THE ROUTE OF FLAVOURS

GOURMET

Learn more about the land of elaborated cuisine and unique wines

Georgia

GOURMET

Georgia

THE ROUTE OF FLAVOURS

Learn more about the land of elaborated cuisine and unique wines

Gourmet tour leads through the different regions of Georgia offering the opportunity to savor the wide-ranging and unmistakably distinctive tastes of the unforgettable Georgian Cuisine. During the tour we will admire dishes of various regions of Georgia. It doesn’t matter are you high in mountains, in a wood or anywhere else, the reason for supra – Georgian dinner party is easy to find; but the best reason are you: The guest being around!

First line Georgian Dishes

Rural supra (dining)

Spices Maters

Georgia bread - Shoti

Khachapuri - Imeretian Style

Khinkali wrapping

Khinkali - just ready

Join Master, try Khinkali wrapping

Big table in the yard of Private house

Chakhokhbili - Traditional Poultry dish

Pkhali - Processed and spiced Vegetable Dishes, some with walnut

Pkhali, Learn art of making it

Satsivi, Turkey dish with walnut and spices

Elarji, cheese and cornflour thick porridge (Megrelian Speciality)

Kharcho - Meat chowder with walnut, spices and Ghomi (Samegrelo)

Ajarian Khachapuri

Fruits, Drifts and Churchkhela Sweets

Churchkhela counter

  • Day 1:

    Arrival in Tbilisi; met and assisted at the airport.

  • Day 2:

    Tbilisi - Mtskheta – Kutaisi; intrroduction of old Tbilisi from Metekhi plateau. Lunch in Mtskheta, former capital of Georgia (UNESCO site); enjoy Georgian dumplings called khinkali and a creamy soup of red beans - lobio - served in clay pot. Dinner with traditional Imereti dishes, a special kind of khachapuri, the cheese-bread unique to Georgia.

  • Day 3:

    Kutaisi - Mestia; lunch en route, dinner in Mestia – first meeting with  Svaneti’s local cuisine. Here are reserved some of the oldest and most unique examples of traditional Georgian recipes: breads with different fillings, blood sausages, and numerous dishes with fresh meat.

  • Day 4:

    Mestia-Ushguli-Mestia; lunch at a local family in Ushguli fortified village. Here we will see how Georgian cheese is prepared and we can take part in cooking.

  • Day 5:

    Mestia - Zugdidi - Batumi; lunch in Zugdidi with Samegrelo spicy dishes. Lots of chili pepper makes Megrel’s dishes spicier than elsewhere in Georgia. Try maize porridge – gomi with sulguni cheese, and other dishes of meat and vegetables with nuts. Visit the tea and citrus plantations in local villages.

  • Day 6:

    Batumi – Tbilisi; Black Sea coast with a subtropical climate, exotic plants and all shades of green will open the doors of the rich kitchen of Adjara region. Delicious cakes with nuts, nave shaped khatchapuri, achma and other dishes will be served for breakfast and Lunch. Dinner in a restaurant of Tbilisi with a variety of Caucasian dishes.

  • Day 7:

    Tbilisi; start the day with Khashi, a broth cooked from beef and lavishly seasoned with garlic. This strange breakfast is usually eaten very early morning to cure a hangover and usually is accompanied by 100 grams of Chacha – Georgian vodka of grappa. Lunch and dinner in one of the city's famous restaurants.

  • Day 8:

    Departure; transfer to the airport.

BEST SEASON FOR THE TOUR BY MONTH

COUNTRIES

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TOUR TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Total Touring Distance ≈ 1360 km
Total driving time ≈ 25 hours
Longest driving distance per day ≈ 390 km
Longest driving time per day ≈ 6 hours
O/Ns by locations: 1+1+2+1+2 = 7 Nights
Walking total ≈ 5 hours
Adopted conditions for disabled person*
no partly fully

* Caucasus Travel takes special care of disabled persons, doing the best to adopt and improve conditions for disabled persons, when/where it is possible

For tour planning, pricing, reservations, management, monitoring and control of tour operations
Caucasus Travel is using
TourBuilder TM Travel Management Software

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First line Georgian Dishes

Rural supra (dining)

Spices Maters

Georgia bread - Shoti

Khachapuri - Imeretian Style

Khinkali wrapping

Khinkali - just ready

Join Master, try Khinkali wrapping

Big table in the yard of Private house

Chakhokhbili - Traditional Poultry dish

Pkhali - Processed and spiced Vegetable Dishes, some with walnut

Pkhali, Learn art of making it

Satsivi, Turkey dish with walnut and spices

Elarji, cheese and cornflour thick porridge (Megrelian Speciality)

Kharcho - Meat chowder with walnut, spices and Ghomi (Samegrelo)

Ajarian Khachapuri

Fruits, Drifts and Churchkhela Sweets

Churchkhela counter

TOUR TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Total Touring Distance ≈ 1360 km
Total driving time ≈ 25 hours
Longest driving distance per day ≈ 390 km
Longest driving time per day ≈ 6 hours
O/Ns by locations: 1+1+2+1+2 = 7 Nights
Walking total ≈ 5 hours
Adopted conditions for disabled person*
no partly fully

* Caucasus Travel takes special care of disabled persons, doing the best to adopt and improve conditions for disabled persons, when/where it is possible

For planning, reservations, management, monitoring and control of tour operations Caucasus Travel is using TourBuilder TM Travel Management Software