Itinerary · 9 days · 40 places
9 Days in Georgia
Nine days from the sulphur-bath quarter of Tbilisi through the wine cellars of Kakheti to the foot of Mount Kazbek — with time to settle in on the first evening and a return to Tbilisi before your flight home.
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The plan, day by day
Day 1Arrival in Tbilisi
Arrival in Tbilisi
Hotel check-in
A base in Sololaki, the late-19th-century quarter below the fortress, five minutes on foot from Freedom Square.
Rustaveli Avenue
The boulevard running north from Freedom Square, lined by Parliament, the Opera and the Rustaveli Theatre, with plane trees and book stalls on the central strip.
Evening: Lado Gudiashvili Square
A small square in Sololaki with crumbling balconied houses, where wine bars and cafés put tables out under the trees until late.
Day 2Old Town, sulphur baths and Narikala
Metekhi Church
13th-century church on the rock above the Mtkvari, next to the equestrian statue of city founder Vakhtang Gorgasali, with the best view of the Old Town.
Bridge of Peace
Glass footbridge by Michele De Lucchi linking Rike Park with the Old Town, covered in thousands of LEDs after dark.
Sioni Cathedral
The Old Town's cathedral, home to the grapevine cross said to be bound with St Nino's hair.
Abanotubani bath quarter
Domes over the sulphur spring baths, plus the blue-tiled Orbeliani façade and the Leghvtakhevi gorge with its small waterfall.
Narikala Fortress
The fortifications above the city, reached by cable car from Rike Park, with the rebuilt St Nicholas Church inside the walls.
Mother of Georgia
The twenty-metre aluminium figure on the Sololaki ridge, holding a bowl of wine for friends and a sword for enemies, at the end of the ridge path from the fortress.
Evening: Shardeni Street
Pedestrian lane behind Sioni Cathedral where wine bars, cellar restaurants and balconies fill up late into the night.
Day 3Mtskheta — the old coronation city
Jvari Monastery
6th-century cross-domed church on a rocky spur, from where you can watch the clear Aragvi and the murky Mtkvari merge.
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Coronation church and burial place of the Georgian kings, built over the spot where Christ's robe is believed to be buried.
Samtavro Monastery
A still-active convent with the tomb of King Mirian and Queen Nana, the country's first Christian rulers.
Bebristsikhe Fortress
Ruined walls of a medieval castle on the northern edge of town; from the terrace the view runs up the Aragvi valley.
Chronicle of Georgia
Sixteen black pillars by Zurab Tsereteli on a hill above the Tbilisi Sea, with kings and heroes above and scenes from the life of Christ below.
Evening: Fabrika courtyard in Chughureti
The courtyard of a former sewing factory, now filled with bars, workshops and long tables late into the night.
Day 4To Sighnaghi above the Alazani Valley
Onward to Sighnaghi
Hotel check-in
Sighnaghi town walls
Four kilometres of defensive wall with twenty-three towers from the time of Erekle II; two towers can be climbed for views of the Caucasus ridge.
Bodbe Monastery
St Nino's burial church in a cypress garden, from where a steep path leads down to the spring in the valley.
Sighnaghi Museum
Small museum on the main square with finds from Kakheti and a room full of paintings by Niko Pirosmani, who was born in the area.
Alazani Valley viewpoint
The balcony terrace on the western edge of town, below which the wine plain stretches to the white chain of the Greater Caucasus.
Evening: lanes around Town Hall Square
The cobbled lanes around the clock tower, where wine taverns and terraces open in the evening with views of the illuminated walls.
Day 5Telavi, Alaverdi and the wineries
Onward to Telavi
Hotel check-in
Tsinandali Palace and Park
Country estate of the princely Chavchavadze family with an English garden and Georgia's oldest still-working wine cellar, dating from 1886.
Alaverdi Cathedral
11th-century monastery church over fifty metres tall, standing alone on the plain, with a wine cellar inside its walls.
Ikalto Monastery
Monastery ruins with the academy where Shota Rustaveli is said to have studied, with old qvevri amphorae set into the ground.
Batonis Tsikhe in Telavi
The residence of King Erekle II, with palace, walls and museum in the middle of town.
Evening: plane tree by Telavi's town park
The nine-hundred-year-old giant plane tree by the park, around which the town's cafés and benches come alive in the evening.
Day 6Along the Military Road to Kazbek
Onward to Stepantsminda
Hotel check-in
Stepantsminda village centre
The square with the monument to writer Alexander Kazbegi, where the 4x4 taxis leave for the mountain church.
Kazbegi Museum
The Kazbegi family home with carpets, weapons and photographs from the days when caravans still passed through.
Gergeti Trinity Church
The solitary 14th-century church at 2170 metres, with the 5047-metre Kazbek rising behind it on clear days.
Evening: terrace above the Terek valley
Viewing terrace at the upper edge of the village, from where Kazbek stays bright long after sunset.
Day 7Dariali Gorge and Sno Valley
Dariali Monastery
New monastery complex with a white church right at the narrows by the Russian border, where the Terek breaks through between sheer walls.
Gveleti Waterfall
A fall of about twenty metres in a side valley of the gorge, reached by a half-hour path from the car park.
Sioni defensive tower
Free-standing medieval tower above the village of Sioni, with one of the oldest basilicas in the region beside it.
Sno Valley and Sno Castle
Green upland valley with a defensive tower on the rock and stone-carved portrait heads by the roadside, the Chaukhi peaks behind.
Evening: Terek riverside in Stepantsminda
The riverside path by the bridge, with benches, small bars and views of the illuminated mountain church in the evening.
Day 8Back to Tbilisi: museum and mountain
Onward to Tbilisi
Hotel check-in
Georgian National Museum
Downstairs, the Colchian gold treasure with the animal figures from Vani; upstairs, the exhibition on the Soviet occupation.
Dry Bridge
The riverside flea market where Soviet medals, cameras, enamel signs and old silver cutlery are laid out on blankets.
Mtatsminda Park
Amusement park on the city's own mountain, reached by funicular from Chonkadze Street, with a Ferris wheel above the whole city.
Evening: Kote Abkhazi Street
The old Leselidze Street in the lower town, where wine bars, cellar pubs and bakeries stay open late.
Day 9Sameba, Botanical Garden and departure
Sameba Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Cathedral on Elia Hill, begun in 1995 and the largest church in the country, with crypt and terraced garden.
Tbilisi Botanical Garden
The old royal garden in the gorge behind the fortress, with waterfall, suspension bridge and 19th-century cedars.
Departure from Tbilisi
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