious symbols from medieval times: icons, crosses,…

Take the opportunity to hike around the village and discover this majestic site.

Lunch at Mestia

Dinner and overnight at hotel
45 mn 4h

Breakfast at the hotel.
You’ll head for Zugdidi for lunch.
Afterwards, you’ll visit the Palace of the Princes Dadiani in Zugdidi (Princess Dadiani was the wife of Joachim MURAT).
Finally, you’ll head for Georgia’s main seaside town on the Black Sea: Batumi.
There’s plenty of free time for swimming, shopping, strolling along the waterfront and more.
Dinner in Batumi and overnight in a 4* hotel
3h45 2h

Breakfast at the hotel.
You’ll have a free morning to relax and enjoy the beach!
You’ll then visit the Gonio fortress, 15 minutes from Batumi, a Roman fortress on the Black Sea already mentioned by Pliny the Elder. It is said to house the tomb of the apostle Saint Mathias, who is believed to be inside the fortress.
Then lunch at a beachside restaurant. Then visit the Batumi botanical garden created by Alexis Krasnov, who wanted to create a Russian Riviera here.
You’ll end your visit to Georgia with a trip to Kutaissi.
Dinner in Kutaissi and overnight in a 3* hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Borjomi and visit the town and its famous sparkling water springs. Lunch in Borjomi.
Transfer to Rabati Castle. And visit this 13th-century military building. The fortress had been destroyed several times, often during sieges, as a result of which it had absorbed traces of different cultures and religions. In 2012, a major restoration took place, after which the Rabati fortress in Akhaltsikhe was transformed into a city within a city.View of the Caucasus mountains!
Dinner and overnight in a 4* hotel inside the Rabati fortress.

Breakfast at the hotel
Visit the troglodyte town of Vardzia. In 1185, Queen Tamar assumed the throne of Georgia. To protect itself from Mongol invasions, the town of Vardzia was dug into the cliffside.

Vardzia is a complex of caves and historic buildings. It is considered one of the country’s architectural gems. A visit to Vardzia will allow you to discover the many caves carved into the cliffs, as well as the various historic buildings including monasteries, churches and halls.

Lunch in Vardzia on the banks of the Mtqvari river (otherwise known as Koura) before heading back to Kutaissi.
Dinner in Kutaissi and overnight in a 3* hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport.