Places in Georgia

A unique natural monument of Lechkhumi: a group of rock pillars formed by natural processes over millennia above the valley of the Tsablaristskali, between Alpana and Chrebalo, visible from the main road from Racha into Lechkhumi and lit at night. From the information board at the pass a 2.5-kilometre trail climbs through forest past the ruins of a medieval church to the top of the pillars at 680 metres, about three hours there and back.

A fourteenth-century church above Stepantsminda, below Mount Kazbek, and the view from it.