Ambrolauri

City Municipality

Racha, Ambrolauri (View on map)

About Ambrolauri

Ambrolauri - City and municipality, administrative center of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti. It is located at river mouth of Rioni and Krikhula, at 550 m above sea level. There are: a wine factory, court, gym, hospital, theater, museum and a residence of Nikortsminda Eparchy.

History

In the sources Ambrolauri is mentioned since XVII century. It was one of the residences of Imereti kings. There was a royal palace here. From this complex the ruins of the church and the tower are preserved. It was represented the administrative center of Ambrolauri since 1930 and was declared a city in 1966. Since 2014, it was isolated from Ambrolauri Municipality as a separate administrative unit.

Things to do: 34

area, km²: 1,134

Population: 10,745

42.523144 , 43.149732

Duration: 5 hours

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Hello, I want to know the trail route for "skhvava ice cave" from abrolauri. In the map above the route is shown but the names of villages & point to point details are not mentioned. I cannot see the details of route on map on zooming though for all mentioned tracking places. Plz email me the exact route with all details if you can.
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Hello, you can download the track from this page:
https://georgiantravelguide.com/en/routes/village-shkmeri-mountain-khikhata-village-shua-sxvava

Then you can import it in any app which supports gpx tracks and view more details on your preferred map layer.

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