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Georgia

8,000 years of winemaking, ancient hilltop monasteries and the most welcoming hospitality culture in the world.

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🍷 8,000-Year Wine Culture🏔️ Greater Caucasus🕌 Ancient Monasteries🥩 Georgian Feast

Backpacking Georgia

Georgia is the most underrated country in the world for travel. Tbilisi's old town is one of the most beautiful and most atmospheric in Europe — the wooden balconied houses, the free-flowing wine culture and the extraordinary food make it one of the continent's great cities. The Greater Caucasus mountains rival the Alps. And most Western passports get 365 days visa-free on arrival.

£25–£45/day avg daily budget
Key Info
Georgian Lari (GEL)Georgian (English widely spoken in Tbilisi)Type C/FDrive Right
10% at restaurants — locals rarely tip, but appreciated
Weather
Best: May–Jun & Sep–Oct
Spring & Autumn — ideal temperatures and stunning landscapes
July–August can be very hot in the lowlands. Winter is ski season at Gudauri.
Health
Tap water safe in Tbilisi and most cities — excellent quality
No vaccines required
Transport
Metro TbilisiMarshrutkaBolt app
✈️ TBS Tbilisi International (30 min to city centre)
Bolt taxi app works throughout Georgia. Marshrutkas (shared minibuses) for inter-city travel.
Emergency
👮 Police112
🚑 Ambulance112
🔥 Fire112
The Highlights

8 Things to Do in Georgia

01
Walk Old Tbilisi (Kala) — the wooden balconied houses, Narikala fortress and the Mtkvari River
02
Day trip to Kazbegi — the mountain road north, Gergeti Trinity Church on the cliff and the Greater Caucasus
03
Wine tasting in Kakheti — Georgia's wine region 2 hours from Tbilisi, orange wine in qvevri clay pots
04
Vardzia cave monastery — the 12th-century cave complex carved into a volcanic cliff
05
Batumi on the Black Sea — Georgia's resort city with Art Nouveau architecture and a beach
06
Try a supra (Georgian feast) — churchkhela, khinkali dumplings, lobiani bean bread and endless wine
07
Ski at Gudauri — the Caucasus off-piste secret with lift passes from £28/day
08
Mtskheta UNESCO town — the ancient capital with two extraordinary early Christian cathedrals
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