The charm of Tbilisi and of Kaxeti

Sightseeing tour

Cдан 1-2 per.. - 1300$

Miniven 3-6 per.- 1725$

Splinter 7-15per. - 2200$

Cost includes:

• Transfer airport-hotel-airport transfers;
• English speaking guide
• Excursions according to the program;
• Entrance fees to all museums and sights mentioned in the program

5  days -  4  nights

Itinerary :

The first day . Arrival in Tbilisi. Transfer and accommodation at the hotel. Free day

The second day : 

• Breakfastat the hotel.

Tour in a historical part of Tbilisi:

• Visiting Abanotubani 
• Visiting Metekhi Church (XII century) 
• Cable car ride to Mtatsminda Mountain and  overlooking the city of Tbilisi.
• Visiting Monument “Mother of Georgia”.
• Visiting Narikala castle 
• Visiting Sioni cathedral 
• Visiting Anchiskhati 
• Walking through the glass bridge called “The bridge of peace”.
• Walking through to the “Park of Europe” with dancing fountains.
• Visiting Sameba cathedral - Holy Trinity Cathedral, called as “Millennium Building”. Sameba is the greatest Orthodox Cathedral in Georgia and Caucasus. It represents the synthesis of cross–domed and central-domed churches. It is 100 meters in heigt.
• Visiting the Museum of Fine Arts of Georgia
• In the evening dinner at the restaurant with Georgian folk program is optional  (35 Usd – per person).​

The four day .

Breakfast. Excursion in Mtskheta  and Gori (Stalin museum )

• Visiting Jvari monastery (Church of the Holy Cross VI century). The monastery stands on a high mountain, a panoramic view on the merging of the two majestic rivers - Aragvi and Kura.
• Visit Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Living Pillar XI century)
• Visit Samtavro Monastery 11th century monastery complex. The first Christian king Miriani and his wife Nana are buried  in the church.Samtavro is also the burial place of contemporary Saint – Monk Gabriel who died in 1995 . With many miracles ascribed to him, Gabriel's grave at Mtskheta has attracted an increasing number of pilgrims. 
• Lunch
• Trip to Gori and visiting house museum of Josep Stalin,  the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
• Visiting Museum of ethnography in Gori.
• Visiting Uplistsikhe Cave Town-Fortress,  situated on a rocky massif in 15 km eastwards to town Gori. The fortress is mentioned in chronicles from earliest times. Its history begins in the I-II millennium B.C. Uplistsikhe was an important religious, political and cultural centre in the Hellenistic and the late Antique periods (IV c. B.C. - IV c. A.D.). 
• Returning back to Tbilisi.

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The third day .

Breakfast at the hotel

• Departure to Kakheti.
• Visiting Bodbe monastery, which is the burial place of Saint Nino, enlighter of Georgia.
• Departure to wine cellar “Khareba”, in kvareli. Here you can taste Georgian wines and have lunch with Georgian traditional  cuisine. (about $ 30 per person) .
• Seeing Nekresi monastery –one of the most interesting ensambles of churches and other constructions in Georgia. It contains churches of IV –V and VIII-IX centuries. Nekresi overlooks Alazani valley, an old settlement and remains of a Zoroasteian temple.
• Next, seeing Gremi monastery -a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels. The complex is what has survived from the once flourishing town of Gremi.
• Overnight and dinner at a hotel in Kvareli municipality

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The fifth day.       

• breakfast at the hotel.
• Visiting Tsinandali house museum of eminent georgian Poet, ,
• Journey to Alaverdi monastery .
• Visting Ikalto monastery, 
• Visiting New shuamta monastery, 

Departure to Tbilisi, accomodation at the hotel and dinner

The sixth day

Transfer to the Tbilissi airport

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