Ancient Georgia

tbilisi

Ancient Georgia

$285.00

Category:

Sightseeing tour

5 days –  4 nights

Itinerary :

The first day

  • Morning  flight to Tbilisi.
  • Transfer and accommodation at the hotel.
  • Free day.

The second day.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Tour in a historical part of Tbilisi:

  • Visiting Abanotubani which is an important historic part of the city — the place, where according to a legend, the falconof Vakhtang Gorgasali, King of Iberia (Old Georgian Kingdom) fell into a hot sulphur spring and  subsequently, foundation  of a new capital.
  • Visiting Metekhi Church (XII century) –cross cupola church, part of the Royal residential complex. Queen Shushaniki (Vc. ) martyred by her Husband for her devotion to Christianityis buried here.
  • Cable car ride to Mtatsminda Mountain and overlooking the city of Tbilisi.
  • Visiting Monument “Mother of Georgia”.
  • Visiting Narikala castle– The castle exists here since the middle of the 4th It was occupied by Iranian, North Caucasian and Byzantine, Arab conquerors in various periods of time. Royal palace was also resided here. in 13th century Church of St. Nickoloz was built within the castle but it was ruined during centuries and It was rebuilt in the latter half of 20th century.
  • Visiting Sioni cathedral– Sioni was initially built in 6 th-7th Since then, it has been destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed by Georgians several times. The current church is based on a 13th century version with some changes from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
  • Visiting Anchiskhati church, built in 5th-6thcenturies, is situated in Old Tbilisi. It is triple-nave basilica.
  • Walking through the glass bridge called “The peace bridge”.
  • Walking through to the park “Rike” with dancing fountains.
  • Visiting Sameba cathedral- Holy Trinity Cathedral, called as “Millennium Building”. Sameba is the greatest Orthodox Cathedral in Georgia and Caucasus. It represents the synthesis of cross–domed and central-domed churches. It is 100 meters in heigt.
  • Visitinga wine tasting center.
  • In the evening dinner at the restaurant with Georgian folk program is optional (35 Usd – per person).

The third day .

Breakfast at the hotel.

Tour in Bolnisi, Dmanisi Ancient Settlement:

  • Departure to one of the most important historical part o Georgia, full of cultural and archeological monuments dated back to Bronze Era, Antique Era and Middle Ages, discovered in this district.
  • First we will visit Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral dated back to 5thThis three-nave basilica church is an outstanding exaample of one of the earliest stages of Georgian ecclesiastical architecture and features some pagan elements in its stonework. Walls of Bolnisi sioni cathedral keeps the earliest examples of Georgian writing ever found in Georgia,  from 478-493. (Earlier inscriptions dating to the early 5th century have been found in the Georgian Monastery in Palestine.
  • Next Journey towards Dmanisi Ancient Settlement –the remains of the big city which once existed at confluence of Mashaver and Moshevani rivers, which is proved to be settled since Early Bronze Age- about 3,000 BC.Dmanisni is the place where the The first homos outside Africa was discovered. In the center of the settlement deep in the layers under the buildings dated back to centuries a great number of (presently extinguished) animals (rhinoceros, elephant, giraffe, gigantic ostrich, tiger and etc.) and Human bones (5 craniums, 4 mandibles and about 60 other parts) were discovered. According to the sciences’ definition Dmanisi Homo Erectus belong to Homo Erasers and are 1,7-1,8 year-old.
  • Lunch
  • Returning back to Tbilisi

The fourth day

Breakfastat the hotel

Excursion in Mtskheta and Gori (Stalin museum )

  • Visiting Jvari monastery (Church of the Holy Cross VI century). The monastery stands on a high mountain, a panoramic view on the merging of the two majestic rivers – Aragvi and Kura.
  • Visit Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (Living Pillar XI century)
  • Visit Samtavro Monastery 11th century monastery complex. The first Christian King Miriani and his wife Nana are burried in this church. Samtavro is also the burial place of  contemporary Saint – Monk Gabriel who died in 1995 . With many miracles ascribed to him, Gabriel’s grave at Mtskheta has attracted an increasing number of pilgrims.
  • Lunch
  • Trip to Gori and visiting house museum of Josep Stalin,  the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.
  • Visiting Museum of ethnography in Gori.
  • Visiting Uplistsikhe Cave Town-Fortress,  situated on a rocky massif in 15 km eastwards to town Gori. The fortress is mentioned in chronicles from earliest times. Its history begins in the I-II millennium B.C. Uplistsikhe was an important religious, political and cultural centre in the Hellenistic and the late Antique periods (IV c. B.C. – IV c. A.D.).
  • Returning back to Tbilisi.

 

The fifth day

Transfer to Tbilisi airport.

 

  Number of people Car tour cost
1 1-2 sedan 570$
2 3-6 Minivan 860$
3 7-15

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter

1480$
4 16-32

The SETRA bus.

 

1830$
5 33-50 The SETRA bus. 2150$

Package includes:

  • Museum entrance fees
  • English-speaking guide
  • Air-conditioned bus
  • Medical insurance
  • Excursions provided by the program
  • Transfer airport –hotel-airport

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