Kakheti - Signagi City, Alazan Valley, Bodbe convent
Description:
Signaghi is a small town located on a mountain. One of its main attractions is its location. From the city on the mountain you can admire the Alazan valley and rows of vineyards growing along the river. The city is surrounded by a seven-kilometer wall with twenty-eight towers. Its wall is often compared to the Chinese wall. It has a tourist path for walking. At will.
The lunch will be held in a real Kakheti family. In an atmosphere of warmth and Georgian hospitality or in a restaurant in Signaghi. With amazing local wine and dishes of traditional Georgian cuisine. (A cooking master class can be arranged)
Then we will see the Bodbe Monastery lost in the forest, this is the first Christian temple founded in the IV century by order of Z Georgian King Mirian. St. Nina, the Illuminator of Georgia, who brought faith here, is buried here. A few meters from the monastery, the level below is a spring with holy water that made its way to the surface by the power of the prayers of St. Nina, This miracle is an effective source for the believers to believe is healing. 5 - 6