Today we drove to our next destination, Telavi. We stopped along the way to see a few sights.
First up was a short tour of the Khareba winery tunnels. The winery has approximately 8 km of tunnels that they use to store and age the wine they produce. The tour only takes you in a small section of tunnel, but it's interesting and a welcome escape from the heat.
Tunnel entrance
Winery "museum" in the tunnel
Gardens at the tunnel entrance
Our next stop was the Nekresi Monastery. We sweated our way up the 1.5 km steep road to the monastery in the heat. A couple stray dogs adopted us for the hike up and back.
The road up to the Nekresi Monastery
Nekresi Monastery
Final stop was the Gremi Fortress, dating from the 16th-century.
Gremi fortress from below
The Church of the Archangels
Inside the church
Tunnel entrance
Winery "museum" in the tunnel
Gardens at the tunnel entrance
Our next stop was the Nekresi Monastery. We sweated our way up the 1.5 km steep road to the monastery in the heat. A couple stray dogs adopted us for the hike up and back.
The road up to the Nekresi Monastery
Nekresi Monastery
View of the tower
On the way back down
Gremi fortress from below
The Church of the Archangels
Inside the church
View from the fortress tower