Top Things to do in Shida Kartli Region
What to do and see in Shida Kartli Region, Shida Kartli Region: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day
Discover the best top things to do in Shida Kartli Region, Georgia including Sergi Makalatia Gori Historical and Ethnographical Museum, Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Merebashvili's Marani, The Great Patriotic War Museum, Stalin Museum.
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1. Sergi Makalatia Gori Historical and Ethnographical Museum
2. Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
3. Merebashvili's Marani
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Discover the centenary history and traditions in Merebashvili's wine cellar and taste the best qvevri wines in the heart of Georgia.
4. The Great Patriotic War Museum
5. Stalin Museum
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 819 reviews
Reviewed By TheLush101 - Cardiff, United Kingdom
We had hired a car to travel here to visit the Stalin Museum and parked just around the corner. The museum is located in the centre of the town at the end of a park. The museum building itself is ornate and doesn't really look Soviet other than the fact it's fairly dominating. In front of the main building is the house Stalin grew up in, which has been relocated here and covered - it looked as though you can't access this. Also by the side of the museum is Stalin's personal train carriage which you can look at as part of the museum tour - we arrived a bit late and this was locked when we were there. The museum itself has a ticket office and small gift shop. We bought tickets and headed up the stairs to wander around the exhibits. As another reviewer has said, it's a museum within a museum, as it's not changed since Soviet times. A lot of the information is in Russian, so we didn't take that long in there. The fascinating part for me was seeing the propaganda and how this had been presented and now preserved. It was also interesting to see the different nationalities that were there visiting and some of the conversations they were having. It's a pretty unique experience and worth checking out.
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