Tbilisi · ★★★★★
Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel
Above the old town, with the whole valley in the window.
Book · Tbilisi
GeorgiaStay
The vertical
country
Black Sea to 5,047 metres. One country, one unhurried week.
Where to stayსაქართველო
Altitude 0 — the seaაჭარა
Begin at sea
level
310 kilometres of subtropical coast, warm until October — and the only horizontal thing in Georgia.
Stay on the coast
Altitude 500 — the wine countryკახეთი
Eight thousand
vintages, one
long table
Kakheti pours from clay, not oak. Stay in the vines; walk to the cellar; let the afternoon go.
Stay in the vineyardsAltitude 2,200 — the high countryმაღალი მთა
Gergeti Trinity
გერგეტის სამება
2,170 m · Kazbegi
Breakfast on a terrace below it. Then the walk up, alone.
Ushguli
უშგული
2,100 m · Svaneti
Stone towers, a thousand years old, still lit from inside.
Svaneti
სვანეთი
1,500 m · tower country
The last valley where the mountains are still private.
Vardzia
ვარძია
1,300 m · thirteen storeys of cliff
A city carved into rock, kept warm by afternoon light.
Altitude 5,047 — the greater caucasusყაზბეგი
The last great
range in Europe
First snow on the ridge while the valley is still in harvest.
Between the altitudesPlaces worth
Places worth
slowing down for
მესტია
Mestia
A last glass on a balcony, the peaks going pink behind the towers.
ანანური
Ananuri
Turquoise water, a walled church, and the road that climbs from here.
თბილისი
Tbilisi
Carved balconies, sulphur baths, and a very good late dinner.
Move through itDrag the
Drag the
altitude
Everything in Georgia is a question of height. Pick one and the country changes underneath you.
2,170m
Guided
The morning walk up
Gergeti · Kazbegi · 1 day
Seasons as charactersოთხი სეზონი
Interactive
Enter the vertical
country in 3D
Two cinematic flights over the real terrain — sea level to 5,047 metres, rendered from elevation data.
Where to stay
Sleep at the
altitude you came for
A short, curated list — coast, vineyard, old town and 2,200 metres.
Tbilisi · ★★★★★
Rooms Hotel Tbilisi
Low light, long sofas, and a courtyard you won't leave.
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Gistola Hotel Mestia
Svaneti at the door; towers and snow from the terrace.
Book · MestiaSighnaghi · ★★★★★
Kabadoni Boutique Hotel
On the hilltop wall, looking down the Alazani valley.
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Lopota Lake Resort & Spa
A private lake between the vineyards and the range.
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Radisson Blu Hotel Batumi
Glass on the Black Sea, mountains behind the skyline.
Book · BatumiGudauri · ★★★★★
New Gudauri View Hotel
2,200 m. Ski out, and the lifts before anyone else.
Book · GudauriEvery booking is carbon neutral: one tonne of CO₂ is removed on your behalf through IMPT — real farmers, publicly tracked, at the same price, with no surcharge.
2 mSea level