Vardzia
169 reviews
January 7
We came here by car with an overnight stay to visit in the morning. I was surprised by the scale of the caves, the size, and most importantly, the large temple with a dome right inside the cave with bells.
It's an amazing place.
There is a sense of history here, of some kind of power. One of the TOP 5 places in Georgia, definitely worth a visit. This is my personal rating after a year of living in Georgia.
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May 22
It's an amazing place. A city built into a rock by monks. The place was improved, paths and railings were made. It is completely unclear how the monks moved there without this.
The views are breathtaking. Beautiful photos are guaranteed.
A full-day tour, but we didn't regret it at all. Special thanks to the guide, George 13. We had a great tour, told a lot of historical facts, legends, and joked a lot during the tour.
I definitely advise you to visit.
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May 8
Christ Anesti! For me, this is primarily the feast of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary.The holy place where the monks found shelter was taken from the holy mountain of Panagia. And all the Greeks of Georgia tried to visit Vardzia on August 28. Be sure to go, it's broken, ask the Mother of God and she will help you. And not just once, but 3 or 7 times.
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October 10, 2024
An amazing place!!! I really love such sights, very beautiful views! It is interesting to go through all the paths hollowed out in the rock!There is also a temple in the rock, girls, do not forget to take scarves if you want to visit!There is a wonderful cafe near the river below, you can eat and drink delicious wine to the sound of the river with beautiful views!
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January 28
An active monastery and a cave town. It's a very colorful and interesting place. I enjoyed walking through the tunnels. You can even climb to the highest point! Thanks
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September 28, 2024
It's a very beautiful place. It's nice to walk around the fortress, the park, and introduce yourself to history. There is a cafe, a hotel and decent clean toilets on site. The whole area is very clean and green.
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September 16, 2024
I have been here twice with a difference of 8 years. First as a guest, and then as a "guide".
Having visited many places and not only in Georgia, all that can be said about it is that it is honest and natural.
It often happens that such places lose their value as they become places of mass tourism and income generation.
Authenticity is being lost in this wave, as tourist amenities come first. The infrastructure around it and the new-made attributes are overshadowing it itself.
Vardzia is a rare exception.
I definitely recommend you to visit. Five stars out of five.
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September 7, 2024
A very beautiful fortress. Everything is clean and well maintained. I am glad that you can climb even the highest tower, look through any door. You can spend the whole day, there are many cafes on the territory.
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July 28, 2024
There are few hotels nearby. The average price per night is 120 GEL. Dinner was prepared from local products. The portions are not large and expensive. It's the tastiest trout I've ever tasted! Vardzia is a must-visit, as well as hot springs within a 5-minute drive. The hot springs are a barn on the river bank. Colorful . The water is amazing, it doesn't smell like sulfur.
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December 10, 2024
A very interesting place to tour. The guide told and showed all the interesting places. You can take an audio guide. It takes a lot to walk, but it's worth it!!!
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March 26, 2024
A wonderful place from any point of view. At least from the historical, at least from the ethnographic, at least from the artistic.
Also, the village is not spoiled by tourists, and in this regard, it still retains a significant local flavor and authenticity.
I recommend visiting the time immediately after the opening, until the columns of tourist buses arrive.
If possible, pay for the services of a guide, the visit will become much more intense.
I recommend you to visit.
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August 29, 2024
Definitely worth a visit. We really liked it. Admission is GEL 15 per adult. There are a lot of moves. You need to book 2 hours for a visit. A very picturesque road to the mountain caves. On the way you will meet a suspension bridge over the river. I recommend not to skip, but to walk along it, look at the views.
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May 12
This is an incredible place! The entrance fee is 15 lari.
We came with an excursion from Tbilisi. The guide told us all about the history of this place. But you can get an audio guide for an additional fee.
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June 29, 2024
Everything is fine, but not everywhere there are handrails.This is not suitable for people with children and with a fear of heights.the steps are generally inclined somewhere that at a height you had to hold on to the handrail with both hands.there are unfenced exits without handrails and there is either a staircase with a cliff or a passage into tunnels .a very strange security organization (why can't handrails be made everywhere?some returned. 15 lari entrance for adults , up to 6 years old discount. +. 2 lari lift by minibus.parking is 3 GEL , typically by the hour (1 hour -1 GEL).there are toilets, cafes, tents.but the best thing was the restaurant on the opposite bank of the river, 4 people for 85 GEL, it was very tasty and with a view of the city.
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March 14, 2024
The tour is very difficult, but very interesting.
For 13 hours, our international (Belgian, English, Ukrainian and 7 people from Russia) group traveled along mountain roads, walked in Borjomi-Kharagulsky Park, climbed the Vardzia mountain cave complex, and this is almost an 8-storey fortress with complex tunnels, then attacked the Rabat fortress. Tired and satisfied, returning to Tbilisi, we listened to Georgian songs performed by our guide Beso))
I recommend it to outdoor enthusiasts.
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July 19, 2024
It was in the spring on a sunny weekday. There are few visitors, parking is free and free! Tickets are 30 lari and for 4 more, the two of us were lifted up on a large new minibus. The routes are thoroughly equipped. I was afraid it would be expensive and wild, but it turned out to be the opposite. When you walk through the burrows, replenish your strength down in the cafe, right by the stream of stormy Chickens. But the most striking impression is the incredibly delicious air in the valley. I don't want to exhale. I understand those who dug caves there.
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January 29
Oh well, definitely a cool place to visit. However, someone has done some business in the caves and these are not ancient cargoes. You can even climb under a bottle of wine like Mowgli.
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August 6, 2024
It's a very interesting place. It is better to come on your own to see the whole city (if you like such objects), you can take a tour on the spot. The road to the city is normal, you can drive a car. There are buses (2lari) to the city itself, but you can also walk.
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November 15, 2024
This active monastery will not leave you indifferent, it is a very atmospheric place with a deep history. I've been there twice and I want to come back to see the convent, which is very close. There is a cafe, parking, toilet, souvenirs under the mountain. I recommend a cafe in front of the bridge by the river with a view of the monastery.
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October 23, 2024
Be sure to pay GEL 2 for the route that will take you to the complex on the mountain. Not far, but clearly uphill.
It's very interesting!
Parking is paid
There is a restaurant with delicious fish nearby
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May 9
It's an incredible place. Definitely worth a visit. Emotions will accumulate from the road itself, the fortress and the cave city itself.
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October 11, 2024
It's very cool to walk through such ancient caves.
There is a church with a spring in the cave.
Incredible scenery at sunset!!
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October 14, 2024
It's a great place. It's true that we were without an excursion, but it's also interesting. You do not need to take a minibus to the place, since it is very close to go from the parking lot. I recommend it!
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July 14, 2024
A very interesting place! Mountains, mountains!!Extraordinary beauty, amazing caves, extreme to some extent). Since it was scary for me personally to go down, I'm afraid of heights. But you don't have to look there). Inside, walk through the tunnel, feel the atmosphere of the monastery, join the history! I'm impressed!
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May 11
A must-visit!!! It's very interesting, we need a tour guide or at least an audio guide.
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August 31, 2024
Since I am from Javakhk, I rejoice at every stone, I think that I will not have the most correct opinion, because it is biased. I like mountains, mountain rivers, I recommend visiting.
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November 15, 2024
It is absolutely necessary for everyone to visit! Check at the ticket office for shuttle bus tickets (it will take you to the hill from the ticket offices to the beginning of the city), but you can also walk up.
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May 13, 2024
An interesting cave monastery to which you can drive up by car for an additional fee, a good quiet place, a good guide in all languages.
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August 9, 2024
I think that every tourist should visit Vardzia. This place is very impressive, amazing, surprising. You ask yourself questions that you don't have answers to. And what beautiful views open from the height! To walk through all the corners of Vardzia, you need to have a decent amount of time and stamina.
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April 24, 2024
A very interesting place, I recommend to visit, but only for people with a healthy musculoskeletal system (there are many descents and ascents of stairs to be overcome). Although we had a group of elderly Americans with us, they staggered on the steps, but stubbornly climbed up
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July 14, 2024
What I saw struck me with its beauty and scale! And what an incomparable gorge! Everything is clean and comfortable there!
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October 2, 2024
One star only because of the steps and for more people to read the review!
1) There are a lot of steps! Especially at the end of the road.
2) There are handrails not everywhere.
3) Some steps are cramped and because of which you can slip.
4) In places, you have to move down the steps (and not only).
And at the end of the way, you collect combos: you walk bent over the cramped steps without handrails and the only thing you will grab when falling is a 220V wire. And we also got caught in the rain.
Excursion: we took a guided tour in Russian.
Verdict: if everything is OK with your knees, you will most likely like it. The views are beautiful.
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August 25, 2024
A super place, the views are amazing, the road from Borjomi is good, there is a cafe nearby that cooks delicious
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November 1, 2024
An amazing cave monastery city. You look from below and wonder how people were once able to climb such a steep cliff and hollow it all out.
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May 28, 2024
Vardzia is a unique and very interesting place. If it is nearby, be sure to visit, I recommend it, and you will not regret it.
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September 5, 2024
An indescribable feeling! But there is one thing, you need to walk there in sports shoes, and not have excess weight. A stout person simply will not fit into passages with steep stairs.
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August 22, 2023
A very unusual place, very beautiful views open up, there are passages inside caves, a church, very interesting and fascinating. I recommend you to visit, you will discover a completely different world
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September 2, 2023
It's a sooo beautiful place. There are many places where you can get water. Take a bottle with you. Parking at the entrance to the shade and beyond is large, also free. He himself pays 15 lari. You will rise from the left and go down to the bottom of the mountain on the right, then return along the path. Staff, nice people.
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April 24, 2024
A very interesting and beautiful place.
For people of age and with leg problems, you need to be careful. Very steep ascents and descents.
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May 27, 2024
The coolest tour that has impressed in recent times, these are incredible structures, we have been here for a long time, as if we had been in the past, I recommend it.
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June 22, 2024
It is very beautiful, although in places it is difficult to pass if you are not prepared for narrow vertical stairs. But it's worth it, the view from the outside and from the inside is amazing.
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May 7, 2024
Great. Before entering, we drove a lift for three people with entrance tickets and a lift of 52 GEL. Everything is interesting: the church, the secret passage. Then we had lunch in a cafe across the river overlooking Vardzia
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June 24, 2024
The most beautiful places. A large cave city. A lot of people. It is better to arrive early so as not to queue for a ticket.
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July 3, 2023
If you are going to Georgia, then you must visit Vardzia. An ancient city in the mountains, Rabat fortress. Beautiful views, lots of impressions. Friendly people. We really liked it.
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August 27, 2023
Unusual , a must - visit . For natural reasons .... there are few new models, it is clear that the ladders of the track are modern. But it 's impressive . The visit time is 3+ hours. The quadcopter is neat ....
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April 28, 2023
Beautiful, original! Downstairs there is a cafe, souvenirs, restrooms. A small section of the steep ascent to the beginning of the exposition is kindly offered to be overcome by car for some lar
The place is amazing!
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October 7, 2024
The rocky monastery town. It's very interesting, but it's important to get in good weather.
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June 7, 2024
We recommend visiting the historical place, straight from the 13th century, with an excursion, in order to understand where you can climb, what to see and what secret passage to get into, go far from Tbilisi, but it's worth it!
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August 19, 2024
We went here, from the side of the pass-oh my God, the view is just a bomb. An interesting location, to touch the history
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May 13, 2023
It's a cool place! I recommend a full examination. We were with children from 15 to 3 years old. There are some pretty weird places. If you are afraid of heights or have claustrophobia, warn the guide about it and move with caution.
There are drinking fountains on the top.
I highly do not recommend the restaurant downstairs. Nice view on the veranda above the river BUT! Disgusting kitchen. This is the worst restaurant in Georgia in 15 years of visiting this country. It's ugly and not tasty + you will RECEIVE a 25% tip.
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