Georgian Orthodox church

One of the three South Caucasus countries, of which we traveled the east of this country in October 2019, and the western part and the Black Sea coast three years later, in summer 2022. The locations you find below are the blog entries, both 2019 and 2022.

For the entire first blog, Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2019, click here

 

The second blog, Georgia and Armenia in 2022, can be accessed here

As always, there is a Caucasus reading list, with quite some material on Georgia.

 

Tbilisi
Georgia's atmospheric capital city
Mtskheta
Georgia's spiritual capital: churches and cathedrals
Georgian Military Highway
the main road into the Caucasus
Tusheti
one of the most beautiful Caucasian valleys, and a killer road
Telavi
churches and cathedrals, and beautiful frescos
Sighnaghi and Udabno
a tourist town and the Davit Gareja monastery
Kutaisi
Georgia's second, or third, city, laid back and provincial.
Ushguli
Centre of defense towers in Svaneti
Mestia
the capital of Svaneti, and a tourist centre
Tskaltubo
city of abandoned sanatoriums and health spas
the Black Sea
the beach scene of Georgia
Batumi
Georgia's preeminent Black Sea port, and tourist attraction
the Adjara region
Muslim-dominated region at the border with Turkey
Vardzia
expansive cave monastery, or what remains of it
Gori
the location of the Stalin museum. Really!