{"id":1190,"date":"2020-08-27T10:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=sighnaghi-hilltop-town"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:40:50","slug":"sighnaghi-hilltop-town","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/sighnaghi-hilltop-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Sighnaghi Hilltop Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(45.9215239,41.618334)\/45.9215239,41.618334,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The town is a 1.5-hour drive from Tbilisi. Take a private taxi, or a minibus from Isani metro station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Sighnaghi Museum displays archaeological artefacts and paintings by Georgia\u2019s famous primitivist artist, Niko Pirosmanishvili (Pirosmani).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climb the city wall and enjoy delicious local cuisine and wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The nearby Bodbe Convent boasts churches, beautiful gardens, a crafts shop, and the tomb of St Nino, who brought Christianity to Georgia in the 4<sup>th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Signagi_1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1762, King\u00a0Heraclius II sponsored construction of the town and fortress to defend the area from\u00a0attacks\u00a0by\u00a0Dagestani\u00a0raiders. In Soviet times the town became an agricultural centre. In the early 2000s the Georgian government invested in its renovation, and marketing as \u201cThe City of Love.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facilities Available<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Restaurants \/ bars \/ cafes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tourism Information Point<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Bus Station<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The starting point for regional exploration of Kakheti sights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sighnaghi, known as the \u201cCity of Love,\u201d is a romantic little town dating to the 18th century in Georgia\u2019s eastern Kakheti region. Perched on a hill overlooking the vineyard-packed Alazani Valley, the partly fortified Sighnaghi has a charming, fairy-tale appearance, with tiled-roof houses and cobblestone streets, brightly painted wooden balconies, and the best of local cuisine and wine tasting opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9790,"parent":0,"template":"","destination_type":[17],"location":[20,111],"site_type":[172],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-1190","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination_type-site","location-georgia","location-kakheti","site_type-villages-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19678,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/1190\/revisions\/19678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"site_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site_type?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}