Wedding in Mtskheta

Mtskheta is the ancient capital of Georgia and the spiritual heart of the country, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. For couples who want their wedding to carry deep historical and spiritual significance, there is no better place.

The 11th-century Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is one of the holiest sites in Georgian Orthodoxy, where, according to tradition, the Robe of Christ is buried. A church wedding within its walls is an experience beyond compare.

The 6th-century Jvari Monastery stands on a mountaintop where Saint Nino erected the first Christian cross in Georgia. From here you see the legendary view of the confluence of the Kura and Aragvi rivers — the very landscape that Lermontov immortalized in his poem "Mtsyri." This panorama has become one of the most celebrated in the Caucasus.

Mtskheta is just 20 minutes from Tbilisi: you can register your marriage at the Tbilisi House of Justice, then hold your ceremony and photo session among thousand-year-old temples. Beautiful year-round, but especially in spring and autumn, when the soft light accentuates the golden stone of the ancient walls.