When to go where
Summer
Sea, mountains and nature Batumi, Kazbegi, Svaneti and Martvili — in summer Georgia offers its most varied routes.
Places: 24
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 ₾
1 dayNature
Martvili Canyon
Emerald water in a limestone canyon — boat rides between mossy cliffs.
4 h 25 min from TbilisiView
2–4 daysSea
Shekvetili
Quiet magnetic-sand coast beside the Dendrological Park's giant transplanted trees.
4 h 30 min from TbilisiView
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
3–5 daysSea
Kobuleti
A long pebble beach with the Ispani marshes behind it, half an hour north of Batumi.
5 h from TbilisiViewfrom315 ₾
2–4 daysSea
Chakvi
The tea-plantation coast between Batumi and Kobuleti — green, and quieter than both.
5 h from TbilisiView
2–4 daysSea
Grigoleti
Pine forest, magnetic sand, and the Kolkheti wetlands starting at the edge of the village.
4 h 15 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 daysNature
Abastumani
A forest health resort under Georgia's national observatory and its dark skies.
4 h 50 min 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
1–2 daysCulture & history
Kutaisi
Gelati monastery, the Colchis fountain, and the gateway to canyons and caves.
3 h 10 min from TbilisiViewfrom240 ₾
1–2 daysNature
Borjomi
Mineral-water spa town in a forest gorge — the classic fresh-air escape.
2 h 35 min from TbilisiViewfrom235 ₾
2–3 daysWine & cuisine
Ambrolauri (Racha)
The centre of Racha wine country — Khvanchkara, Nikortsminda cathedral and Shaori lake.
4 h 40 min from TbilisiView
1 dayNature
Okatse Canyon
A glass walkway pinned to the cliff above the Okatse gorge, an hour from Kutaisi.
4 h 25 min from TbilisiView
1–2 daysCulture & history
Tskaltubo
Radon spring water and the vast, half-empty sanatoriums of the Soviet spa era.
3 h 45 min from TbilisiViewfrom245 ₾
1–2 daysNature
Lagodekhi
Georgia's oldest reserve: beech forest, waterfalls, and a long climb to the Black Rock lake.
3 h from TbilisiViewfrom235 ₾
1–2 daysSea
Poti
Georgia's port town at the mouth of the Rioni — the way into Paliastomi Lake and the Kolkheti wetlands.
4 h 40 min from TbilisiView
1 dayNature
Machakhela National Park
A forested gorge on the Turkish border, with arched stone bridges and the Chkhutuneti waterfall.
6 h 15 min from TbilisiView
1 dayNature
Mtirala National Park
The wettest corner of Georgia: Colchic rainforest, waterfalls and trails half an hour from Batumi.
5 h 45 min from TbilisiView