Georgia Uncovered - Treasures of the Southern Caucasus
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Highlights
- Churches and monasteries dating from the sixth century and earlier
- Exquisite jewellery and metalwork from the Bronze Age and Antiquity
- Spectacular mountain landscapes
- A delicious and varied regional cuisine in a land that is the cradle of wine
- Led by Ian Colvin, Historian and Byzantinist specialising in Late Antiquity and the South Caucasus
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- Air travel (standard class) with Turkish Airlines flights
- Travel by private air-conditioned coach
- Hotel accommodation
- Wine, beer, water and coffee
- All admissions to museums and sites visited with the group
- All gratuities for restaurant staff and drivers
- All state and airport taxes
- The services of the lecturer, tour manager and local guides
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Itinerary
London to Tbilisi. Fly at c.11.55 from London Gatwick to Tbilisi via Istanbul. Arriving at c.22.30. Transfer to hotel in the heart of the city. First of four nights in Tbilisi.
Tbilisi. The Asiatic Old Town set beneath the Narikala fortress remains a twisting maze of streets, caravanserais and ancient churches, adding contrast to the subsequent architecture erected by the tsars’ viceroys, by merchant princes, Bolsheviks and post-Soviet presi...
Kakheti. Drive over the scenic Gomburi mountains to Tsinandali in fertile Kakheti, the country estate of the princely Chavchavadze family. Built by Alexandre (1786-1846) diplomat, poet and general, raised at the court of Catherine the Great – and one of the first to i...
Tbilisi. Tbilisi’s Ethnographic open air House Museum conserves and displays examples of the architecture and ethnographic traditions of Georgia’s 14 different regions in a hillside park above the city. The National History Museum preserves its archaeological treasure...
Mtskheta, Gudauri. Just north of Tbilisi is the old capital, Mtskheta, scene of the country’s fourth-century conversion and still the religious heart of this strongly Christian country. Its spiritual landmarks include: the sixth-century Jvari (Holy Cross) Church, perc...
Gudauri. Drive over the Jvari pass to Stepantsminda on the headwaters of the Terek. The 14th-century Gergeti Sameba Church on the slopes of volcanic Mount Kazbek is in perhaps the most dramatic setting of any in Georgia. Then to the Darial Gates, a natural gorge, wher...
Gori, Kutaisi. The cult of Joseph Stalin, Georgia’s most famous son, was officially abolished by Khrushchev in 1956, but at his birthplace in Gori the Stalin Museum continues to operate. Although Stalin is a source of embarrassment to many modern Georgians, this museu...
Nokalakevi, Batumi. The imposing ruins at Nokalakevi are the remains of the ancient capital of the west Georgian kingdoms of Colchis and Egrisi-Lazika, whose massive fortifications date to a period when the region was a focus of Byzantine-Sasanian rivalry (4th to 6th ...
Batumi. The Bathus Limen, or deep water port, of Greek settlers of the sixth-fifth centuries bc was a sleepy provincial backwater under the Ottomans, until the Russians annexed it in 1878. Subsequently international investment brought a railway and pipelines to bring ...
Batumi to London. Fly at c. 10.35am from Batumi Airport to London, via Istanbul, arriving at Gatwick at c. 6.00pm (Turkish Airlines).
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Marriott Tbilisi, a 5-star hotel behind a 19th-century facade that is within walking distance of Tbilisi’s central attractions. Marco Polo Hotel, Gudauri, a 4-star spa hotel with spectacular views of the mountains. Bagrati 1003, Kudaisi, a modern hotel that is adequately comfortable and the best available. Radisson Blu, Batumi, a large hotel with good amenities and views of the Black Sea. Single rooms are doubles for sole use throughout.
If you have to cancel your participation on a tour, there would be a charge which varies according to the period of notice you give. Up to 57 days before the tour the deposit only is forfeited. Thereafter a percentage of the total cost of the tour will be due:
between 56 and 29 days: 40%
between 28 and 15 days: 60%
between 14 days and 3 days: 80%
within 48 hours: 100%
If you cancel your booking in a double or twin room or cabin but are travelling with a companion who chooses to continue to participate on the tour, the companion will be liable to pay the stipulated single supplement.
We take as the day of cancellation that on which we receive written confirmation of cancellation.
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