Georgia
Georgia sits where Europe folds into Asia: 8,000 vintages of winemaking, supra feasts that turn strangers into family, monasteries perched on Caucasus ridges and a capital whose sulphur baths have steamed for 1,500 years.
Best time: May–June and September–October24°C · Mainly clear in Tbilisi
CapitalTbilisi
Population3.7 million
CurrencyGeorgian lari (GEL)
LanguagesGeorgian
TimezoneUTC+4
Georgia sits where Europe folds into Asia: 8,000 vintages of winemaking, supra feasts that turn strangers into family, monasteries perched on Caucasus ridges and a capital whose sulphur baths have steamed for 1,500 years.
Fun fact
Georgia is the cradle of wine — archaeologists have dated qvevri (clay-vessel) winemaking here to 6,000 BC, and the tradition is UNESCO-listed.
