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Private Guided Tour

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Situated at the strategically important crossroads where Europe meets Asia, Georgia has an unique and ancient cultural heritage, and is famed for its traditions of hospitality and cuisine. The Caucasus mountains are stunning, dotted with picturesque villages and ancient churches. Bringing you to the 21st century Tbilisi, where you will be surprised by how the old mixes with the new.

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Departure date : 24Feb – 31Dec,2020

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Taste of Georgia Georgian food and wine are one of the major ‘landmarks’ of this beautiful country. Present tour itinerary has been specially handpicked skimming original cuisine and millennial traditions, fusion of which shape a unique learning curve of the culture and history of the amazing culinary destination.

Wine Tour Wine is an integral part of everyday life in Georgia, with traces of wine production dating back to 8,000 B.C. All over Georgia, archaeologists have found ancient wine presses and clay vessels, proving that viticulture has been practiced here at least since the 5th-4th millennia BC.

Cultural Experience Explore Georgia’s intriguing history and vibrant culture, Not quite Asian, but not fully European either, Georgia is an intoxicating combination of eastern and western influences and ancient beginnings. One of the earliest places in the world to adopt Christianity, the country is also known as the birthplace of wine.

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Departure date 2 Pax

Travel Together 4 Pax

Travel Together Single Supplement

24/02 – 31/12/2020 $28,890up $23,790up $4,000

*Above prices are not valid during dates of F1 Baku, Novruz, Kurban Holiday, Aid Holiday and public holiday. Please contact

our consultants for your best price.

Package includes

1 Roundtrip economy class air ticket from Hong Kong to Tbilisi (Via Doha) on Qatar Airways

2 5 nights accommodation in the preferred hotels

3 Transportation and Transfers during tours with Mercedes Benz Sprinter

4 English speaking guide service

5 Meals: Full Board • Welcoming lunch in Marani restaurant with polyphonic singing • Wine tasting in Tsinandali • Lunch at a local family with culinary master class and wine tasting • Dinner with folklore show • Dinner with toast master– Georgian Supra with Tamada (toast master) • Wine tasting and Winery Tour at Chateau Mukhrani • Culinary Masterclass and lunch at Chateau Mukhrani *NOT include alcoholic drinks except mentioned in inclusions

6 Spa treatments at Sulfur bath house

7 All entrance fees

8 Water 1 bottle per person per day

9 Hong Kong TIC levy

Accommodation

Day City Hotel

Day 1 Tbilisi Biltmore Tbilisi or similar


Day 3 Telavi Hotel Schuchmann Wines Chateau & Spa or similar

Day 4 Sighnaghi Kabadoni Boutique Hotel or similar


Day Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival in Tbilisi – Tbilisi city tour - / WELCOMING LUNCH / DINNER

Upon arrival at Tbilisi international airport in afternoon, we meet you to transfer to your hotel

where you can relax.

Today you will have an unforgettable lunch at Marani restaurant. Be luxuriously treated to

Georgian gourmet cuisine accompanied by sumptuous dishes and succulent wines at Marani

Restaurant. Set in the heart of Old Tbilisi, Marani restaurant offers the most spectacular views of the Old Tbilisi. The lunch will be accompanied by Georgian Polyphonic singing.

After lunch, get acquainted with the city on a walking tour, passing through the old quarters and the centre, with its famous sulphur springs along the Mtkvari River. Visit the Metekhi

Church, pass across the Metekhi bridge, the first bridge built to connect the Mtkvari River’s

left and right banks, stand in Sioni church, where St. Nino’s cross from 337 AD is kept, and stop at Anchiskhati church, the most ancient church in Tbilisi. Traditional houses with balconies

and grape vines accompany your stroll towards Narikhala, the 4th century fort overlooking the

city. The fort provides an exquisite view of the city and region.

If time permits, take a stroll along Rustaveli Avenue, where notorious architectural and

historical buildings such as the Palace of Youth, Parliament of Georgia, Kashveti Church, Rustaveli Theatre, National Picture Gallery, and the Academy of Sciences reside. In the

evening, enjoy dinner at Georgian traditional restaurant.

Stay overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 2

Tbilisi – Gori – Uplistsikhe - Tbilisi BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER

Enjoy breakfast this morning before driving to Gori, Visit Stalin Museum. Museum complex

consists of memorial house, where Stalin was born, exposition building with tower and Stalin’s

personal coach with interior, by which he had travelled to Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. You will be able see Stalin’s personal things, study room of Kremlin, manuscripts, gifts from over the

world, Stalin’s mask etc.

Continue your drive to Uplistsikhe, located in Eastern Georgia, Uplistsikhe (literally “Lord’s

Fortress“) is an abandoned rock-hewn town, which once have played an important role in

Georgian history. The place was founded in the late Bronze Age, around 1000 BC, and continued to be inhabited until 13th century AD. Uplistsikhe was one of the most important

political and religious centers of pre-Christian Kartli – one of the predecessors of the Georgian

state. The rock-cut structures include a large hall, called Tamaris Darbazi, pagan places of sacrifice, dwellings, as well as functional buildings, like a pharmacy, a bakery, a prison, and

even an amphitheater. The rock-cut structures are connected by tunnels, while other tunnels

had the purpose of an emergency escape route. Continue the drive to Tbilisi, have free time to relax at your hotel.

In the evening, enjoy a one-hour massage and body scrub in one of the region’s famous sulphur baths followed by dinner at a traditional Georgian restaurant with folklore show.

Stay overnight in Tbilisi.

Tel: 3151 8888




Day Itinerary

Day 3

Tbilisi – Telavi - Tsinandali BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER

After breakfast, drive in the direction of Kakheti, the cradle of Georgian wine. Telavi is the

capital city of Kakheti and is home to several of the region's world-famous wineries, art

museums and castles. Have a short city tour in Telavi and visit Telavi open air market (Food Bazaar). Telavi bazaar is a great destination to buy some tasty souvenirs: Churchkhelas, Nuts

and wide variety of Georgian spices.

Continue to Tsinandali, the residence of dukes of Georgia with beautiful English garden, a

museum, and the wine cellar, which belonged to prince Chavchavadze, 19th century public

figure and poet.

Have lunch and winetasting of five different wines and Chacha Vodka from the estate’s own

vineyards (Tsinandali, Rkatsiteli wine from clay jars, dry Saperavi, semi-dry Saperavi and Chacha Vodka).

In the evening, check in to your hotel. Have free time to enjoy at your leisure.

Stay overnight in Telavi

Day 4

Tsinandali – Kvareli - Sighnaghi BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER

Today after delicious breakfast, and enjoying sunrise over the Allazany valley, we head for the

biggest winery tunnel in Georgia, Khareba winery.

khareba Winery: the length of which is 7.7 km. The tunnel in its vaults keeps the huge

collection of vintage wines; the oldest of them are produced in 1840.

Drive to Kvareli, where you will have lunch and a culinary masterclass at a local chateau.

Receive hands-on experience in the preparation of traditional Georgian cuisine, including

Churchkela (a delicacy consisting of a mixture of walnuts and grapes) and Mtsvadi (Georgian BBQ). These preparations will be accompanied by a traditional Georgian feast with homemade

house wine.

Georgia is the only country in the world where wine is kept in clay vessels called “Qvevri”. This

ancient method of wine making and storage is inscribed on the UNESCO list of cultural

treasures. En route visit to wine museum.

“Qvevri and Qvevri Wine” Museum: The complex of the museum consists of 8 meters long

pitcher statue and several halls, where the whole process of producing qvevri (clay wine vessel) and making qvevri wine is described. The most important part of museum are 3 qvevri vessels

with volume of 500 liters, which are covered with glass. So, a visitor has the ability to watch the

whole process of making wine: pressing, boiling, natural filtration, taking wine and pressed skins and so on.

Afterwards, continue the drive to Sighnaghi. Check in to your hotel and enjoy a Delicious dinner with Georgian national dishes.

Stay overnight in Sighnaghi.

Tel: 3151 8888




Day Itinerary

Day 5

Sighnaghi – Bodbe - Tbilisi BREAKFAST / LUNCH / DINNER After breakfast at the hotel, take a guided city tour of Signagi. Meaning “shelter,” Signagi is one of the smallest towns in the country with one of the richest histories. The city is sits on a hill surrounded by a fortified wall, considered to be the second longest wall after the Great Wall of China. A large variety of languages and nationalities mingle with the unique mountain landscape to make Signagi one of the most breathtaking places on the planet.

Explore multiple architectural monuments and learn about the traditions of local people, all while enjoying the splendid views that open up on the gorgeous Alazani Valley, known as the cradle of Georgian wines. Visit Bodbe monastery. The St. George’s Monastery of St. Nino, sometimes also called the Bodbe Monastery, is one of the most important religious sites in Georgia. Today, there is a nunnery where the monastery used to be, and the St. George Cathedral, part of the monastery, holds the remains of St. Nino, Equal to the Apostles, who brought Christianity to Georgia. After lunch at a local restaurant continue the drive to Tbilisi. Check in to your hotel. In the evening, enjoy Georgian “Supra” in a beautiful local restaurant serving wild, seasonal, and local ingredients, a menu changing with the ebb and tide of the seasons, inspired by Georgia’s rich ancient cuisine fused with culinary traditions from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cultures, the very same Georgia had a shared history with. Guests will have an opportunity of sampling variety of Georgian dishes along with famous Georgian wines, while joining toasts proposed at the table and even listening to the songs performed at the supra. Supra, which is celebratory meal with wine, food, song, and toast will be led by Tamada, Toast Master, who is the owner of this beautiful Boutique Restaurant. Guests will be able to appreciate the large collection of at the restaurant of ancient wine drinking vessels from horns to ceramic pieces dating back to antiquity, that creates the ambiance of the dining hall. Stay overnight in Tbilisi.

Day 6

Tbilisi - Mtskheta - Tbilisi - Departure BREAKFAST/ LUNCH/ DINNER

After breakfast check out of your hotel and drive via Mtskheta to Tbilisi. Mtskheta is the ancient capital of eastern Georgia. The country's conversion to Christianity occurred in Mtskheta in 337 AD, and it is considered one of Georgia's most important religious centers. While in Mtskheta, visit the Svetitskoveli Catheral and the beautiful Jvari Monastery, situated on the edge of a cliff. Drive to Chateau Mukhrani - based on the historical tradition of wine-making in Mukhrani region. This is the first and the only true Georgian Royal Chateau, which unites four key components: vineyards, winery, castle and history. In 1512 Mukhrani became the prince’s estate, governed by Bagrationi royal family. Take a guided tour and explore the estate and underground cellars, dating from the XIX century, as well as the modern state-of-the-art winery. Discover the history of the Château Mukhrani estate and the winery. Learn about the traditions of Georgian winemaking, unique Georgian grape varieties grown in Château Mukhrani’s vineyards, as well as modern winemaking techniques used when crafting the finest Chateau Mukhrani’s wines. Have wine & chacha tasting of 4 wines from “Classics” range + chacha and enjoy Georgian snacks: cheese assortment, Georgian bread, churchkhelas and spring water. Enjoy lunch and culinary masterclass of making Khinkali (Georgian Dumplings) and Tone bread baking. Afterwards, return to Tbilisi. Enjoy early dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner you will be transferred to Tbilisi international airport for your flight back home.

Tel: 3151 8888




Tel: 3151 8888




Terms & Conditions 1. The above prices are quoted per person based on double occupancy & only applicable for minimum 2 adults traveling & check-in together in the same pattern. Surcharge will be applied for solo traveller.

以上價格以每位計算，並須最少兩位成人同行及登機，以及雙人入住酒店房間。如單人報名須繳付附加費。

2. The above prices are subject to Airport Passenger Security Charge, airport taxes, fuel surcharge, airport construction fee and administration fee.

以上價格需另加香港機場旅客保安費、機場稅、燃油附加費、機場建設費及行政費。

3. Package price does not include : -

o Cost of travel documents and visa fees.

o Personal expenses, optional tours, transfers and other services that are not specified.

o Expenses incurred owing to the delay of air / land carriers that are beyond our control.

o Tips for local guide and driver, approx. USD8 – USD10 per person per day.

旅遊套票不包括 : -

o 簽證及旅遊證件費用

o 個人開支、自選遊、接送、膳食、旅遊保險及未列明之收費

o 因航班或其他延誤而導致的開支

o 導遊及司機小費，每位每日約USD8 – USD10。

4. The above prices are applicable to specific flight, hotel choice, room type and departure date only, and are subject to the supply and policy of airline and hotels. Connexus Travel may adjust prices without prior notice. All prices are subject to change at the time of booking.

價格只適用於指定航班、酒店選擇、房間類別及出發日期，並受航空公司及酒店之供應情況及政策限制。

全旅達或會因應情況就價格作出調整。一切以報名時為準。

5. Full pay must be received within 2 days upon confirmation. Otherwise booking will be cancelled automatically.

套餐一經確認，須於兩天內繳付全部費用，否則自動取消。

6. Full payment must be collected if the reservation is made within 60 days before departure.

如預定60天內出發之套票，必須先繳付套票全費，方進行預定。

7. The sequence of the tour and sight arrangment may be adjusted due to circumstances.

行程次序安排及景點安排或會依據當地情況作出更改。

8. No amendment, cancellation and refund is allowed once documents are issued.

機票及酒店套票發出後，將不接受更改，取消及退款。

9. Other terms and conditions apply, for further details, please contact Connexus Travel.

產品及優惠受其他條款及細則限制，詳情請向全旅達查詢。

10. Connexus Travel reserves the rights to amend terms & conditions. In case of any disputes, Connexus Travel's decision shall be final.

全旅達有權修改條款及細則，如有任何爭議，全旅達保留最終決定權。

11. All prices, information and images in this flyer are for reference only.

本宣傳單張之價格，資料及圖片只供參考。

12. For others terms & condition, please click here for details.

其他細則及條款，詳情可按此。

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