An excursion to Telavi and Tsinandali is for two days. This does not mean that you are strictly obliged to hold on to this schedule. You can always make your own corrections and build your one schedule on the basis of ours, if only the journey made a pleasure to you. We give you one of the most popular routes that choose the majority of tourists.
Day 1
- Have a breakfast in Telavi where you have stayed – 0.5-1 hour
- Go to the central part of Telavi to the old Batonis-tsikhe fortress – 30 minutes
- Excursion in the fortress that includes a visit to the picture gallery and the museum of ethnography – 2.5 hours
- Make a stop on the observation platform in the fortress, look at the surroundings – 20 minutes
- Go to the oldest in the city 900 years old plane tree. According to the tradition, try to embrace huge tree, take some photos – 30 minutes
- There is fun metallic sculptures of the snails close to the plane-tree. Make a stop to enjoy them and take some photos – 20-30 minutes
- Have a lunch. You can go to restaurant close to the plane-tree of the same name – 0.5-1 hour
- A visit to “Teliani Valley” – a wine factory in Telavi. Look at the factory, get acquainted with the history of wine making – 1.5 hours with the road
- Taste the wines in a special winery tasting room, you can buy the ones you like most – 0.5 hours
- Go back where you have stayed and have a dinner.
Day 2
- Have a dinner in Telavi – 0.5-1 hour
- Go from Telavi to Tsinandali. The distance is 10 kilometers. The time in the road – 15 minutes
- A visit to Alaverdi cathedral – the main cathedral in Kakheti. Observe ancient frescoes and wall painting of the 15-th century in the active working monastery. Excursion in the monastery, getting acquainted with the historical details of its existence and work – 1-1.5 hours
- Looking at the cathedral of Saint George near Alaverdi monastery. There is a grave of Joseph Alaverdeli inside of the cathedral, as well as frescoes, some of them were made in the 11th century – 1 hour
- Go to the museum of winemaking that is close to the cathedral. There are more than 500 varieties of wine. Make a stop to study the museum exposition – 1 hour
- Get back to the central part of Tsinandali – 15 minutes
- Have a lunch – 0.5-1 hour
- Go to wine factory and museum “Shumi”. Make a stop to have an excursion, study the details of wine making – 1 hour
- Wine tasting. There are not bad types of wine – Kindzmarauli, Mukuzani, etc. – 0.5 hour
- Get back to Telavi. Have a dinner.