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Georgia Medieval Tour: Borjomi, Rabati, Vardzia
4.5
16 Ratings
Borjomi
Discover Borjomi’s springs, explore Rabati Castle, and uncover Vardzia’s cave city on this immersive group tour from Tbilisi.
Discover Borjomi’s springs, explore Rabati Castle, and uncover Vardzia’s cave city on this immersive group tour from Tbilisi.
Duration:
14 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Borjomi Central Park - The first spot is Borjomi central park. Here we are able to taste mineral water from springs.
- Rabati Castle - After walking in the park we are heading to Rabati castle. We explore medieval castle with local guide who tells us about history and structure of it.
- Vardzia Cavetown Viewpoint - Vardzia – city of caves. When all rooms of the complex are explored we return back to Tbilisi.
- Borjomi Central Park - The first spot is Borjomi central park. Here we are able to taste mineral water from springs.
- Rabati Castle - After walking in the park we are heading to Rabati castle. We explore medieval castle with local guide who tells us about history and structure of it.
- Vardzia Cavetown Viewpoint - Vardzia – city of caves. When all rooms of the complex are explored we return back to Tbilisi.
What's Included
- Guiding service in English
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Guiding service in English
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Borjomi Central Park - 5 GEL per person
- Rabati Castle - 17 GEL per person
- Vardzia - 15 GEL entrance fee + 2 GEL for a local minibus
- Borjomi Central Park - 5 GEL per person
- Rabati Castle - 17 GEL per person
- Vardzia - 15 GEL entrance fee + 2 GEL for a local minibus
Additional Information
Join us on a journey through the middle ages of Georgia with visits to Borjomi Central Park, Rabati Castle, and Vardzia.
Start at Borjomi Central Park to enjoy its famous mineral springs and beautiful scenery. Next, explore the historic Rabati Castle, a stunning medieval fortress. Finally, visit Vardzia, the incredible city of caves, and see its ancient…
Join us on a journey through the middle ages of Georgia with visits to Borjomi Central Park, Rabati Castle, and Vardzia.
Start at Borjomi Central Park to enjoy its famous mineral springs and beautiful scenery. Next, explore the historic Rabati Castle, a stunning medieval fortress. Finally, visit Vardzia, the incredible city of caves, and see its ancient caved rooms.
This tour is a great way to experience the most popular travel spots in southern Georgia. Join us for a day of history and natural beauty!
Location
Borjomi Central Park
50, 9 Aprili Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(16 Ratings)
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Jeangreym
Jul 7, 2025
Thank you Budget Georgia - Vardzia, Borjomi and Rabati Castle was my dream tour and I was so happy when it finally happened .First of all communication w Budget Georgia tour agency was easy,they answer your text messages w in minutes...The itinerary and what to expect was followed throughout..Our guide, Lazha is a kind person, patient with us and knows the places we went so well. It is a must to have a guide especially in Vardzia because if in your own you may thought you've seen it all, but the guide knows each every caves step by step . Gia the driver who drove me from Tbilisi was also kind,since I was alone he volunteered to take me back to my hotel since it was already late ...My advise is this is a long 14 hours tour, so be prepared.
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Noreen_a
Apr 10, 2024
Informative tour - Wonderful and informative tour. Kudos to Saba as our driver as well the guide. We were filled with amazing sceneries and history.
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Tijn_p
Oct 21, 2023
Great trip! - The trip was amazing, the sights were beautiful and our guide Giorgi was fantastic. One thing to notice, this tour is from Kutaisi so if you are from Tbilisi you will get shuttled to the meeting point. Sadly, the driver was an hour late to pick me up and because of that only saw the first stop for a couple of minutes. But that didn't make the trip very worth while. But if you are going to visit Kutaisi anyway you might be better to take the tour from there.
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Resort46713681748
Sep 6, 2023
A great way to explore Georgia! - A great opportunity to see 3 different monuments with the English speaking guide. It would be hard on our own. All in one day and the driver left us at hotel. We recommend this trip :)
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Bmcbike
Aug 30, 2023
Nice tour - August 2023 - a great tour, the driver and the guide George did a great job. George guided us perfectly through the Footprint Path hike as well as through the cave town of Vardzia. Everything was very well organized, we booked the tour for 4 as a private tour. The hike is beautiful with great views. Vardzia is very exciting and very impressive - the long journey is worth it.
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Sudeep711
Oct 19, 2022
Excellent experience - Went to this tour with Saba. He was awesome.never felt bored. He explained not only these places but opened the doors of Georgia for us. He is highly recommended. My little daughter is huge fan of him now.
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Aija_m
May 11, 2022
Beautiful places and great guide - We enjoyed the tour very much! Our guide Saba gave a good historical and other type of information. The trip is well organised - we were always on time but did not feel rushed.
All locations are very beautiful, especially view of mountains from Vardzia.
We would go with Budget Georgia again.
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Martaortinso
Oct 19, 2023
They fulfill everything promised - It was a super fun experience. We saw everything indicated in the description surrounded by a very good atmosphere. What I liked the most is the direct attention from WhatsApp, since it gave me the peace of mind that if I got lost or the time changed or had any problem, I could talk to them directly, and in a very close way. Also compared to everything we have seen it is the cheapest, so they are faithful to everything they offer. We are going to do more tours with them these days that we are in Georgia. 😊👍
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Cesalovap
Apr 17, 2024
3.5/5 - Honestly for over $60 this experience was rather disappointing. The 3 places were beautiful, but as they're quite far, it felt like we just spent the whole day in the car and for example in Borjomi we literally just sprinted through the park. Our young guide was friendly but spoke really broken English and simply didn't have the qualities of an experienced tour guide. The whole time it felt like he just wanted the tour to be over and to be back at home. For that reason we also skipped lunch and he dropped off in Gori. Our driver was clearly good at his job but all throughout the journey he happily continued using his phone, which really wasn't ideal. We also had to pay somewhat high entrance fees everywhere so overall it turned out to be quite an expensive trip and I'm afraid the value didn't justify the cost.
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Majd_a
May 16, 2024
Dangerous driving with incompetent driver/guid - Nice place to visit but I’d avoid going with this travel agency for sure.
Non competent driver/guid. We were about to have accidents 2 times.
We were two couples in this tour, we were all stressed during the road because of bad driving.
We are also not sure if the driver was actually a guid , he didn’t tell us facts/stories about each attraction we visited. It was a strange not to have a professional guide for this price.
He allowed other tour sales persons to keep coming and try to upsell us some non sense trip within our trip (ex electric car tour and 4x4 tour ..etc)
Of course you have to pay an entry fee for few places.
All in all I’d recommend to avoid it.
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