Day 3. Breakfast. Trip to one of the most remote villages – Dartlo. Hiking. Return to Omalo. Horseback riding for volunteers extra charged. Dinner at a guesthouse. Day 4. Breakfast. A whole-day hiking in Tusheti. Horseback Wine tour with Tusheti, riding for volunteers extra charged. Dinner at a guesthouse. 9 days Organizer: LLC TAMADA TOUR, Chikobava str. #33/Adjametis str. #2, Chugureti district, 0102 Tbilisi, Georgia. Tel. +48 792 004 069, tel. +995 558 107 555, e-mail: [email protected] www: www.tamadatour.ge Additional information Tour: Wine tour with Tusheti, 9 days Rates and dates: Tour rates include: accommodation in comfortable *** hotels with twin rooms and bathrooms. Additional accommodation in the nights of arrival and departure. Day 5. Farewell breakfast in Tusheti. Return across the Abamo Board: two meals a day – hotel breakfasts and substantial pass to Kakheti famous for wine production. The attractions dinners in restaurants serving Georgian and European include: sightseeing Alaverdi tserkov (11th cent.), the cuisine. Transfer to hotel and from hotel to airport, architectural gem of Kakheti with a 55-meters high dome, a sightseeing in a small group, care under an English- medieval town of Gremi (15th cent.), the capital of Kakheti, speaking resident guide, who is available for you the whole vinery Twins Cellar in Napareuli with the most interesting in staying, care under the Management of Tamada Tour in Georgia Qvevri and Qvevri Wine Museum and Wine House Georgia, wine and chacha tasting, entrance to each and Kindzmarauli Corporation in Kvareli for sightseeing and every chargeable places and more other attractions like winetasting. We’ll taste the most popular grape varieties and Georgian feast Supra, shopping on local bazaars and wines (Saperavi, Kindzmarauli, and Mukuzani) and learn about marketplaces, culinary workshops and visiting places tourists the process of distinctive Georgian Art of Winemaking – both usually don’t go to. fermentation and bottling, which is entirely different from the European method of winemaking. We’ll have the opportunity Tour plan to purchase wine for a good price. Supra dinner with Tamada and live music. Overnight in Telavi or Kvareli. Day 1. Participants gather at the airport. Check-in. Flight to Georgia. Day 6. Breakfast. We’ll reach the spectacular Sighnaghi (18th cent.), known as the Georgian Carcassonne, a great Day 2. Arrival in Tbilisi. The participants are welcomed by the observation point which is situated atop a high mountain and Tamada Tour guide. Shuttle to Telavi the capital city of Kakheti. surrounded by a fortified wall and numerous bastilles. Then, Breakfast on the road. We’ll go to Kvemo Alvano, where we’ll we’ll go to Bodbe Monastery (9th – 17th cent.), a nunnery town, get across the Abano pass to a hardly available region of where a tomb of Saint Nino from Cappadocia (who introduced Tusheti. It’ll take us 3.5 hours to pass 72-km route. We’ll get Christianity in Georgia) can be visited. We’ll also go to a branch to Omalo. Rest at a guesthouse. Hiking and sightseeing for of Georgia National Museum, which presents the exhibition volunteers. Dinner at a guesthouse. of the works of Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918), the most renowned Georgian primitivist painter (also recognizable for Alla Pugacheva’s song ‘Million Roses’) and elaborate sculptures which date back to 5,000 years ago! Then, we’ll go Viceroy, the Kashveti tserkov (19th cent.), and the buildings of to vinery of Nika Bakhia for winetasting and dinner. Open- Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University air free time and cooking. Overnight in Telavi or Kvareli. and philharmonic hall. Dinner in restaurant Mravaljamieri with live music and folkloric dances. Return to hotel. Overnight in Tbilisi. Day 7. Breakfast. We’ll reach Tbilisi. The attractions include: Day 9. Preparation for the return. Dry provisions for breakfast. David Gareja monastery complex (6th – 12th cent.) with 11th- Shuttle to airport and departure. Thank you for your century frescoes located on a semi-desert nearby the border participation in our trip and feel more than welcome to with Azerbaijan. Rest at Oasis Club in the ghost city of come back! Udabno. Dinner in a Tbilisi restaurant. Overnight in hotel. TAMADA TOUR 2018 Printing errors reserved. We are offering exclusively our program and we do not give permission to copy it. The program shall not constitute an offer. Day 8. Breakfast. Sightseeing the monuments of the beautiful capital city. We are going to see Tsminda Sameba Church (20th cent.), the biggest tserkov on the Caucasus (it accommodates up to 10,000 believers!), a large fortress of Narikala (6th -8th cent.), which dates back to the times of Arab rulers (5th-6th century), tserkov Anchiskhati Basilica of St Mary tserkov Metekhi (13th cent.), Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral (11th-12th cent.), and Tbilisi sulfur baths in the oldest (1,500 years old) district Abanotubani, including the world famous Orbeliani Baths (19th cent.). We’ll take a gondola lift and while admiring the view on the city, we’ll go atop a hill to see the monument of the Mother of a Georgian - Kartlis Deda (20th cent.). The ecumenical character of Tbilisi old town will melt your heart. You can see also Armenian church, Jewish synagogue, and Muslim mosque. We’ll go to the cafe and restaurant district or ice cream, gifts, souvenirs, national garments and local cuisine. Free time and coffee break. Then we’ll take the main artery of Tbilisi - Rustaveli Avenue, which starts from the Freedom Monument located in Tbilisi’s central square, where you can also see a former town hall. Walking across Rustaveli Avenue gives also the opportunity to see the house of the former Parliament, where the Rose Revolution of 2003 took place, Tbilisi Opera House and Ballet Theater erected in oriental style, old-time Palace of Caucasus .