Tours
Routes worth taking, with someone who knows them
Each of these is a full itinerary with a private driver and vehicle. The price covers the car for the whole trip, including the drive home — not a seat, and not per person.
Day tripMtskheta and Jvari in a day
The old capital, a sixth-century monastery above the meeting of two rivers, and lunch by the water — an easy half day from Tbilisi.
From Tbilisi62 km · 1 h 40 min driving
Day tripKakheti wine country
Sighnaghi on its hilltop, the Bodbe convent, and a working winery in the valley that invented amber wine.
From Tbilisi290 km · 5 h 30 min driving
Day trip4x4Kazbegi and the Gergeti church
The Georgian Military Highway to the Russian border, and a fourteenth-century church at 2,170 metres with Mount Kazbek behind it.
From Tbilisi312 km · 7 h driving
Day tripBorjomi and the Vardzia cave city
Mineral springs in a forested gorge, then a twelfth-century monastery carved into a cliff face over thirteen levels.
From Tbilisi520 km · 8 h driving
3 days4x4Upper Svaneti in three days
Medieval tower houses under 4,000-metre peaks, in a valley that was effectively unreachable for most of the year until recently.
From Kutaisi640 km · 15 h driving