Tbilisi – Marneuli. Georgia 2 cities in 1 weekend

Alexander Zhidchenko

Express reference book for those who can fly in the first acquaintance with two cities, the main attractions which can be visited in one weekend.

Tbilisi – Marneuli

Georgia 2В cities inВ 1В weekend

Alexander Zhidchenko

Tbilisi-Marneuli

Georgia. Two cities inВ one Weekend

Photograph Alexander Zhidchenko

© Alexander Zhidchenko, 2018

© Alexander Zhidchenko, photos, 2018

ISBNВ 978-5-4493-3498-5

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FOREWORD

Today the trip toВ Georgia for our compatriots is incredibly exciting, full ofВ impressions, bright emotions and adventures, immersion inВ the historical, cultural, gastronomic, natural and everyday atmosphere ofВ this amazing country located inВ the Western part ofВ Transcaucasia.

Increasingly popular inВ recent years are taking tours ofВ the sights ofВ Georgia, relatively small inВ size, but extremely rich inВ cultural flavor. Someone is going toВ Batumi toВ swim inВ the Black Sea and immerse themselves inВ the environment ofВ the post-Soviet resort. Someone is going toВ Kutaisi toВ see historical and modern Georgia with its rapidly changing architectural decoration. Well, we will go toВ the main city ofВ the country, the old and diverse city ofВ Tbilisi, which is very difficult toВ visit inВ one weekend toВ cover all its types, avenues, squares and streets, but which must be at least two days long toВ stay here Before going deep into the country for the sake ofВ mountains, the sea and nature.

So, we have only 2 days to go to the capital of Georgia, for which we have a goal to have an unusually long time – and to feel the rhythm of the city, and turn to the history of the country through the prism of the capital symbols of change, and immerse ourselves in the atmosphere of this people leading Its history since ancient times.

HOW TOВ COME TOВ GEORGIA?

Previously, the answer to this question was complicated. Cheap tickets were almost non-existent, and the trip by rail had its own difficulties. Today, everything has changed – and the air gates of Georgia open their doors to everyone who wants to come here for at least 2 days, at least for 2 weeks, at the cheapest prices in comparison with other countries of the former USSR.

IВ will give just an example toВ show how easy it is, because the ticket from Moscow toВ Tbilisi and back cost me inВ 2017 aВ little more than 7 thousand rubles.

The thing is that flights ofВ Pobeda airline flew here during this period. True, IВ had toВ make aВ transfer inВ Rostov-on-Don, and pass inВ the Rostov international terminal passport control, but this is aВ trivial matter.

It was possible to fly back on the flight of Pobeda airline, but from neighboring Armenia, the city of Gyumri. In truth, the trip to Georgia and Armenia was combined in one round, but now I will tell you in detail about the first part of this trip, but the second one is described in the book “Yerevan-Gyumri. Two cities in one weekend”, which will get you closer to the cultural and historical heritage and sights of Armenia.

ToВ tell you the truth, it is very easy toВ visit these two countries during one tour. At your disposal are trains, buses and minibuses following the Tbilisi-Yerevan route at very affordable prices. But first things first.

ABOUT COUNTRY

The modern name ofВ Georgia, which is also considered European, comes from the name ofВ St. George, the Orthodox patron ofВ this country. It is interesting that the Georgians themselves call their country Sakartvelo.

Its history, like the history ofВ the Caucasus, is the way ofВ the birth and development ofВ dozens ofВ different peoples who have lived inВ these places since ancient times.

1.В HISTORY

It is known that even inВ the period ofВ antiquity, inВ the VIII century BC. here the Greeks settled, and two centuries later the Anatolian tribes from Turkey came toВ these places. InВ the III century BC. here Iberian state was formed. It was adjacent toВ the Persian Empire, Albania,