Tbilisi Trip Overview
Get close with the history, culture, and lifestyle of the Kakhetian people during this private, full-day tour to the Kakheti historic sights from Tbilisi. Explore this picturesque and most fertile part of Georgia. Along the way, see places like the Alaverdi Cathedral, the city of Gremi, with its churches and museums, the village of Tsinandali, and more. In the middle of the tour, enjoy lunch at a local house in Telavi, featuring homemade Georgian food and wine. All entrance fees, plus lunch, and a Tbilisi hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Tbilisi, Georgia
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Get close with the history, culture, and lifestyle of the Kakhetian people during this private, full-day tour to the Kakheti historic sights from Tbilisi. Explore this picturesque and most fertile part of Georgia. Along the way, see places like the Alaverdi Cathedral, the city of Gremi, with its churches and museums, the village of Tsinandali, and more. In the middle of the tour, enjoy lunch at a local house in Telavi, featuring homemade Georgian food and wine. All entrance fees, plus lunch, and a Tbilisi hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
Stop At: Alaverdi St. George Cathedral, Telavi Georgia
In the morning, the guide and driver will provide a pickup from a hotel in Tbilisi, then start driving to the Kakheti province.
The first stop is the Alaverdi Cathedral, which stands in the Alazani-River valley. The earliest structures here date back to 6th-century AD, but the present-day cathedral is dated from the 11th century. The area is encircled with a fortified wall and contains wine cellars, baths, a living area, and other structures.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Gremi Citadel and Church of the Archangels, Gremi village, Gremi 383330 Georgia
Next, head to Gremi, the capital of a once-flourishing Kingdom of Kakheti. The city was destroyed by the Shah Abass army in the 17th century. Only the ruins have survived. Visit a well-preserved Church of Archangels, Royal Tower, and museum displaying objects uncovered during archaeological excavations and paintings of Georgian kings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Tsinandali Palace, Tsinandali village, Tsinandali Georgia
After the tour at Gremi, continue to Telavi for lunch a at local house with homemade dishes and Georgian wine.
Next, visit Tsinandali and the house museum of famous Georgian poet and public figure, Alexandre Chavchavadze. He was the first nobleman to produce and bottle Georgian wine, according to European methods of wine making. See a bottle of Saperavi wine from 1839 kept in the wine-cellars of Tsinandali among the other 16,500 bottles of different sorts. Take a walk in the Tsinandali residence gardens with a glass of wine produced by Tsinandali.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Shuamta Monasteries, Shaumta Shaumta Village, Telavi 383330 Georgia
Along the way, visit the Old and New Shuamta Monasteries. One of the oldest basilicas in Georgia, dating back to the 6th century, is located here.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Gombori Pass, Gombori-Telavi Rd, Telavi Georgia
Drive back to Tbilisi via the Gombori Pass.
