Imereti, hello light (5 days/4 nights)

Breakfast

Kakheti, how much is there in this word! A few years ago, the whole world recognized that Georgia is the birthplace of wine.

We will begin our tour with a visit to the winery of KTW Corporation, one of the largest wine producers, where they will tell us what is the secret of the "Georgian" wine preparation technology. After the tour, a wine tasting awaits us.

We will make the next stop in the famous and once developed city of Gremi, which was completely destroyed by the brutal Iranian Shah Abbas. The Arkhangelsk temple and bell tower have survived and exist to this day, and it is this complex that is now called "Gremi Castle"

Next, we will invite you to a dinner in a peasant family, where a traditional table from the Kakheti mistress will be set for you (extra charge)

Next we will visit the Bodbe Monastery, where the grave of St. Nino is located, which brought Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century.

The last point of our tour will be Sighnaghi - the city of Love. Sighnaghi is a small town in eastern Georgia, on a mountainside, in the historical region of Kakheti. The center of the historical and geographical area of ​​Kiziki. Located on terraces connecting winding steep streets.

So much has been said and written about the famous Georgian military road that every day it attracts more and more travelers from all over the world.

“Better than mountains, there can only be mountains you have not been to before” are the famous words of Vysotsky. Today we go to the mountains and feel the spirit of freedom.

Our first stop will be in Ananuri, a fortress that served as the main stronghold for the Aragwa eristavs, the rulers of this region. The fortress arose in the 16th century and for the next two centuries served as the northern outpost of the defense of Transcaucasia, blocking the road leading from the Darial Gorge.

Next we will stop at the “Arch of Friendship”, which was built as an observation deck in honor of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the St. George Treatise.

The last point of our trip will be the Holy Trinity Church in Gergeti, located at an altitude of 2,170 m at the foot of Kazbek, along the Georgian Military Highway in the Georgian village of Gergeti, directly above the village of Stepantsminda. Built in the 14th century, the shrine is the only cross-domed temple in the Heavy region. Near the temple, a medieval bell tower has been preserved.

Breakfast.

"A few years ago,

Where, merging, they make noise

Hugging like two sisters

Jets of Aragva and Hens,

There was a monastery "

These famous lines are written by M.Yu. Lermontov about the cross monastery - Jvari, our first stop. Jvari is a cross monastery of the 7th century.

Next, we will go to Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia and visit the Svetitskhoveli temple, where, according to giving, there are many Orthodox values, such as the tunic of Christ, the mantle of Elijah the Prophet, the heel of St. Andrew the First-Called.

The last stop awaits us in the cave city of Uplistsikhe, 10 km from Gori, on the banks of the Kura River there is one of the rarest monuments in the world - the ancient fortified city of Uplistsikhe, carved in the volcanic rocks of the Kvernaki ridge. It was first mentioned in the annals of the 1st century. BC e., and reached its heyday by the 9th-10th centuries.

From far away, this quaint rocky city fascinates with its unusual appearance. As if giant pores on the rocks are gaping cave grottoes, inside which life once boiled. Here were once huge majestic halls, temples, dwellings, interconnected by winding corridor streets. It is hard to believe that this grandiose titanic work to create an entire city from a stone firmament is the creation of human hands. Transfer to Kutaisi. Overnight in Kutaisi.

Breakfast. Airport transfer. Departure