There's a little castle in Sno valley, built in the 16-17th century AD with round walls on a natural rock. (See photos below.) The valley follows river Tergi to Juta, 2150m above sea level. All paths from here are for hikers and horse-riders only.
Most prominent son of the village of Sno is Patriarch Ilja II.
Im Sno-Tal gibt es eine kleine Burg aus dem 16./17. Jhdt. n.Chr., erbaut mit runden Mauern auf einer natürlichen, felsigen Erhebung (Photos s.u.). Das Tal folgt dem Fluss Tergi nach Juta, 2150m über NN. Alle Pfade von hier sind Wanderern und Reitern vorbehalten.
Der wohl bekannteste Sohn des Ortes Sno ist Patriarch Ilja II.
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| Sno seen from the West / Sno von Westen gesehen |
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| Sno castle/ Burg Sno |
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| Tergi river / Fluss Tergi |
The sno-valley can be found easily. Just follow the Georgian military highway. Four or five kilometers south of Stepanzminda / Kasbegi leave the "highway" into the village of Achkhoti, then simply follow the road into the sno-valley. The path, which can be taken by normal passenger cars in good weather, although a 4x4 will be better suited, will turn northeast after ca. 10km and reach Juta after another 5km. Plan with 45-60 min. for the drive or 4,5 h of walking for 15km. There's a camping place near Juta.
Das Sno-Tal ist leicht zu finden. Folgen Sie der Georgischen Heerstraße bis etwa 4-5km südlich von Stepansminda (Kasbegi) zum Ort Archoti. Dort folgen Sie der "Hauptstraße" ins Sno-Tal. Der Feldweg, der bei gutem Wetter auch von normalen Pkw befahren werden kann, wenngleich man ein geländegängiges Fahrzeug bevorzugen wird, wendet sich nach ca. 10km Richtung Nordwesten und erreicht nach weiteren 5 km Dschuta. Planen Sie 45-60min. für eine Fahrt mit dem Auto und 4,5-5 Std. für die Wanderung ein. Bei Dschuta gibt es einen Camping-Platz.
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6 comments:
Hi,
my name is Eleazaro and i'm writing from Italy, I was very happy to find you blog in the net.
I really like your pictures and I've found a lot of intersting information about Georgia.
During the month of April i'm going to start a trip with my motorbike into caucasian countries, I'm planning to visit Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno and Georgia as well (i've got about 30 days to spend in total).
In a first moment i thought to avoid Georgia as much as possible because of the voices I've heard about the politc situation of the country...but after seeing your pictures and learned about Omalo I really can't wait to go there...or try at least.
Do you have any fresh new about the region of Kevshureti and Tusheti...is it calm over there or they have some problem with the cecenian conflict?
Seeing that villages like Omalo and Shatili are so near the cecenian border would you say it's still safe to go there?
Anyway...thank you very much for your intersting blog, I've found it very precious.
Have a nice day,
Eleazaro (eleazaro82@hotmail.com)
Simply Beautiful Photography!
Jeanie
I will be off for Georgia (Tbilisi and Batumi) in late January, probably. So your blog is an extremely welcome visual aid for my preparation - and for raising my excitement. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the feedback.
If you have questions regarding safety and travel suggestions, please feel free to contact my friend Heiner: h.h.buhr at gmx.de.
Greetings,
Henning(i)
very good picture
Hi, Henning!
Really beautiful photo ... as many others that we can watch and enjoy here.
Congratulations!
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