Day 1: Tbilisi/Telavi/Tsinandali/Velistsikhe/Sighnaghi

Travel to Kakheti province – the wine cradle of Georgia.

Kakheti with its fertile soil is the perfect place to grow vines and make wine.

Visit Telavi and Tsinandali Museum with 19th century garden.

Continue to a farmer’s winery to get acquainted with traditional way of wine-making, see “Qvevri” buried under the ground and taste home-made Georgian red and white wines as well as Georgian fire-water (vodka) “Chacha”.

In the afternoon you’ll travel to a tiny town of Sighnaghi surrounded by a wall. The town is very romantic and is called – the town of love. From Sighnaghi you can enjoy the great view over the Alazani River Valley topped by the Great Caucasus Mountains.

Day 2: Sighnaghi/Mtskheta/Kazbegi

Today you’ll visit Mtskheta – the ancient capital of Georgia and see UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Jvari Monastery (6^th century) and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (11^th century). Svetitskhoveli is known as the church where the part of Jesus’ Robe is buried and is the holiest church in Georgia.

Travel to the Great Caucasus Mountains along the Georgian Military Highway.

Stop to see Ananuri Fort with beautiful Churches located at the lee of the Great Caucasus Mountains and on top of Jinvali Water Reservoir. The setting is really magnificent and the carving of the church an unexpected discovery.

Continue over the serpentine road of the Cross Pass so named by Russian Emperor Catherine II. The Cross Pass is also the watershed and rivers on the other side of the Cross Pass flow to Russia. You descend from 2395m – the highest point of the Cross Pass to 1700m, Kazbegi.

Day 3: Kazbegi/Uplistsikhe/Tbilisi

Take a 4WD tour to Gergeti Trinity Church and enjoy crystal clear air. The drive is magnificent and passes the meadows and the tiny forests. The views from the top are fabulous and the church is definitely worth visiting.

In a clear weather, lucky enough, we’ll see Mt. Kazbegi – the ice-peak, glacier that never melts.

Continue to Gori. Photo stop at the Museum of Stalin. Transfer to Uplistsikhe Cave Town and enjoy a cave walk. The town is dug in the sun-stone plateau and is of beautiful golden color. Initially there had been more than 500 caves, but during the existence of 3000 years it has lost much of it. After the tour we return to Tbilisi.