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Georgia for second-timers
8 days / 7 nights
Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Stepantsminda - Anuari - Gudauri - Darialy Valley - Kazbegi - Sno - Truso Valley - Kazbegi - Phshavi - Shatili - Mutso - Tbilisi

Events & Festivals Georgia

Georgian Polyphonic Singing by Anchiskhati Coir, Tbilisi - sacred hymns with special singing techniques, resulting in the magical overtones.
Armenia - “One Nation, One Culture” festival, Yerevan, March - October - Armenian cultural groups from different countries of the world are invited to present their culture in the Homeland.
Azerbaijan - Mugam Festival, town of Shaki, April - features traditional Azerbaijani




Day 1 Tbilisi
Arrival transfer to hotel.

Day 2 Tbilisi - Mtskheta (20km/30min) - Stepantsminda (130km/2h) - Anuari - Gudauri (30km/1h) - Darialy valley- Kazbegi (110km/1,30h)
Drive to Mtskheta. Visit Jvari and Svetitskhoveli Monasteries. Departure to Stepantsminda, which is famous with its scenic location in the Greater Caucasus Mountains and is the centre for trekking and mountain climbing. Explore the Ananuri Castle complex - the scene of numerous battles in the past and continue on to Gudauri. See Gergeti Trinity Church - a symbol for Georgia.Then to Dariali Valley to
enjoy the waterfall and the national park.

Day 3 Kazbegi - Sno (140km/3h) - Kazbegi
Departure to Sno village and visit tower of the current Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia.Then Phshansheta and the Church of Saint Mary in Sioni.Enjoy the unspoiled nature trekking Juta valley.

Day 4 Kazbegi - Truso Valley - Kazbegi
Explore the beautiful Truso Valley. Go to Pasanauri, with its picturesque location and its mineral water, handcrafted items and local food.

Day 5 Kazbegi - Phshavi - Shatili (150km/3h)
Phshavi with the house museum of famous Georgian writer Vazha Phshavela.Kistani fortress - a holy place for locals. See waterfall “traveler’s tears” which falls down directly on the road. Arrival in Shatili.

Day 6 Shatili - Mutso - Shatili
Explore the fortresses and fortified dwellings and see ancient cosmic cryptograms. Departure to the village of Mutso with his original architecture.Visit the ruins of ancient castles and towers. Back to Shatili.

Day 7 Shatili - Tbilisi (150km/3h
)
Departure to Tbilisi.Visit the Old Tbilisi Sulfur Baths, Georgian Orthodox and Armenian Gregorian churches, Jewish synagogue and a Turkish mosque.See a recent monument, the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, the largest cathedral in the Caucasus.


Day 8 Tbilisi
Departure transfer.