Completing the Trans-Caucasus Countries – Adventures and Learning in Armenia and Georgia

The day will end with dinner at a cozy restaurant, and a group meeting. Today we go to the northern part of Azerbaijan. The first village, Khynalyg, is 2, m above sea level. Its residents consider themselves the descendants of Noah, who escaped the Flood in this gorge.

Dinner will include traditional kufte soup made from freshly slaughtered lamb. The night will be spent in a village guesthouse with a beautiful view of the mountains. The night will be spent in the Museum Inn hotel. Here we will take a walk around the village and have a master class with one of the local craftsmen.

The day will end with a dinner of local delicacies, and a night in the guesthouse. Today we are back to the plains and the main highway that leads from Baku to Tbilisi. A traditional lunch and tea will be served, along with delicious baklava for dessert. It still has its ancient wine cellars, and in recent years the monks resumed manufacturing traditional wines in large earthenware vessels called kvevri.

Tour Schedule

This will be followed by a short walk around the vineyards and a trip to the Ikalto Monastery, renown for its academy and winemaking classes that date back to the Middle Ages. Dinner will be accompanied by a view of night-time Mestia and its illuminated medieval towers. Its medieval ancestral towers rise against the backdrop of the Shkara mountain group, the top of which demarcates the border between Georgia and Russia. The road will take us through Samegrelo, a lovely and distinctive region of Georgia. Megrelians speak a dialect of Georgian that many linguists consider a separate language.

For those who are interested, in the afternoon we can organize a short trip to the Mtirala Reserve.

Our first stop beyond the border will be the city of Gyumri, former Alexandropol, with its old pre-revolutionary city quarters. Next, the road will take us to Nagorno-Karabakh and its northern region of Karvachar. After Dadivank, the road runs through a dense forest that covers the mountain crossing. You are likely to get invited for some fresh local food and drink by the villagers anywhere along the TCT, so learning some basic words is recommended but not essential.

Svaneti hillside on the way to Tetnuldi mountain TCT.

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Trekking in the Caucasus www. The official website of the trail www. The first section of the trail in Svaneti is ready and open to walk now. Sections of kilometres will be completed in the coming years, with the goal of completing the whole network over the next 10 years. The trails in Georgia and Armenia will be built in summer There are volunteering opportunities available to help with construction.

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