Destination
Places to visit in Georgia and how to get there
Discover Georgia's cities, resorts and remarkable places. For each destination you will find the route, the travel time and what you need to plan the trip.
2–4 daysTbilisi
Tbilisi
Georgia's capital: carved balconies, sulphur baths and Narikala fortress. Most trips start here: airport transfers and day tours across Georgia.
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1 dayKartli
Mtskheta
Georgia's ancient capital — Svetitskhoveli cathedral and the Jvari viewpoint.
40 min from TbilisiViewfrom85 ₾
1 dayKartli
Gori
A fortress hill, the much-debated Stalin museum, and the Uplistsikhe cave town ten minutes away.
1 h 35 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysKakheti
Telavi
The heart of Kakheti wine country, under the Tsivgombori range.
2 h from TbilisiViewfrom205 ₾
1–2 daysKakheti
Sighnaghi
The hilltop 'city of love' above the Alazani valley, ringed by walls.
2 h 10 min from TbilisiViewfrom235 ₾
1–2 daysKakheti
Kvareli
Wine tunnels in the rock and the Lopota lake valley — Kakheti at its greenest.
2 h 30 min from TbilisiView
1 dayKakheti
Tsinandali
The Chavchavadze estate: a historic winery, gardens and Kakheti's noble past.
2 h 15 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysKakheti
Lagodekhi
Georgia's oldest reserve: beech forest, waterfalls, and a long climb to the Black Rock lake.
3 h from TbilisiView
1 day4x4Kakheti
David Gareja Monastery
A monastery cut into the rock of a semi-desert ridge on the Azerbaijani border, with centuries-old frescoes.
1 h 50 min from TbilisiView
1–2 days4x4Khevi and Mtiuleti
Kazbegi (Stepantsminda)
The Gergeti Trinity Church under Mount Kazbek (5,054 m), up the Military Highway.
3 h 15 min from TbilisiViewfrom295 ₾
2–4 daysKhevi and Mtiuleti
Gudauri
Georgia's biggest ski resort, two hours from Tbilisi on the Military Highway.
2 h 30 min from TbilisiViewfrom260 ₾
1–2 days4x4Khevi and Mtiuleti
Juta
One of Georgia's highest villages, under the jagged Chaukhi peaks, up a dirt road off the Military Highway.
4 h 10 min from TbilisiView
1 day4x4Khevi and Mtiuleti
Truso Valley
A wild valley of mineral springs, travertine terraces and empty stone villages beyond Kobi.
3 h 40 min from TbilisiView
2–3 days4x4Khevsureti
Khevsureti
Shatili's fortress village on the Chechen border, reached by a single mountain road.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView
3–4 days4x4Tusheti
Tusheti
Slate towers at Omalo, over the Abano pass — 4x4 only, and open roughly June to October.
6 h from TbilisiView
1–2 daysImereti
Kutaisi
Gelati monastery, the Colchis fountain, and the gateway to canyons and caves.
3 h 40 min from TbilisiViewfrom290 ₾
1 dayImereti
Okatse Canyon
A glass walkway pinned to the cliff above the Okatse gorge, an hour from Kutaisi.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysImereti
Tskaltubo
Radon spring water and the vast, half-empty sanatoriums of the Soviet spa era.
3 h 50 min from TbilisiView
2–3 daysRacha
Ambrolauri (Racha)
The centre of Racha wine country — Khvanchkara, Nikortsminda cathedral and Shaori lake.
4 h 50 min from TbilisiView
1 daySamegrelo
Martvili Canyon
Emerald water in a limestone canyon — boat rides between mossy cliffs.
4 h 40 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysSamegrelo
Zugdidi
Samegrelo's capital and the Dadiani Palace, on the road to Svaneti.
5 h 20 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysSamegrelo
Poti
Georgia's port town at the mouth of the Rioni — the way into Paliastomi Lake and the Kolkheti wetlands.
5 h from TbilisiView
3–5 daysSvaneti
Mestia
Upper Svaneti: medieval towers, glacier valleys and the Ushguli villages, the highest in Europe.
9 h 15 min from TbilisiView
2–3 days4x4Guria
Bakhmaro
Guria's high mountain resort at 1,900 m — alpine meadows above a sea of clouds.
5 h 50 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysGuria
Shekvetili
Quiet magnetic-sand coast beside the Dendrological Park's giant transplanted trees.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysGuria
Ureki
Black magnetic sand and shallow warm water — with Grigoleti's pine coast next door.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysGuria
Grigoleti
Pine forest, magnetic sand, and the Kolkheti wetlands starting at the edge of the village.
4 h 30 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysAdjara
Batumi
The Black Sea city: boulevard, botanical garden and subtropical evenings.
6 h 20 min from TbilisiViewfrom420 ₾
2–3 days4x4Adjara
Goderdzi
Adjara's pass at 2,025 m — a young ski resort in winter, alpine meadow in summer.
5 h from TbilisiView
3–5 daysAdjara
Kobuleti
A long pebble beach with the Ispani marshes behind it, half an hour north of Batumi.
5 h from TbilisiView
2–4 daysAdjara
Chakvi
The tea-plantation coast between Batumi and Kobuleti — green, and quieter than both.
5 h 20 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysAdjara
Tsikhisdziri
A cliff-top beach under the ruins of Byzantine Petra, with steps down to the water.
5 h 20 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysAdjara
Kvariati
Clear deep water under the hills — the last calm bay before the Turkish border.
5 h 50 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysAdjara
Sarpi
The border village: a pebble bay, water you can see the bottom of, and Turkey across the fence.
6 h from TbilisiView
2–3 days4x4Adjara
Beshumi
Adjara's summer resort at 1,850 m — fir forest, alpine meadows and cool mountain air.
7 h 20 min from TbilisiView
1 dayAdjara
Machakhela National Park
A forested gorge on the Turkish border, with arched stone bridges and the Chkhutuneti waterfall.
6 h 25 min from TbilisiView
1 dayAdjara
Mtirala National Park
The wettest corner of Georgia: Colchic rainforest, waterfalls and trails half an hour from Batumi.
6 h from TbilisiView
1–2 daysSamtskhe-Javakheti
Borjomi
Mineral-water spa town in a forest gorge — the classic fresh-air escape.
2 h 45 min from TbilisiViewfrom295 ₾
1–2 daysSamtskhe-Javakheti
Vardzia
A twelfth-century cave city with hundreds of rooms carved into a cliff.
5 h from TbilisiView
2–4 daysSamtskhe-Javakheti
Bakuriani
The family ski resort in a pine forest, gentler and lower than Gudauri.
3 h 15 min from TbilisiView
1 daySamtskhe-Javakheti
Akhaltsikhe (Rabati)
The restored Rabati fortress quarter — mosque, castle and museum on one hilltop.
3 h 45 min from TbilisiView
2–3 daysSamtskhe-Javakheti
Abastumani
A forest health resort under Georgia's national observatory and its dark skies.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView