Two churches in Kutaisi. Bagrati Cathedral has 2 tickets and tours to book; Gelati Monastery has 2 tickets and tours to book. The table and the two notes below put them side by side; the full pages have what to see, the ticket and the timing for each.
Bagrati Cathedral stands on Ukimerioni Hill above the city of Kutaisi, in western Georgia, and entry is free. It is one of the most important monuments of medieval Georgian architecture, and it offers views over Kutaisi and the Rioni river. Kutaisi is the second largest city in Georgia, with an airport served by budget flights, and it is a good base for visiting the Gelati Monastery, a UNESCO site about eleven kilometres away, the Motsameta Monastery on a cliff, the Prometheus Cave and the Sataplia nature reserve with dinosaur footprints.
Gelati Monastery stands on a wooded hill about eleven kilometres north-east of Kutaisi, in western Georgia, and entry is free. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most important monuments of the Georgian Golden Age, famous for its mosaics and frescoes. Tours from Kutaisi combine Gelati with Motsameta Monastery, perched on a cliff above a river gorge, the Bagrati Cathedral, the Prometheus Cave and Sataplia.
