Svaneti
A comfortable mountain lodge in a gorgeous setting just past Mazeri, with a restaurant serving good Georgian dishes, salads and desserts. Rooms are…
Must-see hotels in Svaneti
Mestia
This friendly family establishment is annoyingly unsigned and hidden in a lane just by Erti Kava coffee shop. However, with its own Svan tower, 20…
Mestia
These teacher sisters speak good English and German, and their house has five big, carpeted rooms that just ooze Soviet Georgian character. Each room…
Svaneti
This charming family-run guesthouse oozes character, not least with its own 11th-century Svan watchtower on the premises, which owner Giorgi will be happy…
Mestia
Terrific Svan meals and a warm welcome from the ever-helpful, English-speaking Roza and her family make this one of Mestia’s best places to stay, all the…
Svaneti
This welcome new guesthouse in the village of Iprali has seven comfortable rooms that share six bathrooms. There's hot water, wi-fi and host Temuri speaks…
Mestia
This midrange hotel on Mestia's main street makes a good stab at boutique hotel offerings, with smart furnishings, polished wooden floorboards, crisp…
Mestia
This pleasant, clean and central budget-leaning place has a wide range of rooms of varied sizes and outlook. Most share bathrooms, plus there's a big…
Mestia
This attractive three-storey house with a lovely tree-shaded garden (where you can take meals or drinks) has a degree of traditional charm thanks to its…
Mestia
Opened in 2019 on Mestia's main square, the Posta is a splash of boutique fabulousness in a town still struggling to build rooms with bathrooms. Studiedly…
Svaneti
Temraz has four good, clean, wood-floored rooms, and serves awesomely delicious local food. His brother Fridon's paintings decorate the communal areas of…
Mestia
Hospitable, English-speaking Eka Chartolani, the archaeology curator at Mestia's museum, has six large rooms for up to four people (three of which share…
Svaneti
A hospitable Canadian-and-Georgian-run guesthouse about 1km up from the main road in Etseri, this guesthouse has several bright, medium-sized rooms for up…
Svaneti
Charming Gogia and Dodo moved back to Svaneti after living in Abkhazia for years, and offer a very comfortable modern house set in a large garden in the…
Svaneti
Nana's stone and timber house at the end of the village has extraordinary views over the valley and is extremely popular with hikers. At research time a…
Svaneti
For sheer atmosphere, Elizabeth's many-windowed traditional house is a great option, with multiple family members running around with plates of food and a…
Svaneti
This 30-room hotel is Ushguli's biggest, and is a good fit for groups and anyone who has had enough of guesthouses. Each of the rooms is spotless and…
Mestia
A good-value guesthouse spread over three houses, Manoni offers comfy pine-panelled rooms of various sizes, and five shared bathrooms. Camping in the…
Svaneti
One of Ushguli's largest and most professional establishments, with some 19 rooms in various wings of a sprawling building, Villa Lileo offers excellent…
Mestia
Particularly good Svan food, a hospitable welcome and a variety of renovated rooms (nearly all with bathroom) in two buildings make Nino’s one of the best…
Svaneti
This very friendly, modern family home on the hillside above the main road through the valley makes for an excellent base for hiking in the area. Its…
Svaneti
Iprali's main guesthouse is a professional outfit with 23 clean and comfy rooms that share five bathrooms and toilets. There's a small museum of Svan…
Svaneti
Amiable Tariel’s lovely old stone house is the first on the right as you walk up through Chvibiani. Of the six plain, clean rooms, two face north with…
Svaneti
A charming guesthouse in the village of Lalkhori – 2km beyond Adishi if you're walking from Mestia – Sweet Home is just that, with lots of space, a large…
Mestia
A welcoming and smart conversion of an old stone house, with eight good, clean and well-sized rooms along two wooden verandahs. There's a pretty garden to…
Svaneti
This Russian-Georgian hotel in Ienashi village 7km west of Mestia, was formerly a hostel, but it's undergone a transformation into a smarter place with…
Svaneti
Givi's friendly and attractive farmstead has four comfortable and modernised rooms for two to four people each. The only inconvenience is having to walk…
