Georgia itinerary, day by day

A capital on the Mtkvari river, with carved wooden balconies in the old town, domed sulphur baths at its foot and a fortress on the ridge above. The glass Bridge of Peace, opened in 2010, is the newest thing in the view.

• Old town and sulphur baths, guidedHalf day · from €20

  The lanes of old Tbilisi, then a soak in the vaulted brick bathhouses that gave the city its name, which means warm place.

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• Narikala cable car and fortress1h · from €5

  A short cable car ride across the river up to the fourth-century fortress that watches over the city.

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A mountain town at the end of the Military Highway, officially called Stepantsminda. Above it, the Gergeti Trinity Church sits alone at 2,170 metres, facing the glaciers of Mount Kazbek (5,047 m).

• 4x4 up to Gergeti ChurchHalf day · from €30

  A rough track by four-wheel drive up to the Trinity Church, which stands alone on its ridge facing Mount Kazbek.

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• Glacier hikeFull day · from €40

  A full day on foot above Gergeti towards the Gergeti glacier, with the high Caucasus all around.

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A capital on the Mtkvari river, with carved wooden balconies in the old town, domed sulphur baths at its foot and a fortress on the ridge above. The glass Bridge of Peace, opened in 2010, is the newest thing in the view.

• Old town and sulphur baths, guidedHalf day · from €20

  The lanes of old Tbilisi, then a soak in the vaulted brick bathhouses that gave the city its name, which means warm place.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Narikala cable car and fortress1h · from €5

  A short cable car ride across the river up to the fourth-century fortress that watches over the city.

  Book on GetYourGuide →

The eastern valley where Georgia has made wine for some 8,000 years, fermented in clay jars called qvevri and buried in the ground. Sighnaghi, a walled hill town, looks across the vines to the Caucasus.

• Wine route and tastingsFull day · from €45

  A day between family cellars and estates, tasting amber wines made in qvevri the way they have been for thousands of years.

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• Bodbe Monastery and SighnaghiHalf day · from €20

  The convent where Saint Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia, is buried, then the ramparts of Sighnaghi, nicknamed the city of love.

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A mountain town at the end of the Military Highway, officially called Stepantsminda. Above it, the Gergeti Trinity Church sits alone at 2,170 metres, facing the glaciers of Mount Kazbek (5,047 m).

• 4x4 up to Gergeti ChurchHalf day · from €30

  A rough track by four-wheel drive up to the Trinity Church, which stands alone on its ridge facing Mount Kazbek.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Glacier hikeFull day · from €40

  A full day on foot above Gergeti towards the Gergeti glacier, with the high Caucasus all around.

  Book on GetYourGuide →

Georgia's third city and the old capital of the western kingdom of Imereti. Gelati Monastery, founded in 1106, is UNESCO-listed, and the caves and canyons of the region are within an hour's drive.

• Prometheus Cave (with the underground boat)2h · from €7

  About a kilometre and a half of lit chambers full of stalactites, ending with a short boat ride on the underground river.

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• Martvili Canyon by boatHalf day · from €15

  A small inflatable boat up a narrow limestone gorge with turquoise water, once the bathing place of the local noble family.

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• Okatse Canyon and its hanging walkwayHalf day · from €12

  A metal walkway bolted to the canyon wall, ending in a platform that juts out over the drop.

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The country's seaside city, where a nineteenth-century port town sits beside a skyline of experimental towers. A seafront boulevard runs for several kilometres along a pebble beach.

• Seafront and botanical gardenHalf day · from €12

  The long seafront, then the Batumi Botanical Garden on the hills north of town, laid out in 1912 with plants from the humid subtropics of the world.

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• Argo cable car and the city1h · from €8

  A cable car from the old town up to a hilltop viewpoint over the port, the towers and the Black Sea.

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A capital on the Mtkvari river, with carved wooden balconies in the old town, domed sulphur baths at its foot and a fortress on the ridge above. The glass Bridge of Peace, opened in 2010, is the newest thing in the view.

• Old town and sulphur baths, guidedHalf day · from €20

  The lanes of old Tbilisi, then a soak in the vaulted brick bathhouses that gave the city its name, which means warm place.

  Book on GetYourGuide →
• Narikala cable car and fortress1h · from €5

  A short cable car ride across the river up to the fourth-century fortress that watches over the city.

  Book on GetYourGuide →