region
Kartli
Sleep in Tbilisi; do Mtskheta as a half-day, Kakheti wine as a long day by car, and Kazbegi only with one full day to spare.
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Rules in force · 4Do not plan travel to Abkhazia or South Ossetia
- Georgia ↗Many passports enter visa-free for a long stay; if yours needs a visa, apply only on the official e-visa portal.
- Georgia ↗Do not plan travel to Abkhazia or South Ossetia: crossing their boundary lines from Georgian-controlled land is treated as illegal entry, and many governments advise against it.
- Georgia ↗In Orthodox churches women cover their heads and shoulders and wear a skirt or a wrap; men remove hats and avoid shorts.
- Georgia ↗Carry Georgian lari in small notes for minibuses, markets and the metro card; cards work in most Tbilisi cafés and shops but not everywhere outside the capital.
Kartli is the plain around the capital and the first hills beyond it. Tbilisi is the one base a first visit needs; the ancient capital Mtskheta is 25 minutes away, Gori and Uplistsikhe an hour or so. Keep the Tbilisi bed and come back each night.
Where to sleep
Tbilisisleep base
Sololaki and the old town for first-timers, Rustaveli for a quieter, flatter base.
Mtskhetaday trip
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Jvari Monastery; 25 minutes by minibus or car.
Gori and Uplistsikheday trip
A cave town and Stalin's birthplace; 1–1.5 hours each way.
Kakheti wine dayday trip
Cellars and a village lunch; 2 hours each way by car.
Night sequences
- 3 nights
- Tbilisi 3, Mtskheta half-day
- 5 nights
- Tbilisi 4 + Kakheti day-trip + one slow day
- Tbilisi + Kazbegi + Kakheti in four days is mostly road.
Day-trips door to door
| To | From | Door-to-door p50 | Last return | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mtskheta | Tbilisi | 40 min | unknown | Minibuses leave from Didube station; taxis are cheap for a half-day. |
| Kakheti (Sighnaghi, cellars) | Tbilisi | 120 min | unknown | Long day by private driver; do not drive back after wine. |
Bags between cities
No luggage forwarding: leave the big bag at the Tbilisi hotel.