Kakheti, Kazbegi & Mtskheta: Food, Wine & Culture Tour

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Duration4d

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Four days of Georgian flavors, mountain air, and warm welcomes

You’ll taste fresh-baked bread in Badiauri village, sip wine deep inside Khareba’s cool tunnels, learn to fold khinkali dumplings with locals in Kazbegi, and stand quietly above Mtskheta’s rivers at Jvari Monastery. With every meal and story shared along this four-day tour from Tbilisi through Kakheti, Kazbegi & Mtskheta, you’ll find Georgia gets under your skin in ways you won’t forget.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Tbilisi to Sighnaghi via David Gareja

Pass Sagarejo without stopping
Pass Udabno village without stopping
Visit Lavra monastery and walk rainbow mountains
Lunch at Wineria Kakheti
Bake bread and taste with local cheese in Badiauri
Visit Bodbe monastery with Alazani valley views
Wine tasting and dinner in Sighnaghi

Day 2 — Sighnaghi to Telavi via Kakheti wineries

Morning walk in Sighnaghi
Visit Khareba wine tunnel
Explore Gremi village and monastery
Lunch and wine at Lagazi wine cellar
Visit Tsinandali estate and botanical garden
Evening at Gia Togonidze winery

Day 3 — Telavi to Kazbegi via Gudauri

Visit Ananuri fortress
Ski lift ride in Gudauri (if open)
View Friendship monument
Lunch at Tsanareti restaurant in Arsha
Visit Gergeti Trinity Church
Hike to Gveleti waterfalls
Visit Georgian-Russian border in Dariali gorge
Khinkali cooking masterclass and dinner

Day 4 — Kazbegi to Tbilisi via Mtskheta

Photo stop at Zhinvali reservoir viewpoint
Lunch at Château Mukhrani winery
Visit Jvari Monastery
Visit Svetitskhoveli Cathedral

The Experience

We hit the road from Tbilisi before I’d even finished my coffee, heading east toward Kakheti. Our guide Nino had this way of telling stories that made the landscape feel alive — she pointed out the rainbow hills near David Gareja Monastery as we walked up to Lavra, dust sticking to my shoes. The wind smelled faintly of sage. At Badiauri village we tried baking bread — I’ll admit mine looked more like a hat than a loaf — but tearing it open hot from the oven with salty cheese was perfect. Sighnaghi in the evening felt almost Italian somehow; cobbled streets, laughter echoing from a wine bar where we ended up tasting something amber and earthy. I didn’t expect to like Georgian wine so much.

The next day started slow with a walk through Sighnaghi’s quiet lanes before we ducked into the Khareba wine tunnel. It’s chilly inside — 16 degrees year-round — and you can smell the damp stone and oak barrels. Lunch at Lagazi was this blur of toasts (so many toasts), homemade khachapuri, and stories from Gia about his family’s vineyard. His wife served us eggplant rolls that I still think about sometimes. Later in Telavi, after wandering Tsinandali’s gardens under soft rain, we spent the evening at another small winery where everyone talked over each other in three languages at once.

Driving north toward Kazbegi felt like moving into another country — the mountains just swallow you up. We stopped at Ananuri fortress for photos (the water below is impossibly blue) and then Gudauri for coffee while paragliders floated overhead like confetti. At the “Friendship” monument our guide explained its Soviet history; I mostly remember the wind whipping my jacket and how small everything looked from up there. In Kazbegi that night we learned to make khinkali with a local family — mine kept leaking but nobody minded. There was laughter and flour everywhere.

The last day was quieter somehow. We paused by Zhinvali reservoir for one last look at those mountains reflected in still water before heading to Mtskheta. Jvari Monastery sits high above two rivers meeting; it’s hard not to feel something standing there in silence with everyone else just watching the light shift over old stones. Lunch at Château Mukhrani was relaxed — more wine (of course), slow conversation under shady trees. Svetitskhoveli Cathedral was our final stop, incense heavy in the air and sunlight slanting through ancient windows. I left feeling both full and oddly homesick for places I’d only just met.

What’s included

Your four days include hotel pickup from Tbilisi, all entry fees for monasteries and landmarks along the route through Kakheti, Kazbegi & Mtskheta.
daily lunches with local wines.
hands-on bread baking and khinkali masterclass.
guided visits to wineries including tastings.
overnight stays arranged each night.
plus plenty of stories shared by your local guide before returning you back to Tbilisi.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePets welcome

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