Information about georgian cities and their remarkable sights
"When
God divided the earth among the nations, Georgians were late, enjoying
traditional feast, and by the time they came the whole world was
already divided. When God asked them what did they drink for,
Georgians answered: "For you, God, for ourselves, for the world". God
liked their answer. And he told them that although all of the land was
handed out, he has saved the small piece for himself, and now he gives
it to Georgians. This land, in the words of the Lord, is incomparable
with anything for its beauty and people will enjoy and admire it for ever... ".
And
so it happened: the beauty of Georgia is impossible to describe, you
can only sing about it. This is how Georgians think about it and every
time they have an opportunity, they chant on the beauty of their land
in its original polyphonic songs and dances.
The
wealth of history is wordlessly shown by the numerous monuments:
religious buildings of the early Christianity - ancient churches and
monasteries, lost in the Caucasus precititious mountains.
Unique landscapes of this region eloquently "speak" about the wealth of the nature: it is
revealed by a unique mixture of all four seasons. At the top of the
mountains the snow sparkles, autumn fog with rain and snow prevails in
the foothills, in the river valleys the spring flowers and fruit trees bloom, and finally, hot summers prevail among the evergreen trees at the shore of the Black Sea.
There
are legends about the wealth and generosity of Georgian people: the
phrase "Georgian hospitality" today stands for cheerful feasts, where in
accordance with each glass of the excellent Georgian wine, beautuful Georgian toast is pronounced.
Genuinely, the fertile Georgian land
has inspired a lot of great worldknown artists and poets (the great
Russian classics, such as Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, and many others).
As
once Jason travelled to the land of Georgia - ancient Kolkheti (Legend
of "Golden Fleece"), today as well, Georgia attracts thousands of
tourists from all over the world with the beauty of its nature - clean
air, unique coniferous arrays, beautiful mountain lakes, alpine
meadows and healing mineral springs, holy places - the unique
monuments of early Christian culture, numerous worldwide famous
resorts, such as Batumi, Tskhaltubo, Sukhumi, Borjomi, Gagra and many
others.
Georgia
has a great touristic potential. In the 80-th the number of tourists
that visited Georgia raised to 4-5 million people per year. After the
independence this number was considerably reduced. The political
instability in the country was the reason of it. But today it is all
behind and Georgia is open for tourists and travelers from all around
the world. The popularity of this trend has rapidly increased the
number of visitors and soon it will reach the number of one million
tourists per year.
Everything
in Georgia is unique, original and exotic. This is the country of
high culture, that like a mosaic evolved over the centuries, before it
became a national treasure of the country, as precious for the
Georgians as their land - beautiful, rich, long-suffering, but proud
and independent.
