Gadachrili Gora Archaeological Site

Go on a dry day in daylight: the mound is open ground with no published opening hours, in semiarid steppe that gets 350–550 mm of rain a year. The excavation team works here in early summer; its 2027 field season runs from 24 May to 17 July. If the day includes the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, avoid Mondays: it opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00.

There is no ticket office, entry fee, opening hours or visitor centre at the mound. OpenStreetMap marks access as by permit, so ask in Imiri or go with a local guide before walking onto the hill. A site museum is planned but not open. For the finds, the Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia charges 40 GEL for foreign adults and 20 GEL for Georgian citizens; last entry is 17:30.

The mound lies beside the Marneuli–Sadakhlo road at Imiri, 9 km south of Marneuli town and roughly 50 km south of Tbilisi. The drive from Tbilisi to Marneuli takes about an hour; continue south by car to Imiri and use the coordinates 41.3904, 44.8210. Shulaveris Gora, the sister site, lies within 2 km, near Shulaveri village.