natural wonder
Katskhi Pillar
A 40 m limestone monolith crowned by a tiny medieval monastery, rising surreally from the Imereti hills near Chiatura: one of Georgia's strangest roadside wonders.
23 km · about 25 min drive
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Terjola
Imereti, Georgia · Asia
About Terjola
Terjola is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Zovreti, 23km from Katskhi Pillar.
Terjola is in Imereti, Georgia, with about 4,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zovreti, about 5 km away.
Terjola (Georgian: თერჯოლა [t̪ʰe̞ɾd͡ʒo̞ɫä]) is a town in Imereti, Georgia, serving as an administrative center of the homonymous district.
Terjola is situated in the Imereti Lowlands in western Georgia, on the right bank of the Chkhara river. It lies on the Tbilisi-Zestaponi highway, 190 km northwest of Tbilisi and 14Read more
km northwest of Zestaponi. Its population is 4,644.
Terjola is first mentioned in the 17th-century sources. It acquired the status of a town in 1983.
There are a series of historical and cultural landmarks in the environs of Terjola such as the Skande fortress, the ruins of the Gogni fort and church, and the Chkhalti church complex with its numerous antiquities now displayed in the museums of Georgia.
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What is there to see near Terjola?
Within an hour or so of Terjola: Katskhi Pillar (23 km), Chiatura Cable Cars (28 km), Tskaltubo Abandoned Sanatoriums (35 km), Prometheus Cave (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Terjola?
The nearest famous roads are Goderdzi Pass, Georgian Military Highway and Kazbegi (Stepantsminda).
Where is Terjola?
Terjola is in Imereti, Georgia, about 5 km from Zovreti.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,888
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Georgia
- Region
- Imereti
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
- Coordinates
- 42.1806, 42.9776
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Worth the detour from Terjola
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Chiatura Cable Cars
A Soviet manganese-mining town where aerial cableways strung above the Qvirila gorge in 1954 carried workers up the cliffs. The rusting originals were retired in 2021 and replaced by modern gondolas on the same lines.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Tskaltubo Abandoned Sanatoriums
A Soviet spa town of grand radon-bath sanatoriums built between the 1950s and 70s, now mostly derelict with trees growing through colonnaded halls. Stalin's private bathhouse survives among them.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Prometheus Cave
Georgia's showpiece cave, 11km long with six of 22 halls open on a 1,800m lit walkway past stalactite curtains and an underground river you can leave by boat.
38 km · about 45 min drive
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Martvili Canyon
A 2.4km limestone gorge on the Abasha River where deep green water runs between walls only 5-10m apart, crossed by walkways and paddled by short inflatable-boat trips. Dinosaur-era fossil bones were found in the rock here.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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Rabati Castle
A fortress in Akhaltsikhe founded in the 9th century and rebuilt wholesale in 2011-12, where a mosque, minaret, Orthodox church and synagogue stand within one set of walls. Controversially over-restored, and undeniably striking.
60 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Terjola
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 72 kmGoderdzi Pass2,025 m pass on the old Batumi–Akhaltsikhe road through the green Adjarian mountains, linking subtropical coast to volcanic highlands past timber villages and a fledgling ski resort.
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