TBILISI – KAKHETI – BODBE – SIGHNAGHI – SHUMI – TSINANDALI – GOMBORI PASS
- 08.00 Breakfast.
- 09.00 Departure to the wine region – Eastern Georgia – Kakheti. A visit to the Bodbe Convent, where the grave of St. Nino, the enlightener of Georgia, is located. Here the healing spring in the cave beats, where pilgrims bathing is organized (we don’t go down to the spring). Next we will visit the city of love – Sighnaghi, a small very beautiful town surrounded by walls, famous for its unique architecture. The city offers stunning views of the famous Alazani Valley and the Caucasus Range.
- 13.00 Visit to the family wine cellar-marani of the winemaker Giorgi Getiashvili: here you will have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the life of the Kakheti peasants, taste local wine directly from qvevri (large clay jugs buried in the ground), participate in the preparation of Georgian dishes.
At the end, you will find a real Kakheti feast with Georgian dishes and with an unlimited number of house wines, as well as Georgian singing (included in the price).
14.30 Transfer to Tsinandali.
- There is a place called Tsinandali in the famous wine-growing region of Georgia, in Kakheti, which gave the name to the famous Georgian wine. The town is located in the Alazani Valley at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains, which led to special natural and climatic conditions. In Tsinandali, we will visit the Shumi winery, you will become familiar with the technology of making Georgian wine.
- 17.15 Next we visit the estate of Princes Chavchavadze. The estate, now the house-museum of Chavchavadze, where the interiors, furniture and personal belongings of the princes are preserved. The house-museum is surrounded by a magnificent park with a chapel, in which Alexander Griboedov was married to Princess Nina Chavchavadze. Alexander Chavchavdze was the first to establish European-style wine production in Georgia. Inspection of the residence, park and enoteca. An old winery, still open today, visiting the cellar with a winery, a unique collection of wines, the oldest of which is Polish Honey dating from 1814.
- 18.45 Return to Tbilisi through the beautiful Gombor Pass.
- Rest in a hotel in Tbilisi
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