A relaxed wine day: Bodbe Monastery, Sighnaghi, the “city of love”, and tastings of wine, chacha and churchkhela in a Georgian home.
Kakheti is a remarkable region east of Tbilisi: old wineries, monasteries, generous cuisine and hospitality where every guest is welcomed like an angel. Here you will taste homemade wine and chacha, churchkhela and fresh bread from a tone oven.
Bodbe Monastery, two kilometres from Sighnaghi, holds the main shrine of Kakheti — the tomb of Saint Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia.
Sighnaghi, the “city of love”, seems to float above the Alazani Valley: cosy winding streets, tiled roofs and one of the largest fortresses in Georgia, begun under Queen Tamar in the 12th century.
Zhinvali reservoir → Ananuri fortress → Friendship Monument → Stepantsminda → Gergeti monastery
Holy Trinity Cathedral → Metekhi district → Narikala fortress → Bridge of Peace
Bodbe Monastery → Sighnaghi → Sighnaghi fortress → Chavchavadze estate in Tsinandali → Telavi
