Tbilisi Trip Overview
When you’ve been doing something for 8,000 years, it’s a good bet you know your stuff. And Georgia definitely knows its stuff when it comes to wine. We offer you a wine tour to the East of Georgia and a unique opportunity to participate in the harvest of grapes and wine making. During this tour you will visit the traditional wine regions of the country.
Additional Info
Duration: 5 days
Starts: Tbilisi, Georgia
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
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When you’ve been doing something for 8,000 years, it’s a good bet you know your stuff. And Georgia definitely knows its stuff when it comes to wine. We offer you a wine tour to the East of Georgia and a unique opportunity to participate in the harvest of grapes and wine making. During this tour you will visit the traditional wine regions of the country.
Itinerary
Day 1: Tbilisi
Stop At: Hotel Astoria Tbilisi, 12 Shio Chitadze St, T’bilisi, Georgia
Arrive in Tbilisi after your flight, you need to reach the hotel, you can check in any time after 14:00 Tbilisi time.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner: Meeting in the lobby of the hotel at 19:00 and drive to Restaurant Funicular, where you will have welcome dinner.
Accommodation included: Twin room accommodation: Astoria Tbilisi Hotel or Park Hotel or LM Club Hotel
Day 2: Tbilisi – Mtskheta – Mukhrani – Chardakhi – Tbilisi
Stop At: Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Arsukidze, Mtskheta 3300 Georgia
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (11th century). A masterpiece of the Early and High Middle Ages, Svetitskhoveli is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Jvari Church, Mtskheta Georgia
Jvari Monastery (6th century) is a rare case of the Early Medieval Georgian church that survived to the present day almost unchanged.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chateau Mukhrani, Tsereteli akakis gamz. 116, Mukhrani 3309 Georgia
Chateau Mukhrani – founded in 1878 by the Prince of Mukhrani, heir of the royal family of Georgia.
You will see Ivan Mukhranbatoni’s royal palace, gardens and old cellars, stroll through vineyards, and visit the ultra-modern winery. You will have an opportunity to taste the finest wines of Georgia and delicious Georgian cuisine.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Iago’s Wine, Villae Chardakni, Mtskheta 3300 Georgia
After lunch, you will visit Iago’s Wine that is small boutique winery producing qvevri wines from organic vineyards.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Twin room accommodation: Astoria Tbilisi Hotel or Old Metekhi Hotel
Day 3: Tbilisi – Sighnaghi – Numisi –Velistsikhe – Kvareli
Stop At: Bodbe Monastery of St. Nino, Signagi Georgia
You will explore centuries-long history of Kakheti wine culture. In the morning, visit to Bodbe nunnery, where Saint Nino was buried and Sighnaghi, a beautiful town founded in the 18th century that overlooks amazing Alazani Valley and spectacular Great Caucasus Mountains.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Signagi, Signagi, Kakheti Region
Sighnaghi is a beautiful town founded in the 18th century that overlooks amazing Alazani Valley and spectacular Great Caucasus Mountains
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Numisi, Kvareli-Mukuzani, Velistsikhe 0199 Georgia
After we will visit Numisi winery. The cellar is built in ancient classical architecture with white river stones and bricks. The cellar introduces excellent arched wine storage, with old limestone wine presser (Satsnakheli) & 33 clay pitchers (Qvevi) sunk underneath the ground.
Duration: 1 minute
Stop At: Tunnel Winery Khareba’s, Meurneoba District Kakheti, Kvareli 383320 Georgia
Have dinner in Khareba winery restaurant
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner: After tasting wines we will go to Kvareli and have dinner in Khareba winery restaurant.
Accommodation included: Twin room accommodation at Chateau Kvareli
Day 4: Kvareli –Nekresi monastery-Chelty winery –Alaverdi cathedral – Matsoni house – Tbilisi
Stop At: Nekresi Monastery Complex, Nekresi Monastery Road, Kvareli 0101 Georgia
So we start our trip from Nekresi monastery – is one of the largest monastery complexes in the Kakheti region of Georgia and was founded by St. Abibo Nekreseli, one of the famous thirteen Syrian fathers
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chelti Winery, Shilda, Kvareli 4816 Georgia
We will have a chance to see the production of Georgian Traditional “Kvevri” with a national flavor, as well as to visit the Chelti factory, where wine is produced according to the classical and traditional methods. Chelti winery is equipped with advanced technologies which make it possible to control the wine quality at any stage of its making. The Wine Company “Chelti’ also uses 8000 years experience Georgia gained in winemaking.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Alaverdi St. George Cathedral, Telavi Georgia
We will visit Alaverdi Cathedral, one of the most important medieval monuments in all of Georgia. It was built in the beginning of the 11th century, and was one of the tallest buildings of its time.In Alavedi you will have opportunity to taste Georgian traditional Matsoni – The most healthful of all yogurts.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Twin room accommodation: Astoria Tbilisi Hotel, Park Hotel or LM Club Hotel
Day 5: Tbilisi
Stop At: Hotel Astoria Tbilisi, 12 Shio Chitadze St, T’bilisi, Georgia
After breakfast, check out and this tour will finish, we’ll escort you to the airport.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
