16/07/2023
⏳Travel Through Time With Indigo Holidays, Follow Us To Akhaltsikhe⌛️
Akhaltsikhe has always been known as a melting pot, a town of multiculturalism, tolerance, and diversity. Georgians, Jews, Armenians and Turks have lived here side by side for centuries, and it is clearly reflected in the historical monuments of the town.
🔵The old stone Rabati fortress, the main sight of the Akhaltsikhe town, is standing on the small hill on the very shores of the Potskhovi river. Its name comes from Arabic meaning “fortified place”. This military building erected in the 13th century had witnessed a lot over the centuries.
🔵Ten kilometers away from Akhaltsikhe town, in the forest nearby Ghrele village, stands a 10th-century monastery. It’s name, Sapara, means “sheltered” and this fittingly describes the monastery, so wonderfully secluded from prying eyes by dense forest and yellowish cliffs.
The grounds include buildings from various periods in the monastery complex’s rich history, among them churches, a bell tower, monks’ cells, agricultural buildings, and ruins of a fortified wall and palace of the Jaqelis.
🔵One of the most amazing places in Samtskhe-Javakheti region is found in Kvabliani Valley in Adigeni municipality - it is proudly standing Zarzma Monastery.
It was constructed in the 8th-9th centuries, and is named after the Georgian saint Serapion Zarzmeli.
🔵The Vardzia Cave Monastery is one of the most popular attractions in Georgia and a highly recommended must do on your Georgia Road Trip. It’s not like the other monasteries in the country, it’s a massive complex of caves carved into the upper half of the Erusheli mountain.