Route: Tbilisi city tour, Mstkheta-Jvari-Samtavro, Ananuri-Gudauri-Gergeti church, Kakheti: Signaghi-Bodbe-Tsinandali, Uplistsikhe, Gelaty monastery-Motsameta monastery-Bagrat Temple, Martvili canyon-Kinchxa waterfall-Okace canyon, Prometheus cave, Batumi city tour-Botanical Garden, Mountain Adjaria-Adjarian wine house, Borjomi National Park, Gala dinner.
Duration: 13 nights/14 days
DAY |
DESTINATION |
Day 1 |
Transfer to the hotel Tbilisi. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 2 |
Tbilisi city tour. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 3 |
Mstkheta-Jvari-Samtavro. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 4 |
Ananuri-Gudauri-Gergeti church. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 5 |
Kakheti: Signaghi-Bodbe-Tsinandali. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 6 |
Uplistsikhe. Night in Kutaisi |
Day 7 |
Gelaty monastery-Motsameta monastery-Bagrat Temple. Night in Kutaisi |
Day 8 |
Martvili canyon-Kinchxa waterfall-Okace canyon. Night in Kutaisi |
Day 9 |
Prometheus cave. Night in Batumi |
Day 10 |
Batumi city tour-Botanical Garden. Night in Batumi |
Day 11 |
Mountain Adjaria-Adjarian wine house. Night in Batumi |
Day 12 |
Borjomi National Park. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 13 |
Gala dinner. Night in Tbilisi |
Day 14 |
Transfer to the airport |
1 Day: TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL
Meeting at the airport Tbilisi.
Transfer to the hotel.
Free time
Night in Tbilisi
2 Day: TBILISI CITY TOUR
Breakfast
Tbilisi: The history of this amazing city goes back to the 5th century when the Georgian king Vakhtang Gorgasali ordered to build a city in the center of the fertile valley lying between two Caucasian ridges. It originated from the word “tbili,”-“warm.” Present-day Tbilisi is one of the safest cities in Europe, and frequently ranks among the most popular emerging destinations thanks to Georgia’s growing tourism industry. Historically, Tbilisi has been home to people of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, though the overwhelming majority of its people are Eastern Orthodox Christian. Notable landmarks include cathedrals like Sameba and Sioni, the medieval Narikala Fortress, classical avenues Rustaveli and Agmashenebeli, as well as the exotically-designed Georgian National Opera Theater.
Night in Tbilisi
3 Day: MTSKHETA-JVARI-SAMTAVRO
Breakfast
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 centre of the town includes the cathedral church, the palace and the gates of the Katolikos Melchizedek that date from the 11th century, built on the site of earlier churches dating back to the 5th century. The cruciform cathedral is crowned with a high cupola over the crossing, and there are remains of important wall paintings in the interior. The rich sculpted decoration of the elevations comes from various periods of its long history.
Jvari is built on a hill opposite to Mtskheta, at the confluence of Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers. The church is included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Samtavro Monastery was originally built in the 4th century and has since been subject to various restorations. The main church of the monastery was built in the early 11th century. It contains the grave of Mirian III, the king of Iberia who established Christianity as the official religion of Georgia.
Night in Tbilisi
4 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 consist 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, 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
5 Day: SIGHNAGHI-BODBE MONASTERY-TSINANDALI ESTATE
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
6 Day: UPLITSIKHE
Breakfast
Uplistsikhe– literally translated as ‘Fortress of God’, 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 dating from the late Bronze Age all the way up to the late Middle Ages.
Accoring to Unesco, Uplistsikhe Cave Town-Fortress is situated on a rocky massif in 15 km eastwards to town Gori on the left bank of the river Mtkvari. The fortress is mentioned in chronicles from earliest times. Its history begins at the I-II millennium B.C. Uplistsikhe was an important religious, political and cultural center in the Hellenistic and the late Antique periods (IV c. B.C. – IV c. A.D.). The town was in its heyday as early as the 9th – 11th centuries. In 13th century, it was ravaged by Mongols.
Transfer to the Kutaisi
Night in Kutaisi
7 Day: BAGRAT TEMPLE-GELATY MONASTERY-MOTSAMETA MONASTERY
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.
The Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength and economic growth between the 11th and 13th centuries. It is characterized by the facades of smoothly hewn large blocks, balanced proportions and blind arches for exterior decoration. The Gelati monastery, one of the largest medieval Orthodox monasteries, was also a scientific and educational center and the Academy it housed was one of the most important cultural centers in ancient Georgia.
Motsameta Monastery is located 6 kilometers from Kutaisi. The present day church dates back to the 11th century, but historic records show that a church was constructed in this spot as early as the 8th century. Motsameta attracts many tourists with its ancient superstition: if one crawls three times under the ark and makes a wish while touching the hallows, the wish will come true.
Night in Kutaisi
8 Day: MARTVILI CANYON-OKATSE CANYON-KINCHXA WATERFALL
Breakfast
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.
Okatse Canyon- natural monument (just a few km from Kinchkha in Gordi village) with high quality tourist infrastructure built in the recent years – stairs, footpaths offering magnificent views to the canyon and its surroundings have a nice day out in the nature especially in spring when water levels are high and nature blossoms with flowers all around and smell of yellow azalea and still snowed Askhi Pleatau.
Kinchkha waterfalls It is located on an altitude of 1000 meters and nature out there is amazing and refreshing.
Night in Kutaisi
9 Day: PROMETHEUS CAVE
Breakfast
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.
Night in Batumi
10 Day: BATUMI CITY TOUR AND BOTANICAL GARDEN
Breakfast
Batumi is located in a convenient natural Black Sea bay and is not only an important seaport for the entire Georgia but also a tourism center of the country. The romantic picture of ships departure from the harbor is better seen from Batumi Quay. Also we will see The “Ali and Nino” moving sculpture, which is definitely one of the most amazing and memorable sights in this Georgian Black Sea resort. Batumi is the city with such a nice area for walking, long boulevard, new glass and fashionable and 19th century buildings and elegant squares which will make you feel as if you are in Europe, green parks – nice places for relaxing with lakes, fountains and a lot more!
The Botanical Garden of Batumi looks like the real Garden of Eden from the Bible. There is no other way to name this amazing paradise where samples of the rarest, strange and beautiful plants of the world are collected! The huge territory of the garden (more than 110 hectares) has the collection of more than two thousand tree species.
Night in Batumi
11 Day: MAKHUNTSETI WATERFALL-QUEEN TAMARA BRIDGE-ADJARIAN WINE HOUSE
Breakfast
Makhuntseti Waterfall is located near the town of Keda, 35 km away from Batumi City. The fall is 335 meters above the sea level with very relaxing atmosphere and is the best way to cool off during a hot summer day.
Queen Tamara bridge- in the middle ages, the bridges were of particular importance, as well as on the territory of modern Adjara seething life, their construction has been vital to the existence of the state, transfer of troops and goods. At the present-day territory of Adjara there are more than 20 preserved arched bridges called “Bridge of Tamara.” This name comes from the fact that according to historians, it was constructed based on the order of Georgian Queen Tamara. It is believed that most of the arch bridge was built in IV-VII centuries. n. e.
Then we will visit a multi-functional “Adjarian Wine House” surrounded by wine yards, Georgian restaurant, wine factory, enotheque, wine cellar with Qvevri and wine tasting halls. We will be able to taste wines at this wonderful location.
Night in Batumi
12 Day: BORJOMI
Breakfast
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 Tbilisi
13 Day: GALA-DINNER
Breakfast
Free time
GALA DINNER AT GEORGIAN RESTAURANT WITH NATIONAL PROGRAM (DANCE AND FOLK MUSIC)
Night in Tbilisi
14 Day: TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT
Transfer to the airport
Rates include:
- 7 nights’ stay with breakfast in Tbilisi hotel 3*: City Inn, Shine Palace / or hotel 4* Tbilisi Inn, Just inn
*Other hotels by the request - 3 nights’ stay with breakfast in Kutaisi hotel 3* Ponte / or hotel 4* Best Western Kutaisi
*Other hotels by the request - 3 nights’ stay with breakfast in Batumi hotel 3* or hotel 4*
- High-quality guide service
- Transport services during the tour
- Transfers: airport Tbilisi-hotel Tbilisi-airport Tbilisi
- Excursion: Tbilisi city tour
- Excursion: Mtskheta-Jvari-Samtavro
- Excursion: Ananuri-Gudauri-Gergeti church
- Excursion: Kakheti-Bodbe monastery-Sighnaghi-Tsinandali
- Excursion: Uplistikhe cave-town
- Excursion: Gelaty monastery-Bagrati cathedral-Motsameta monastery
- Excursion: Martvili Canyon- Okatse Canyon- Kinchkha waterfall
- Excursion: Prometheus cave
- Excursion: Batumi city tour and Botanical Garden
- Excursion: Mount Adjara with Adjarian wine house
- Excursion: Borjomi National Park
- Entrance tickets: Narikhala cable car, Uplistikhe, Borjomi national park, Tsinandali, Martvili canyon, Okatse Canyon, Kinchkha waterfall, Prometheus cave
- Wine tasting at Tsinandali estate and Adjarian wine house
- Gala dinner
- Rise on jeep to Gergeti church, Okatse Canyon, Kinchkha waterfall
- Bottle of drinking water for every day
Rate doesn’t include:
- Extra meals and drinks
- Extra tours
- Souvenirs