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Uplistsikhe holds 4.7 from 12,410 Google reviews — and the complaints are all about footing
A rock-cut town ten kilometres east of Gori, open 10am to 7pm. Reviewers love the caves and the view from the top; what they warn about is uneven stone, stairs, slippery rock and…
Sighnaghi rates 4.7 on Google from 3,977 reviews — and the wall costs nothing
Tripadvisor is cooler on it at 4.4 from 433 reviews. The wall runs about four kilometres with 23 towers, is open at any hour, and the one recorded complaint is cars in narrow…
Abanotubani rates 4.3 from 1,083 reviews, and the price depends on which door you pick
Tbilisi's sulphur bath district is the top-ranked spa listing in the city. The reviews praise the place and argue about everything else: prices, bookings, water temperature and…
Prometheus Cave holds 4.4 from 903 reviews, and the complaint is the crowd
Reviewers like the formations, the lighting and the easy route. What they complain about is group size, narrow paths and being hurried along — all of which depend on when you turn…
Martvili rates 4.5 from 4,894 Google reviews — and the parking is the complaint
The turquoise canyon an hour from Kutaisi rates well and reads worse up close. Two of the recurring complaints are avoidable if you know about them before you arrive.
Rabati holds 4.7 on Google and 4.5 on Tripadvisor — and the gap is the restoration
The fortress above Akhaltsikhe is one of the best-rated sights in southern Georgia. The complaints in its reviews are consistent and specific, and they are worth reading before…
Telavi is two hours from Isani, and worth more than one day
Shared taxis cost about ₾20 and cross the Gombori Pass in roughly two hours. The town itself holds a fortress, a 900-year-old plane tree and a park looking over the Alazani Valley…
Chiatura's cable cars cost 50 tetri, and one of them is free
A mining town two hours from Kutaisi runs four new ropeway lines at 50 tetri a ride, plus a restored 1966 line that costs nothing. Katskhi Pillar is on the same road.
Gonio fortress holds 4.5 from 6,673 reviews, and the walls are Roman
Fifteen minutes south of Batumi sits a rectangular Roman fort of about 47,000 square metres with eighteen towers, an on-site archaeological museum and, per its listing, free entry.
Barbarestan rates 4.6 from 3,007 reviews, and its recipes come from a 19th-century cookbook
A family restaurant on Aghmashenebeli Avenue built on the recipes of Barbare Jorjadze. Reviewers rate the service above almost everything else — and warn you about the parking.
Uplistsikhe holds 4.7 from 12,410 Google reviews, and the reviews keep mentioning shoes
A rock-cut town an hour and a half west of Tbilisi, rated highly by a very large number of visitors, with a consistent warning running through what they write: the ground is the…
The Batumi Botanical Garden turns 114 on Tuesday, and has no restaurant
The garden opened on 3 November 1912, founded by the botanist Andrey Krasnov, who is buried in it. It covers about 108 hectares on the coast at Mtsvane Kontskhi, nine kilometres…
The Chronicle of Georgia is free, open all night, and unlabelled
Sixteen pillars of thirty to thirty-five metres each, on a plateau above the Tbilisi Sea, carved with Georgian kings and queens on the upper sections and scenes from the life of…
Tsinandali Palace rates 4.4, and the park outranks the house
The Chavchavadze estate at Tsinandali in Kakheti holds 4.4 out of 5 from 153 Tripadvisor reviews and ranks second of four things to do in the village. What stands out in the…
Prometheus Cave rates 4.4 from 903 reviews, and shuts at six
The cave at Kumistavi, about twenty minutes from Kutaisi, holds 4.4 out of 5 from 903 Tripadvisor reviews and ranks first of three things to do in the village. Listed hours are…
Vardzia rates 4.8 from 8,189 reviews, and shuts at six now
The cave monastery at Vardzia carries a Google rating of 4.8 out of 5 from 8,189 reviews and the same 4.8 from 614 reviews on Tripadvisor, as collected on Wanderlog's page for the…
Borjomi-Kharagauli rates 4.7, and a shelter bed costs 30 lari
Wanderlog's page for the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park administration shows a rating of 4.7 out of 5 from 553 Google reviews, with 442 of them five-star and 17 at two stars or…
Jvari rates 4.7 from 1,012 reviews and asks for twenty minutes
The hilltop church above Mtskheta holds a 4.7 out of 5 rating from 1,012 reviews on Tripadvisor, where it ranks second of fifteen things to do in the town. Almost every review is…
Gonio fortress rates 4.0 from 195 reviews and takes about an hour
The Roman fort at Gonio, about fifteen kilometres down the coast from Batumi, holds a 4.0 out of 5 rating from 195 reviews on Tripadvisor. Visitors consistently praise the kept…
Martvili Canyon is a 700-metre walk, rated 3.9 from 305 reviews
Martvili Canyon in Samegrelo holds 3.9 out of 5 from 305 Tripadvisor reviews, which is a notably lower score than its photographs would suggest. The listing describes a 700-metre…
Dashbashi rates 4.1, and nobody agrees what the ticket costs
Tsalka Canyon at Dashbashi, the site of the glass Diamond Bridge, holds 4.1 out of 5 from 39 Tripadvisor reviews and ranks second of four things to do in Dashbashi. Reviewers are…
Chiatura: four cable car lines for fifty tetri, and no paper tickets
Chiatura's replacement cable car network opened in September 2021: four two-way lines built by the French manufacturer Poma, running to almost 3,500 metres in total, in enclosed…
Borjomi Central Park rates 4.2, and the arguments are all about fees
The park holds 4.2 out of 5 from 745 reviews and is listed first among things to do in Borjomi. Read the reviews rather than the rating and a clear split appears: almost everyone…
Half of Vardzia is closed after a rockfall, and entry is still 15 lari
A spring rockfall near the Secret Tunnel damaged a footbridge and handrails, and as of mid-September the visitor route ends shortly after the Church of the Dormition. The second…
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