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.
1–2 daysKakheti
Lagodekhi
Georgia's oldest reserve: beech forest, waterfalls, and a long climb to the Black Rock lake.
3 h from TbilisiView
1–2 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 ₾
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
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
Grigoleti
Pine forest, magnetic sand, and the Kolkheti wetlands starting at the edge of the village.
4 h 30 min 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
2–3 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 ₾
2–4 daysSamtskhe-Javakheti
Bakuriani
The family ski resort in a pine forest, gentler and lower than Gudauri.
3 h 15 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