Winter tour in Georgia

Until 14:00 Meeting at Tbilisi airport and transfer to the GTM Plaza hotel, time for registration and short rest. Going on a tour, currency exchange. 14:30 Lunch in Tbilisi at the Khinkali House restaurant. Sightseeing walking tour of Old Tbilisi: Avenue named after. Sh. Rustaveli, Zion Cathedral, Metekhi Monastery built on the rocky bank of the Kura River in the 12th century. The monastery offers a wonderful view of Old Tbilisi. Bridge of Peace, we take the cable car up to the Narikala fortress. Old Tbilisi and sulfur baths, which, according to legend, were found by the king of Iberia Vakhtang Gorgasali during a hunt. 20:00 Free evening.

Breakfast in the hotel. 9:00 Departure for the tour. 09:45 Point No. 1 Jvari Temple, it is marked by the fact that according to legend, after the baptism of Georgia, St. Nina installed the first cross in this place - Jvari in Georgian. From the cliff on which the temple is located, a beautiful landscape opens onto the ancient city of Mtskheta, the gorge of the Kur River and the valley of the Aragvi River. 11:00 Arrival in the cave city of Uplistsikhe, which was founded back in 1000 BC. e and was a sacred and temple place during the pre-Christian period. 12:00 Tour to the city of Gori, which is known primarily as the birthplace of Joseph Stalin. Here we will visit a museum dedicated to the Soviet leader. 14:00 Lunch in the city of Gori at the Chinebuli restaurant. 16:30 The city of Mtskheta, the very first capital of Georgia, where the main monument of Orthodox Georgia is located - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, built in the 9th century. 19:00 Return to Tbilisi.

Breakfast in the hotel. 9:00 Departure for a tour to Kakheti - the center of Georgian winemaking. 11:00 Walk through the ancient streets of the beautiful city of Sighnaghi, which is known as the City of Love. 12:30 Visit to the Georgian National Museum, where original works by the famous Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani are also exhibited. 14:00 Lunch at Burji restaurant. 15:30 Just three kilometers from Sighnaghi, in a grove of cypress trees, is the Bodbe convent of Ninotsminda, where Saint Nino, the baptist of Georgia, is buried. 17:30 Tour to Tsinandali, the house-museum of Alexander Chavchavadze with a beautiful court garden and its own winery, where we will have the opportunity to taste the wines. 18:20 Tour and tasting in one of the most famous wineries in Georgia - Khareba, tasting will take place in the long Gvirabi wine tunnel, which was hollowed out during the Soviet times for military purposes. 19:00 Arrival in Telavi. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Telavi. Visit to the cathedral and monastery complex of Alaverdi, founded in the 11th century. Visit to the ancient monastery and academy of Ikalto, where, according to legend, the great Georgian poet of the 12th century, Shota Rustaveli, studied. Lunch at the restaurant. Return to Tbilisi and check into a hotel. Free evening.

Breakfast in the hotel. Departure from Tbilisi to the ski resort of Bakuriani. On the way we will stop in the city of Borjomi, famous for its healing and thermal waters. Arrival in Bakuriani. This is a small village and ski resort among the picturesque Caucasus Mountains in the heart of Georgia. Free day.

Breakfast in the hotel. After a short rest, departure from Bakuriani. Tour to the Rabat Fortress. This is a large fortress in the city of Akhaltsikhe, recently completely reconstructed. One of the main attractions of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region. Now on the territory of the fortress there is a hotel, a museum, a wine shop and an information center. 13:00 Lunch at a restaurant on the territory of the Rabat fortress. Return to Tbilisi and check-in at the hotel. Free evening.

Breakfast in the hotel. 9:00 Check-out from the hotel. 11:00 Time for shopping Georgian products: souvenirs, wine, chacha, churchkhela, etc. 12:00 Transfer to the airport.