Mtskheta Georgia: The Historical of Jvari Monastery
Mtskheta, Georgia, is located 20 kilometers north of Tbilisi, the stunning UNESCO World Heritage Monuments. Jvari Monastery is the most visually dramatic of the UNESCO monuments, a cliff over looking the entire valley, a breathtaking indeed! Mtskheta is home to the country holiest sites, and one of the oldest cities of Georgia.
The beautiful Mtskheta, Jvari monastery and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral are the holiest sites we visited, but in this pictures below I will share the stunning Jvari Monastery, and once I have time again I will blog as well the holy place of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral.
I’m not a professional photographer I’m just a hobbyist.
Along the way, while our tour guide Makho explaining the historic culture of Mtskheta, Makho explaining a lot of his country, the Georgia itself.
Our afternoon trip going to Mtskheta is exciting and a fantastic view, the historical sites are extremely beautiful.
We asked makho what is the Georgian specialty in Mtskheta? And he replied; the best to try in Mtskheta is Lobio or Red beans stew.
Khachapuri, Puri, Khinkali, Churchkhela, Nigvziani Badrijani, kebab, bbq, wine, grapes, yogurt, and different kind of cheeses are everywhere in Georgia, ooops, don’t forget as well their different spices! though several regions in Georgia are they have a different version of its product as I mentioned, but since we are in Mtskheta we don’t missed this opportunity to try the best specialty in town, the Lobio or red bean stew.
So, what is Lobio means?
Lobio is made from red kidney beans, slow-cooked and mashed, rich and flavorful bean stew, just like Mexican red beans dipping sauce but this Lobio is one of the best indeed! they have their own version, a traditionally, lobio is served in small clay jars with a mtchadi, a dense, savory corn bread.
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
A breathtaking view, Jvari Monastery is built on a hill opposite Mtskheta, at the confluence of Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers. This church is included on the UNESCO World heritage site list.
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
a lovely view while we dine-inn in this restaurant, while we enjoyed the authentic Georgian food.
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
to help their tourism, just buy souvenirs, my husband and I are loved to collect fridge magnet, though its too common now a days for the travelers, but as a chef, we collect as well spices, and plates for display 😉
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Meet our tour guide name Makho. your in good hands, a very informative indeed! since, our tour guide supposed to be Gio but of his car problem he introduce us makho, for 2 days of exploring Georgia with makho are safe and very informative especially the history of Georgia, though his busy in our 3rd day in Georgia, name Lasha was our tour guide for the rest of the day to stay in Georgia, hopefully, we can come back again in this place, and Gio will be the next tour guide…. it is because of changing emails, Gio was a very kind and every time I asked something he generously replied.
you can reach them through this:
Private Tours GDG – Giorgi Gurjidze
Makho Tours – Malkhaz Spanderashvili
you can search them in trip advisor.
Month of October 2016 we visited this place, and a bit late to blog this beautiful country, and more to blog of some places we’ve visited! I will try my best to squeeze my time to blog! stay tune! 😉 hopefully we can come back in Georgia during the winter season.
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Chef Abby_Mtskheta /Georgia/ Jvari Monastery
Yours Truly.
Author: Chef Abegail Rempillo-Aparece
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