Heritage Sites

In the Kakheti area of Georgia, the Old Shuamta is a Georgian Orthodox monastery. It is located five kilometres west of Telavi, Georgia, on a forested mountain about 1015 metres above sea level.

Dzveli Shuamta's Monastery is 4.7km from Villa Lapa

(6min Drive)

Batonis Tsikhe is a 17th–18th century architectural relic in Telavi, Georgia's eastern district of Kakheti. It is literally "the castle of batoni," which means "the lord."

Batonis Tsikhe is 6.6km from Villa Lapa

(7min Drive)

Ikalto is a settlement in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia, about 10 kilometres west of Telavi. It is best known for the Ikalto Academy and its monastery complex. Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Assyrian Fathers, founded the Ikalto monastery in the late sixth century.

Ikalto Monastery is 8.6km from Villa Lapa

(15min Drive)

The Alaverdi Monastery is a Georgian Eastern Orthodox monastery in the Kakheti area of Eastern Georgia, 25 kilometres from Akhmeta. While sections of the monastery date back to the 6th century, Kvirike III of Kakheti erected the current cathedral in the 11th century to replace an ancient church dedicated to St. George.

Alaverdi Monastery is 18.7km from Villa Lapa

(25min Drive)

Prince Alexander Chavchavadze, the originator of Georgian romanticism, transformed the estate he inherited from his father in the village of Tsinandali into the country's cultural and intellectual capital, which it retains to this day. Exhibitions, concerts, literary events, and master classes are all held here on a regular basis.

Tsinandali Estate is 16km from Villa Lapa

(25min Drive)