|
|
Why should one visit Georgia?
 Few of the earth's small nations offer the visitor as much as Georgia: this wonderful cradle of culture, religion and ancient history; Country where everyone(travelers of all kinds) can find something to his own mind and interests, a land of endless wonders- Georgia, once experienced, it will be with you forever. Georgia is a country the size of Switzerland but able to boat the highest mountains in Europe; truly fabulous walks; more indigenous grape varieties ... |
ARGONAUTS AND GOLDEN FLEECE
 In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo which in turn was named after its builder Argus. Thus, "Argonauts" literally means "Argo sailors".
Medea was the daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, Georgia. Medea's role began after Jason arrived from Iolcus in Colchis to claim the Golden Fleece as his own. |
First Europeans
 Georgia is situated in the western and central parts of Transcaucasia. It is surrounded by the main Caucasian mountain range on the North and by the branches of the main range on the East and the South and the Black Sea on the West. The whole history of the country mostly lived on this territory. The state borders of irgia have been changing, expanding and In inking for centuries. The central region of Georgia is Kartli. The name of the people "Kartveli" and the name of the country "Sakartvelo" have originated from this word. |
Birthplace of wine
 Kakheti, Kartli, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi are famous with wine producing. The food, wine and unique traditions of these regions are there in all walks of life to be enjoyed by everyone again and again. Traveling with us you'll enjoy superb tasting at famous wineries. You'll discover as the small unknown producers, as well the world famous Georgian Brand Companies. You will meet local winemakers and be invited into the vignerons' homes. On this vacation you'll enjoy lunches, dinners, ... |
Travel in the Caucasus
 The tree countries of the Caucasus: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia are often mentioned in a one breath. Althought geognaphically close they very different from each other. Armenia and Georgia are the two oldest Christian countries. They adopted Christianity as their state religion in the 4th century You will stil see many, often very old, churches and monasteries in these countries, often biautifully located in a spectacular landscape. In the Islamic Azerbaijan, like in it's bigger neighbor, Iran must citizens are sij'ite Muslims.... |
Unesco Cultural Heritage
 To be included on the World Heritage List, sites must be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria. These criteria are explained in the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention which, besides the text of the Convention, is the main working tool on World Heritage. The criteria are regularly revised by the Committee to reflect the evolution of the World Heritage concept itself. ...
|
|
|
|
