Like many southern Caucasian cities, Kutaisi from time to time suffered from the attacks of the Seljuk Turks, the care of tsarist Russia and the violent transformations of the Soviet era. Nevertheless, it was such a rich history of the city that allowed it to turn into one of the most controversial places of our time.
On the one hand, the city is full of monuments of historical architecture, ancient monasteries, temples and the richest archaeological museums and other sites under the protection of UNESCO. On the other hand, Kutaisi was and remains a developed industrial city, with which in today's Russia can compare only cities in the Ural mountains.
Climate
The best time to visit the resort is the summer months, when the air warms up to a comfortable temperature. Since the winter in this region of Georgia is quite noticeable, and the thermometer's column drops to -17 degrees Celsius.
Partly cloudy, light rain +14 ° С in the afternoon +8 ° С at night ° С water |
Overcast +15 ° С in the day +8 ° С at night ° С water |
Overcast +14 ° С in the afternoon +7 ° C at night ° С water |
| Kutaisi weather forecast for 10 days | ||
Hotels
To the services of tourists in Kutaisi there are several hotels and hostels, which differ significantly in cost from each other. However, the most expensive room per day costs not more than one hundred US dollars per person, the cheapest accommodation in a local hostel and does not allow spending more than a dozen US dollars for a roof over your head.
Virtually all hotels and hostels in the price includes wireless Internet access, parking for guests, luggage storage and other useful joys of civilization. In relatively expensive hotels, there is a "buffet", indoor pools and some other nice bonuses here.
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Entertainment, excursions and sightseeing Kutaisi
Among the sights of Kutaisi most of the ancient temples are occupied, erected at the dawn of the formation of a centralized Georgian state.
Bagrath Temple
Thus, the Bagrat temple, the construction of which was completed at the beginning of the eleventh century, is a kind of visiting card of Kutaisi .Since it is located at the highest point of the city, it is from it that it is better to study the modern Kutaisi panorama .The building itself, unfortunately, did not reach the contemporaries in its original form, as it managed to suffer from ever-memorable Seljuk Turks .Nevertheless, the temple still retains ancient mosaics, stained glass paintings on glass, murals and murals typical for religious centers of Orthodox culture of the late Middle Ages..
Monastery Moszamet
Those who love Christian hoaxes will surely like the Mozzamet monastery. According to legend, the building was built on the very spot where the Georgian princes David and Constantine refused to accept Islam from the invaders under the death penalty, and were immediately put to death. Later they were ranked among the saints, their relics are still in the monastery, in a kind of ark located in the center of the shrine.
Satapliski reserve
Not far from Kutaisi is the Sataplia nature reserve, located in the mountains, it is a unique natural monument, a corner of nature that has not changed since the dinosaurs inhabited here. By the way, some of their authentic traces remained marks on a plateau, not far from a mountain cave.
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