Georgia, Transcontinental country between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, Caucasus.
Description
Georgia is a transcontinental nation in the Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, stretching from coastal lowlands to the peaks of the Greater Caucasus range. The landscape includes river valleys, high mountains, and extensive vineyards in the eastern and western provinces.
History
The territory became Christian in the fourth century under King Mirian III and remained contested between Persian, Ottoman, and Russian influences for centuries. After annexation by the Russian Empire in 1801 and the Soviet era, the nation regained independence in 1991.
Culture
The Georgian language uses its own alphabet with 33 letters, visible everywhere on street signs, menus, and storefronts throughout daily life. In mountain villages, stone towers rise several stories high, originally serving as defensive homes and now shaping the rural landscape in regions like Svaneti.
Practical
International flights arrive at Tbilisi airport, while long-distance buses and minibuses connect cities and remote villages across the territory. EU citizens can enter without a visa for stays up to one year, and English is mainly spoken in larger urban centers.
Did you know?
Winemaking in clay vessels called kvevri dates back more than eight millennia and received UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status in 2013. Archaeological findings at Gadachrili Gora provided the earliest known evidence of wine production worldwide.
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This collection brings together around 30 travel destinations that sit outside the usual tourist routes. You will find cities, natural regions, and historical sites where tourism still operates on a human scale. What these places share: you can travel here without encountering the overcrowding that...
Georgia offers diverse photography settings from ancient fortresses to natural landscapes. The country features medieval churches, monasteries carved into cliffs, and national parks. Photographers can document architecture in Tbilisi, mountains in Svaneti, and coastal scenes along the Black Sea....
Veryovkina Cave
356.8 km
Mount Kazbek
120.1 km
Krubera Cave
357 km
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
60.2 km
New Athos Monastery
306.7 km
New Athos Cave
307.7 km
Vardzia
70.5 km
Katskhi pillar
95.3 km
Gelati Monastery
124.7 km
Dadiani Palaces Museum
200.6 km
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
65.5 km
Gergeti Trinity Church
119.7 km
Bagrati Cathedral
128.1 km
Alaverdi Monastery
118.4 km
Vashlovani Strict Nature Reserve
218.2 km
Uplistsikhe
35.1 km
Pankisi Gorge
113.5 km
Jvari
61.1 km
Shkhara
165 km
David Gareja monastery complex
115.2 km
Narikala
64.8 km
Darial Gorge
128.1 km
Gega Waterfall
353 km
Joseph Stalin Museum
34.8 km
Kintsvisi Monastery
35 km
Mtatsminda Pantheon
63.2 km
Anacopia Fortress
308 km
Enguri hydroelectric power plant
203.8 km
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