Georgia

Things to do in Kakheti

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Sightlore has 26 places to explore in Kakheti, and 12 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.

Kakheti's must-sees

The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.

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Old Shuamta
The Old Shuamta is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Kakheti region. It is located on a forested mountain about 1015 m above sea level, and five kilometers west of the town of Telavi, Georgia.
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Tsinandali Park
The Tsinandali Park or Aleksandre Chavchavadze complex, is an architectural and historical monument at the village of Tsinandali in the municipality of Telavi about 80 km from Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Batoni Castle
Batoni Castle, is a 17th–18th century architectural monument in Telavi, the principal city of Georgia's eastern region of Kakheti.
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Niko Pirosmani house
Museum in the village of Mirzaani, Dedoplistskaro Municipality, founded in 1960 in the house built by the painter Niko Pirosmani in 1898.
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Sighnaghi
Signagi or Sighnaghi is a town in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Signagi Municipality.
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Kvelatsminda Church
The Gurjaani Kvelatsminda Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God is a Georgian Orthodox church constructed in the 8th or 9th century, during the "transitional period" in the medieval Georgian architecture.
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Ikalto monastery
Iqalto is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy.
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Vachnadziani monastery
The Vachnadziani All Holy, or Vachnadziani Monastery is an old monastery Georgian Orthodox near the Vachnadziani village (called in the Soviet era Schroma) in the Gurjaani Municipality, eastern of Georgia.
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Bodbe Monastery
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia.
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Gremi
Gremi is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia.

Discovery routes in Kakheti

Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.

Kakheti: Sighnaghi, Bodbe and Gurjaani
From the Niko Pirosmani House Museum in Mirzaani to Bodbe Monastery and Sighnaghi, then the Kvelatsminda churches of Gurjaani and Vachnadziani.
By car · 5 h · 56.4 km · 5 stops
Kakheti: Telavi, Alaverdi and Gremi
From Tsinandali Park to Batonis Tsikhe in Telavi, Old Shuamta Monastery and Ikalto Monastery, then Alaverdi Monastery, Gremi and Nekresi.
By car · 7 h · 83.3 km · 7 stops

Places to visit

Historic sites

Sighnaghi
Signagi or Sighnaghi is a town in Georgia's easternmost region of Kakheti and the administrative center of the Signagi Municipality.
Has a story
Batoni Castle
Batoni Castle, is a 17th–18th century architectural monument in Telavi, the principal city of Georgia's eastern region of Kakheti.
Has a story
Gremi
Gremi is a 16th-century architectural monument – the royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels – in Kakheti, Georgia.
Has a story
Nekresi
Nekresi is a historic and archaeological site in eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, between the town of Qvareli and the village of Shilda, at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains.
Has a story
Kvetera Church
Kvetera Church is a Georgian Orthodox church in a historic fortified town of Kvetera in Kakheti. Kvetera Church was built in the early part of the 10th century.
Nekresi fire temple
The Nekresi fire temple is an archaeological complex in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, part of the wider Nekresi site.
Ujarma Fortress
Ujarma is a medieval fortress-town at the Outer Kakheti region, in the municipality of Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia.

Museums

Niko Pirosmani house
Museum in the village of Mirzaani, Dedoplistskaro Municipality, founded in 1960 in the house built by the painter Niko Pirosmani in 1898.
Has a story
Tsinandali Park
The Tsinandali Park or Aleksandre Chavchavadze complex, is an architectural and historical monument at the village of Tsinandali in the municipality of Telavi about 80 km from Tbilisi, Georgia.
Has a story

Places of worship

Bodbe Monastery
The Monastery of St. Nino at Bodbe is a Georgian Orthodox monastic complex and the seat of the Bishops of Bodbe located 2 km from the town of Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia.
Has a story
Kvelatsminda Church
The Gurjaani Kvelatsminda Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God is a Georgian Orthodox church constructed in the 8th or 9th century, during the "transitional period" in the medieval Georgian architecture.
Has a story
Vachnadziani monastery
The Vachnadziani All Holy, or Vachnadziani Monastery is an old monastery Georgian Orthodox near the Vachnadziani village (called in the Soviet era Schroma) in the Gurjaani Municipality, eastern of Georgia.
Has a story
Old Shuamta
The Old Shuamta is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Kakheti region. It is located on a forested mountain about 1015 m above sea level, and five kilometers west of the town of Telavi, Georgia.
Has a story
Ikalto monastery
Iqalto is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy.
Has a story
Alaverdi Monastery
Alaverdi Monastery is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery located 25 km (16 mi) from Akhmeta, in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia.
Has a story
Akura church
The Akura church of Saint David is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti.
Dartlo church
The Dartlo church is a church located on the outskirts of the town of Dartlo, in the municipality of Akhmeta. The Church has the status of a Monument of National Importance.
David Gareja monastery complex
David Gareji is a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex located in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, on the half-desert slopes of Mount Gareja on the edge of the Iori Plateau, some 60–70 km southeast of Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
Dodo church
The Dodo Horn, romanized: dodos rka) also known as Dodo church is a historical and architectural monument in the monastic complex of David Gareja
Dolochopi basilica
Dolochopi basilica is an early Christian church—now in a ruinous state—in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, in the territory of the historical settlement of Nekresi.
Tskhrakara monastery
The Matani monastery is part of a complex of buildings in the mountains 3–5 km west of the town of Matani in the Akhmeta district of the Kakheti region, Georgia.
Natlismtsemeli monastery
The Natlismtsemeli Monastery also known as Saint John Monastery is a historical and architectural monument within the David Gareja monastery complex, located in the Kakheti region, in eastern Georgia.
Nekresi monastery
The Nekresi Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the eastern Georgian region of Kakheti, founded in the 6th century.
Ninotsminda Cathedral
Ninotsminda Cathedral (c. 575) is located in the village of Sagarejo, in the Kakheti region, Georgia.
Udabno Monastery
Medieval Georgian monastery in the David Gareja monastic complex, 60–70 km south-east of Tbilisi in Sagarejo Municipality, on the rocky slope south-west of the David Lavra.
Akhali Shuamta monastery
Georgian Orthodox convent near Telavi in Kakheti, on the slope of Mount Tsivgombori, close to the Old Shuamta monastery; it was founded in the 16th century.