Vardzia Resort

Vardzia


With a gorgeous setting facing the cave city across the river, this newly built and very contemporary resort is upmarket and caters mainly to tour groups. Each stylish room has a large balcony and the gardens are beautifully kept with waterfalls and streams cascading through the property. The on-site restaurant is also the best in the area.


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Nearby Vardzia attractions

1. Vanis Kvabebi

0.58 MILES

About 4km south of Tmogvi village and 2km before Vardzia, a track heads 600m up from the road to this cave monastery that predated Vardzia by four…

2. Vardzia

0.65 MILES

The remarkable cave city of Vardzia is both a cultural symbol and a spectacular natural phenomenon with a special place in Georgian hearts. King Giorgi…

3. Tmogvi Castle

1.47 MILES

Eleven kilometres past Khertvisi Fortress towards Vardzia, atop a high rocky hill across the river (which flows far below in a gorge), the remains of the…

4. Khertvisi Fortress

6.86 MILES

This impressive 10th- to 14th-century fortress perches on a rocky crag above the meeting of the Paravani and Mtkvari Rivers, 45km southeast of Akhaltsikhe…

5. Şeytan Kalesi

17.87 MILES

Possibly of Urartian origin, this 'Devil's Castle' was for centuries a Georgian stronghold known as Qajis Tsikhe. It remains one of northeast Turkey's…

6. Sapara Monastery

20.58 MILES

Sapara has a dramatic position clinging to a cliff edge about 12km southeast of Akhaltsikhe, and rivals Vardzia as one of the most important sights in the…

7. Dogruyol Köyü Camii

22.11 MILES

Well worth a three-minute detour as you drive by on the lakeside road, the smaller of Dogruyol's two side-by-side mosques is a curious hybrid with a…

8. Rabati Castle

24.5 MILES

Rabati Castle has been comprehensively renovated from the perilous, semi-ruined state it was left in a decade ago, and while it was a much-needed…