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Kazbegi and Georgian Military Highway (from Tbilisi)

From Tbilisi
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Short description

The road from Tbilisi to Russia, the Georgian military road. A source of inspiration for the great Russian writers and the well-being of the Caucasus region. A trip on it was both beautiful and dangerous. Maxim Gorky, walking along the Georgian military road, later wrote down: “It was the majestic nature of the Caucasus that gave me the impetus that I made from a vagabond writer.” Maybe you, thanks to this train, you will begin to feel finer and more beautiful and feel the beauty of the world around you.
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Price include:

  • All transfers according to the program
  • Russian-speaking guide
  • All entrance fees
  • Water 0.5 l

Price not include:

  • Dinner
  • Personal expenses

Type of excursion:

Mountains & canyons • History, architecture • Sightseeing • Guarantied • Kazbegi

Description

Travel route

Georgian Military Road, Ananuri Fortress, Zhinvalskoye Reservoir, Mletsky Descent, Cross Pass, Salt Mountain, Gudauri Ski Resort, Stepantsminda (Kazbegi), Sameba Church.

Georgian Military Road

The Georgian-Georgian road was built two hundred years ago, after the accession of Georgia to the Russian Empire. In those years, the journey from Tiflis took at least a month. In the village of Gudauri, today it is a young, developing, but already well-known ski resort, the building of the post station has survived, where travelers could exchange horses.

Ananuri

To the Cross Pass the road goes along the course of the Aragvi River. Past the wonderful beauty of the Zhinvalsky reservoir formed in the Soviet years, traditional mountain villages in Georgia. We will stay in Ananuri, at the once impregnable fortress, which served as an outpost of defense and the residence of the rulers of this land 400 years ago. We will pass through the mountain gorges, we will climb the sheer cliffs along the fast mountain rivers. To the right and to our left will rise the snow-covered giants, and the main and most powerful of them Kazbek.

Stepantsminda (Kazbegi)

At the foot of Kazbeg is the ultimate goal of our journey. The settlement of Stepantsminda (Kazbegi). This is a unique climate zone. The village is located on the left bank of the still young, but already turbulent Terek, starting its way to the Caspian Sea from these places. In addition to the beautiful view of Mount Kazbek, amazingly beautiful surroundings and the purest mountain air, the village boasts unique cultural monuments.

We will visit a unique temple, located at an altitude of 2170 meters above sea level. From the bottom, from the bank of the Terek, the Gergeti Church of the Holy Trinity (Gergetis Tsminda Sameba) looks like a tiny fragment of past centuries, times of greatness of the human spirit.

Alexander Pushkin, who visited these places, was amazed by their beauty. His description of the Gergeti Church accurately conveys the feeling of the infinite power of the ancient mountains and the miracle built by people.

A.S. Pushkin

High above the family of mountains

Kazbek, your royal tent

Shines with eternal rays.

Your monastery is beyond the clouds,

As in the sky, a rushing ark,

Soars, slightly prominent, over the mountains.

Distant, desired breg!

There used b, saying forgive the gorge,

Rise to the free height!

There used to, in transcendental cell,

In the neighborhood of God hide me!

"Monastery on Kazbek", 1829

We are also waiting for lunch in a traditional mountain family where you will see how the highlanders live, and the hospitable hostess will hold a master class on hinkali for everyone. (lunch is charged separately).

Return to Tbilisi.

Children under 6 travel for free

50% discount for a child from 6 to 12 years

Details

  • Excursion start location: площадь Свободы, сквер Пушкина у инфо центра
  • Number of participants: min 1 / max 15
  • Duration hours: 12
  • Length of the route: 320
  • Free cancel before: 48 Hours

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Prepay and cancellation policy

The prepayment is 30% of the cost of the service.

Free cancellation is possible for 48 hours before the start

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