Imereti - Kutaisi

▪ Kutaisi

▪ Tour for 2 days

 1th day
▪ Kutaisi - located on both banks of the river rioni, at an altitude of 125-300 m above sea level. 22 km to the South-West of the city is located Kopitnari Airport. Distance-220 km in Tbilisi, kutaisi founded in VI-V BB. BC documentary history of kutaisi starts with the third century BC. Uh, when he is described in " Argonauts Apollonia " Rhodes " Book 2, 398-402
▪ Bagrati Temple - Temple X-XI century. In Board Bagrati III as the main cathedral its unified Georgian kingdom. 
▪ Fortress Ukimerioni - Defense Complex. The exact time build is not known, but presumably middle ages century bc.
▪ Gelati Monastery of the virgin XII. Near Kutaisi is the most significant medieval monastery in Georgia. The Centre of the church and cultural life, Patriarch residence with the 2nd half of the xvi century up to the year 1814, the monument of the world's heritage.
The Monastery was founded by King David Iv the builder in 1106 and became its chamber, mate.
▪ Motsameta Monastery - XI . One of the sacred places of Georgia - The Saints David and Constantine, in honor of which is named after the monastery is the brothers, skillful Georgian the warlords, lived in the 8th century. In times of raiding their lands of Arabs they led an army of georgians, however, were taken prisoner by the enemy, where they were brutally tortured, starved, and then executed with, in the river. Deeply believing, David and Constantine did not accepted the invitation of the Arabs to leave Orthodoxy, converted to Islam and to move to the side of the enemy. The bodies of the brothers were brought to earth on the territory of the church by the river tskaltsitela.
And monastery built motsameta Georgian king bagrat great in the xi century. According to legend, he saw in one of the caves of mysterious lights, and on the inside - the power of the Holy David and Constantine. After this, the king decided to construct the church in honor of those of the saints, as well as the monastery.
▪ Tskhaltubo resort - the first mention of tskhaltubo relate to the vii century. XII-XIII centuries already referred to as the healing item. The first mention in the editions of the "Berlin society of nature" in 1782 year. In the year 1787, the Russian Academician P. S. Pallas processed and issued in German "travel notes" Guldenstain on tskhaltubo. In the year 1809 with the German are translated into Russian language "and" travel notes. Gyulʹdenshteyna, after which the Russian literature appear notes about mineral waters tskhaltubo. In the year 1815, the famous scientist von klaport in Berlin makes work on tskhaltubo and properties of her mineral water. In the year 1898, g. Struve after chemical analyses of mineral water sources admit her to the aloof sources.
▪ Traditional dinner in a restaurant.
 2nd day
▪ resort tskhaltubo
▪ Sataplia - three of the main attractions of the reserve - pavilion with residual traces of dinosaurs, Karst cave and glass balcony - an observation deck on top of a mountain peak Sataplia (Reserve). Dinosaur footprints were found in the 30's of the twentieth century, one of the residents of the surrounding villages, in a few years at that place and organized nature reserve.
▪ Traditional dinner in a restaurant.