Places to visit in Kakheti, Georgia
9 places to visit in Kakheti, Georgia, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Alaverdi Monastery, David Gareja Monastery, Bodbe Monastery and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Kakheti volume.
2 Heritage sites · 7 Hidden gems
Heritage sites in Kakheti (2)
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Alaverdi Monastery
A monastery in the Alazani Valley whose Cathedral of St George was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, on the site of an older church. It counts among the four great cathedrals of Georgian Orthodoxy, and the monks still make wine here.
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David Gareja Monastery
A monastery cut into the rock of Mount Gareja, on the half desert edge of the Iori Plateau some 60 to 70 km southeast of Tbilisi. Hundreds of cells, churches, chapels and refectories are hollowed out of the cliffs, some still painted with old frescoes.
Hidden gems in Kakheti (7)
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Bodbe Monastery
A convent 2 km from Sighnaghi where the relics of St Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century, are kept. First built in the 9th century and much remodelled in the 17th, it is one of the country's major places of pilgrimage.
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Gremi
A 16th century royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels on a hill near Kvareli, about 115 km east of Tbilisi. They are what is left of a once busy town that served as the capital of the kingdom of Kakheti.
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Ikalto Monastery
A monastery complex near the village of Iqalto, about 10 km west of Telavi in the Kakheti wine country. Beside its churches stand the ruins of the Ikalto Academy, a medieval school of learning.
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Lagodekhi National Park
Two linked reserves of 24,451 hectares on the southern slopes of the Caucasus in the far northeast of Georgia. First protected in 1912, it was the earliest nature reserve in the country, and its forest trails lead to waterfalls and high lakes.
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Nekresi Monastery
A monastery founded in the 6th century and still in use, high in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus between Kvareli and Shilda. The site is also an archaeological one, and it looks out over the Alazani Valley.
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Sighnaghi
One of the smallest towns in Georgia, on a steep hill in the heart of the Kakheti wine country. Pastel houses and cobbled lanes sit inside old defensive walls, and it looks out across the Alazani Valley to the Caucasus in the distance.
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Tusheti National Park
A protected area created in 2003 in the high mountains of Tusheti, in eastern Georgia. The region is reached over a single mountain pass road that is open only in the warmer months, which keeps its villages and pastures remote.
Collecting in Kakheti
What are the best places to visit in Kakheti?
LOQAH lists 9 places in Kakheti. The best known include Alaverdi Monastery, David Gareja Monastery, Bodbe Monastery, Gremi and Ikalto Monastery. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Kakheti?
9, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Kakheti?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Kakheti before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Kakheti and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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