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History and Monuments of Akhaltsikhe

History and Monuments of Akhaltsikhe

Akhaltsikhe · Georgia

8 stops
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through Akhaltsikhe’s historical and commemorative landmarks, beginning at Rabati Fortress. The route continues to memorials dedicated to გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე, თამარ მეფე, შოთა რუსთაველი, სერგო ქობულაძე, ნანა დემეტრაშვილი, ვაჰრამ გაიფეჭიანი and მიხეილ იაძე. This walk gives you a focused way to see the city’s castle and its memorials while reflecting on the people and heritage they commemorate.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 8. The rest are in the app.

  1. Rabati Fortress

    Rabati Fortress

    A frontier fortress where Georgian, Ottoman, Armenian, and Russian history meets in one hilltop complex.

  2. George V the Brilliant Memorial

    George V the Brilliant Memorial

    The გიორგი V ბრწყინვალე memorial in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia.

  3. Queen Tamar

    Queen Tamar

    Memorial called Tamar Mepe, also known as Queen Tamar, in Akhaltsikhe.

  4. 2 more stops on this walk, in the app

  5. Shota Rustaveli Memorial

    Shota Rustaveli memorial in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia

  6. Sergo Kobuladze

    Sergo Kobuladze

    A birth-house plaque marking the Akhaltsikhe birthplace of artist Sergo Kobuladze.

  7. Nana Demetrashvili

    Nana Demetrashvili

    A house plaque marking Nana Demetrashvili’s years of work in Akhaltsikhe.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. 2 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

2 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 8 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.