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3 Days/2 Nights private tour package in Kakheti region includes visiting all the main attractions of the wine region of Georgia. Guests will visit a rock-hewn monastery complex founded in the 6th century near the border with Azerbaijan, Sighnaghi- “the city of love” and Bodbe Monastery of St. Nino, Administrative center of Kakheti region, medieval monasteries and breathtaking nature of Caucasus mountains.
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Duration: 3 days
Starts: Tbilisi, Georgia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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3 Days/2 Nights private tour package in Kakheti region includes visiting all the main attractions of the wine region of Georgia. Guests will visit a rock-hewn monastery complex founded in the 6th century near the border with Azerbaijan, Sighnaghi- “the city of love” and Bodbe Monastery of St. Nino, Administrative center of Kakheti region, medieval monasteries and breathtaking nature of Caucasus mountains.
Itinerary
Day 1: Tour to David Gareja, Bodbe and Signagi
Stop At: David Gareja Monastery, Mount Gareja, Udabno Georgia
David Gareja is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia , on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja on the edge of Iori Plateau, some 60–70 km southeast of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi. The complex includes hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face.
Part of the complex of David Gareja (Bertubani Monastery) is located in the borderline’s s zone between Georgia and Azerbaijan and has become subject to a border dispute between Georgia and Azerbaijan.[1] The area is also home to protected animal species and evidence of some of the oldest human habitations in the region.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bodbe Monastery of St. Nino, Signagi Georgia
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia. Originally built in the 9th century, it has been significantly remodeled, especially in the 17th century. The monastery now functions as a nunnery and is one of the major pilgrimage sites in Georgia, due to its association with St. Nino, the 4th-century female evangelist of Georgians, whose relics are shrined there.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Signagi, Signagi, Kakheti Region
Signagi is a town in Georgia’s easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Signagi Municipality. Although it is one of Georgia’s smallest towns, Signagi serves as a popular tourist destination due to its location at the heart of Georgia’s wine-growing regions, as well as its picturesque landscapes, pastel houses and narrow, cobblestone streets. Located on a steep hill, Signagi overlooks the vast Alazani Valley, with the Caucasus Mountains visible at a distance.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Tour to Alaverdi, Tsinandali and Telavi
Stop At: Alaverdi St. George Cathedral, Telavi Georgia
Alaverdi Monastery is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km (16 mi) from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, the present day cathedral was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Ikalto Monastery Complex, Ikalto Georgia
The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Assyrian Fathers, in the late 6th century. It was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centres of Georgia. An academy was founded at the monastery during king David the Builder by Arsen Ikaltoeli (Ikaltoeli meaning from Ikalto), and advisor to David IV, in 1106. The Academy of Ikalto trained its students in theology, rhetoric, astronomy, philosophy, geography, geometry, arithmetic, music, grammar, chanting but also more practical skills such as pottery making, metal work, viticulture and wine making and pharmacology. According to a legend the famous 12th century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli studied there.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Telavi History Museum, Erekle II Avenue 1, Telavi 2200 Georgia
The museum complex includes memorial palace of the Kakheti king Erekle II (built in 1884-86), court church, re_parents of philosophy school, bath and tunnel built by Erekle II, also Ketevan Iashvili Art Gallery. The museum houses king Erekle’s belongings and along with them: numismatic collection, erly medieval sarcophagus, late medieval armor, and collections of XVII-XIX c.c. cooper household objects, weapons, Khevsuretian (East Georgian mountainous region) clothes. The Art Gallery houses the private collection (187 items) of Ketevan Iashvili donated by her to the museum. The collection includes works of XIX c. Dach, French, German, Russian (Aivazovski, Kramskoi and other peredvizhnik period artists) painters, also works of Georgian artists (E.Akhvlediani, L.Gudiashvili, J.Khutsishvili, etc.).
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Old Shuamta, Gombori pass and Tbilisi
Stop At: Shuamta Monasteries, Shaumta Shaumta Village, Telavi 383330 Georgia
The old Shuamta is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Kakheti region. It is located on a forested mountain about 1015 m above sea level, and five kilometers west of the town of Telavi, Georgia.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Gombori Pass, Gombori-Telavi Rd, Telavi Georgia
Tsiv-Gombori Range is known for its picturesque landscape. The highest point of Gombori Ridge is Mount Tsivi, with an elevation of 1991 meters. Gombori Range has pine forests and stretches to the distance of 107 km.
Duration: 20 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
