Itinerary

1. Day 1- Arrive in Tbilisi

   • Get on your scheduled flights to arrive at Tbilisi and reach your hotel for check-in. 

2. Day 2- Explore the Landmarks of Tbilisi

   • Have breakfast in the hotel and head out to explore the city of Tbilisi.

   • Visit the Metekhi Church and Vakhtang Gorgasali Monument and take the cable car ride to get an airview of Tbilisi.

   • See the Peace Bridge, crossing Mtkvari and reach Rikhe Park, which houses one of Tbilisi's most impressive post-modern structures known as the Rikhe Park Concert Hall and Exhibition Center.

   • Visit the Georgian National Museum and explore the impressive orthodox churches of Sioni and the golden-domed Sameba. 

   • Go to the Funicula to taste the most delicious doughnuts in the world and enjoy the beauty of the night city!

   • Have dinner and stay for the night in Tbilisi.

3. Day 3- Visit to the Historical Jvari Temple

   • Have breakfast and drive to Mtskheta.

   • Visit the Jvari temple, built in the 7th century on a historical mountain overlooking the main Caucasian Jvari range, one of the most important temples of Georgia. From its territory opens the famous landscape of the confluence of two rivers – Aragvi and Kura. 

   • Drive to Borjomi and then Akhaltsikhe.

   • Enjoy dinner in the evening and stay at the hotel in Akhaltsikhe.

4. Day 4- Reach the Cave Monastery- Vardzia

   • Drive to Vardzia, a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, 30 km from Aspindza. The main period of construction was the second half of the 12th century. 

   • Head back to Akhaltsikhe to have dinner. 

5. Day 5- Visit Gelati and Bagrati Cathedral

   • Eat breakfast in the hotel and head to Gelati, a medieval monastic complex near Kutaisi in the Imereti region of western Georgia. A masterpiece of the Georgian Golden Age, Gelati was founded in 1106 by King David 4 of Georgia and is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

   • Visit the Bagrati Cathedral, an 11th-century cathedral in the city of Kutaisi. It is one of the best samples of late medieval architecture, distinguished by refined, harmonious proportions and graceful decor. This is a square building in the shape of a cross. In 1994 the Bagrat Temple Revival Fund was established in Kutaisi. 

   • Enjoy dinner in the evening and stay for the night in Kutaisi.

6. Day 6- Gather Diverse Experiences from Gori to Gudauri

   • Enjoy the breakfast in the hotel and drive to Gori.

   • Visit Stalin Museum, which contains more than 60,000 artefacts from Joseph’s life and the train in which Stalin was going to Yalta and Postdam conferences. 

   • Drive to an ancient cave town called “Uplistsikhe”. Uplistsikhe, "the lord's fortress", is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, some 10 kilometres east of the town of Gori. Built on a high rocky left bank of the Mtkvari River, it contains various structures dating from the Early Iron Age to the Late Middle Ages. It is notable for the unique combination of various styles of rock-cut cultures from Anatolia and Iran, as well as the co-existence of pagan and Christian architecture. 

   • Proceed driving to Ananuri to see the ancient Ananuri Fortress.

   • See Zhinvali reservoir and continue on Jvari pass, to see a breathtaking panoramic view of Caucasus ridge.

   • Leave for Stepantsminda and drive to Gudauri, a famous ski resort, for a tasty dinner and night's stay.

7. Day 7- Drive to Gergeti Temple

   • Eat breakfast and drive to Stepantsminda from Gudauri to reach the peak of mountain Kazbegi.

   • Take 4x4 cars to visit Gergeti Temple. 

   • Proceed to Tbilisi and enjoy a traditional dinner in the evening. Stay the night in Tbilisi. 

8. Day 8- Walk at Rustaveli Avenue

   • Have breakfast and transfer from Batumi to Tbilisi.

   • Take a walk at Rustaveli Avenue and visit the “Dry Bridge”, an ideal place to buy souvenirs.

   • Proceed to the airport.