In this article, we will look at what excursions in Georgia are organized on Borjomi - the small resort city, which hid in the mountain gorge. Here, the Russian aristocracy was loved to relax. The resort is largely covered with deciduous and coniferous forest. Here you can restore health and rejuvenate the body thanks to the pure mountain air, and, of course, the famous mineral water of Borjomi. Russian emperors were often located, the resort became widely known in Europe.
Healing water in our time continues to ensure the influx of tourists in Borjomi. The visitors have the opportunity to visit the Borjomi factory, which is located in a beautiful gorge - excursions are sold in Russian. Lovers of natural beauties will not be able to pass by the National Park located in this area, which is characterized by the wealth of the world of flora and fauna. Those who love hiking will be able to choose for themselves at the request of combined tours. The entrance to the territory of the National Park is free, but all visitors are registered to provide assistance in case that something suddenly happens.
Excursion: Borjomi Tour
This is a review tour of the city, on it you can admire an excellent view of the city, see the layout of Georgia, to visit the first museum in the country, try the glorified healing mineral water from the spring, to take water treatments in the hydrogen sulfide basin. In the park you will dismay traditional Georgian cuisine - in the restaurant, from which the panoramic picture of the resort of Borjomi offers.
The price of the excursion includes entry into parks and museums, lunch will need to be paid separately. By time, the excursion takes four hours, in the group - from two to four tourists. Cost - from 100 euros.
Excursion: Borjomi and Akhaltsikhe
This excursion leaves from Tbilisi, the way to Borjomi takes about three hours.
Borjomi is the most famous district center in the state, four thousand people live here. The city is located in the Borjevsky Gorge, the height is 800 meters above sea level. This resort city, whipped greens, comfortable and hospitable, stretched along the coast of the river about five kilometers. Conditionally divides on the right-bank and left-bank part. Through the left-bank section of the settlement runs the track. Local attractions include City Park, National Park, Local Lore Museum, Information Center and Fortress. Local architecture is absolutely unique for the country. Here are the mansions of a wide variety of architectural styles, right up to mysterious locks. If you express a desire, we will visit the local local history museum. For the entrance you will need to pay three lari. This construction is three-story, the institution is open from 10:00 to 19:00, all days of the week works. On the first floor - an exhibition on historical and archaeological subjects, on the second - things from the Palace of the Russian Tsarist family of Romanov, the third is dedicated to the local animals. The museum structure is ancient, beautiful and mysterious - like many local buildings. From the central square towards the north along the river shore, Boulevard is located. There are many cafes, exchange offices and banks. When they pass three hundred meters along the boulevard, the large suspension bridge of white color will open your view. In this city suspended bridges mass, but this is central. It can be considered, this is the center of Borjomi.
After that, we go to the city park. It should be remembered that the urban and national parks is not the same thing. The National Park is an institution - a reserve where you can see beautiful natural landscapes and representatives of wildlife. And you can try mineral water in the city park. When you pass a kilometer from the river, you will find yourself on the square, and for her there will be a gate. Near the new building of the cable car - on it, by paying two lari, you can climb the plateau located above the park - at the same time there was a sanatorium here, and today there is a forest. Here you have the opportunity to make beautiful photos - thanks to excellent landscapes. The history of the park is extremely ancient. In 2005, restoration work was carried out here and was a solemn opening.
This park stretches nine hundred meters along a narrow river gorge, here is essentially one track, and next to it are attractions and different houses for children's games. Where there is a crane with mineral water, there is a large glass dome. Water that goes here, a little warm and distinguished by a characteristic smell, and otherwise - like that that is sold at any store. When you try it, you can go to acquire memorable souvenirs. In addition to the usual, you have the opportunity to buy and such exotic, like jam made of cones. After that, we will stop for lunch or lunch - as tourists wish in a group - in one of the small cafes, quinkal or in the traditional Georgian restaurant. After that, we will go to the city of Akhaltsikhe - the next point of our journey. A trip to it from Borjomi takes about forty minutes.
The city of Akhaltsikhe (an oldly referred toll) is an administrative center in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region and the Akhaltsikh district. The city is located in the Akhaltsikhe basin, on the shores of the Pock River, the height here is a thousand meters above sea level. From the twelfth century about the city mentioned the loss. In the thirteenth-seventeenth century, the fortress city was ruled by Atabag Jakel and was known as their family ownership.
In this ancient city, in his old area, you will be able to visit the so-called Rabat and in a big fortress, where the Palace of Governors Akhaltsikha was located before. In the slave, the ancient "halls" deserve separate attention is such an old type of national folk dwelling.
For the entrance to the Rabat Fortress, you will need to pay five lari, for this money you can explore the entire old complex, and also - to visit the museum. If you wish, we will last for a short break, then we return to the capital - by 19:00.
The price of the trip includes guide and driver services, transport costs. Separately, you will have to pay a stop at Lunch (lunch), as well as entrance tickets to museums. Excursions are organized daily, from 09:00 to 18:00, in time, take ten hours. The cost for the group from two to five tourists is from $ 220.