Telavi is one of the oldest cities in Georgia, with unique traditions, distinctive colors and centuries-old history. It occupies a special place among the cities of Kakheti; It has the best geographical location and is rich in cultural sights. Telavi is located in Kakheti, on the nort […]
Kazreti Trinity (Sameba) is situated in the Kazreti gorge, on the outskirts of the town. Historically, here lay the village of Ispiani, which, together with the Kazreti gorge, belonged to the family of Zurabishvili, a branch of the house of Baratashvili. Sameba was a monastery and its ea […]
Gonio Fortress or Gonio-Apsaros Fortress is located 12 kilometres south of Batumi, on the left bank of the river Chorokhi. It is the site of one of the oldest Georgian settlements that was located around the fortress, and a location with unique strategic importance. It protected the entra […]
Vartsikhe, or more correctly Vardtsikhe, meaning "City of Roses", was located in Imereti and was known to the Greeks as Rhodopolis, a name that corresponds to the same Georgian meaning. This city flourished and was a notable center of trade during the prosperous period of Greek colonies a […]
Rukhi fortress - This large fortress is the first monument to greet you as you enter Samegrelo, since it stands on the left bank of the Enguri River as you cross over from Abkhazia. It was buih by Levan II Dadiani in 1636, and withstood ever)' siege for nearly 100 years. Finally, the Turk […]
Tsaishi Cathedral - is one of the oldest centers of Georgian culture. It is unique and one of the most ancient episcopates in Samegrelo, mentioned as an episcopate as far back as the 6th-7th centuries. Tsaishi Architectural Complex is located 10 km southeast of Zugdidi. While in previous […]
Mtskheta City - Ancient capital of Georgia, one of the most ancient cities-fortresses in Georgia. Located on the Mtkvari (Kura) River and the Georgian Military Road, it is only 16 km from Tbilisi. Founded in the first millennium BCE, Mtskheta was the capital of ancient Iberia between the […]
The Middle Ages look down the earth through fantastic grandeur of Surami Fortress, set on a high rock on the left bank of the Suramula River in the northern part of the town of Surami, Khashuri Municipality, Shida Kartli. Nobody knows what create the legendary mightiness of its walls – th […]
Chakvinji Fortress - If you have a walk in the foothills of Samegrelo, on the right bank of the River Chanistskali, you will come across Village Jikhashkari. At first sight, it is a typical Megrelian settlement packed with wooden houses, neat and hospitable. However, the traveler feelin […]
David Gareja Complex - David-Gareji desert occupies south-eastern part of East Georgia, with its closest edge in a distance of some 60 km soth-east from Tbilisi. This is a very specific area with multicolor hillocks, dry gorges and gullies, small areas of green land with trees and shrubs. […]
Ujarma Fortress city - According to 11th-century historian Leonti Mroveli, Ujarma was founded by King Aspagur of Iberia (Kartli) at the close of the 3rd c. Under King Mirian (first half of the 4th c) the fortress-town Ujarma became a royal appanage. Ujarma’s fate was unique. One of the th […]
“North of Ujarma and east of the Iori, stands Bochorma fortress. From Bochorma to Ujarma there is a strong, mountainous, rocky valley, which used to be covered with buildings and churches. And Bochorma was built by the wife of Kartlos, who gave it the name Dedatsikhe (Mother or Main Fortr […]
Uplistsikhe Cave City - The cave city grew over a period of hundreds of years in the first millennium BC. in antiquity the city was one of the most important centers of Kartli, and in the Middle Ages it stood on an important trade route that linked Byzantium with India and China. At the h […]
Katsareti Holly Treinity Church is one of the oldest cathedrals of Georgian Orthodox Church. Bishop of this area is first mentioned as early as in the early years of VI c AD The temple itself is almost contemporaneous to the mentioned period – the turn of V-VI cc. The construction represe […]
Ikalto Monastery is constructed on the elevation of a small range that divides Turdo river gorge and Alazani Velly. Like Alaverdi and Artozani (Ruispiri) Saint Shio monasteries, its foundation is also linked to the activities of one of the 13 Assyrian Fathers – Saint Zenon; hence the mona […]
Kvetera Fortress - is located in Ilto gorge, on top of the range, in a distance of some 36 km from the sity of Telavi. Heaving been a central point of once large and well-fortified settlement, it is a rather interesting monument, but from the point of the church architecture a small domed […]