23/06/2016
Khevsureti – T**heti –Atsunta pass (3421) 12 nights in Georgia
Day 1: Tbilisi (arrival)
Arrival in Tbilisi international airport. Meeting with company representative. Transfer to Tbilisi hotel. Check in and overnight.
Day 2: Tbilisi (city tour)
After breakfast at the hotel, have Tbilisi tour. Tour includes following sights: Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, the largest cathedral in the Caucasus, Metekhi Church is erected on the cliff, overlooking the Mtkvari River. The colorful Darejani Palace is also situated on the cliff, like the nest of a swallow. The Sulfur Baths are located in Old Tbilisi, on the other side of the river, opposite Darejani Palace. Narikala fortress, established in the fourth century. Visit Karvasla – a multi – storey building located in the district of Old Tbilisi. Here you’ll find also local shops of Georgian souvenirs and craft shops. Then continue tour by visiting Shardeni street with its fashionable, cozy cafes and art galleries, passing along the Sioni Cathedral and Anchiskhati Basilica. Visit famous Bridge of Peace. Finally, the tour takes you toRustaveli Avenue, where attractions such as the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet theatre, the Parliament, Rustaveli Theatre, different art galleries and cafes will draw your attention and provide a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Day 3: Tbilisi – Mtskheta
Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Mtatsminda amusement park. Lift there by cable way. Then drive toMtskheta (UNESCO Heritage Site), the ancient capital of Georgia – early kingdom of Iberia. Inhabited since before 1000 BC it was religious centre of the country. Visit Jvari Church – 6th century monastery. It was built on a hill overlooking the confluence of the two rivers Mtkvari and Aragvi. Then have time for shopping. Transfer and overnight at the hotel in Tbilisi.
Day 4 : Tbilisi – Khevsureti
After breakfast at the hotel, will go to khevsureti. Visit Village korsha, , village Korsha where we visit a Museum of traditional customs and crafts of the Khevsurs.
Sheltered by the massive peaks the greater Caucasus, hidden away from the outside world, there is the extraordinary land of the khevsururs – khevsureti. Nowhere else in Europe there is a place thet feels so mysterious, unique and magical, a place where ancient pagan traditions survive, and medieval fortress villages guard the secrets of the valleys. Right up until the 1930’s people here wore chainmail amour and carried swords and shields. The Soviet Union attempted to destroy this ancient way of life, but rituals, songs and crafts are still preserved by the people of the proud, independent land. The main sight in the region is Shatili. The fortress village, next to the cherchen border, has withstood the ravages of time, as well as multiple invasions and sieges. Each four or five storey houses are connected by rooftop walkways that can be taken up if the enemy penetrates the village. One of these towers has been converted into an extraordinary hotel for visitors. Overnight at the guesthouse in Korsha.
Day 5: Khevsureti – Shatili
After breakfast at korsha guesthouse, will go to shatili. Shatili is one of the most brilliant masterpieces of Georgian architecture. This village scattered on the slopes of a rocky hill and served both as a residence and a fortress. For many centuries it served to defend northern passes un the Caucasus leading to Georgia (now restored). The village is lined with closely built tower-houses, which make a solid and inaccessible fortress wall surrounding the whole village. Shatili is linked with the outer world only by a narrow road leading to Arghuni gorge. The architecture is bases on terraces of flat-roofed houses and towers, with narrow stone stairs leading to the top between the buildings. The bridges were used to traverse the village without having to go outside when the enemy invaded. Overnight at the hotel in Shatili.
Day 6 : Shatili – Mutso ( day tour) - ardoti –asthunta pass 3487
After breakfast at shatili hotel, we will visit Mutso. The ruined fortress village of Mutso is straight out of a fantasy movie. Poised like a bird of prey on a rocky outcrop at 1,880m above sea level, it has thirty towers and dozens of intact death houses where plague victims would crawl in to die.
After Mutso castel Start walking the road to T**heti
Ferst We will go ardoti After visiting Ardoti, tourists will trek by Khonischala gorge to Atsunta pass 3487 meters above sea level, and come down in T**heti, Pirikita gorge. Tourists will visit villages Girevi, Parsma, Chesho, Dartlo, Kvavlo with original architecture. After go to Omalo, and from there make one day hiking to village Diklo.
Day 7: Trekking to Khonichala gorge. Camping in bottom of the pass.
T**heti is located on the north slopes of great Caucasus range, from the west it borders with Khevsureti, and these provinces are divided by Atsunta range. North is Chechnia, border is on Pirikita range, and on the east is Dagestan, border is on Akazma range. So, surrounded from all sides by ranges, T**heti itself is divided into two gorges by Gometsari range. So there are Gometsari gorge and Pirikita gorge. In Gometsari gorge there are two communities – Gometsari and Tsovata. Tsovata community earlier used to be Chechnians and then assimilated to Georgians. In Pirikita gorge are also two communities, Chagma and Pirikita. Historically T**h people are those who had emigrated from provinces Pshavi and Khevsureti, during characterization of highland regions. Those emigrants choosed to live in high mountains to keep their pagan religion against Christianity. Baptism of T**heti happened later, but there still Christianity is mixed up with pagan traditions. T**heti territory is national park.
Day 8 : Trekking over the pass. Camping in Parsma or Chesho.
Day 9 : Trekking to Dartlo. Walk in Dartlo and Kvavlo.
Day 10: Trekking to Omalo. Keselo towers.
Day 11 : Trekking (without backpacks) to Diklo. Return to Omalo.
Day 12: Return to Tbilisi
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Khevsureti – T**heti –Atsunta pass (3421) 12 nights in Georgia 23.06.201623.06.2016Admin 0 Day 1: Tbilisi (arrival) Arrival in Tbilisi international airport. Meeting with company representative. Transfer to Tbilisi hotel. Check in and overnight. Day 2: Tbilisi (city tour) After breakfast at the hote...
