MOUNTAIN AJARA -GONIO

PRIVATE TOUR FOR YOU ONLY! JUST CHOOSE THE DAY AND TIME WHICH LOOKS CONVENIENT FOR YOU

Duration: 6-7 hours
Type: car/walking tour
Worth taking with you: Camera
Date: All the year-round

• The first stop on our way – the Makhuntseti falls. From a steep dark wall the scintillating tape of water breaks here, breaking in one million splashes. In transparent water of a lagoon it is quite possible to bathe, there are neither strong currents, nor whirlpools. Therefore the swimsuit and also the camera will be not superfluous here.
• Near falls the bridge of Queen Tamar constructed at 11-12 a century is bent by a graceful arch. In total similar bridges in Ajara are more than 20, but this construction is considered the biggest. The stone blocks connecting 2 rocks are fastened by a special solution, and this design exists in the original state of 9 centuries.
• Fortress of Gonio. According to the legend the son of Ayet, killed by Yazon, the leader of Argonauts exactly here was buried. The fortress was put still by Romans and designed to protect an entrance to the gorge of the river Chorokhi which connected the coast and internal regions of Georgia. Subsequently, the fortress passed under the hand of Byzantium. You learn its bright and saturated history during the excursion.
• There is an assumption that in the territory of the fortress there is a tomb of the apostle Matfey, however at the moment its excavation is forbidden by the state. So archeologists pay the main attention to those artifacts that remained since the times of the Roman board. In fortifications, there is a museum where various archeological finds are presented. 
  
  

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