Sea, Mountains and Capital

Description

Day 1. Arrival-Batumi

Arrival at Batumi airport. Meeting with a representative of TABERNE GROUP. Accommodation at the hotel.

Acquaintance with Batumi. A walk around the city will introduce you not only to the history and architecture of the city. You will see a combination of Old Batumi with its ancient buildings with new architectural masterpieces, hear and see singing fountains. The highlight of the tour is a tasting of real Georgian wine in the company of a famous winemaker!

Overnight in Batumi.

Day 2. Batumi-Machakhel Gorge-Batumi

Breakfast in the hotel.

Excursion to the Machakhela Gorge. Machakhela Gorge is a stunning natural attraction in the Adjara region and attracts a large number of travelers from different countries. It is one of the main decorations of the national park of the same name, where you can also find a large number of beautiful waterfalls, picturesque valleys and ancient arched bridges surrounded by immense mountains.

On the way to the Machakhela gorge, we will have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the life and culture of the Adjara region in the Ethnographic Museum. Our exciting journey will end with the Adzharian feast with a folklore program.

Return to Batumi.

Overnight in Batumi.

Day 3. Batumi-Mestia

Breakfast in the hotel.

Transfer to Mestia.

Overnight at the hotel in Mestia.

Day 4. Mestia-Ushguli-Mestia

Sightseeing tour of Mestia. The village of Mestia is surrounded on all sides by beautiful mountains, which are covered with snow all year round. With their peaks, the mountains seem to touch the heavens; this spectacle attracts tourists. There are five ski resorts in Georgia, one of the youngest is Tetnuldi in Mestia. The Svan towers are a monument of history and architecture. In the 11th-12th centuries, the Svans built strong stone towers in the shape of a quadrangle to protect their settlements from enemies. The museum of history and ethnography is the keeper of real treasures. Its fund contains more than 200 thousand exhibits: unique icons, manuscripts saved during enemy invasions, archaeological excavations, etc.

Jeep tour in Ushguli. Ushguli is the highest settlement in Europe (2200m). Unlike other residents of Georgia, the Svans (an ethnic group living in Ushguli) are not farmers, they do not grow grapes. Noisy feasts with flowing wine are not an element of Svan culture. Highlanders are noble hunters and herders, living modestly and ascetically. The mountains do not like fuss, so everything is concise there. The Svans living in the mountains are faithful to 1000-year-old traditions, the harsh canons of life. Ushguli is the only community that has never been conquered.

Return to Mestia.

Overnight at the hotel in Mestia.

Day 5. Mestia-Zugdidi-Tbilisi

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer from Mestia to Tbilisi. On the way, stop in Zugdidi and visit the Dadiani Palace Museum. The residence of Megrelian rulers from the Dadiani family. The main asset of the museum is the death mask of Napoleon, made of bronze after the death of the great emperor. In total, three such masks were made – one of them is in a private collection, the second is kept in the Misericordia church on the island of Elba, and the third went to Georgia from the descendants of Murat, who for some time owned the Dadiani Palace.

Check-in at the hotel in Tbilisi.

Overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 6. Tbilisi-Mtskheta-Tbilisi

Breakfast at the hotel.

Excursion to Mtskheta – the ancient capital of Georgia (IV century BC – V century AD), now the religious capital, part of the UNESCO world heritage.

Jvari – 5th century basilica and a temple of the 6th-7th centuries, a place that M.Yu. Lermontov describes in Mtsyri’s poem. Walk along the city streets, visit the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (XI century) – the place where the greatest Christian shrine – the Chiton of Christ rests.

Sightseeing tour of Old Tbilisi (V-XVIII centuries – Hiking tour through the ancient streets with authentic architecture; sulfur baths area, where, according to legend, King Vakhtang Gorgasali founded the capital; Metekhi plateau; bridge of 100 thousand great martyrs; glass bridge of Peace and the adjacent park Rike; Narikala fortress; Chardin – a street of night bars and clubs.

The tour will end in a wine cellar in the heart of Old Tbilisi, where guests will enjoy wine tasting from a professional sommelier.

Overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 7. Tbilisi – Free day

Breakfast in the hotel.

Free time.

Overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 8. Tbilisi – Departure

Breakfast in the hotel.

Airport transfer.

Departure.