• Hotel:
  • Aurumi Hotel

• Transport:
  • Mtskheta is one of the most ancient cities in the country of Georgia, located just 12 miles north of Tbilisi on the Aragvi River
  • Mtskheta is close to Tbilisi, so it’s very easy to do a day trip to. Catch a minibus (marshrutkas) that departs regularly from Didube Bus Station.
  • Look out for a board that advertises buses to Kazbegi. Here there will be a marshrutka that has a sign in English to Mtskheta. You can buy tickets from a cashier next to the bus. A tickets costs 1GEL per person.
  • A taxi from Tbilisi to Mtskheta costs around 20GEL

• Things to see:
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site and has been inhabited since before 1,000 BC
  • Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
  • Monastery Of Shio-Mgvime
  • Bebristsikhe Castle
  • Mtskheta State Archaeological Museum-Reserve
  • Armazi Fortress
  • Armaztsikhe (Bagineti)
  • Jvari Monastery

• Tips:
  • Visit the ancient Georgian Orthodox Jvari monastery to enjoy a magnificent view of where the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers confluence to each other
  • Bebris Tsikhe castle, located on the mountain top of north Mtskheta, also offers speculator views
  • Adults are requested to not wear shorts or dresses above the knees when stepping inside monasteries
  • Women must cover their head when entering Orthodox churches