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Omalo is a principal village in the historical region of Tusheti, Georgia. Administratively, it is part of the Akhmeta District in Kakheti. It lies between the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the Pirikita Range of Tusheti. Due to Omalo's high mountain location on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and the absence of well-maintained roads, it is largely isolated from the rest of Georgia for most of the year. The only access road is through the Abano pass at 2,850 metres The fortress of Keselo is a landmark in Zemo Omalo, this place served as a refuge for locals in wartime.
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  • 1. National Park of Tusheti Omalo
    The Tusheti National Park in East Georgia is one of the eight new Protected Areas approved by Parliament of Georgia on 22 April 2003. Global Environment Facility and the World Bank were part of this approval process under the Georgia – Protected Areas Development Project. Plants conserved in the park are pine groves and birch groves . The Tusheti Protected Areas includes Tusheti National Park, Tusheti Protected Landscape and Tusheti Strict Nature Reserve with total protected area about 113,660.2 ha.The key faunal species in the park are Anatolian leopard , bear, chamois, falcon, Golden Eagle, lammergeyer, lynx, mountain goat, wild goat, and wolf. The park was named one of the 12 best places you’ve never heard of by BudgetTravel in 2011 not only for its rich biodiversity but also for it...
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  • 3. Tsinandali Palace Tsinandali
    Tsinandali is a village in Kakheti, Georgia, noted for the estate and its historic winery which once belonged to the 19th-century aristocratic poet Alexander Chavchavadze . It is situated in the district of Telavi, 79 km east of Tbilisi.
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  • 5. Ikalto Monastery Complex Ikalto
    Iqalto is a village about 10 km west of the town Telavi in the Kakheti region of Eastern Georgia. It is mostly known for its monastery complex and the Ikalto Academy. The Ikalto monastery was founded by Saint Zenon, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers, in the late 6th century. It was known as one of the most significant cultural-scholastic centres of Georgia. An academy was founded at the monastery during king David the Builder by Arsen Ikaltoeli in the early 12th century. The Academy of Ikalto trained its students in theology, rhetoric, astronomy, philosophy, geography, geometry chanting but also more practical skills such as pottery making, metal work, viticulture and wine making and pharmacology. According to a legend the famous 12th century Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli studied there. There a...
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  • 7. The City-Museum Reserve of Mtskheta Georgia
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