Georgia (Caucasus) ???

[enlo]

Has anybody been to Georgia in Caucasus? I will spend two weeks there in September/October and I would be very grateful for any tips and ideas. Where to go? What to see? Where to stay? Your thoughts and recommendations will be much appreciated. Thnaks a lot!

 

[uhoh7]

Haven't been but always wanted to go.

Great little ruins all over the place, huge mountains--what a subject!

 

[rxmd]

I've been there and it's a fabulous country. I would go again any day.

That's only a few from the gallery here, some of the better other shots I've made into a calendar that has become quite popular among friends 🙂

Two weeks is not a lot. You can easily spend a week in Tbilisi alone.

I would recommend spending a few days in one of the more remote mountain areas - everybody nowadays goes to Svaneti in the north-west, so if you want to be a little off the beaten track I'd recommend going to Tusheti instead in the north-east. You have to check whether this is feasible in late September, though, because it'd be very late season and in winter the entire province is more or less uninhabited. (To get there, go to Kvemo Alvani and from there take a 4x4 for a three-hour ride over a 3000m pass. There's a smallish but good hotel in Omalo.)

Other than that, it's a small country and the major sights are within a day trip from Tbilisi. I guess the standards would be Mtskheta (which has impressive architectural monuments and churches and where you can eat good khinkali dumplings) and Gori (whose main tourist magnet is the Soviet museum dedicated to Stalin, who was from there). With those, Tbilisi, and a few days in the mountains your two weeks will already be quite filled.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

A classmate of mine constantly says I need to go to Georgia. That's her home country and from her photos, it looks amazingly gorgeous. Vineyard country almost all the way up to beautiful mountains capped with snow and ice. I look forward to going one of these days.

Phil Forrest

 

[rxmd]

A classmate of mine constantly says I need to go to Georgia. That's her home country

Georgians are one of the most homeland-loving, patriotic people I've ever met. I got there for a much similar reason (well, except for some PhD work in the archives 🙂)

 

[meven]

I spent a week in Georgia for work 4 years ago. I have excellent memories of this beautiful country, in fact it was the best business trip I ever took.

Georgians are some of the friendliest people I ever came across and their country is absolutely amazing.

As an added bonus, Georgian red wine and Georgian cuisine are to die for (IMHO)!