09:00 am – departure from Tbilisi (meeting point: Republic Square). The road from Tbilisi to Ozurgeti, major town in Guria, takes about 4.5 hours. And so no one is bored during the long journey we have scheduled some interesting stops along the way.

When on Rikoti mountain pass we will visit a 9th century monastery in the village called Ubisa. Architectural style of the monastery is visibly different from that you usually see in Georgia. The Ubisa monastery, otherwise known as St. George Church, was built during the rule of Abkhazian Kings, and now famous with its unique ancient frescoes.

Further down the road we will make a stop in a small and cozy local cafe for lunch. After our meals we will keep on with the journey and at about 3:30 pm will arrive in the village called Shroma – our Guria tour’s starting point.

Our acquaintance with the region will commence by visiting a Soviet-time old tea plantations (there were 14 of them back then), and the tea history in Georgia. And although relatively young – tea was introduced here in the middle of 19th century – it quickly became one of the biggest agricultural product in the country. And even managed to compete with famous Georgian wine in its popularity and awareness level. We will get to see the partly abandoned building of Institute of Tea and Subtropical crops, now being a part of picturesque surroundings.

In the evening we will arrive to the hotel in Ozurgeti for rest and overnight.