Visit Mtskheta

Hike between medieval tower villages under the highest peaks of the Caucasus.

Drink amber wine fermented in buried clay vessels, the 8,000-year-old Georgian way.

The Bagrati cathedral, Gelati monastery and the Prometheus cave, in the capital of ancient Colchis.

Medieval defence towers in the high Svaneti valleys, the base for treks to Ushguli and glaciers.

Visit the ancient cave monastery complex of Dawid Gareji in Georgia

Twelfth-century monastery city carved storey upon storey into a cliff face.

Ancient rock-hewn town on the Silk Road, inhabited from the Iron Age.

The 50,000-seat amphitheatre where Rome staged its bloodiest spectacles for 2,000 years