Tbilisi Trip Overview
This tour gives you unique opportunity to visit beautiful landscapes of Javakheti, oldest cave towns, fortresses, monasteries including Vardzia, Uplistsikhe, Jvari Monastery and Svetitskoveli Cathedral; both are UNESCO Word Heritage Sites.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Tbilisi, Georgia
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This tour gives you unique opportunity to visit beautiful landscapes of Javakheti, oldest cave towns, fortresses, monasteries including Vardzia, Uplistsikhe, Jvari Monastery and Svetitskoveli Cathedral; both are UNESCO Word Heritage Sites.
Itinerary
Day 1: Samtskhe – Javakheti region
Stop At: Paravani Lake, Ninotsminda Georgia
The biggest and deepest lake
in Georgia.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Sagamo Lake, Saghamo Georgia
Sagamo lake covers an area of 458 hectares. It is located north of Madatapa Lake and Biketi Lake. The village of Saghamo lies on its eastern bank.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Vardzia, Erusheti Mountain, Aspindza 383770 Georgia
Vardzia Cave town is very impressive historical-cultural monument, founded in 12th century, 13 floors and hundreds of rooms, halls and churches, huge complex made in rocks.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Rabati Castle, Akhaltsikhe Georgia
Rabati fortress at the city Akhaltsikhe is huge historical-cultural complex, where you can see different cultural and religious buildings together. Akhaltsikhe in 16th century it was the regional administrative center of Ottomans Empire before Russia-Turkey war.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in twin rooms: Tiflis Hotel Akhaltsikhe 3*
Day 2: Akhaltsikhe – Borjomi – Uplistsikhe – Mtskheta – Tbilisi
Stop At: Borjomi Central Park, 50, 9 Aprili Street, Borjomi 1200 Georgia
After breakfast, we will drive to Borjomi – one of the main mountain resort in Georgia, beautiful location deep in a forests and mountains. Here you will visit beautiful Borjomi Park, and also taste famous Georgian mineral water “Borjomi” directly from the natural source.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Uplistsiche Cave Town, Kvakhvreli 15 km Eastwards to Town Gori, Gori 1423 Georgia
Uplistsikhe Cave Town (1st millennium B.C.) is ancient cave city on the Silk Road.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Arsukidze, Mtskheta 3300 Georgia
Visit old capital city Mtskheta, here we will visit UNESCO world heritage site: Svetitskhoveli cathedral (11th century).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jvari Church, Mtskheta Georgia
We will visit UNESCO world heritage site: Jvari monastery (6th century).Jvari is a rare case of the Early Medieval Georgian church that survived to the present day almost unchanged. The church became the founder of its type, the Jvari type of church architecture, prevalent in Georgia and Armenia
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
