# Telavi & Kakheti Wine Region — Monasteries and Cellars

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- Canonical: https://gtour.ge/tour/telavi-kakheti-wine/
- Author: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze
- Published: 2016-12-15
- Updated: 2026-10-27
- Language: en
- Russian edition: https://gtour.ge/ru/tour/telavi-kakheti-wine/

€205 per person10 hoursPrivate · car & English-speaking guideBased on two travellers

Northern [Kakheti](https://gtour.ge/georgia/kakheti/): Alaverdi cathedral, the academy at [Ikalto](https://gtour.ge/georgia/ikalto-village/), the Tsinandali estate and the wine that flows around them.

The route

[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/)[Ikalto Academy](#gt-map)[Alaverdi Cathedral](#gt-map)[Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/)

Why this tour

- —Alaverdi — the 11th-century cathedral and its monastery winery

- —[Ikalto](https://gtour.ge/georgia/ikalto-village/) academy, where Georgia's national poet is said to have studied

- —[Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/): King Erekle's palace and the 900-year-old plane tree

- —Tsinandali — the Chavchavadze estate, gardens and historic wine cellar

- —Tasting at a winery in the villages beneath the mountains

Itinerary

Morning[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) over the Gombori pass to [Ikalto](https://gtour.ge/georgia/ikalto-village/) and Alaverdi.

Midday[Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/): palace, market, lunch.

AfternoonTsinandali estate and a village winery tasting. Return to [Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) by around 19:00.

Included

- ✓ Private car with driver

- ✓ English-speaking guide

- ✓ Entrances to Tsinandali and Telavi palace

- ✓ One winery tasting

Not included

- — Lunch

Good to know

- · Combine with a night in [Telavi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/telavi/) for the 3-day [Kakheti](https://gtour.ge/georgia/kakheti/) tour

- · Alaverdi is a working monastery; modest dress

- · The Gombori road is scenic — allow for photo stops

Questions

**What is the difference between this and the Sighnaghi trip?**
This covers northern [Kakheti](https://gtour.ge/georgia/kakheti/) — cathedral, academy, estates; [Sighnaghi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/sighnaghi/) covers the south. Together they make the perfect 2-day stay.

Prices are per person for two travelling together, in euros; solo travellers and larger groups are quoted on request. Every departure is private and adjusted to you. Hotels, wineries and restaurants on our routes are [verified by GTour](/verified/).

*Image: Alaverdi Monastery seen beyond a flourishing orchard in Kakheti wine region. Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0*

*Image: Alazani Valley vineyards and fields stretch toward the Caucasus mountains near Telavi. Photo: Donovan Driver from Texarkana, Texas, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0*

Alaverdi Cathedral with fortified walls and mountains near Telavi, Kakheti. · Photo: Sergey Sebelev / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0