Georgia Attractions

An eggstraordinary eggsperience

Advantages: A unique experience, invigorating
Disadvantages: Smells a bit, not much room to move around

In a city that - despite being visually attractive - has little in the way of tourist attractions, the sulphur baths of Tbilisi are a welcome diversion from viewing churches and musuems. On a three month trip you can suffer culture fatigue after a while but it was nice to know that even in indulging ourselves and shunning the churches, we were experiencing a little bit of Georgian culture that goes back to the founding of the capital city. It is ...
...legend says that King Gorgasali was hunting for deer and shot one that fell into a hot sulphur spring. The deer strangely and miraculously healed and this is how the restorative powers of the sulphur springs was discovered. However, it is more likely that Tbilisi existed as a stopping off point on the Silk Road at least a century before this but one thing is certain - the King moved the capital from Mtskheta to Tbilisi, most probably on the grounds ...

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Review of Abanotubani (Bath District), Tbilisi

To the bat cave!

Advantages: Great setting, amazing sight, superb guide
Disadvantages: No useful amenities, not good for people with limited mobility

...Turkey, the other was the Uplistsikhe Cave City in central Georgia. Uplistsikhe (pronounced Oo-lis-si-he, that's nothing you should try looking for the name in Georgian script) is situated about ten kilometres from the town of Gori. It's about an hour from the capital, Tbilisi, though it's certainly worth staying in Gori if you have the chance. Uplistsikhe is now a UNESCO recognised site and, in conjunction with financial aid from the World Bank, ...
...further damage. Uplistsikhe is important because of the combination of pagan and Christian evidence linked to it. Situated just a couple of kilometres from the ancient Silk Road route, Uplistsikhe was a major trading centre and a place where the archaeology demonstrates strong links with Asia Minor, Armenia and Iran amongst others. Although there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the caves were inhabited long before, historians have been able ...

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Review of Uplistsikhe Cave City, Georgia