Chiatura Tour: Exploring Soviet Past Through Modern Photography + Visit Katskhi Pillar

The excursion is excellent for photography enthusiasts.

Our tour leaders will guide you through all the significant and fascinating sites in Chiatura.

With us, you will tour the cable cars from the Soviet era that are still operational.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Chiatura - Chiatura is a real USSR town with soviet time cable cars, which are operating for magnesium miners. Old factory, beautiful nature and perfect views.
  • Katskhi Pillar - 40 meters high natural limestone monolith with monastery on it.
  • Monastery Mgvimevi - 13th century monastery with an amazing stone carvings, frescoes and spectacular location. You should go up through the steps and tunnel.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Location
Chiatura
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Greg_r
Jul 22, 2024
Thoroughly interesting insight into Georgia's mining history. - I took this independent tour and had the privilege of having many interesting and stimulating conversations about Georgia's history with my guide, David. He was friendly, professional and extremely knowledgeable about his country's history. After visiting the geographical marvel that is Katskhi Pillar, we then went to the mining town of Chiatura where we got to view the now-abandoned cable car system. It was a privilege to be in David's company while we discussed the history behind these sights.
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Elise_n
Apr 22, 2024
Perfect day trip off the beaten path - Irakli was great! It was nice to really talk about Georgian life with him. Upon booking, he immediately reached out and was totally accommodating based on my interests.
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Xsenia1
Sep 9, 2023
Stalin Museums and Chiatura - Irakli arranged a private day trip for me to Stalin’s printing house, Chronicles, Gori and Chiatura. He was great at communicating and he did his best to ensure I got the perfect trip. He made some great recommendations for places to visit. Saba my driver was brilliant. He too did everything he could to make my day exactly what I wanted. He gave me as much time as I wanted at each stop, was very knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. He is a very good and safe driver. The Stalin printing house and museum at Gori were very interesting and worth visiting. The Chronicles are amazing and Chiatura was so interesting with the old abandoned cable cars and the brand new ones. Saba made stops at some very interesting places around Chiatura. Thank you Irakli and Saba for making my day trip so memorable. I would definitely recommend this company if you are looking to arrange a trip.
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Tadkin123
Jul 3, 2023
Great day out - Great way to see the industrial side of Georgia. Highlights included the soviet cable cars, theatre and monastery.
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849khatiam
Jul 29, 2021
Great - The tour was very interesting and varied. We saw beautiful nature. We visited cultural monuments. The guide allowed me to drive the car, which was very nice. I got the best experience.thanks to him i got the best experience. i recommend this guide, because he is master of his profession, he will serve you with a very comfortable and clean car, tell you funny stories and make journey much more amusing. lastly, as a place, i highly recommend yo visit Chiatura, it is very interesting and amazing place.
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Muhammed
Jul 15, 2021
Wounderful Tour - Irakli is the best guide, not only for tours but also for life, he is an extraordinary person, the best husband, an amazing father, and a professional in his work. He really deserves huge happines ,many tours😄 many adventerous days ,that must be remembered.. Irakli is weak in this case but This day will be an exception ❤️ Irakli Now when you read this text, you wonder why i describe you so unusually, but it is just a copied text from your wife,who wants that your eyes would blink just as much as it will now after a few seconds ❤️ Do you understand? Or what would you understand? If yes? Okk. I would like to tell you ,that you will become the father of the second child soon,who will born in 9 months thanks to God, and I believe he will be no less amazing as Marita..thank you for giving me this miraculous feeling, thank you for happiness, I am looking forward to your hug ❤️ I love you ❤️
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_q4650ky
Jul 19, 2019
Great experience - We were very satisfied with our guide Natia who took us through places based on her deep knowledge with the background she was former a chemist. A driver was also friendly, he couldn’t speak English but he tried to communicate with us through Natia. Our interest was especially in Katskhi pillar, they well understood our needs and allowed us to spend enough time there. They were flexible and tried to take us as much places as possible during the time, including our request to end the tour at the restaurant we decided to go about 30 min before the end of the day. Also their manager was kind to take care of us through email before/during the tour; inform us about the tour and ask about our interests, whether everything fine, etc.
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