Wine tasting, monasteries, breathtaking landscapes, a medieval, oriental and European capital.
In this program, you’ll visit Kakhetia, a wine-growing region where traces of wine-making dating back more than 8,000 years have been found, a region full of religious monuments on unlikely sites, with views over the mountains of the High Caucasus.
On this trip to eastern Georgia, you’ll visit Georgia’s wine region, see the mountains of the High Caucasus, discover Tbilisi and visit Georgia’s main monuments. You’ll also limit your travel time, so you can make the most of your time to discover.
Airport transfer; hotel check-in
Lunch at the hotel, followed by a tour of Tbilisi. Visit Sameba Cathedral and the flea market. Take the funicular up to Mtatsminda and dine in a gourmet restaurant with breathtaking panoramic views over the whole of Tbilisi. Dinner and overnight in Tbilisi.
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Tbilisi. Visit Djvari, a 6th-century Georgian Orthodox monastery overlooking 3 arms of the rivers that meet. Then discover the ancient capital of Mtskheta. The spiritual heart of Georgia, a Unesco World Heritage site. then transfer to the troglodyte site of Ouplitsikhe, home to the first populations of the Caucasus before becoming a strategic stop on the Silk Road. Lunch in Ouplitsikhe
. Visit the Stalin Museum in Gori
Return to Tbilisi. Dinner and overnight in Tbilisi.
Breakfast at the hotel
You’ll visit the Narikhala fortress, created in the 4th century and considerably enlarged since then by the Umayyads, King David the Builder, and then destroyed by the Mongols. It overlooks Tbilisi and the Mtkvari river, offering panoramic views of Tbilisi. Lunch in the historic center of Tbilisi. You’ll stroll through the maze of the old town, a veritable jewel of architecture and layout, with its carved wooden balconies, winding cobbled streets… old Tbilisi is both an Oriental city and a medieval European town. Lunch in the old town. Stroll along Rustaveli Avenue and visit to the Georgian National Museum
Dinner and overnight in Tbilisi.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Free morning in Tbilisi
Transfer to one of Georgia’s most famous wine estates: wine tasting and lunch
Transfer to Ananouri. Famous fortified complex with churches and defensive tower overlooking Lake Jinvali, a magnificent vantage point! Take the famous Georgian military road to the town of Stepantsminda.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for Gergeti church. This church, with Mount Kazbek (5200m) in the background, is one of Georgia’s most famous viewpoints. You’ll take some great photos and enjoy this memorable vantage point.
Transfer to telavi, lunch in a restaurant on the banks of the Aragvi River.
Transfer to Alaverdi Monastery, a Georgian Orthodox monastery. Visit to the Ikalto academy, founded in the 6th century.
Dinner and overnight in Telavi
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit the house of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, founder of Georgian Romanticism. He turned the estate in the village of Tsinandali, which he inherited from his father, into the country’s cultural and intellectual center, which it remains to this day. Then on to the fortified church of Grémi, an iconographic symbol of Georgia perched on a citadel at the foot of the Daguestan mountains. After this enriching visit, you’ll head off to a typical Georgian vineyard to learn how Quevri wine is made.
Lunch in the vineyard.
Transfer to Sighnaghi, visit Bodbé monastery, with views over the Alazani valley. Then visit Sighnaghi, perched on a 750-metre-high hill, with its immense wall, churches and balconied lanes.
Return to Tbilisi
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tbilisi
Breakfast at the hotel
Airport transfer
Tbilisi or Kutaissi airport (different order of days if departing from Kutaissi)(Google Map)
10 days 9 nights
Hiking in the wilderness
Magnificent landscapes
Magnificent views
The high mountains of the Caucasus
8 days 7 nights
Religious history of Georgia
Understanding Orthodox religion
Orthodox polyphonic songs
The mountains of the Caucasus
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