Van settlement — the cult city of ancient Colchis

The words “It will not be interesting for an ordinary tourist here” cling better than any advertising slogan: first you want to find out about the place where the sanctuary city stood 3000 years ago, and then come to the city of Vanya on the territory of ancient Colchis.

The city-temple, which does not have any Soviet buildings, existed on this site for 9 centuries. A strange city in a strange place surrounded by malarial swamps was excavated in the XX century. The abundance of gold objects found on the territory of the settlement and religious buildings: temples and altars indicate that this place is not simple.

Archaeologists are looking for a connection between ancient Greece and Georgia on the territory of an ancient settlement, and esotericists, greedy for special places, come here for meditation. An “ordinary” tourist will also like it here if he reads the myths of ancient Greece about the Golden Fleece.