Long overshadowed by headlines of extremism, Georgia's Pankisi Valley is now welcoming travellers with Sufi rituals, mountain trails and home-cooked Kist food.
As overcrowded European destinations struggle to deal with hordes of travellers, some places not only offer an alternative to mass tourism but actively want you to visit.
Following a traditional path used by traders and invaders, the Georgian Military Road has been a passageway for people and ideas since antiquity.
As Georgia shakes off the shackles of its Soviet past, a new scheme aims to revive Tskaltubo's abandoned sanatoriums and turn the town into a world-class spa destination once again.
From House of Adjarian Khachapuri to Chateau Iveri, Batumi's restaurants are luring travellers with a rich and diverse cuisine that's renowned throughout Georgia.
In Georgia's remote Imereti region, monks scale the 40m-high Katskhi Pillar in a daring, nerve-jangling ascent. The reason: to get closer to God.
In the spirit of resourcefulness, everything from unused celery leaves to wilting parsley finds its way into pkhali, making it the perfect leftover dish.
“I had only heard stories about the famous Georgian supra – the traditional feast offered spontaneously to only the luckiest of visitors.”
Four hundred years after the Ottomans destroyed a region's once-proud winemaking tradition, locals are reviving it.
