Here is the main page covering our six-month stay in Georgia, with our “base camp” in the capital city of Tbilisi, plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Georgia, CLICK HERE. After four years in Lisbon, partly waiting out the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, and various extended visits to Africa, we were ready to pick up and move for a while to a new region, the Caucasus.
Here we planned to see much of this country, as well as neighboring Armenia and Azerbaijan. Our visits included:
- Tbilisi and outskirts
- Mtskheta
- Uplistsikhe and Gori
- Kutaisi including Vani, karst region and caves
- Svaneti: Mestia and Ushguli
- Kazbegi: Stepantsminda, Ananuri, Jvari Pass, Juta, Dariali
- Batumi, Kolkheti Reserve on the Black Sea
- Batumi to Tbilisi road including Akhaltsikhe, Vardzia, and many other sights
- Kakheti: Alazani Valley, Sighnagi, Telavi, Bodbe, Gremi
- David Gareja monastery
You browse the map below for where we’ve been in Georgia (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations. Zoom into the Tbilisi area on the map so you can discover the many experiences we’ve been able to enjoy in the city.
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Panorama of Tbilisi from Mt Mtatsminda 
Zipping out of the Tbilisi airport 
Rustaveli Square 
Moorish Revival structure, Rustaveli 
Georgia graffiti 
Vake Park from below 
Vake Park from above 
Churchkhali, Deserter Bazaar 
Adjaruli khachapuri 
Liberty Square in the round 
Persian-style buildings 
Peace Bridge 
Sioni (Zion) Cathedral 
House face, Vera 
Cable car view, Narikala hillside 
Mother of Georgia 
Old Tbilisi on the river 
Narikala hillside, Bethlemi Street 
The baths 
Hotels above the baths 
10,000 year old clay figures 
First wine pot, 6th millennium BC 
Gold cup with jewels, ca 1800 BC 
Intriguing silver cup, 2nd millennium BC 
1000 years of items up to 350 BC 
Bronze belt with deer, ca 1000 BC 
Gold appliques, 8th to 6th c BC 
Gold necklace, 8th to 6th c BC 
Colchis headpiece with deer and lions, 4th c BC 
Headband attachments, 4th c BC 
Diadem with hunt, 4th c BC 
Two headed column cap, 3rd c BC 
Colchis coinage 
Amulet from House of Abraham, 5thc AD 
19th c villager portrait 
Stalin’s cell door, 19th c 
Central fountain, Kutaisi 
12-Stepped Altar, Vani 
Zeus & Ganymede, bronze from Vani 
Nike, bronze from Vani 
Great wall of Kutaisi market 
Central market, Kutaisi 
Boyhood home of Josef Stalin, Gori 
Stalinesque architecture, City Hall, Gori 
Tetra cave, central Georgia 
Entrance gate, Uplistsikhe 
Central plaza, Uplistsikhe 
Theatre, Uplistsikhe 
Barrel vault, Theatre 
Uplistsikhe ruins along the river 
Ceremonial Tamar’s Hall 
Single Column Hall, Uplistsikhe 
Wine pots, Uplistsikhe 
View over Uplistsikhe and the church 
Secret passage to river, Uplistsikhe 
Confluence at Mtskheta 
Jvari Church, Mtskheta 
Archway, Jvari Church 
Olden lanes, Mtskheta 
Riverside restaurant, Mtskheta 
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 
Entering Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 
Frescoes, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 
Fresco, Svetitskhoveli 
Square pillar, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral 
Gazing and lazing in Mestia 
Mount Tetnuldi, Mestia 
Jagged peaks on hike 
High mountain meadow 
Upvalley view, Ushguli 
Lamaria church, Ushguli 
Lamaria church, Ushguli 
High above Mestia 
River valley, Caucasus foothills 
Waterfall, Caucasian foothills 
Mestia’s many towers 
Family home with tower, Mestia 
Climbing a Svan tower 
Top level, Svan Tower 
At the tower’s top level 
Ushguli towers 
The “Love” tourist tower, Svaneti 
Gateway, Mziuri Park 
Water feature, Mziuri Park 
Water feature and statuary, Mziuri Park 
Hillside strolls, Mziuri Park 
Shiny visitor at the pond 
Night heron, Mziuri Park 
Pond with duck house 
A sense of scale, Chronicles 
One set of pillars, Chronicles 
Adam names animals, Chronicles 
Last Supper, Chronicles 
Church of the Annunciation 
Loving Georgia rest stop, Ananuri 
Forested mountainside, Jvari Pass 
Ravine, Jvari Pass 
Deep Kazbegi gorge 
Typical landscape, Kazbegi 
Sulfur flow, Jvari Pass 
Juta Valley 
Small white butterfly, Stepantsminda 
Walker’s landscape, Stephantsminda 
Dariali Gorge peaks 
Forest greeter, Stepantsminda 
Ananuri Fortress and Churches 
Ananuri tower climb 
Ananuri church 
Carved walls, Ananuri church 
Priestly sidebar, Ananuri 
Gergeti Trinity Church 
Gergeti and Kazbeg 
Mt Kazbeg from Gergeti 
Stepantsminda from Gergeti 
Ceremony, Gergeti Trinity 
Batumi horizon 
Hills and beachfront, Batumi 
7 km public park along the shoreline, Batumi 
Cable car over Batumi 
Old style, Europe Square 
Europe Square, Batumi 
Old city street and tower, Batumi 
Old and new together 
Piazza Square, Batumi 
Batumi Boulevard 
Old Turkish neighborhood, Batumi 
Black Sea sunset 
Georgian hospitaliy, Kolkheti 
Along the Pichori River, Kolkheti 
Back channel, Kolkheti 
Lovely bay, Kolkheti 
Back channel, Kolkheti 
Bridge (?) to Mirveti waterfall 
Mirveti waterfall 
Landscape, southern route 
Makhuntseti medieval stone bridge 
Sapara Monastery 
Interior, Sapara Monastery 
Construction delay, southern route 
Mountain vista, southern route 
Khervisi fortress 
Madatapa Lake, Javakheti plateau 
Vardzia cave city view 
Honeycomb caverns of Vardzia 
Vardzia valley 
Tunnel, Vardzia 
Frescoes, Church of the Dormition, Vardzia 
Royal frescoes, Church of the Dormition, Vardzia 
Rocky apartment, Vardzia 
Vardzia from its cliff face 
Sighnaghi morning 
Sighnaghi morning 
Alazani Valley vineyard 
Traveler’s marani 
Grandpa label, Traveler marani 
Ampelo winery 
Sighnaghi morning 
Gate in Sighnaghi walls 
Wooden buildings, Sighnaghi 
Back street, Sighnaghi 
Pirosmani painting 
Picasso sketch of Pirosmani 
Church of Archangels, Gremi 
Tower stair, Gremi 
King Leon fresco, Gremi 
Valley church, Gremi 
Stone cross, Gremi 
12th c tile, Gremi 
11th century church, Bodbe 
Chapel frescoes, Bodbe 
Historic buildings, Telavi 
Gateway, Erekle II palace 
18th c greeting hall, Erekle II, Telavi 
Church complex, Telavi palace 
9th c builders, Telavi
SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, arrow back and forth quickly to jump around.