Excursion

30 November 2024 / optional post-conference tour

The special tour include: Visits in museums, historical sites; Wine degustation, ethnographic events etc.
Transportation, guide service, light coffee – lunch breaks; dinner.

The post-conference optional programs require pre – registration + payment (communicated soon).

Tbilisi – Ujarma – Shuamta –Tsinandali (Kakheti region)

Kakheti – the most beautiful region of Georgia, is popular among travelers from all over the world. Numerous vineyards and, accordingly, excellent Georgian wines, natural and historical and architectural sites, many shrines – these are the main reasons why you should pay attention to Kakheti, a region with a rich history and, of course, delicious Georgian cuisine.
Visit to the Fortress of Ujarma – historical fortified city and one of the most important monuments of medieval architecture in Georgia, due to its location and historical significance.
Visiting the monasteries Dzveli-Shuamta and Akhali Shuamta (Old Shuamta and New Shuamta). There are two monasteries in the village of Shuamta, which at one time were important religious centers of Christian Georgia.
Tsinandali Estate – Visit to the house-museum of A. Chavchavadze in Tsinandali, largely symbolic place. The current Tsinandali Palace was built in the early 1800s by the famous Georgian poet and thinker Alexander Chavchavadze. Now the estate houses a museum with well-preserved interiors and artifacts from a bygone era. Around the elegant mansion was laid out a regular park in the English style with various rare plants.
Wine tour and degustation
Dinner