Alaverdi
religion
Sobre Alaverdi
Alzándose sobre los viñedos de Kakheti, Alaverdi existe desde el siglo XI, cuando el rey Kvirike la fundó como centro teológico que resistiría siglos de invasiones. Su catedral sigue siendo una de las iglesias más altas de Georgia, y los monjes de aquí conservan aún viva una tradición vinícola en su propia bodega. Visítala en otoño para el festival de la cosecha Alaverdoba, sube al campanario para contemplar las vistas sobre la llanura y continúa hacia los cercanos pueblos vinateros de Telavi y Tsinandali.
Cultura
Lugar de peregrinación, Alaverdi celebra la Alaverdoba, un festival de la vendimia. Los viñedos y las tradiciones vinícolas monásticas siguen muy presentes.
Consejos de viaje
Moneda: GEL; lleva efectivo para donaciones. Idioma: Georgiano; algo de inglés en el monasterio. Seguridad: Tranquilo y seguro. Transporte: En coche o minibús desde Telavi; corto paseo a pie.
Tours que incluyen Alaverdi
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Georgia & Armenia — 12 Days
Twelve days through two of the world's oldest Christian nations. You'll spend a week in Georgia — Tbilisi's Old Town and sulphur baths, the wine villages of Kakheti, a lone church beneath Mt Kazbek, Stalin's Gori, a rock-hewn cave town, and Queen Tamar's cliff monastery at Vardzia — before crossing south into Armenia. There, five days take in shimmering Lake Sevan, vibrant Yerevan, the holy city of Etchmiadzin, the pagan temple of Garni, cliff-set Geghard and Noravank, and Khor Virap in the shadow of Mt Ararat. One seamless Caucasus journey, fairly priced and expertly guided.
Georgia in 14 Days — Grand Discovery
The definitive two-week journey across Georgia, east to west and mountains to sea. From Tbilisi you explore the wine villages of Kakheti, climb the Military Road to Gergeti Trinity beneath Mount Kazbek, and visit Stalin's Gori, the cave town of Uplistsikhe and Queen Tamar's cliff city at Vardzia. Then west into ancient Colchis — Kutaisi's UNESCO monasteries — and up the Enguri gorge to the medieval Svan towers of Mestia and Ushguli, before finishing on the Black Sea at Batumi. Fourteen unhurried days, every region, expertly guided.
Heart of Georgia Heritage — 5 Days
This five-day route follows the spine of Georgian history at a comfortable, unhurried pace. You walk through Gori, Stalin's birthplace, and explore the rock-cut town of Uplistsikhe carved into a cliff above the Mtkvari river. In Imereti you stand inside the great medieval monasteries of Colchis, then turn east into Kakheti, Georgia's wine country, where vineyards roll toward the Caucasus. You taste in family cellars around Telavi, visit a cathedral that has watched over its valley for a thousand years, and end above the Alazani in walled Sighnaghi. History, faith and wine, expertly guided and fairly priced.