On a tour of Georgia, you’ll discover breathtaking scenery, a hospitable people, Europe’s highest mountains, an eventful history and a varied culture…
In this program, you’ll get an excellent overview of Georgia’s history, visit all the key points and marvel at its landscapes, architecture, gastronomy, hospitality, people…
The tour of Georgia will take you from the mountains to the sea, from the countryside to the cosmopolitan cities.
The Georgia tour will help you understand all the key elements of Georgia, all the main places, all the main viewpoints, both panoramic and philosophical. After a tour of Georgia, you’ll feel the Georgian soul, and maybe even want to live there!
Airport transfer; hotel check-in
Dinner in Tbilisi and overnight in hotel in Tbilisi.
Breakfast at the hotel
You’ll visit the Narikhala fortress, created in the 4th century and considerably enlarged since then by the Umayyads, King David the Builder, and then destroyed by the Mongols. It overlooks Tbilisi and the Mtkvari river, offering panoramic views of Tbilisi.
Lunch in the historic center of Tbilisi. You’ll stroll through the maze of the old town, a veritable jewel of architecture and layout, with its carved wooden balconies, winding cobbled streets… old Tbilisi is both an Oriental city and a medieval European town. Stroll along Rustaveli Avenue and visit the Georgian National Museum
Dinner in Tbilisi and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure from Tbilisi. Visit Djvari, a 6th-century Georgian Orthodox monastery overlooking 3 arms of the rivers that meet. Then discover the ancient capital of Mtskheta. The spiritual heart of Georgia, a Unesco World Heritage site. then transfer to the troglodyte site of Ouplitsikhe, home to the first populations of the Caucasus before becoming a strategic stop on the Silk Road. Lunch in Ouplitsikhe
Journey to the town of Borjomi. Visit the city park
Transfer to Rabati.
Dinner in Rabati and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the troglodyte town of Vardzia. In 1185, Queen Tamar assumed the throne of Georgia. To protect herself from Mongol invasions, she had the town of Vardzia dug out.
Arriving at your destination, you’ll discover the history of this unique complex. Explore the caves carved into the cliffs and admire the various historic buildings, such as the observation tower, churches and halls.
Lunch in Vardzia
Return transfer to Rabati Castle. And visit this 13th-century military building. The fortress had been destroyed several times, often during sieges, as a result of which it had absorbed traces of different cultures and religions. In 2012, a major restoration took place, after which the Rabati fortress in Akhaltsikhe was transformed into a city within a city.View of the Caucasus mountains!
Dinner and overnight at hotel (inside Rabati fortress 4*, or in town 3*).
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Kutaissi.
Lunch in Kutaissi
Visit the Ghelati monastery, long a cultural and intellectual center founded in 1106 by King David IV. You’ll see manuscripts and wall paintings dating from the 11th to 17th centuries, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site; then visit the Motsameta monastery, smaller than Ghelati, which sits on a magnificent cliff-top promontory with a breathtaking view of the river and countryside.
Boat tour of the Prometheus Caves: the largest caves in Georgia (1600m long) and the deepest in the world.
Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Kutaissi.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Zugdidi. Visit to the Dadiani palace in Zugdidi.
Lunch in Zugdidi.
Transfer to Mestia, a Unesco World Heritage town. Its 11th-century tower-houses, which served both as dwellings and watchtowers, are one of the main attractions of this region (Svanetia). Some are 25 metres high. A must-see!
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Mestia
Breakfast at the hotel.
Visit to the Mestia museum; tour of a tower house.
4×4 transfer to Ushguli. Lunch in Ushguli.
Walk through the village of Ushguli, Europe’s highest inhabited village and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Visit the church.
4×4 journey to visit the Shkhara glacier and views of the highest mountains in the Caucasus.
Return transfer to Mestia
Dinner and overnight at hotel
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Zugdidi.
Lunch at Zugdidi
Transfer to Kutaissi
Free time in Kutaissi, visit to the Bagrati church, overlooking the city
Dinner and overnight in Kutaissi
Breakfast at the hotel
Depart from Kutaissi to take the “Georgian military road”, which remains the only natural route linking the Caucasus from south to north.
Stop in Gori, Stalin’s birthplace, to visit the Stalin Museum.
Visit an internationally renowned Georgian vineyard, wine tasting and lunch in the vineyard.
Stop at the fortified ecclesiastical complex of Ananouri, with its churches and defensive tower enclosed in a fortress overlooking Lake Jinvali. Stop off at the Russo-Georgian Friendship Monument, where you can take in the breathtaking scenery.
Dinner and overnight in Stepantsminda
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for Gergeti church. This church, with Mount Kazbek (5200m) in the background, is one of Georgia’s most famous viewpoints. You’ll take some great photos and enjoy this memorable vantage point.
Lunch on the banks of the Aragvi River, then transfer to Alaverdi monastery
Night and dinner in Telavi
Breakfast at the hotel
Visit the house of Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, founder of Georgian Romanticism. He turned the estate in the village of Tsinandali, which he inherited from his father, into the country’s cultural and intellectual center, which it remains to this day. Then on to the fortified church of Grémi, an iconographic symbol of Georgia perched on a citadel at the foot of the Daguestan mountains. After this enriching visit, you’ll head off to a typical Georgian vineyard for lunch.
Transfer to Sighnaghi, visit Bodbé monastery, with views over the Alazani valley. Then visit Sighnaghi, perched on a 750-metre-high hill, with its immense wall, churches and balconied lanes.
Dinner in Sighnaghi and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the troglodyte monasteries of David Gareja, founded in the 6th century. Partly rocky, they are located on the border between Azerbaijan and Georgia. They are located in a remote area, giving the impression of being at the end of the world, with a semi-desert landscape.
Transfer and lunch in Udabno
Transfer to Tbilisi.
Free time in Tbilisi
Dinner in Tbilisi and overnight in hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel
Free time (depending on flight schedules)
Airport transfer
Tbilisi or Kutaissi airport (different order of days if departing from Kutaissi)(Google Map)
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