TRAVEL IN WESTERN GEORGIA, AND REST ON THE MOUNTAIN LAKES OF THE REGION.
12 nights/13 days
First day
Meet you at the airport in Tbilisi. Transfer to hotel in Tbilisi. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Second day
Transfer toward
the Lake in Kakheti (eastern Georgia edge of
wine). The road tour in the town of Sighnaghi "eternal love" town-located atop a ridge overlooking the Alazani Valley, thence opened best panorama in all of Georgia: the red roofs of thehouses built amongst picturesque valleys with mountain views, make you forget that you
are in Georgia, and not somewhere in the South of Italy. Visit Bodbe Monastery complex with large beautiful park with tall cypress trees, the monastery inside the Basilica can be seen interesting frescoes. When leaving the Bodbe is visible from the top of the mountain, the
whole city, surrounded by the snow-capped mountains in the distance-beauty. Gvirabi: tunnel carved into the Rocky hillside of Caucasus, 8 km
long, located in the kvareli
region of Kakheti-a unique repository of the best wines of Kakheti, wine
tasting, then by elevator to the restaurant with stunning
views over the Valley of the Alazani. Accommodation in a hotel on the shore of mountain lake.
2-6 days
rest in the comfortable
Lakeside complex-5 nights, 6 days-relaxation for adults and fun of the many
impressions in the child. Children's
swimming pool for children, playground in the territory, the descent to the Lake-grass.
Mountain Lake in the central part of eastern Georgia is the real diamond, sparkling between the Alazani Valley and the mountains of the Caucasus, which is on all sides behind high mountains. It seems that mountains keep this
incredible beauty and purity from all prying eyes and they don't want here
rustled motors and talked to people. And the thing is that it is
not just a place where water is present. This is a great and clean tale of love, which few people know (we will
tell you by the way). The Lake is situated in the Centre of the eastern region of Georgia and is surrounded by the unique centuries-old forest, took 44 hectares, its depth 20 meters. The complex includes a recreation area and a hotel, with extensive terraces where you will enjoy a stunning panorama, from which
it is impossible to avert your eyes. On Lake visitors can enjoy boating and water biking and skiing, biking, which makes the resort even more unique. It is an ideal place for healthy recreation. Here you
can sit and drink
coffee while admiring the views of the Caucasus Mountains. The Lake is located at an altitude of about 500 metres
above sea level, at 200 meters above the surrounding the Alazani Valley, so the outdoor terraces of the complex is clearly visible and the Valley. The left and right flank the Lake, wooded mountains, height of about 700 metres. Swimming in the Lake is possible, but the water is cold. The price includes 3 meals
a day, Turkish bath, Finnish sauna, gym, outdoor adult and children's swimming pool, bicycles (mountain, water), boats, fishing right. It is possible to order a ride on horseback. Offices work massage and SPA specialists. The rooms have modern amenities: individual air-conditioning, telephone, modern T.V with plasma screen T.V, cable T.V, Wi-FI, DVD, mini bar, safe. Bathroom very comfortable, with modern shower cabin and set all necessary cosmetics, they come equipped with a hairdryer, a bathrobe, slippers, set of towels. On campus-to
the last visitor has a bar and restaurant, you can try European
and, of course, the national
Georgian dishes.
6-7 days
Transfer in luxury complex on mountain lake. The Lake area is fenced and landscaped just for family and children's leisure. Holiday price includes free catamaran boat rental, tennis courts, 3 swimming pools, two of them with heated water,
volleyball, Foosball, x-boxing, basketball, miniature golf, karaoke, health morning exercises with the instructor on a 1.5 hour long road 3 km, board games, billiards, horse riding.
On site-two restaurants there serves the Georgian and European cuisine, all made from local, organic, organic products. Tasty and varied diet. Friendly and helpful staff. The restaurant employs professional cooks prepare delicious, you can cook your favorite dish. You can make a special menu ... A terrace overlooking the Lake for wine tasting. Employees during the summer period there are organizing activities, including horseback riding, football and walking quad. On site you can play mini golf, fishing and water skiing. The very nature of strikes around the Lake beauty-the place looks more like a fairy tale. Full comfort reigns everywhere. There is also a private cellar with wines and you can visit it and try wines from local vineyards.
Services: fishing (sport fishing permitted only), steam room, Spa-a very high level of specialists-SAMA, you can enjoyed riding lessons, bicycles (can be rented for the entire day), wine master classes (that is, you can
teach how to make homemade wine from grapes) and master-classes on preparation of national dishes (khachapuri, churchkhela, Georgian bread).
Eight day
Back in Tbilisi, through orchards, vineyards and Gombori mountains. In popular here in the round furnace bakeries, bake delicious Georgian bread-PITA-dedas puri("my mother's bread"). In Kakheti it is called Shorty was-"long". Shoti-rich and delicious bread, eaten instantly with a large appetite, especially children. Pass the fence (the highest point of the 1620m), gombori: idyllic village, the magnificent landscapes of the Alazani Valley and Caucasian mountains, panoramic views over the ancient forests, beautiful lawn and sea of clouds. Telavi is the oldest city in Georgia, located in the valleys of the rivers Iori and Alazani, known from the 1st-2nd centuries a.d., long served as an important trade centre on the caravan route from the Middle East to Europe. On the way you look millennial tree Batonis tree. Akhali Shuamta (female monastyr′XVI), is located among beautiful nature. Originally the monastery church was covered with rich frescoes inside, but after the abolition of the Georgian autocephaly in the 19th century the walls of the Church were painted over with white paint and only paint in the twentieth century tried to withdraw, but restore only separate fragments of frescoes. According to the legend, the monastery was built by kakhetian Queen Tina, the daughter of Prince gurijskogo . Even as a child she saw dream that it will have to build an Orthodox Church. It was shown to her in a dream and a place where it should be, but there was no open where it is located. And just being the wife of Prince Levan of Kakheti, Queen Tina learned he saw her in a dream place during the trip to Georgia. There was a monastery where subsequently took monastic tonsure herself Tina. Overnight in Tbilisi.Nineth day
The cable car climb to the statue of mother Georgia-from here you have a beautiful panorama of the entire city. Near the entrance to the Botanic Garden with children's rope climbing park to see detailed Park will need at least 3 hours. From there you can walk down to the famous fortress Narikala-is the most ancient monument, a kind of "heart and soul of the city" (IV century BC), was the founding of the city itself. From the fortress to the famous baths, which are built in the style of classical oriental architecture. This is a low, squat buildings, top closed with semicircular domes with large glass openings in the Center, serving Windows, illuminating the Interior, because the baths are located below ground level. In the old days, people here not only bathed, but chatted late into before dawn, and the city matchmakers arranged presentation on special days. The baths were given social dinners, concluded trade deals. The territory of sulfur baths ends with beautiful narrow Fig gorge at the end of which noises beautiful waterfall. Ethnographic open-air museum, where you will get acquainted with dwellings and traditional way of life of the different regions of Georgia. Next-amazingly beautiful place with mountain air on the high bank-closed mountain ridge of Turtle Lake, everything here is occupied by cute bungalows and cafes where residents themselves like to relax. When the summer heat do not know where to go, then go to "Bush BA" and strolling along the Lake under the shade of trees, feel the cool and humid breeze, you can go boating. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Tenth day
Leaving in western Georgia. Visit the ancient capital Mtskheta-City-Museum, a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Visiting in Mtskheta Cathedral svetitskhoveli (1010-1029). Visit the ancient temple-monastery Jvari monastery (6th century). At the top of the mountain where the temple is located, offers fantastic views of the confluence of the two rivers Kura and aragvi, so romantic described in his poem Lermontov. at a glance, a beautiful view of the ancient capital of Georgia-Mtskheta. Further the road goes through beautiful mountain pass linking the Rikoti Eastern and western Georgia. Kutaisi is the second largest city in Georgia and the parliamentary capital of the country. The historical part of the city attracts interesting architecture and unique charm. And candi
cans over the old quarters of Bagrat Temple impressive facades of the 11th century. Overnight in Kutaisi.
Eleventh day
Breakfast at the hotel. Even
more impressions you get in historical
and architectural complex of gelati. In the 12th century the monastery operated the famous Academy and buried its creator King David
the Builder, the greatest monarch in the
history of Georgia. These both a monument of architecture entered in a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Gelati monastery mother of God is the most significant medieval monument of Georgian architecture, when it operated Academy, which for a long time remained a major cultural and intellectual
center of the whole region.
Gelati Academy founded in the year 1106, reached even distant countries .Pundits in Europe sought to visit the monastery, nicknamed "the second Athens". Mosaics of the Cathedral Church of gelati are the best in the entire Caucasus, here is buried the King David the Builder, the greatest monarch in the history of Georgia. Motsameta is a beautiful monastery surrounded by greenery, decorated with round turrets, complete with tent-shaped domes. The temple is a small fountain with potable water, which is considered curative. martvili Gorge-the unique natural sights of Georgia, it is simply stunning for its beauty and singularity of the place lies in the region of Mingrelia . Located near Canyon town of Martvili Abasha River. For many millions of years water has done in the rocks of limestone Gorge entrancing, reaching 40 meters deep, at the bottom of which flows the river itself. The total length of the observable part of the Canyon about a mile away.
In the upper part of the Canyon you can take a boat trip and reach its inception-7 metre high waterfall. Canyon walls, which paved the way River abasha, like stacked stone specially skilled artisans, towering above the river and form a stone vault at great height. Due to the extremely wet microclimate with rocks hanging huge vines and walls covered with centuries-old mosses. Here and there of the walls break out streams of water, form small Brooks and quite powerful waterfalls. Exactly in the middle of the Canyon turns into a small Creek, where it is pleasant to loll on the rocks and even swim on hot days. And here then begins the miracle: the Earth opened up and with a height of about 20 meters of water of the river is falling into the abyss-stunner! Walk on Gorge on boats. Tours in a karst cave of Prometheus, where according to legend Prometheus gave fire to humans and was chained to a rock is a natural monument, located at a height of 100 m above sea level. To date, the Cave found 17 rooms. The total length of the trail to the cave is 1050 m, which ends near the beautiful Lake. Prometheus in the cave you can see many beautiful forms of stalactites and stalagmites, petrified waterfalls falling stone curtains and sail boat cave waters of the river directly to the exit. Overnight in Kutaisi.
Twelfth day
Breakfast at the hotel. Return to Tbilisi. We leave in the direction of eastern Georgia. Overcome beautiful Rikoti pass, linking Western and eastern Georgia. You will see with your own eyes how diverse nature changes from region to region. First, the landscape of West Georgia-up to pass you will find the Kolkhida Lowland subtropical climate, then serpentine Rikotskogo pass. On the twisting route meet true master pieces of folk art. The locals are famous for their clay products, and you can see the whole trade shows various handmade pottery is great for souvenirs in the gift. Then you'll see how dramatically changes the landscape in eastern Georgia and will begin a plain, surrounded by a chain of mountains in the distance. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Thirteenth day
Transfer to Tbilisi
airport for flight home. Farewell to Georgia.
Transfer from/to the
airport and on a comfortable air conditioned car, petrol
room with an
additional placement of the child.
The tour price does not include :