Private Day Trip in Georgia - Sioni

Tianeti municipality spreads on the slopes of Kartli, Kakheti and Gombori, between Tianeti and Ertso cavities. Main hydrological resource of the municipality – river Iori is used for irrigation of surrounding territories. In 1963 aiming at regulation of water take, Sioni reservoir wascreated in Iori gorge, between settlement of Sioni and village of Lelovani. Reservoir regulates outlay of river water and is used for water supply to a small capacity hydroelectric plant. Reservoir area is 12.8 sq.km, maximum depth – 67 m. Slopes of the hollow are covered with oak and hornbeam groves. Old settlement of Sioni nowadays happens to be on the bottom of a cavity, under the reservoir. Many years ago, along with the village, several monuments were also covered with water while basilica of the second half of V century which stood in the village during construction of a water basin was dismantled and removed to Tbilisi Ethnologic Museum. Serttlement of Sioni is a health resort. Tourist camps, sports facilities and rest-houses hosted here thousands of holiday makers around the year. Nowadays also many vacationers go to Sioni in summer season, most of them from the capital and Tianeti. It is popular thanks to closeness from Tbilisi and combination of lake, mountain, forest and healthy climate.