tbilisi day trips

A Genuine Look at Georgia’s “5 Places in 1 Day” Tour

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A Genuine Look at Georgia’s “5 Places in 1 Day” Tour So, you’ve probably seen it advertised, you know, the “5 places in 1 day” trip from Tbilisi. To be honest, it sounds like a lot to squeeze in, and I was sort of skeptical. The idea is that you get a full-on sampler of Georgian history and culture, literally, in just a few hours. We decided to give it a try, you know, to see if it’s really possible to properly see Mtskheta, Jvari Monastery, the huge Chronicle of Georgia, and a couple of other spots without feeling like …

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A Day Trip to Telavi: My Review of the Tour from Tbilisi

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A Day Trip to Telavi: My Review of the Tour from Tbilisi So you are staying in Tbilisi, which is an absolutely fantastic city, right? Still, you might get a little feeling, that there is so much more of Georgia waiting just beyond the city’s edge. Frankly, a day trip to Kakheti, the country’s celebrated wine country, is pretty much a perfect way to see a different side of the nation. I recently took a popular tour that goes from Tbilisi to Telavi, and honestly, it covered a lot of ground in one day. We went over the spectacular Gombori …

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