Historical Places

Lost cities, Ancient cities, Historic settlements, Fortress towns, Former towns, Battlefields, and Historic sites


Geguti Palace

Travel Back to the 8th-12th Centuries – A Medieval Royal Residence in Georgia near Kutaisi

Geguti Royal Palace Reconstruction model showing its original medieval structure
Architectural model of Geguti Royal Palace (12th Century reconstruction)
National Heritage Monument

City of Roses – Vartsikhe

City of Roses Rhodopolis the Ancient Greek City and Tamar's Castle Ruins

Georgia Vardtsikhe palace
Vardtsikhe Palace painting
National Heritage Monument

Vardzia

Carved into the cliffs, this cave city once contained 3,000 dwellings spread across 19 levels

Vardzia cave city
Vardzia Cave Monastic Complex
UNESCO Tentative List

Mtskheta

UNESCO World Heritage Site, Open-Air Museum, and Ancient Capital of Iberia

Roman bridge ruins
Ruins of Pompey's Bridge
UNESCO World Heritage Site

UplisTsikhe Cave City

“Fortress of God” – 1st millennium BC rock-hewn city with streets and temples, built on a riverbank, major Silk Road trading hub

Uplistsikhe Georgia
View of Uplistsikhe Cave Town
UNESCO Tentative List

Ikalto Monastery Complex

Caucasus Mountains view; 12th-century academy, wine cellar and qvevri; monastic complex built by the Assyrian Fathers

Ikalto Monastery 1969
Ikalto Monastery and Academy, Alazani Valley and Caucasus Mountains, 1969
National Heritage Monument

Borjomi Mineral Water Park

Royal history, breathtaking nature, and world-famous healing springs in Borjomi Mineral Water Park

Georgia Borjomi road to mineral water park
Road to park
National Heritage Monument
Resort Area
Recreational Zone

Telavi

A Crossroad of the Great Silk Road and the Unofficial Wine Capital

Royal palace in Telavi
View of the Caucasus Mountains from Batonis Tsikhe, Telavi

Ananuri Fortress

A premier late medieval monument, Ananuri Fortress housed religious, military, and civil structures of the Aragvi Eristavis

Ananuri forest
Panoramic view of Ananuri Fortress, late 19th – early 20th century
UNESCO Tentative List

Mushtaidi Park

From a legend of love to the World’s First Children’s Railway Established in 1935

Mushtaidi
Mushtaidi Garden Vibes
National Heritage Monument
Recreational Zone

Metekhi Church

Analogue of Jerusalem’s Gethsemane Virgin Mary Church and Former Site of the Brutal Imperial and Soviet Metekhi Prison

Tbilisi Metekhi
Metekhi Church against the backdrop of Narikala Fortress
UNESCO Tentative List
National Heritage Monument

Khudadov Forest

Battleground of 1905 Revolution and Stalin’s Secret Meeting Place

Tbilisi Forest Khudadov
Khudadov Forest Park in the mid-20th century
Recreational Zone