Well, I wrote that I’d blog again in Batumi, but we aren’t doing much today, so I’ll do one on Kutaisi and around there.
Colchis Fountain in the center of Kutaisi
Kutaisi has a long history, and I invite you to go to Wikipedia for all that. For me, knowing that it’s steeped in tradition is enough. Like Tbilisi, it is a great place to walk around, maybe better because it’s only about a tenth the size and not at all hectic. There are many photo ops. Here are some of my pictures. A good site to look at professional photos is Wanderlush. https://wander-lush.org/things-to-do-in-kutaisi-georgia/
As in Tbilisi, we didn’t take the city tour. We just wandered around taking pictures.
Murals are everywhere. Look at a few more on Wanderlush.
Gelati Monastery. A World Heritage site
13th century frescoes in the monastery
Looking straight up in the monastery
Motsameta Monastery
Not far from Kutaisi is Chiatura, most famous for this small temple on top of a rock pillar.
Katskhi pillar and temple
At the base of Katskhi pillar
Small monastery near the pillar
Church on the face of a nearby hill
From Kutaisi, we went to Mestia, where we are now. I’ll blog about this area after we leave.
Tomorrow, we go to Batumi, Georgia’s second largest city, with 155,000 inhabitants. It’s got a long history, too, of course, So we’ll be looking at the old town and whatever else is around there. It’s Georgia’s main seaport on the Black Sea, but we probably won’t gaze at the containers. More likely, we’ll check out the beach.
Until then…