Western Georgia
Owner Tamara speaks no English, but is a lively and enthusiastic communicator and warmly welcomes travellers to her large house and playfully decorated…
Must-see hotels in Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
Yerevan
A clean, affordable and rather characterless hostel in a quiet courtyard close to the Abovyan strip. There are three dorms – a four-bed and two with eight…
Armenia
High ceilings, frilly drapes and a huge staircase create an old-world feel at this decent hotel. Renovations have brought the rooms up to a respectable…
Stepantsminda
Nazi’s large house has two rooms with private bathroom and several dorm-style rooms with four or five beds. It's well kept, the washing machine is free,…
Yerevan
In the basement of a run-down apartment block, this hostel offers two dorms (an eight-bed and four-bed female) and nine private rooms split between two…
Georgia
Right on the seafront, this is Sukhumi's only hostel, and while it doesn't exactly ooze charm, it's great value and boasts a superb location. There are…
Tusheti
Five kilometres northwest of Omalo at the junction of the Pirikiti and Gomtsari Alazani valley roads, Mirgvela makes a good place to start or end a long…
Armenia
This resort might not be from the Soviet era, but it sure feels like it is. Rooms are basic and amenities include an indoor swimming pool, sauna (AMD5000)…
Azerbaijan
There are a handful of cheap, basic, high-ceilinged rooms, above the wedding hall that stands beside Lerik's tiny history museum. There's not much soul…
Azerbaijan
If you'd prefer a simple homestay to a hostel, contact pious, English-speaking İlqar Ağayev, whose family place has a great location in a quiet corner of…
Batumi
Hidden away in a residential building, this welcoming, spotlessly clean guesthouse in the Old Town is a little tricky to find, but has eight good-sized…
Tusheti
You can't miss the blue sign for this rustic place at the top of the village, with fine views greeting you after a rather awkward clamber through the…
Tusheti
This was the only guesthouse at research time in the village of Diklo, and it's a fun, family-run, rustic place that offers three simple rooms sharing a…
Vardzia
Taoskari may be rather lacking in atmosphere, but it's a reliable and great-value place to lay your head, just across the bridge from Vardzia. A brand-new…
Yerevan
Aside from its convenient location on a narrow street behind Republic Sq, the Hyatt does little to impress. The facade is boring, the lobby cramped and…
Batumi
This appealing little hotel has six rooms, allowing for an attentive touch from the friendly management. The comfortable rooms are in a variety of…
Great Caucasus
This is the red-roofed house just above the river about 300m upstream from the bridge at Juta. It's run by an amiable couple, here year-round, who provide…
Tbilisi
This friendly, well-kept hostel has a great location with expansive views over the Old Town. Its good facilities include panoramic terraces and a…
Batumi
The Sheraton rises beside the seafront park and offers stylish, spacious and well-equipped rooms with super-comfortable beds. Facilities include outdoor…
Azerbaijan
Better than most of Astara's ultrabudget options, the Xəzər has eight functional but reasonably fresh, fan-cooled rooms that share a clean squat toilet…
Baku
In a fabulously central 1885 mansion, period settees, large Chinese vases and tasteful landscape paintings give character to the corridors, but don’t…
Great Caucasus
This extremely simple campsite has no electricity and just drop toilets, but it's a picturesque spot by the river if you'd like to overnight in the Truso…
Kutaisi
A decent and clean Georgian-run hostel 500m south of Tsentraluri moedani. Bunk dorms hold four to eight people and there are three doubles with private…
Kutaisi
A conversion of a large century-old townhouse, the Edemi provides good-sized, parquet-floored rooms with contemporary comforts and somewhat garish decor …
Armenia
There's no sign on this modern hotel; it's the tall building on the lower (southern) side of an asphalted parking lot alongside a park. Standard rooms are…
Azerbaijan
The eight rooms at this family guesthouse in the heart of Kiş village share modern bathrooms and a kitchen. It's run by English-speaking İlhamə Hüseynova,…
Tbilisi
This welcoming place has four plain but bright and well-kept rooms sharing two bathrooms. There are no dorms but it has a kind of hostel feel thanks to…
Armenia
Backing onto the Arpa River gorge, Nairi's two stone buildings and decent rooms make for a reliable midrange choice. There are 33 rooms in total and all…
Borjomi
The friendly family here speaks some English and offers guests the choice of three rooms, one with private bathroom. Everything is new and spotlessly…
Tusheti
Your chance to sleep in a koshki (defensive stone tower). Three of the seven rooms are in the tower in front of the main house (but those in the main…
Gori
The few rooms at this ramshackle house are relatively modest, but the warmth of your host, who speaks some French and a little English, makes up for that…
Telavi
Can accommodate six or seven people in rooms with comfy beds in a cottage beside the garden. Each room has its own bathroom and there's a pleasant bar…
Great Caucasus
This hard-to-miss structure at the entrance to the village is Juta's only full hotel, and it boasts very spacious rooms, a sauna, a swimming pool and a…
Azerbaijan
Despite the name, the Səda isn't so much a hotel as two collections of high-ceilinged if rather characterless rooms. The better, newer ones plus a…
Armenia
This place has been around since Soviet times and not much has changed since then. Rooms are large but dated, have uncomfortable beds and often smell of…
Northern Armenia
Argishti was recently completely overhauled with new furniture and freshly painted rooms. Rooms all now have a minibar and glass wardrobes. The wi-fi has…
Tbilisi
This merger of what was once two separate hostels in the same building is as amicable as it sounds, featuring one seven-bed dorm and several private rooms…
Tbilisi
This elegant little hotel in a quiet, leafy part of Vere has a welcoming, homelike atmosphere, with antiques and original art abounding. Staff are…
Sighnaghi
MATE is a very good-value guesthouse with a lovely garden out the back and big meals with homemade wine served by the welcoming owner Manana. Rooms, for…
Adjara
Khulo has four small hotels of which the most appealing is Hotel Toma, on the edge of town as you arrive from Batumi. It has simple, clean rooms in blue…
