Gori and Uplistsikhe in One Day
Gori Fortress museums Uplistsikhe and Ateni Sioni.
- days
- 1 / 0 nights
- Total distance
- 205 km
- Total driving
- 03:30
- Car needed
- Economy class
- Season
- March–November
- Difficulty
- Easy
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A Shida Kartli history day from city museums to the rock-cut town and Ateni Valley.
Day-by-day plan
Tbilisi → Gori → Uplistsikhe → Ateni Sioni → Tbilisi.
Stops on this route
Gori: Fortress and Stalin Museum
A citadel on a rock above the Mtkvari and the Liakhvi, and below it the shrine Gori built to its most notorious son: one town, two views of history.
3 h
Gori War Museum and War Memorial
A small Museum of Military Glory on Stalin Avenue and Giorgi Ochiauri's ring of bronze warriors below the fortress: Gori's quieter reckoning with war.
1 h
Uplistsikhe
A town cut into a sandstone ridge above the Mtkvari: rock halls, a stone main street, wine presses and a tunnel to the river, lived in for three millennia.
2 h
Ateni Sioni Church
A 7th-century church on a cliff above the Tana, where the script on every Georgian shop sign first appears in a dated inscription.
1 hTips
- Check museum hours.
- Be prepared for wind at Uplistsikhe.
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Pickup locations
Car Rental in Tbilisi — 66 km (straight line)
Booking and enquiries
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