Best Traditional Georgian Tbilisi, Mtskheta UNESCO 1994, Kazbegi, Svaneti Ushguli UNESCO 1996, Kakheti Wine and Georgia Deep Heritage Tour Destinations
Browse more guides: Georgia travel | Asia destinations TL;DR Georgia packs more history, mountain drama and wine culture into a small country than almost anywhere in Eurasia. You can stand inside a 4th century fortress in Tbilisi at sunset, sip qvevri wine made the way it was made 8,000 years ago, and trek under a 5,047 metre peak in the same week. Tier 1 stops worth your time are Tbilisi with Mtskheta (UNESCO 1994), Kazbegi with Gergeti Trinity Church, Svaneti and Ushguli (UNESCO 1996), Kakheti wine country with Sighnaghi and qvevri winemaking (UNESCO 2013), and the cave city of Vardzia with Davit Gareja and Borjomi nearby. Most of the country runs on mid-range budgets between 50 and 120 dollars a day, marshrutka vans connect the major regions cheaply, and English is widely spoken in tourism towns. Plan a 7-9 day Georgia trip. Why Georgia rewards slow travel Georgia is one of those countries where the next valley always looks different from the last. The capital sits in a warm r...