Kutaisi in 2 days

Trip at a glance

Your first day

Add your first day to see each day's date, weather, sunset and closing days.

Day 1: Gelati, Motsameta and Bagrati

A UNESCO monastery in the morning, lunch on the central square, the cathedral hill and a garden before dinner.

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9:30 AMGelati MonasteryAllow about 90 min for the UNESCO monastery, 11 km from Kutaisi, with its 12th-century mosaic of the Virgin.About 1 hour 45 min here
Open to visitors
Taxi about 10 min
2
11:30 AMOptionalMotsameta MonasteryA forest walk leads to the 8th-century monastery, halfway between Gelati and Kutaisi.About 1 hour here
Open to visitors
Taxi about 15 min
3
12:45 PMKutaisi central square and boulevardWalk the garden boulevard to the Colchis fountain and find lunch near the central square.About 1 hour 30 min here
Pay as you go
Walk about 15 min
4
2:30 PMOptionalKutaisi Botanical GardenSee the chapel built inside a 400-year-old oak trunk in the garden near Bagrati Cathedral.About 1 hour here
Check entry rules
Walk about 8 min
5
3:45 PMBagrati CathedralClimb Ukimerioni Hill to the cathedral and look over the whole city; the view is best near sunset.About 2 hours 15 min here
Open to visitors
Walk down about 20 min
6
6:15 PMKutaisi central square and boulevardCome back to the central square for dinner, and try Imeretian khachapuri, the most common type and from this region.
Pay as you go

Before you go

Plan for transportThe old center is walkable, but you need taxis, a marshrutka or a rental car for the monasteries and caves.
Check the cave hoursPrometheus and Sataplia open at 10 AM, and close at 5 PM in fall and winter, so start early.
Allow an extra dayThe tourism board suggests up to three days here if you also want Okatse and Martvili canyons.
Carry your insuranceTourists must show health and accident cover of at least 30,000 GEL at the border.

Where to stay for this plan

Stay near the central square and boulevard, where the old center is walkable; taxis or a rental car cover the monasteries and caves.

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