Route: Batumi city tour, Mountain Adjaria and Adjarian wine house, Botanical Garden and Petra fortress, Martvili canyon and Prometheus cave, Bagrati Temple-Gelaty academy-Botanical Garden.
Duration: 6 nights/7 days
DAY |
DESTINATION |
Day 1 |
Meeting at the aiport Kutaisi. Transfer to the hotel Tbilisi. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 2 |
Tbilisi city tour and Mstkheta-Jvari-Samtavro. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 3 |
Ananuri-Gudauri-Gergeti church. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 4 |
Kakheti: Signaghi-Bodbe-Tsinandali. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 5 |
Uplistsikhe-Borjomi. Night in Kutaisi |
Day 6 |
Bagrati Temple-Martvili Canyon-Prometheus cave. Night in Kutaisi |
Day 7 |
Transfer to the airport Kutaisi |
1 DAY: TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL TBILISI
Transfer from airport Kutaisi to the hotel Tbilisi
Free time
Night in Tbilisi
2 DAY: TBILISI-MTSKHETA-JVARI
Breakfast
Tbilisi: Tbilisi is one of the safest cities in Europe, and frequently ranks among the most popular emerging tourism destinations thanks to Georgia’s growing tourism industry. Tbilisi has been home to people of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, though it is overwhelmingly Eastern Orthodox Christian. Notable landmarks include cathedrals like Sameba and Sioni, the medieval Narikala Fortress, classical avenues Rustaveli and Agmashenebeli.
Mtskheta was the ancient capital of Kartli, the East Georgian Kingdom from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD, and was also the location where Christianity was proclaimed as the official religion of Georgia in 337. The complex of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in the center of the town includes the cathedral church, the palace and the gates of the Katolikos Melchizedek that date back to the 11th century, built on the site of earlier churches dating back to the 5th century.
The VI century Georgian Orthodox monastery Jvari is built on a hill opposite Mtskheta, at the confluence of Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers. The church is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Night in Tbilisi
3 DAY: ANANURI-GUDAURI-GERGETI
Breakfast
Ananuri is a fortress situated on the foreland by the Aragvi River, near to Zhinvali water reservoir. It was built by the Dukes of Aragvi and its earliest parts date back to the 13th century. The fortress is on the UNESCO Tentative list. The fortress consists of two fortifications joined by a crenellated curtain wall. The upper fortification with a large square tower, known as Sheupovari, is well-preserved.
Gudauri. The ski resort is located on the south-facing plateau of The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in Georgia. The resort is situated in the Stepantsminda District, along the Georgian Military Highway near the Cross Pass, at an elevation of 2,200 meters, above sea level with skiable area enjoying maximum exposure to the sun. The ski season lasts from December to April.
Gergeti Trinity Church. The old Georgian Church is located under the Mount Kazbek, 2170m above the town of Stepantsminda (former Kazbegi) and village of Gergeti whose name it had adopted. The church is widely known as Gergeti trinity Church thought Georgians call it Gergeti Tsminda Sameba.It was built in the 14th century.
Night in Tbilisi
4 DAY: KAKHETI-SIGHNAGHI-BODBE-TSINANDALI
Breakfast
Sighnaghi – City of Love. It is the prettiest town in Kaheti. Sighnagi was orginally developed in the 18th century by King Erekle II. The defensive walles and 28 towers were built by him against Lezgian invasion. The city has wonderful views over the Alazani valley to the Caucasus beyond. After walk we will have a traditional dinner with workshop, where you will learn how to cook traditional meals. You can also taste traditional candies with grape juice – Churchkhela and Pelamushi.
The Monastery of St. Nino in Bodbe – Was originally built in the 9th Century. It is one of the major pilgrimage sites in Georgia. Monastery consists of the tomb of ST. Nino, the Cappadocian maiden who converted Georgian people to Christianity as early as 337 AD. It has a breathtaking view of the Alazani valley and snowcapped Caucasus mountains.
Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, the founder of the Georgian romanticism turned the estate in the village of Tsinandali, which he inherited from his father into cultural and intellectual center of the country, the status it preserves to this day. For the first time in the country’s history, wine was bottled in the historic cellar of Tsinandali. The collection of Alexander Chavchavadze’s wines is also stored here – more than 15,000 bottles.
Night in Tbilisi
5 DAY: UPLISTIKHE-BORJOMI-KUTAISI
Breakfast
Uplistsikhe, literally translated as ‘Fortress of the Lord’, is an ancient rock-hewn town which played a significant role in Georgian history over a period of approximately 3,000 years. Archaeological excavations have revealed extraordinary artifacts from the late Bronze Age all the way up to the late Middle Ages. The ancient cave city was built on a rocky bank of the Mtkvari River, approximately 15 kilometers east from the town of Gori. Between the 6th century BC and 11th century AD, Uplistsikhe was one of the most important political, religious, and cultural centers of pre-Christian Kartli, one of the predecessors of the Georgian state, and flourished until it was ravaged by the Mongols in the 13th century.
Borjomi is a resort town in south-central Georgia. The town is noted for its mineral water industry and the World Wide Fund for Nature-site Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park.
Night in Kutaisi
6 DAY: BAGRATI TEMPLE-PROMETHEUS CAVE-MARTVILI CANYON
Breakfast
Bagrat Temple- the greatest cultural and architectural monument in Georgia, was constructed in the 10th – 11th centuries during the reign of Bagrat III, a Georgian ruler (975-1014), the progenitor of the Bagrationi princes. In 1994 the Bagrat Temple Revival Fund was established in Kutaisi . Today the temple is in the list of the world-significant historical and cultural monuments of UNESCO.
Prometheus cave, also known as the cave of Kumistavi, is located near the Georgian town of Tskhaltubo, 20 km from Kutaisi in Imereti region, on the West of the country. The cave was discovered in 1984 and was almost immediately developed as a show cave. Kumistavi is the biggest cave in Georgia. Although only one tenth is open for tourists, it takes about an hour to explore it. Inside there are underground lakes and rivers; high humidity and a lot of bats which, however, do not bother tourists, as they fly very high.
Martvili Canyon Natural Monument is located 45 kilometers from Kutaisi in the village Inchkhuri, near Martvili. The canyon was formed by the waters of the Abasha (Abashi) River. It is 2.4 km long, and the height of the canyon walls reaches 40 m in some places. This natural landmark attracts many tourists who want to experience the contrast between the tranquil river and the dynamic waterfalls. At the beginning, Martvili Canyon is a very quiet, deep gorge with high level of humidity, where the rocks are covered with moss and the flow of the river is so slow that it seems as if time has stopped. In the middle of the canyon suddenly appears a large 12 m waterfall, from which tons of water fall every second.
Night in Kutaisi
7 DAY: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
Transfer to the Kutaisi Airport
Rates includes:
- 4 nights’ accommodation with breakfast in Tbilisi hotel 3*: City Inn, Shine Palace / or hotel 4* Tbilisi Inn, Just inn
*Other hotels by the request - 2 nights’ accommodation with breakfast in Kutaisi hotel 3* Ponte/ or hotel 4* Best Western Kutaisi
*Other hotels by the request - High-quality guide service
- Transport services during the tour
- Transfers Aiport Kutaisi-hotel Kutaisi-airport Kutaisi
- Excursion: Tbilisi-Mtskheta-Jvari
- Excursion: Kakheti-Bodbe monastery-Sighnaghi-Tsinandali
- Excursion: Ananuri-Gudauri-Kazbegi
- Excursion: Uplistikhe-Borjomi
- Excursion: Bagrati cathedral- Prometheus cave-Martvili Canyon
- Entrance tickets: Narikhala cable car, Prometheus cave, Martvili Canyon, Uplistikhe, Borjomi National Park, Tsinandali estate
- Rise on jeep to Gergeti church
- Bottle of drinking water for every day
Rate doesn’t include:
- Extra meals and drinks
- Extra tours
- Souvenirs