Kutaisi

Kutaisi Golden morning - 360px|Kutaisi old town Downtown Kutaisi - Downtown Kutaisi

Kutaisi is a city in the Rioni Region of Georgia.

Kutaisi Halal Explorer

Kutaisi is the traditional rival of Tbilisi for capital status. Since the days of the Golden Fleece, Kutaisi has been considered the capital of Western Georgia (then Ancient Colchis). It is Georgia's second largest city, but, to the irritation of the proud local residents, it does not come even close to Tbilisi's present size and wealth. Nevertheless, Kutaisi is more respectful of pedestrians than Tbilisi. Its sidewalks are generally even and flat with very few cars parked on them, whereas in Tbilisi pedestrians are often forced into the streets because of cars sitting on sidewalks. Kutaisi drivers generally stop in front of crosswalks to let pedestrians cross, whereas in Tbilisi pedestrians have to be in the middle of the street to get a vehicle to slow down for them.

Since the Georgian Parliament moved to Kutaisi in 2012 and there has been a lot of work on restoring streets, buildings, parks and monuments in the city, and it has become much safer. There seems to be a bit more variety in the materials, facades, and designs of the buildings along Kutaisi's streets. In both Kutaisi and Tbilisi a look up to the second floor can reveal balconies of elaborate ironwork. Kutaisi's urban oasis is a nice (and safe) place to sit and watch people. In addition, a visit to Kutaisi is near mandatory to see the Bagrati Gothic Church and Gelati Monastery, which are both UNESCO World Heritage list|UNESCO World Heritage sites and offer views from the mountain slopes over the city and the Rioni River.

Travel to Kutaisi

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Kutaisi

• King David the Builder International Airport IATA Flight Code: KUT Kopitnari, 14 kilometers west of Kutaisi proper on the main S1 highway 42.181421, 42.465693 - David the Builder Kutaisi International Airport = The airport services domestic Flights to Tbilisi and several international flights. The Hungary-based, low-cost carrier Wizz Air provides very affordable Flights to/from Budapest, Hungary; Berlin, Germany, Vilnius, Lithuania; Kiev, Ukraine; London Luton, England; Warsaw and Katowice, Poland. Ukraine Airlines flies to Kiev and Kharkiv, and Ural Airlines flies to Moscow, Russia. There are also occasional Flights to Baghdad, Iraq, on Iraqi Airways.

Transportation to the airport:

• Georgian Bus] provides shuttle bus service between the airport and Kutaisi downtown, Tbilisi and Batumi, with bus schedules following flight arrivals. Shuttle buses to Tbilisi (20 lari, four hours) terminate at Freedom Plaza, while shuttle buses to Batumi (18 lari, three hours) terminate at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Shuttle buses to Kutaisi downtown (5 lari) will stop at any address within the city. Tickets may be purchased online or upon arrival with cash or bank card at the Georgian Bus counter located near the exit, and when returning to the airport, may also be purchased directly from the driver. If you're riding the Georgian Bus service from Kutaisi, you must e-mail them with the name of the hotel from which you will be picked up from.
• Marshrutkas from points east headed towards Batumi or Samtredia, or from points west towards Kutaisi or Tbilisi, will also drop passengers off at the airport, which is convenient for passengers who have missed the Georgian Bus service to the airport. From Tbilisi, a marshrutka from the Didube bus hub to the airport is 20 lari. It is also feasible to walk out of the airport onto the highway and hail a marshrutka if headed to a particular destination.
• Trains: Kopitnari train station is 2 kilometers away. Walk east along the primary street. Only local trains stop here. The station has a very friendly countryside climate with staff always positively surprised to see foreigners. Expect to be greeted with local stuff. Direct destinations: Kutaisi, Batumi, Zugdidi. Tickets are very cheap, 2 lari to Batumi as of March '19. However and the trains are old Soviet trains (worth the experience but as a rule of thumb they're twice as slow as the road). The new station at the airport was expected to be built in 2018.

By Rail

• Kutaisi I Tamar Mepe St. 42.26147, 42.71290 from this station it is a 10-15 minutes walk along Tamar Mepe to Kutaisi Park in the center of the city Opening Hours:
• Kutaisi II station 42.25669, 42.66916 southwest; from this station getting a cab is an option, 5 lari all over town - Train from Tskaltubo are running to Kutaisi II station.

• Rioni station Kutaisi-Baghdati-Abastumani-Benara Road 42.19877, 42.70969 7.3 kilometers south of Kutaisi There are more night and day trains running to Tbilisi Central from here.

All trains from and to Tbilisi Station Plaza (which is next to the Station Plaza metro station) leave from and arrive at the modernized Kutaisi I station. There are three daily departures to Tbilisi, and the journey takes five-and-a-half hours. All Georgia Rail Timetable A ticket with a reserved seat costs 9 lari(as of April 2022); a passport is required to purchase the ticket and to board the train. From and to Tbilisi the train also stops in Mtskheta (the old capital of Georgia and Orthodox heart of the nation), Gori (the birthplace of Stalin and home of the Stalin Museum) and Zestafoni. It is a relatively comfortable journey because passengers can stand and stretch and walk the length of the wagon) but slow due to long, intermediate stops, including one at Rioni, right outside Kutaisi. There are bathrooms on board (but bring tissue, just in case). There is no cafe or dining car, so bring water and [https://ehalal.io/buy-halal-food/snacks/ Snacks, too. An alternative train route (faster by a couple of hours but more expensive) is reported to be Tbilisi to Motsameta on the Poti train and then Motsameta to Kutaisi by marshrutka.

A local but "fast" train runs from Kutaisi I to Batumi (listed Makhinjauri in the timetable — the name of the station about 8 kilometers north of Batumi), leaving at 09:00, arriving three hours later. The cost is 4 lari, payable on the train. Trains to Kharagauli leave every day (4-10 lari, 3½ hours). While private drivers and transport from Tbilisi are available (Mtskheta and Gori are day trips from Tbilisi) and the Tbilisi-Kutaisi train route offers a good backbone for a tour of Georgia (with a look at its snow-capped mountains even in May) with leisurely overnights in Mtskheta, Gori, Kutaisi, and on to Batumi and the Black Sea.

Travel on a Bus in Kutaisi

• Bus station 42.25686, 42.67062 from the bus station (southwest of town) to go to the downtown: cross the road, and take bus #1 that goes directly to the downtown 30 tetri

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• Tblisi – Marshrutkas and full 54-passenger buses depart regularly for Kutaisi from 'Didube Bus Station' located at the Didube metro stop in Tbilisi. Marshrutkas (hourly, 3½ hr, 10 lari); large buses (every 3 hours, 4 hr). While marshrutkas get to Kutaisi quicker than the train and they are not as comfortable. The driver may not leave Didube until the mini-bus is full, which could mean as many 20 people sitting with bags and backpacks in five rows of four seats. There is no guarantee of any stops along the way to smoke or go to the toilet. There is no standing, of course, and, really, very little room to wiggle, especially if there are people sitting on the aisle seats. The best seats in marshrutkas are the ones next to the driver; however, he may, if he chooses, ask you to move to the back of the bus and give your seat to someone else.
• Batumi – The marshrutka will get you to the town centre, or drop you off at the airport on the way, for 15 lari. Usually it takes 2-2½ hr, but give yourself about 3 or so. The bus will wait in Batumi until it is full, which could mean waiting on the bus for an extra 45 min. In Batumi and the buses leave from nearby to the entrance to the cable car, but the port. You will see them all parked there.
• Borjomi – Several during the day, every hour or so, 8 lari, 2 hr.
• Kharagauli – Twice a day, 10 lari, 3½ hr.

How to get around in Kutaisi

GPS 42.2774|42.7043|height=500|layer=W|align= }} The interesting parts of the town are walkable. To visit the monasteries in the mountains nearby booking a day-tour may be a time-saving option.

Travel on a Bus in Kutaisi

No.1 city bus is a useful circular route (both clockwise and anticlockwise direction) linking the main city square, Kutasi I (main train station), and Kutaisi II (bus station). 0.4 lari, pay the driver at exit, change given.

From Kutasi II (bus station), clockwise direction (to the left, cross the road from McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant)) is the faster route to the downtown. Note each direction takes slightly different route on the centre of the city (east side of the river). The clockwise direction does not go in front of Kutasi I but goes south on Tsereteli St. along the river. The anticlockwise direction stops in front of Kutaisi I then goes uphill on Solomon Piveli Street and downhill on 26 Maisi (May) Street towards the main square.

Local marshrutkas ply the city but it can be difficult to find the route for average tourists. Nonetheless, bother enough local residents with a map and some broken Russian, and eventually one will take pity and frog march you to the right bus stop.

Travel by train to Kutaisi

Schedule of Georgian railways is here.

What to see in Kutaisi

[[2014 Kutaisi, Katedra Bagrati (04) - Bagrati Gothic Church White bridge (kutaisi) - White bridge

• Bagrati Gothic Church (UNESCO World Heritage site) Bagrati Street 42.2773, 42.7043 on foot, from Kutsaisi Park (Central Garden), cross the river on the Nino Street bridge. Over the bridge, turn right, cross the street, and look for the stairs that go up the hill. At the top of the hill follow Bagrati Street to the right - Free admission Bagrati Gothic Church =2014 Kutaisi, Katedra Bagrati (04) Ancient church that was built in the 11th century by King Bagrat III, a symbol of a unified Georgia. Foundations of an earlier building have been found. Blown up by marauding Islamic invaders in the 18th century and then carefully restored over the last 100 years; the interior is also almost completed. The difference between original and replacement is clearly obvious. The ongoing reconstruction aimed at returning Bagrati Gothic Church back to its original state as a religious space has led ICOMOS to recommend that it should be left as a ruin and added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in danger.

• Uqimerioni Fortress 42.27734, 42.70546 adjacent to Bagrati Gothic Church, 50 meters behind it

• Synagogue Boris Gaponov Street 42.27497, 42.71281 - Kutaisi Synagogue Kutaisi synagogue 01

• St. Thekla church - Daniel Chonkadze Street 42.26955, 42.68125
• Street Elijah the prophet church. Chekhovi Street I 42.25509, 42.68809
• St. Cyprian and Justina church David Agmashenebeli Ave, 42.26426, 42.67701
• Parliament of Georgia - Irakli Abashidze Street 42.26467, 42.65948 in the west of the city on the primary street to Tskaltubo Completed in 2012. It was one of the most prestigious projects of President Mikheil Saakashvili to relocate the parliament from Tbilisi to Kutaisi. However and the relocation of Parliament is cancelled by the new government Ivanishvili. In what way this new €50 million building will be used is still unclear.

• White Bridge 42.268727, 42.700392 - Kutaisi White Bridge (August 2011) A Over the river Rioni, known by the bridge Springer scene in the movie "Neobyknovennaja Vystavka"

Museums

• Small Local History museum Rustaveli Ave. and Tesereteli St. corner 42.27160, 42.70607 Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00 3 lari with English signs like "pottery shreds" offering very little in-depth information

• Kutaisi Museum of Sport
• Kutaisi Museum of Martial Art
• Museum of Zakaria Paliashvili
• David Kakabadze Fine Art Gallery 8 Shota Rustaveli Street - Houses collections of the 19th and 20th century artists

Further afield

Gelati 1661 - Gelati Monastery Geguti - Geguti Palace

• Gelati Monastery (გელათის მონასტერი) - 7, Nazarishvili str. 42.294444, 42.768056 NE 11 kilometers of Kutaisi. There is a shuttle van going to the monastery departing from behind Kutaisi's Opera Theater (Mari Brosse Street), costs 1 lari, leaves at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00 and going back 08:00 (?), 12:00 (?), 15:00, 17:00, 18:20. There is a sign indicating "Gelati" in the wind shield. Alternatively get to Gelati on the Kutaisi-Tbilisi road by train or bus and walk for 2 kilometers from there uphill to the monastery. - Gelati Monastery Kutaisi gelati

• Motsameta Monastery (მოწამეთა) - 42.2821, 42.7593 NE 6 kilometers of Kutaisi. Take the mini bus towards Gelati (see section above) and get out at the gas station in Motsameta. From there, it is a 2-km walk along a paved road to the Motsameta Monastery. On yhe way bsck, hust waiy at the gas station for a mini bus. Besides, Motsameta is about 5 kilometers from Gelati Monastery (which is about 1-hr walk following the road) - Motsameta monastery A 11th-century monastery richly decorated with frescoes.

• Geguti Palace Geguti village 42.171944, 42.681111 South 15 kilometers - Geguti - Geguti One of the few secular monuments of the medieval Georgian kingdom, located on the banks of the River Rioni. It is well preserved and developed for tourism. It's not protected anyhow and thus it's free to enter.

• Vani archaeological site - ვანი 42.085, 42.503 41 kilometers southwest in Imereti region one of the most important cities of antique Colchi, from 8th-6th century BC have been discovered. The city was destroyed in the 1st century AD.

• Sataplia Nature Reserve - 42.319, 42.667 Southwest 10 kilometers Three main attractions of the reserve - a pavilion with impeccably maintained dinosaur tracks, karst cave and glass balcony - an observation deck on top of the mountain Sataplia (highest point of the reserve).
• Prometheus Cave - პრომეთე მღვიმე - located in village Kumistavi 42.375, 42.595 Minibuses from Kutaisi central bus terminal (bus 34), Tskaltubo overpass (bus 44?) and adjacent area of Red bridge (bus 30 from downtown cross the bridge and stop is on the left) to Tskaltubo leave every day, several times a day (1 lari, 30 min) and a further Minibus N42 from Tskaltubo central market to Prometheus cave leaves every day except Monday (1 lari, 20 min). Taxi from Tsakltubo costs 5 lari.. One of Georgia’s longest natural caves, with fabulous stalactites and stalagmites and underground lake. Overnight option:
• Hotel Spa Kurorti 23 Rustaveli Street, Tskaltubo☎ +995 599 563115 60 lari per day, incl. breakfast 59 comfortable rooms for 118 people.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Kutaisi

• Torpedo Kutaisi F.C. - Givi Kiladze Stadium - Giorgi Brtskinavale 42.2549, 42.68296 2 lari See the local football team in a match at the Givi Kiladze Stadium.
• Do as the local residents do: Sit in the downtown park (Central Garden) and watch the world pass by.

Theatres

• Lado Meskhisvili Theater - Gelati Street 42.27251, 42.70555
• Puppet Theater -

Parks

• Botanical Garden "Kolchuri" 42.27920, 42.71156 in the north of the city on the primary street towards Zageri - 1 lari Rather small but still nice botanical garden. Some trees has signs in English. There is also interesting chapel built inside the tree.

• Park of Culture and Rest - Besik Gabashvili Park - Vazha Pashavela Street 42.2710, 42.6964 content=
• Central Garden - ქუთაისის ბულვარი, ბაღის კიდე - Rustaveli Avenue 42.2713, 42.7041 across from the water fountain with horned animals in the city's main roundabout content=A great central location to rejuvinate, observe, meet, and plan.

• Kharazov Park Solomon Pirveli Street 42.2658, 42.7158 content=
• Youth Park - Pionerta Park| Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze Rd. 42.2498, 42.6814 content=
• Kikvidze Park Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street 42.26421, 42.67708 content=

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Kutaisi

• Bazaar off Zakhira Paliashvili (Paliashvili V Aly) St. 42.273284, 42.704978 From Kutsaisi Park (the Central Garden) walk towards the river in the direction of the Bagrati Gothic Church and then follow the people Opening Hours: In addition to fruits, vegetables, and whole chickens, natural, homemade red is sold in Kutaisi's market, bottled in re-used plastic soda pop containers (from 2 lari a bottle). Look for a row of sellers in the first floor of a shabby building not far from the sellers on the street; the seller is on one end of this building in a walk-up stall.

• Regular stores along Tsereteli St. 42.2622, 42.7076

Halal Restaurants in Kutaisi

Kutaisi has quite a number of decent restaurants. They are mainly located in the downtown but a bit spread out so just walk around to find what you're looking for.

• Sudarushka - სუდარუშკა, Сударушка | Clinda Nino st. No. 13 42.27003, 42.70279 ☎ +995 598 29 06 95 Opening Hours: 09:00 - 02:00 3-8 lari per meal Authentic Russian cuisine from the owners who know how to cook it right. Food tastes good, big portions, nice personal, Russian music as an accompaniment. Note this place doesn't have English sign on the entrance so just look for a wooden sign (saying სუდარუშკა Сударушка) or a window with a Russian girl in a national costume in it.

• Chinese Restaurant 42.26942, 42.70444 - 10-30 lari True Chinese cuisine. Owners are obviously Chinese. Offer huge variety of national dishes. It's a bit pricey, however tea comes for free. It's a big surprise to find it in Kutaisi.

• Tea House Foe-Foe - Foe-Foe - althaustea1@ Rustaveli St. 5 42.2707, 42.7025Across the street from the Kutaisi opera building ☎ +995 577577533 Opening Hours: 10:00-00:00 5-15 lari, credit cards accepted Free Wi-Fi. Menu: Speciality teas, and Georgian, European, and Mediterranean dishes (main courses, soups, salads, crepes, sweets). This is one of the Althaus-brand tea houses, similar to the two in Tbilisi. It appears that this cafe is in the wide lobby of what was once an office building with multi-tier seating on the steps leading up to the office's main entrance. Floor-to-ceiling windows make watching passer-bys easy. Hip music, hippy vibe, tasty tea, decent food.

• Club Almano - Almano - On Alexander Pushkin Street between Tamar Mepe and Tsereteli Sts. on Pushkin, across from Flo/Koton mall theculturetrip.com says Almano "offers Georgian food in a charming European atmosphere. This is a great place to try ojakhuri, a Georgian dish that often appears on the supra (the special Georgian feast) table. It involves hala Meat and potatoes that are roasted and mixed together. You can’t go wrong with the other options on the menu, however, like shashlik, another form of roasted Meat, or, of course and the ubiquitous khachapuri. If you want something green on the table, try their starter salads with the delicious Georgian bread" (April 2022). American favorites like club sandwiches and potato wedges are also served. Salads include lettuce.

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Muslim Friendly hotels in Kutaisi

• Guesthouse Zedafoni - Pushkin str. 43, 2000 Zestafoni, Zedafoni.com www.zedafoni.com

• Hostel Kutaisi - 14 Solomon I (Solomon Pirveli St) Street 42.26498, 42.71248 next to main square in the historical part of the city☎ +995 431 253873, +995 551 471100 (mobile) 20 to 30 lari per day In the hostel Kutaisi you will be served by experienced people (English spoken). Amenities include free Wi-Fi, internet, linen, towels, shampoo, Coffee, tea, cable TV, maps, different guide books, advice about Kutaisi and Georgia in general.

• Medico & Suliko Guest House Tbilisi Street 3rd Lane #6 42.26773, 42.71585 #6 on the alley running between #83 Tbilisi St. and #72 26 May St.(26 Maisi St.) ) From the main city square (fountain), Tbilisi street runs towards southeast. Walk uphill until 81 Tbilisi St. and turn left, you see a house with green metal gate at No. 6 of the alley. ☎ +995 431 243007 Dorm: 15 lari. Double Room: 20 lari. Dinner: 10 lari. Breakfast: 5 lari. Run by a retired couple, a large room of their house serves as a dorm, two smaller superior Muslim friendly rooms are available. Theoretically one may stay to sleep only, alas one is very likely to be treated to the excellent fare the lady of the house serves up as well as the homemade the husband produces, i.e., if they like you, you are likely to be treated to one of those infamous Georgian welcomes, heavy on your liver. They will give you as much chacha, Georgian and Georgian food as you can handle. The food is all hand-made and freshly prepared. It is amazing and the hospitality is unparalleled and only the modesty of the facilities leaves anything to be desired. The beds are clean and the house is good by local standards, and the new bathroom was completed by summer 2022 in this friendly homestay. Free WiFi Internet is available, and there is a computer available for use.To get from the main bus station (Kutaisi II Railway Station), take a #1 city bus traveling to the right (from McD walk right the same side of street to find the bus stop). The bus pass the Kutaisi I station and go uphill to 26 Maisi Street. Get off at #72 (there is a cross on sidewalk) and you walk into the alley, which is Tbilisi St. 3rd Lane. From Kutaisi I station, take #1 bus or walk out to the right uphill on Solomon Pirveli St. for th 6-7 min up the hill to Tbilisi St. Taxis from the bus station is 5 lari, but they tend to take you to similarly named guesthouse to get commission. Give them the street address rather than ask for "Suliko's."

• Gelati Guest House - საოჯახო სასტუმრო „გელათი“ - 26 May Street, (Vtoraya Liniya 4), Second Turn.☎ +995 597 986222 Price incl. breakfast 35 lari (2013?) 5 rooms, 12 people.

• Guesthouse Zelimkhani - ☎ +995 431 222441 50 lari per day incl. breakfast - 14 comfortable rooms for 28 people.

• Guesthouse Beka 26 Debi Ishkhnelebi Street☎ +995 431 246923 40 lari incl. breakfast - 16 comfortable rooms for 30 people.

• Guesthouse Gora 22 Debi Ishkhnelebi Street☎ +995 431 252170, +995 599 574625 40 lari incl. breakfast - 43 comfortable rooms for 100 people.

• Hostel Bavaria - 108 Tbilisi street 42.26688, 42.71598 ☎ +995 598 36 26 36 15 lari Meet the small family that runs the hostel. Spacious and quiet house. Residential area near a park and a shop. Accessible on foot from the main square. Minibus 34 passes close to the hostel.

• Temi Hostel Tamar The Queen Street 60, II floor On the main street near the station. There is a sign above the door and from there and the hostel is on the second floor on the right ☎ +995 551 44 47 74 From 15/10 lari high/low season| checkin=from 14:00 / Check-out: until 12:00 Small, social hostel in a great location in the city. The owner is friendly and helpful. The hostel has a kitten (May 2023) and a balcony which is great for relaxing and meeting other guests. All facilities are kept very clean. Book in advance! A year on since it opened it is now very popular.

• Hotel Kolkha|Axalgazrdoba Avenue 38 42.2439, 42.7122 ☎ +995 597 731056
• Hotel Oazis - Mari Brosse St. 42.27297, 42.70543 behind the large round theatre in the downtown - Small hotel in the center. Clean, cozy rooms with narrow beds; wifi, A/C, heating. One of the few budget options in central Kutaisi.

• Hotel Tirifiholiday - tirifebi - tiripi000@ Zviad Gamsakhurdia Str.45 42.2555, 42.6640 Between McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant) and Patrol police ☎ +995 592 961515 20-120 lari 31 air-conditioned guestrooms with separate bathrooms. Room service 24 hr. Complimentary full breakfast in the breakfast area. Multilingual staff, laundry facilities, free vehicle parking, free wireless Internet access in all areas of the hotel.

• Hotel Rcheuli Palace 21b Gr. Khandzteli Street ☎ +995 431 292900| price=115 lari incl. breakfast 28 comfortable rooms, 50 people. - Hotel Imperiali სასტუმრო „იმპერიალი“ 28 Mchedlidze Street GPS , +995 579 191939| price=100 lsri . 9 comfortable rooms, 18 people.

• Hotel Aieti’s Sasakhle - ასტუმრო „აიეტის სასახლე“. Aeetes Palace 34 G. Tabidze St. GPS ☎ +995 431 253533 - 100 lari | checkin= |checkout=. 13 rooms, 26 people
• Hotel Dzveli Kalaki 3/4 Ioseb Grishashvili St.☎ +995 431 251451, +995 599 51 60 56 100 lari incl. breakfast - 10 rooms for 24 people.

• Hotel Bagrati 2a Tsereteli St☎ +995 431 25 55 55 140 lari incl. breakfast - 16 comfortable rooms with a maximum capacity of 32 people.

Telecommunications in Kutaisi

The tourist office kiosk between the two main bridges is staffed during the summer season only. Rest of the year it is located in the annex building left to the city hall at the ground floor. (It is a bit hard to find since the mayor don't want to have signs to it. Ask in the city hall if you cannot find it.)

Dingy post office on Tamar Mepe St. Previously existing Internet cafés have closed due to numerous freely available hotspots.

Explore more Halal friendly Destinations from Kutaisi

• Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park (for details see Borjomi#Borjomi Kharagauli national park|Borjomi) — the largest national park in Georgia. The diversity of physical, geographical and especially climatical conditions of its has shaped the wealth and variety of its flora and fauna. Apart from the largely untouched nature of Borjom-Kharagauli and there are numerous cultural monuments. In particular and there are two easily accessible churches, built in 9th century. Eight tourist trails are operating in the national park. They vary in length, duration and complexity. Open from April until October.
• Jvari — A small town with a couple of great tourist attractions nearby, namely Enguri Dam and Silver Lake. The latter is one of the most impressive alpine treks that you can do in Georgia. The marshrutka to Zugdidi leaves from the main marshrutka station behind the central McDonald's (Please do not support McDonald's as McDonald's supports Israel. Shun this restaurant group and go for altertative brands and if possible for a Muslim owned restaurant). The journey is 133 kilometers and will take up to two hours and cost 7 Lari. In Zugdidi connect with the Jvari marshrutka just over the bridge and a minute's walk away.
• Mestia — the "capital" of Svaneti and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• Oni — a very pretty, rustic town on the Rioni River up in the mountains that was for millennia a center of Georgian Yahudi culture. Today it is becoming a major tourist destination for domestic travelers as well as attracting adventurous foreign travelers attracted to its natural beauty, remote setting and a local culture that has not seen the effects of tourism yet.
• Tbilisi — the beautiful and interesting capital, Georgia's largest and most cosmopolitan city.
• Zugdidi — not very popular city with tourists for itself, however many of them pass through it on their way up to Mestia in Svaneti.

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