When to go where
Summer
Sea, mountains and nature Batumi, Kazbegi, Svaneti and Martvili — in summer Georgia offers its most varied routes.
Places: 10
1–2 daysMountains
Kazbegi (Stepantsminda)
The Gergeti Trinity Church under Mount Kazbek (5,054 m), up the Military Highway.
3 h 25 min from TbilisiViewfrom235 ₾
3–5 daysMountains
Mestia
Upper Svaneti: medieval towers, glacier valleys and the Ushguli villages, the highest in Europe.
8 h 50 min from TbilisiViewfrom510 ₾
3–4 daysMountains
Tusheti
Slate towers at Omalo, over the Abano pass, a rough mountain road open roughly June to October.
5 h 45 min from TbilisiView
2–3 daysMountains
Khevsureti
Shatili's fortress village on the Chechen border, reached by a single mountain road.
4 h 45 min from TbilisiView
2–3 daysMountains
Beshumi
Adjara's summer resort at 1,850 m — fir forest, alpine meadows and cool mountain air.
7 h 20 min from TbilisiView
2–3 daysMountains
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 daysWinter resorts
Bakuriani
The family ski resort in a pine forest, gentler and lower than Gudauri.
3 h 10 min from TbilisiViewfrom245 ₾
2–3 daysWinter resorts
Goderdzi
Adjara's pass at 2,025 m — a young ski resort in winter, alpine meadow in summer.
5 h from TbilisiView
1–2 daysMountains
Juta
One of Georgia's highest villages, under the jagged Chaukhi peaks, up a dirt road off the Military Highway.
4 h from TbilisiViewfrom235 ₾
1 dayNature
Truso Valley
A wild valley of mineral springs, travertine terraces and empty stone villages beyond Kobi.
3 h 45 min from TbilisiView