Region · the wine country
Kakheti
Kakheti
120 km
2 h
1–2 nights
May–Oct
Qvevri wine
Why go
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The cradle of 8,000-year qvevri winemaking, now UNESCO intangible heritage.
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Walled Sighnaghi, Bodbe Monastery and the cathedral of Alaverdi.
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Long cellar lunches under the Caucasus wall — the essential Georgian food-and-wine region.
Kakheti is Georgia's wine country — a broad, sunlit plain of vineyards backed by the Greater Caucasus, where wine still ferments in clay qvevri buried in the ground. Telavi and Sighnaghi anchor it.
Ideal
What to see
Site
Type
Entry
Visit
Bodbe Monastery
Monastery
Free
45 min
Sighnaghi town walls
Old town
Free
Half day
Tsinandali Estate
Estate
Ticketed
1–2 h
Alaverdi Cathedral
Cathedral
Free
30 min
Qvevri winery tasting
Winery
Booked
2 h
Ticketed sites are paid on site in Georgian lari (₾).
Tours through Kakheti
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All hotels →Good to know
- How many days do you need in Kakheti?
- Most travellers spend 1–2 in Kakheti. We build it into a longer Georgia itinerary around your dates.
- What is there to see in Kakheti?
- Highlights include Bodbe Monastery, Sighnaghi town walls, Tsinandali Estate, Alaverdi Cathedral.
- Where should I stay in Kakheti?
- We place guests in vetted, hand-picked stays in Kakheti, 7 of which we contract directly, and quote them as part of your trip.