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Exploring Eastern Georgia

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Tbilisi

Places to visit: Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Bodbe, Sighnaghi, Tsinandali, Telavi, Uplistsikhe / Gudauri by choice Duration: 6 days / 5 nights Notes: During the program, guests will have a rich excursion program, an evening in a restaurant-museum with Georgian songs and dances.

Exploring Eastern Georgia
Exploring Eastern Georgia

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Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia

About The Event

Day 1 Tbilisi

• Arrival in Georgia.

• Meeting at the Airport with representatives of the Phoenix Tours Georgia

• Transfer

• Hotel check-in

Day 2 Tbilisi-Mtskheta

• Tbilisi City tour of Tbilisi with a tour of the main attractions of the city: Old Tbilisi, the maidan and sulfur baths, the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Narikala fortress, Metekhi plateau, Synagogue, Mosque, glass bridge of the World, city fortress wall, Rustaveli Avenue , Freedom Square, pedestrian street Charden, the modern part of the city.

• Moving to the ancient capital of Georgia - Mtskheta.

• Free time for lunch.

• City tour of Mtskheta. The city was founded in the 1st millennium BC and was the capital for eight centuries before the fifth century BC. Mtskheta is a World Heritage Site and is under the protection of UNESCO. A visit to the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, which houses the greatest shrine of the Georgian Church - the Chiton of the Lord, A visit to the monastery of Jvari.

• Dinner in a cozy Georgian restaurant with a tasting of delicious local cuisine and wines, in an atmosphere of Georgian music and dance.

Day 3 Sighnaghi / Uplistsikhe / Kazbegi

Tbilisi One-day excursion by choice: Sighnaghi (city of love), or Gori and the cave city of Uplistsikhe (arose at the end of II - beginning of the 1st millennium BC. About 150 caves are accessible for visiting ), or along the Georgian Military Highway, to the pearl of the Caucasus mountain range - Mount Kazbegi

Day 4 Tbilisi - Bodbe - Signagi - Tsinandali - Telavi

• Excursion to one of the most beautiful and ancient cities of Georgia - Signagi, which is located in the eastern part of the country, in the Kakheti region. The city offers a lovely view of the Caucasus Mountains and the Alazani Valley. Visit to the Bodbe Monastery.

• Wine tasting in a home wine cellar in the city of Sighnaghi, you will be offered 4 varieties of wine, Georgian bread - pita bread and cheese.

• Transfer to Tsinandali - visit to the Chavchavadze estate. On the estate there is the first winery in Georgia, the house-museum of the princes, and the enoteca which stores 16 thousand bottles of wine from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Relocation to Telavi

Day 5 Telavi- Tbilisi

• Visit Ikalto Academy, where in the 9th century one of the world's first educational Academies was established, along with such disciplines as philosophy, astronomy, mathematics, Greek and Latin, students studied winemaking as a separate subject. Visit to the Alaverdi Cathedral.

• Transfer to Tbilisi via Gombor Pass

Day 6 Tbilisi Transfer to the airport.

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