Mtskheta, Jvari, gori, uflistsikhe, history and panorama (group tours)

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Overview

Get out of Tbilisi and learn about the history of Christianity in Georgia on this small-group full-day tour to Mtskheta and Uplistsikhe. Set out from the capital city with your driver-guide and visit a variety of churches and holy sites. Get to know how Christianity came to Georgia and take time to see more recent history at the Stalin Museum in Gori.

Learn about Christianity in Georgia
Explore in the company of a driver-guide
Visit churches in Mtskheta and Jvari
Spend the day outside of the capital city

What's Included

Comfortable service. Guide service.
Guide service

Dinner
Uplistsikhi ticket is 17 GEL. Stalin Museum 17 GEL

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

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End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

Ticket Redemption Point

3 Vakhtang Gorgasali St, T'bilisi 0105, Georgia

Itinerary

Jvari Monastery

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Mtskheta Church of the Holy Cross

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Uplistsikhe Complex Road

2 hours 20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Stalin Museum

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Infant seats available

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

based on 115 reviews

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Cultural day trip

Balazs_K, Dec 2025

They pick up me the liberty Square so need wait little bit. After we go with full bus of good people. we go first the top of the hill to Jvari Monastery After we gori the stalin museum. Honestly i not understand this museum okay it stalin from georgian, but the crazy dictator who make a huge chaoos and order many people dead. any way. after we go to Uplistsikhe where Come the time ro lunch break thesmall restaurant. interserting the attitude the staff and the all food full woth oil, not the best. Uplistsikheis a stone town place, nive but not to attractive, the church in top very nice. after we go back to Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. for me this is the best place in the trip. amazing and beutiful cathedral. After we go back to bus and long way back to Tbilisi.

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Welcome, I'm glad you're satisfied and traveled with us on the excursion. As for Stalin, I can't talk about politics here. Unfortunately, it's a real story.

Worth it do it.

Brigitte_P, Aug 2025

Interesting day out of Tbilisi to learn about the History. Beautiful sites and scenery. Comfortable shoes and clothing essential. Good guide.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Mtskheta and Uplistsikhe This is a historical place you should definitely see, our guides will tell you about this history.

The best tour and best tour guide

Diana_B, May 2025

Luca the tour guide made this tour the best experience tour that nobody should miss. The visited sites wouldn’t be as pleasant and enriched without Luca”s input about history of every site visited. The transportation was comfortable and the place where we were taken to eat was a plus as well. I highly recommend this tour but always ask for Luca as you’re tour guide, he will make this tour a precious experience.

Response from Host, May 2025

Thank you very much for liking our tour. I see that you liked our tour program and guide Luka. Luka is a very warm person and he always treats his guests well. We are always waiting for you. Thank you very much for liking our tour. I see that you liked our tour program and guide Luka. Luka is a very warm person and he always treats his guests well. We are always waiting for you.

Mtskheta, Jvari, gori, uflistsikhe

Rasoul_J, May 2025

We had an incredible day exploring Mtskheta, Jvari, Gori, and Uplistsikhe with our amazing driver and tour guide, Paata. From start to finish, the trip was smooth, comfortable, and deeply enriching. Paata’s knowledge of Georgian history and culture brought each site to life, and his warm personality made us feel like we were traveling with a friend. The views from Jvari Monastery were breathtaking, and walking through the ancient cave city of Uplistsikhe was truly unforgettable. Highly recommend this tour — and especially Paata — for anyone visiting Tbilisi

Response from Host, May 2025

Thank you for enjoying our excursion. Our guides, and especially Paata, always take care of our guests.

Great scenic trip - but guide could have been better (English explanations were very short)

Sameer_S, Sep 2024

Uflistsikhe is an amazing place. Very scenic. A must visit on your Tbilisi itinerary. The guide could have been better ... Actually guide was very short on explaination in English, but I guess Russian was ok)

Response from Host, Oct 2024

We are sorry you are not satisfied

A rushed tour, recommended for Russians

Luka_K, Sep 2023

The tour was really rushed, especially the cave city Uplistsikhe, of which we saw almost nothing. The guide was funny, but the russian explanations of each attraction were much more detailed than the brief english translations, so the tour is most suited for Russians in a rush.

Response from Host, Sep 2023

I'm sorry you didn't like our tour. The tour was conducted in normal time. The duration of the tour is 4-5 hours. Our team of guides speak English and Russian.

Recommend it

Dumitriu_A, Sep 2023

Very nice sunny day! The churches were a beautiful places to see but the canyon was the best part. Just make sure it will not rain! The guide was professional and made us feel good!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

thanks

Recomended 10 of 10.the guide Emilia is best guide 👍

Isi_M, Sep 2023

All places is good.the monasteries and caves really good places.if you are not Christian this is will good experience

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for enjoying our tour, thank you guide emilie, we take care of you.

Trip

James_M, May 2023

Our guide was Horrible and was arrogant . My was went one trail at the caves and the guide went another and before my wife got there he left and I asked him where there were and he said he did not know or care that they could meet us at the bus. He had no less than 15 phone calls on trip. The driver had 2 long phone calls while driving very unsafe. Also trip was suppose to be in English and Russian but 85 percent was in Russian. The trip could be a good trip but I would never recommend this company..

Response from Host, May 2023

Hello, I'm sorry you didn't like Chen's service, but I have some advice for you. 1) Ven's wife you need to know where to control, not another guide. 2) We have the best drivers and guides. 3) The tour program clearly states the age of the traveler.

Terrible

Ahmet_Y, Apr 2023

Never join a tour with this company, USHBA Travel. I have never encountered such a disrespectful, despicable, self-conscious, intolerant, and rude tour guide in my life (I don't think he's even a guide; anyone passing by on the street could have done a better job). Despite my repeated warnings during the journey, the minibus driver showed no regard for the lives of other passengers on the tour, leading to a heated argument later on. The information provided about the places we visited was sparse and superficial, and the guide's elementary level of English made it even worse. The man assigned to us as a tour guide was disrespectful and rude, lacking the skills needed to manage a group effectively and showing no concern for people's lives (since he considered the driver's recklessness and irresponsibility to be normal). If you want to experience a rude, incredibly impolite, and disrespectful guide who is completely unprofessional, fed up with life, and only doing the job out of necessity, USHBA TRAVEL is the perfect place for such an experience!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

I am sorry that you are not satisfied, please send me a private message so that the problem can be corrected, we try to make our guests leave satisfied. Please write to me personally. Best regards Zurab,

Great tour to explore Georgia 🇬🇪

Sivan, Apr 2023

We had a great experience with Gorge! From the beautiful nature in Jvari to the historical story of the caves in Uflistsikhe! And, of course, we finished the tour with wine tasting and exploring the beautiful old city of Mtskheta. We highly recommend it!

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you for traveling with us, thank you guide George

WASTE OF TIME & MONEY

Sweekruti_M, Jul 2022

We had booked with the same tour for Kazbegi and had a great time and hence booked this one also with them. But we got a horrible guide "Elaine" and it was a disastrous trip due to her. She was googling stuff and then telling us things right there on the spot. That is not how a tour guide works if she doesn't have actual knowledge, then its as good as going alone and googling things yourself ! why pay for it? She was insisting on staying with her throughout and not allowing us to check out the places on our own at all! I understand its a group tour, but even Kazbegi was a group tour and Nino managed it so well! Also, Elaine was very rude. Please do enquire who is your tour guide beforehand and go accordingly.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Hello, I am very sorry that this happened, you can write to me exactly, here or privately, who was the excursion driver, or what car or driver's name exactly. Whatever day you were, I will take this very seriously, I will not allow any of our employees to displease our stewards.

Go for it

Maciej_G, Sep 2021

Well organised and interesting trip. Tornike was an excellent guide telling a lot of information in very easy way. He was also very helpful.

Response from Host, Sep 2021

Thank you so much for such a good rating.

Dishonest, terrible, rude experience

Arlette_D, Sep 2021

Do not book this trip with Ushba travel. It was an unpleasant experience 1) we payed for an English tour but it was almost completely in Russian 2) Prior to booking, we confirmed through Viator the last stop would be Gori, since we wanted to be dropped off there. It was not, so we missed half of the tour. If we had been told about the proper schedule we could have adjusted our trip/expectations, but instead we were lied to. 3) The tour advertises the Uplistsikhe ticket is included in the tour price, it isn't and we had to pay. 4) The tour also advertises the Stalin museum is free, but in fact there is a ticket price so we payed again. 5)When we contacted the tour group, the only solution they had was for us to pay them more money for another tour. Please don't use this company, Ushba travel are dishonest and there are plenty of other wonderful tour groups/guides in Georgia.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

I'm sorry that you didn't like our tour, but you've written a lot of lies here, because you've been extorted money back. The tour was amazing and you had the best guide to explain the program. and introduce you to history.