4 Days – Kakheti and Vardzia

Venture to the semi-desert border with Azerbaijan, where the 6th-century David Gareja monastery is carved into a striped, sun-baked ridge. Climb to the Udabno caves for faded frescoes and a horizon that feels a world away from green Georgia.

Walk the cobbled lanes and intact ramparts of Sighnaghi, a walled hill town overlooking the vast Alazani Valley. Visit the nearby Bodbe Convent, resting place of St. Nino, and taste the region’s amber wines at a family cellar.

Immerse yourself in the soul of Georgian winemaking. Visit the romantic “City of Love,” Sighnaghi, overlooking the Alazani Valley, and experience the hospitality of a traditional supra feast. Taste unique wines aged in clay qvevri, a tradition 8,000 years in the making.

Stand before Vardzia, the astonishing 12th-century cave city of Queen Tamar, carved across thirteen levels into a mountainside. Explore tunnels, chapels and frescoes that once sheltered a whole community on the road through Georgia’s deep south.