Bodbe Monastery
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The burial place of St. Nino, one of Georgia’s most important pilgrimage sites. Its garden faces the Alazani Valley and the Greater Caucasus.
Bodbe Monastery is about 2 km south of Sighnaghi town. It is the burial place of St. Nino, the 4th-century saint who brought Christianity to Georgia, and it is now a convent. The Church of St. George, founded in the 9th century, contains St. Nino’s tomb. The courtyard is full of flowers and trees, and the viewing terrace overlooks the Alazani Valley and the Greater Caucasus. A path of more than 700 steps leads down to St. Nino’s Spring, where some people immerse themselves. Entry is free. Women must wear a headscarf and a skirt (they can be borrowed at the gate), and photography inside the church is prohibited. You can reach it on foot or by taxi from Sighnaghi.
Opening hours
Approx. 08:00–20:00
Nearby sights
- Pheasant's Tears Winery
- Sighnaghi Museum
- Sighnaghi
- Sighnaghi City Walls
- Niko Pirosmani House Museum, Mirzaani
- Khareba Winery Wine Tunnel, Kvareli
- Kindzmarauli Corporation
- Lake Ilia (Kvareli Lake)