Samegrelo is a western region with its own language and a cuisine spicier than the rest of Georgia. People come above all for the canyons on rivers running down from the Svaneti mountains: the water is turquoise from the carbonate particles they carry out of the limestone.
About an hour from Kutaisi to Martvili, roughly two to Zugdidi. Zugdidi is the usual changing point on the way to Svaneti.
May to October. Canyon water is always cold, though people swim in summer. After downpours the level rises and the boats sometimes stop.
If none of the options above fit, describe what you want. We will build a route around it and work out the price.
Khachapuri in Batumi and in Kutaisi are two different dishes with one name. Khinkali are eaten by hand in a set order, or the broth ends up on the table. And a "dry white" in Kakheti is not the drink you were expecting. What to order, how to eat it, and where it will be the real thing.
Turquoise water in a limestone cut, a boat under an overhanging cliff, a bridged path along the wall. The place photographs so well that half the visitors leave disappointed: they expected half a day of hiking and got an hour’s walk. Here is how not to be one of them.
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