# Vardzia, Rabati & Borjomi — 2 Days

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

€560 per person2 days / 1 nightPrivate · car & English-speaking guideBased on two travellers

Cave city, walled fortress and the spa town of the Romanovs, at a civilised pace.

The route

[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/)[Borjomi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/borjomi/)[Rabati Fortress](#gt-map)[Vardzia Cave City](#gt-map)[Khertvisi Fortress](#gt-map)[Sapara Monastery](#gt-map)

Why this tour

- —[Borjomi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/borjomi/) park and the mineral spring; open-air hot pools in the forest

- —Rabati fortress at [Akhaltsikhe](https://gtour.ge/georgia/akhaltsikhe/) and its museum

- —Vardzia early in the morning, before the buses

- —Sapara monastery in its hidden gorge

- —Night in a [Borjomi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/borjomi/) hotel among the pines

Itinerary

Day 1[Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) → [Borjomi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/borjomi/) (park, spring, hot pools) → [Akhaltsikhe](https://gtour.ge/georgia/akhaltsikhe/): Rabati fortress. Overnight Borjomi.

Day 2Early to Vardzia; Khertvisi; Sapara monastery. Lunch in a Meskhetian village. Return to [Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) by early evening.

Included

- ✓ Private car with driver

- ✓ English-speaking guide

- ✓ One night in a 4-star hotel in Borjomi, breakfast included

- ✓ All entrances

Not included

- — Lunches and dinner

Good to know

- · Can end in [Kutaisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/kutaisi/) instead of [Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/) for onward travel west

- · [Bakuriani](https://gtour.ge/georgia/bakuriani/) can be added as a third day

Questions

**What is Meskhetian wine?**
The revived wine tradition of [Samtskhe](https://gtour.ge/georgia/samtskhe-javakheti/), with terraced vineyards and grapes found nowhere else; we taste it on day 2.

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: Aerial view of Rabati Castle in Akhaltsikhe showing its restored towers and manicured gardens. Photo: I kynitsky / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0*

*Image: Panoramic view of Vardzia's honeycombed cave dwellings overlooking the green river valley. Photo: Kakhi Kuloshvili / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0*

Vardzia cave monastery complex carved into the cliffside above the Kura River valley. · Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0