David Gareja and Sighnaghi Tour from Tbilisi
Two hours southeast of Tbilisi the country turns to semi-desert and the monks got there first, in the 500s. Then north, to a town on a ridge where the whole Alazani valley opens up at once.
Two hours southeast of Tbilisi the country turns to semi-desert and the monks got there first, in the 500s. Then north, to a town on a ridge where the whole Alazani valley opens up at once.
Two hundred kilometres, four sites, and a jump from Iron Age rock-cutters to a Soviet dictator's railway carriage without ever leaving the Mtkvari valley.
Twelve to fifteen wines, three families who make them, one man who still makes the clay vessels they ferment in — and lunch that goes on considerably longer than you planned.
Three UNESCO monuments, two rivers that refuse to mix, and 1,700 years of Christian history — all twenty kilometres from your hotel, and you are back in Tbilisi for lunch.
A 16th-century fortress, a pass at 2,395 metres and a church that sits alone under a 5,047-metre peak — one long, well-paced day north of Tbilisi, in a private car, with pickup at your door.
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