Spring and Autumn tour in Georgia

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia Meeting in airport, transfer to the hotel. Tbilisi overview excursion: Trinity Cathedral church, Metekhi plateau with picturesque view on the old city. Famous Tbilisi sulfur bathes, tourists may order bath for the evening. Shardeni street, Tbilisi Caravan-Sarais and Sioni cathedral. The oldest church of Tbilisi – Anchiskhati and Baratashvili avenue. Rustaveli avenue. And in the evening Georgian cuisine – festival dinner in restaurant accompanied with Georgian national songs and dances.

Travel to Kakheti – the cradle of wine. Visit the town Signagi, and walk around the town, where are saved fortification walls and tourists can walk on them. From here are picturesque views of Alazani valley and the Great Caucasus range. Visit the Signagi museum. Wine tasting in the “Okros” wine cellar, where wines are made according to the oldest Georgian technologies. Visit one of the oldest wine cellars in the area – in the village Velistsikhe is a museum cellar of the XVI century. Walk around the museum, wine tasting, culinary tour, and lunch. Visit museum Tsinandali – the house of local landlord Chavchavadze, which is an old wine cellar, with wines older than 150 years and an old wine factory, known for wine Tsinandali. Tourists will taste the wine. Arrival in the town Telavi. Dinner and overnight in a guesthouse, located in the historical center of Telavi.

Hungover Travel to Gremi historical complex – the residence of Kakheti kings. Via this town’s historical Silk, the road was passed. Visit a museum, and walk around the complex. Visit Ikalto monastery, where in XII century was founded the academy and the first winemaking department in the world. Return to Telavi, in the restaurant “Nikala” tourists will taste Kakhetian grappa – chacha and taste it with lunch. Return to Tbilisi by Gombori pass. On the way visit Ujarma fortress.

Drive to the west. Excursion in the ancient capital of Georgia – Mtskheta. Cross monastery and Svetitskhoveli cathedral – these two monuments are included by UNESCO to the world heritage sites and this places are connected to the times when Georgia was converted to Christianity. Continue the tour to Gori, and visit the ancient town Uplistsikhe, which is carved on the rock and used to be spiritual center of pagan Georgia. Arrival to Borjomi. Walk in Borjomi park, where you can taste famous mineral water directly from the spring. Dinner and overnight in the guesthouse.

Continue driving to the south – to the center of the historical province Meskheti – in the middle ages here was the cultural center of Georgia. According to tradition, the famous Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli also was from Meskheti. Visit historical and architectural monuments – Rabati fortress and mosque in Akhaltsikhe, drive via picturesque Mtkvari valley, visit Fortress Khertvisi, and visit the most important sightseeing in the area – Vardzia cave monastery. Luncj in Vardzia and tasting local types of Vodka. Drive back to Tbilisi via Javakheti plateau, on the way visit two beautiful lakes – Sagamo and Paravani. Late arrival to Tbilisi. Check-in hotel.