Trip Description
Make this the year you venture deep into Georgia’s natural wonders, to the height of urban adventures, through charming small towns, and as far away from your everyday as you can imagine.
Trip Highlights
- Tbilisi City Tour
- Ananuri and Gudauri Mountains
- Sighnaghi and Bodbe
- Borjomi and Bakuriani
Itinerary
Meet and assist upon arrival to Tbilisi Airport, drive to hotel for Overnight
After breakfast, today you will visit the Old Town, the architecture in the city’s historic district is a mixture of Georgian, Byzantine, Oriental, and Neo-Classical European styles. Visit the main city sights, in Old Tbilisi. Among the sites, you will visit the Greek Orthodox Anchiskhati Basilica, the city’s oldest church. You will also see the 13th-Century Churches of Sioni and Metekhi, the magnificent Narikala Fortress, perched on a hill with superb views of the city below, and the classical Freedom Square. Continue to one of Tbilisi’s newest attractions, the Bridge of Peace, which opened in 2010 over the River Mtkvari (also known as Kura River). Complete your tour with a visit to the sulfur baths. Then visit Mtatsminda Park, a landscaped park located at the top of Mount Mtatsminda overlooking the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The park has carousels, water slides, a roller, a dark ride, a funicular, and a big Ferris Wheel at the mountain’s edge, offering a splendid view of the city. Back to your hotel Overnight.
After breakfast, Head northwards and enjoy stunning views. Stop at the Jinvali water reservoir, a calm lake surrounded by green hills. From there, discover the impressive Ananuri Fort. Explore the remains, walk through the yard and the old tower. The Georgian Military Highway is full of scenic and interesting spots including a mineral spring, which is believed to have healing powers. Reach Gudauri and the Cross Pass. Take in the views at the Soviet Monument of Friendship, home to one of Georgia’s most beautiful panorama platforms, with stunning panoramas of the mountains and gorges. Back to your hotel in Tbilisi or Overnight.
After breakfast, drive to Bodbe Monastery. The monastery is one of the major pilgrimage sites in Georgia, due to its association with St. Nino, the 4th-century female evangelist, whose relics shrine there. Continue to Sighnaghi town, an old trading town with a 17th-century defensive wall around it. Cobbled streets and terracotta tile-roofed homes with colorfully carved balconies and breathtaking views. Then visit Sighnaghi Museum of History and Ethnography. The ethnographic collection features five thousand artifacts, including textiles, copper and wooden domestic items, agricultural instruments, materials corresponding to viniculture, goldsmith works, different types of working instruments, and musical instruments, drive back to Tbilisi, reach your Hotel for Overnight.
After breakfast, drive to Borjomi, a city known for its mineral waters, and the National Nature Park Borjomi-Kharagauli Nature Reserve. Tasting Borjomi mineral water is best known for its unique healing features. Then continue to Bakuriani. Bakuriani where are a favorable climate, beautiful mountain scenes, and clean air, here you can go horseback riding and explore the surroundings, good sights are even more than enough. Back to your hotel in Tbilisi for Overnight
After breakfast, transfer to Tbilisi Airport. End of Services
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- Round Trip transfers from & to Tbilisi International Airport
- Accommodation at Hotel in Tbilisi on a BB basis
- All Transfers as mentioned in the program in an A/C Car Or van depend on the group size
- All tours mentioned in the program are based on a private basis
- English Speaking driver throughout the tours
Cost Excludes
- Any personal expenses such as telephone calls, laundry, drinks, mini bar, etc...
- Any optional Tours or Meals unspecified in the tour program.
- Entrance fees to sites mentioned if required
- Sim cards “can be arranged upon arrival” Price 35 GEL