Ikalto Monastery
A monastery complex near the village of Iqalto, about 10 km west of Telavi in the Kakheti wine country. Beside its churches stand the ruins of the Ikalto Academy, a medieval school of learning.
- Where
- Telavi, Kakheti, Georgia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 41.9373, 45.3808
Get the Ikalto Monastery stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ikalto Monastery. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Kakheti volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ikalto Monastery
Alaverdi Monastery 11 km
A monastery in the Alazani Valley whose Cathedral of St George was built in the 11th century by Kvirike III of Kakheti, on the site of an older church. It counts among the four great cathedrals of Georgian Orthodoxy, and the monks still make wine here.
Gremi 25 km
A 16th century royal citadel and the Church of the Archangels on a hill near Kvareli, about 115 km east of Tbilisi. They are what is left of a once busy town that served as the capital of the kingdom of Kakheti.
Nekresi Monastery 32 km
A monastery founded in the 6th century and still in use, high in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus between Kvareli and Shilda. The site is also an archaeological one, and it looks out over the Alazani Valley.
Chronicle of Georgia 51 km
Sixteen bronze pillars, 30 to 35 metres tall, at the top of a long stairway on Keeni Hill near the Tbilisi Sea. The sculptor Zurab Tsereteli began it in 1985 and never quite finished: kings, queens and heroes fill the upper halves, the life of Christ the lower.
Tusheti National Park 53 km
A protected area created in 2003 in the high mountains of Tusheti, in eastern Georgia. The region is reached over a single mountain pass road that is open only in the warmer months, which keeps its villages and pastures remote.
Holy Trinity Cathedral 54 km
The main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church, built between 1995 and 2004 and the third tallest Orthodox cathedral in the world. It draws on the styles of Georgian church building across the centuries, with a Byzantine undertone, and its gilded cross shows from much of the city.
David Gareja Monastery 54 km
A monastery cut into the rock of Mount Gareja, on the half desert edge of the Iori Plateau some 60 to 70 km southeast of Tbilisi. Hundreds of cells, churches, chapels and refectories are hollowed out of the cliffs, some still painted with old frescoes.
Rike Park 55 km
A modern park on the left bank of the Kura, joined to the old town by the glass Bridge of Peace. Its lawns and fountains face the old quarter across the river, and the cable car that rises to Narikala fortress starts here.
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Questions
Where is Ikalto Monastery?
Ikalto Monastery is in Telavi, Kakheti, Georgia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Alaverdi Monastery (11 km), Gremi (25 km), Nekresi Monastery (32 km).
How do I get the Ikalto Monastery stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ikalto Monastery and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Kakheti volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ikalto Monastery before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Kakheti volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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