Kakheti Region Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Departure and Airport Pick up (Guide upon request)

Pass By: Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Transfer to Hotel

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in the Hotel in Tbilisi

Day 2: Tbilisi - David Gareji - Sighnaghi

Pass By: David Gareja Monastery, Mount Gareja, Udabno Georgia
Kakheti is a region formed in the 1990s in eastern Georgia from the historical province of Kakheti and the small, mountainous province of Tusheti. Telavi is its capital.

Pass By: Sighnaghi, Sighnaghi, Kakheti Region
Sighnaghi is a town in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Signagi Municipality. Although it is one of Georgia's smallest towns,[3] Signagi serves as a popular tourist destination due to its location at the heart of Georgia's wine-growing regions, as well as its picturesque landscapes, pastel houses and narrow, cobblestone streets. Located on a steep hill, Signagi overlooks the vast Alazani Valley, with the Caucasus Mountains visible at a distance.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Signaghi

Day 3: Sighnaghi - Gremi - Nekresi - Telavi

Stop At: Gremi, Gremi, Kakheti Region
Gremi is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia. The complex is what has survived from the once flourishing town of Gremi and is located southwest of the present-day village of the same name in the Kvareli district, 115 kilometers east of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nekresi Monastery Complex, Nekresi Monastery Road, Kvareli 0101 Georgia
The Nekresi monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, founded in the 6th century. Perched on one of the easternmost spurs of the Greater Caucasus crest, the monastery is part of the larger historic site of Nekresi, once a flourishing town of the Late Antiquity. In medieval Georgian literary tradition, beginnings of monasticism at Nekresi is associated with the 6th-century monk Abibos, known for Christian proselytizing and combating Zoroastrianism. The monastery was closed down shortly after the Imperial Russian takeover of the Georgian church in 1811. After a hiatus of nearly two centuries, the monastery became functional again in 2000.
Duration: 1 minute

Stop At: Telavi, Telavi, Kakheti Region
Telavi is the main city and administrative center of Georgia's eastern province of Kakheti. Its population consists of some 19,629 inhabitants (as of the year 2014).[1] The city is located on the foothills of the Tsiv-Gombori Range at 500–800 m (1,600–2,600 ft) above sea level.
Duration: 1 minute

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Telavi

Day 4: Telavi - Alaverdi - Ikalto - Tbilis

Stop At: Alaverdi, Alaverdi, Kutaisi, Imereti Region
Alaverdi Monastery is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km (16 mi) from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. While parts of the monastery date back to 6th century, the present day cathedral was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, replacing an older church of St. George.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ikalto, Ikalto, Kakheti Region
qalto is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy.

The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers, in the late 6th century. It was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centres of Georgia. An academy was founded at the monastery during king David the Builder by Arsen Ikaltoeli (Ikaltoeli meaning from Ikalto) in the early 12th century.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tbilisi

Day 5: Tbilisi tour

Stop At: Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Tbilisi in some countries also still known by its pre-1936 international designation Tiflis[7] (/ˈtɪflɪs/ TIF-lis),[6] is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Founded in the 5th century AD by Vakhtang I of Iberia, since then Tbilisi served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, Tbilisi was the seat of the Imperial Viceroy, governing both Southern and Northern Caucasus.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tbilisi

Day 6: Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Tbilisi

Stop At: Mtskheta, Mtskheta, Mtskheta-Mtianeti Region
Mtskheta is a city in Mtskheta-Mtianeti province of Georgia. One of the oldest cities of Georgia and its former capital, it is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Tbilisi, at the confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers. Currently a small provincial capital, for nearly a millennium until the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was large fortified city, a significant economical and political centre of the Kingdom of Iberia.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tbilisi

Day 7: Tbilisi - Stephantsminda - Tbilisi

Stop At: Stepantsminda, Georgia
Stepantsminda is a townlet in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of north-eastern Georgia. Historically and ethnographically, the town is part of the Khevi province. It is the center of the Kazbegi Municipality.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Tbilisi

Day 8: Departure

Pass By: Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Departure

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.