GEORGIA HIGHLIGHTS
GREATER CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS Enjoy the unspoiled natural beauty of the Greater Caucasus Mountains visiting one of the remote Villages. Spectacular views of snow-covered peaks and alpine meadows, as well as rare examples of protective towers await you here and offer superb getaways for all kinds of outdoor activities.
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Uplistsik
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE Thanks to the country’s early conversion to Christianity, officially from 337, visiting the country one can see ancient basilicas from 5-6th centuries, as well as the cross-shaped churches with beautiful domes of later period and monumental cathedrals with beautiful wall-paintings from Middle Ages. Above photo shows Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.
shows Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta.
Vardzia
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CAVE TOWNS Cave Towns are important tourist attractions of Georgia. Uplistsikhe is the oldest one, built in 1st millennium BC. Vardzia was built in the Golden Age of Georgia, under the reign of Queen Tamar in the 12th century and is the most monumental site of south-west region
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