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- 美しいジャヴァヘティ地方の湖を訪問。
- 12世紀のヴァルジア洞窟都市遺跡を訪問。
- ラバト要塞とボルジョミ公園を訪問。
- ウプリスツィヘ洞窟住居跡とのユネスコ世界遺産の街ムツヘタを訪問。
Drive to South Georgia, Samtskhe -Javakheti region. On the way, you will pass amazing, but very different nature in Georgia - Javakheti volcanic plateau, located up to 2,000 meters above the sea level. The difference from the other parts of Georgia is that the landscape here is almost empty. You won’t find a forest here. That is why the climate here is one of the coldest and harshest in Georgia. Here you will see beautiful lakes: Paravani and Sagamo lakes.
After a 4-hour drive, you arrive at Vardzia Cave town, a very impressive historical-cultural monument, founded in 12th century. It has 13 floors and hundreds of rooms, halls and churches. It is a huge complex made in rocks.
The next destination will be the Rabati fortress in the city of Akhaltsikhe. It is a huge historical-cultural complex, where you can see different cultural and religious buildings brought together. In the 16th century, before the Russia-Turkey war, Akhaltsikhe was the regional administrative center of Ottomans Empire.
Finally, you check in at a hotel in Akhaltsikhe.
After breakfast, we will drive to Borjomi – one of the main mountain resorts in Georgia, a beautiful location deep in the forests and mountains. Here you will visit beautiful Borjomi Park, and taste famous Georgian mineral water “Borjomi” directly from the natural source. After an hour drive, we will arrive at Uplistsikhe Cave Town (1st millennium B.C.). It is an ancient cave city on the Silk Road. Then you will arrive in the old capital city Mtskheta, where we will visit UNESCO world heritage sites: Svetitskhoveli cathedral (11th century) and Jvari monastery (6th century). Finally, you will arrive in Tbilisi and we will transfer you to your hotel.