Trip planning

Travelling Georgia Alone

One of the easier countries in the region to travel solo, and the parts that need thought are not the ones people ask about.

Georgia or Armenia: Which One First

Two neighbouring Caucasus countries that get named in the same breath and are considerably less alike than the pairing suggests.

The Best Day Trips from Tbilisi

Almost everything in eastern Georgia is within reach of the capital for a day, which is why a lot of visitors never change hotel. Some of it should not be done that way.

Two Weeks in Georgia: What the Extra Week Buys

Ten days covers the headline sights. A fortnight is a different trip rather than a longer one, and the difference is one remote region rather than four more towns.

Batumi or Tbilisi, Which Georgian City Is for You

Batumi or Tbilisi? An honest comparison of Georgia's two big cities, covering food, sea, costs, weather by season and how to do both in one trip.

Georgia Visa and Entry Rules, Passport by Passport

Georgia's entry rules explained: why the visa policy is one of the most generous anywhere, what to check for your own passport, the border and land-crossing questions, and the traps that still catch people.

Best Time to Visit Georgia: A Month-by-Month Guide

When to visit the country of Georgia, season by season: the sweet spots of spring and autumn, mountain hiking windows, the Batumi beach summer, ski season and the harvest, so you time your trip right.

Romantic Georgia: A Town Called the City of Love and a Bath at Midnight

A hilltop town above a valley of vines, sulfur baths in a private room, a balcony over an old town and a cellar where somebody pours you their own wine.

Georgia with Kids: Cable Cars, Cave Cities and Very Long Drives

A cheap, welcoming country with a cable car in every city and a food culture children actually like, set against mountain roads that take twice as long as you think.

Borjomi and Bakuriani: A Spa Town, a Ski Town and the Train Between Them

A park where you drink warm mineral water out of a tap, one of the largest national parks in Europe above it, and a narrow gauge railway up to the pines.

Georgia in Winter: Empty, Cheap and Half Closed

Snow on the Caucasus, a capital with no visitors in it, hot sulfur water, long lunches, and mountain roads that shut without asking.

Gudauri or Bakuriani: Which Georgian Ski Resort

One is high, treeless and built for off piste. The other is lower, wooded and built for families. They are not competing for the same skier.

SIM Cards, eSIMs and Internet in Georgia

Cheap data, good city coverage, and mountain valleys with none at all. What to buy, where to buy it, and where the signal genuinely stops.

Tbilisi for Digital Nomads: Why People Come for Two Weeks and Stay Six Months

Cheap rent, fast internet, an unusually generous stay allowance for many passports, and a city small enough to know within a month.

Mtskheta: The Old Capital, Half an Hour from the New One

The town where Georgia became Christian, a cathedral holding the country's founding relic, and a sixth century church on a ridge above two rivers meeting.

First Time in Georgia: The Only Guide You Need

Planning your first trip to the country of Georgia? Here is when to go, where to base yourself, the visa in one paragraph, the travel insurance now required at the border, how to get around, and the local know-how that makes a first visit effortless.