Other Destinations in Caucasus

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• Dombai — Russia's premiere Caucasian resort
• Khor Virap — the most photographed place in Armenia, a spectacular monastery atop a huge rock, right at the border, at the foot of Mount Ararat
• The cathedral, churches, and museums of Echmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church
• Davit Gareja Monastery — a cave monastery in the Georgian desert, full of beautiful old cave frescoes, and overlooking the vast empty expanse to the south in Azerbaijan
• The Gates of Alexander at Derbent, Dagestan
• Europe's three tallest mountains, of which the most famous is Mount Elbrus, all in Kabardino-Balkaria
• The Petroglyphs at Qobustan — ancient petroglyphs, south of Baku
• Breathtaking Tsminda Sameba Monastery on the slopes of Mount Kazbeg, Georgia
• Vardzia — one of Georgia's impressive cave cities, hewn from the rock of a river gorge in Samtskhe-Javakheti

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