Wine Weekend

Description

Day 1. Arrival-Tbilisi

Arrival at Tbilisi airport. Meeting with representatives of TABERNE GROUP. Transfer and hotel accommodation.

Free time.

Overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 2. Tbilisi-Mtskheta-Tbilisi

Breakfast at the hotel.

Excursion to Breakfast 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.

Return to Tbilisi.

Sightseeing tour of Old Tbilisi (V-XVIII c.). Walking tour through the old streets with authentic architecture; the area of ​​sulfur baths, where, according to legend, King Vakhtang Gorgasali founded the capital; Metekhi plateau; Bridge of 100,000 Great Martyrs; the glass Peace Bridge and the adjacent Rike Park; fortress Narikala; Chardin is 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 3. Tbilisi-Sighnaghi-Bodbe-Tsinandali-Tbilisi

Breakfast in the hotel.

Moving to the wine region of Georgia – Kakheti.

The wine tour will start from the city of Sighnaghi – a small cozy town in which the registry office works around the clock and therefore it was called the “City of Lovers”. In 2007, the city was restored and Sighnaghi turned into a European town with narrow streets. This is truly a fabulous city. Guests will climb to the fortress wall, which stretches for 5 kilometers and is one of the main attractions of the city.

The monastic and episcopal complex of St. George, located in the town of Bodbe, 2 km from Sighnaghi, is a national Georgian shrine. Here in the Cathedral of St. George are the remains of St. Nino of Cappadocia, who preached Christianity in Georgia.

On the way to Tbilisi, the guests will stop by Tsinandali. Tsinandali is a family estate, the palace of the princely Chavchavadze family, which is associated with many amazing, beautiful and tragic events in the history of Georgia. Tour of the estate and garden.

Return to Tbilisi.

Overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 4. Tbilisi – Departure

Breakfast in the hotel.

Airport transfer.

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