Sighnaghi
The hospitable Zandarashvili family provide good rooms, great food and homemade wine, and their house is deservedly a travellers’ favourite. Top-floor…
Must-see hotels in Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
Baku
Kaha is a well-appointed, high-ceilinged hostel run by switched-on, multilingual, eco-aware folks who seem more interested in creating a convivial social…
Azerbaijan
The high-quality, all-wooden cottages of this boutique resort constitute the most comfortable accommodation option on the Quba–Xınalıq road, with a…
Azerbaijan
For locals, Qalaaltı's drawcard is the sickeningly sulphurous mineral water: drinking it is a prescribed health cure. However, the resort also accepts…
Armenia
This is the type of place where local families return year after year. It offers 35 stylish rooms (12 of which are family duplexes), a gym, a restaurant…
Batumi
Gulnasi Mikeladze and her welcoming family run what’s effectively a great-value budget hotel. The 18 rooms, on three floors, are spotless, spacious and…
Azerbaijan
In a curious rich-man/poor-man combination, İnci has three huge suites which go over the top to impress yet cost less than many standard rooms in other…
Azerbaijan
Built in semi-traditional style, this family-friendly place has pleasant, pine-floored rooms with kilims and semi-style-conscious bathroom fittings…
Tbilisi
This Old Town hideaway has four very attractive, good-value rooms with contemporary furnishings and comfy beds – plus a lovely wood-columned verandah for…
Lake Sevan
Built to look like a rustic village, Lavash (named after the bread) is the best option on the west side of Lake Sevan. The cabin-style rooms overlook two…
Azerbaijan
The region's most glamorous resort is a huge new affair with particularly impressive expanses of lounge, indoor and outdoor pools, games rooms, activities…
Azerbaijan
Almost a whole village in its own right, Relax provides holidaying Bakuvian families with suitably plush rooms and a vast waterpark (mid-June to mid…
Northern Armenia
Re-creating the feel of 19th-century Dilijan with modern amenities, this Tufenkian Hotel features somewhat bland rooms with modern bathrooms housed in…
Yerevan
Tucked into a corner of a residential courtyard on the city edge, this small hotel offers 12 attractively presented rooms with satellite TV and tea and…
Baku
Get boutique-style rooms for almost budget prices at this 22-room discovery near Nizami metro station. Even the standard rooms are plush and sizeable,…
Baku
The lobby's chandeliers, fresh orchids, gilt-legged rococo furniture and elegantly attired staff set the scene for similarly indulgent guestrooms. The…
Armenia
Set beneath a dramatic cliff face, Arevi is made entirely of recycled shipping containers and is solar-powered. Rooms are modern with bright colours and…
Armenia
Just off Areni's main road (house 20), this family-run B&B has clean no-frills rooms built by the owner and a cute outdoor dining area. Dinner (AMD4000)…
Batumi
From the folks who brought you Back2Me Hostel, Surf Hostel is an excellent addition to the hostel scene, with a brand-new and beautifully renovated ground…
Armenia
This pink monolith on the lake opposite the Gallery of Waters is the most luxurious hotel in Southern Armenia. It was once a Hyatt, but now is…
Sighnaghi
Just off Erekle II moedani and overlooking a deep, green valley, the Central offers a wide choice of neat, clean, wood-floored rooms with private bathroom…
Armenia
Thirteen kilometres from Tatev near the Wings of Tatev Aerial Tramway is this decidedly popular eco-lodge. Accommodation is in rustic cabins on the edge…
Kakheti
If you have time, stay overnight in one of these six tourist bungalows on the banks of the Alazani River. Each has three single beds, electricity and a…
Armenia
This recently opened 37-room hotel on a hilltop is a popular retreat for Yerevantsis. Rooms are spacious with balconies that deliver breathtaking views…
Mestia
This midrange hotel on Mestia's main street makes a good stab at boutique hotel offerings, with smart furnishings, polished wooden floorboards, crisp…
Azerbaijan
Offering spectacular panoramic views of the whole Şahdağ Massif, this quality rural resort offers fully equipped pine bungalows, a range of sports, and a…
Armenia
This impressive Marriott opened in 2012 on the northern edge of town. It offers spacious rooms in the main building and in seven free-standing villas…
Kakheti
Local farmer Pavle has created this intriguing campsite in the middle of nature and it makes a fantastic spot to unwind and disconnect. There's a brick…
Tbilisi
This very welcome boutique addition to the charming Sololaki district is a superb and vaguely futuristic conversion of a 1970s building that uses space…
Baku
This hostel is slick, comfortable and comes with ample safe storage and plentiful bathrooms. High ceilings, good air-con, kitchen, TV room and 24-hour…
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…
Yerevan
Few historic homes survived the Soviet years in Yerevan, but thanks to the honorary Italian consul, Antonio Montalto, this beautifully restored 1906 home…
Yerevan
Yerevan's most opulent hotel is worth witnessing even if you can’t afford a night. Built with a historic 18th-century building replaced brick by brick as…
Yerevan
This grand pink tuff building facing Republic Sq is a Soviet-era institution; rumour has it some rooms were bugged to spy on foreign diplomats. With the…
Omalo
This fairly basic guesthouse in the middle of Kvemo Omalo offers some of the best-value rooms in the village. The four rooms have chipboard walls and…
Gori
Good-size rooms with comfy beds in a large, well-kept house with parquet floors and modern furnishings, this is one of the best guesthouses in town…
Borjomi
For sheer magnificence, check into this impressive renovation of a palace once owned by a 19th-century Iranian ambassador to Tbilisi. It sits right…
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…
Baku
Simple inexpensive rooms close to the train station come with good AC and decent wi-fi. There is a small but well-equipped shared kitchenette–sitting room…
Azerbaijan
One of the best hostels in rural Azerbaijan. Dorm beds come with drawer lockers, there's a large shared kitchen and one of the shop-units downstairs has a…
