Tbilisi
Tbilisi's best hotel is currently unsurpassable, and Stamba has won new devotees – as well as awards – aplenty since its doors opened in 2018, when the…
Must-see hotels in Georgia
Stepantsminda
Rooms is a massive, inspired conversion of a former Soviet sanatorium. The once-spartan building is now clad almost entirely in appealing dark wood and…
Tbilisi
Revolutionising Tbilisi's hotel scene when it opened a few years ago and now spawning imitators all over Georgia, Rooms was Tbilisi's first top-end…
Tbilisi
This enormous mould-breaking hostel in a converted Soviet sewing factory has raised the bar for local hostels to an almost embarrassing extent. Escape the…
Batumi
Brand new in mid-2019, this fabulously contemporary conversion of an Old Town building now houses Batumi's most stylish boutique hostel. Each of the five…
Tbilisi
Oozing old Tbilisi atmosphere, Marina's 19th-century house has a huge 1st-floor terrace with blue painted woodwork that simply couldn't be more…
Great Caucasus
A 10-minute trudge uphill from Juta with fabulous views up the valley to Mt Chaukhi, Zeta provides good tents with sleeping bags and mats, multiple rooms…
Stepantsminda
This fantastic addition to the accommodation options on the way to Mt Kazbek, 2018-opened AltiHut sits at 3014m, a 7km (2½-hour) trek from Tsiminda Sameba…
Kakheti
This ample village house in Kisiskhevi, 7km southeast of Telavi, is a wonderful rural hideaway. It has been beautifully restored by its owners (a group of…
Shota @Rustaveli Boutique Hotel
Tbilisi
A very stylish option just seconds from Rustavelis gamziri, this 52-room boutique hotel gets points for its charming staff, sleekly discreet public areas…
Kakheti
Nazy’s beautifully kept stone and timber home is the best guesthouse in the Pankisi Valley, with four comfortable rooms sharing modern, spotless bathrooms…
Sighnaghi
English-speaking Nana Kokiashvili certainly runs one of the most atmospheric guesthouses in town, with four spotless, spacious rooms sharing a wonderful…
Kutaisi
Giorgi Giorgadze and his family provide clean, pleasant and sizeable rooms in their ample house on Ukimerioni Hill. They have been hosting travellers a…
Western Georgia
Zugdidi's best hotel is this brand-new, highly impressive boutique property on the town's main avenue. Its rooms are sleek and minimalist, many boasting…
Great Caucasus
Ukrainian- and Polish-run and dedicated to everybody having a good time, the Yeti revolves happily around its sociable bar-restaurant. It's 500m back down…
Kutaisi
Probably overall the best hostel in town, mainly due to the infectious enthusiasm of the two Italian friends who run it, Dingo Backpackers is in a…
Stepantsminda
Six bright, spic-and-span rooms with polished pine floors, good breakfasts and helpful English-speaking owners add up to one of Stepantsminda's best…
Tbilisi
Envoy has a great location just above Meidan and is one of Tbilisi's best hostels. It's an old parquet-floored house, with six dorms, four private rooms,…
Tbilisi
An American-owned oasis of unpretentious comfort and good service, Betsy’s has a panoramic location on the slopes of Mt Mtatsminda, and is the hotel of…
Sighnaghi
The hospitable Zandarashvili family provide good rooms, great food and homemade wine, and their house is deservedly a travellers’ favourite. Top-floor…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
The Radisson has panoramic, luxurious rooms with super-comfy beds, most looking along the Mtkvari River and far beyond. Its several good restaurants,…
Stepantsminda
This stylish new addition to Stepantsminda's accommodation scene is right on Kazbegis moedani and has some great views of Mt Kazbek from its rooms at the…
Great Caucasus
A very atmospheric guesthouse built into a watchtower near the foot of the Old Town, Imeda's has nine rooms (some windowless) for up to seven people…
Kutaisi
In a huge old Soviet building that was once a printing company, Mandaria is a hostel on a grand scale that is perfect for groups. There's a huge communal…
Tbilisi
This mini hostel is perfectly located between the Old Town and Rustavelis gamziri, and has just a couple of dorms and one double room all sharing three…
Tbilisi
A lovely, spacious house in a quiet lane, Green House appeals to travellers in search of a quiet hideaway not too far from the centre of things. It has a…
Kutaisi
One of several small or medium-sized hotels on a hilltop street overlooking the city centre from the northwest, the welcoming, family-run Elegant offers…
Kakheti
The once-small hotel at Twins Old Cellar winery had completed a brand-new building at research time with very sleek and spacious rooms surrounding a large…
Boutique Hotel & Hostel Medusa
Batumi
A rather odd combination perhaps – hostel and boutique hotel rolled into one – Medusa nevertheless gets it right with an excellent location, spotless…
Great Caucasus
Signposted from the bridge at Juta, this house has two four-bed rooms and a bathroom with a hot shower in the main house, as well as two rather cosier new…
Stepantsminda
A friendly, English-speaking brother-and-sister team run this popular little hostel, 250m along the second street on the left as you walk up the Gergeti…
Tbilisi
Perched on a rocky cliff above the Mtkvari, this delightfully renovated hotel offers contemporary carpeted rooms with well-equipped bathrooms. About half…
Georgia
A very good, medium-sized hotel just back from the eastern end of the central seafront. Rooms are furnished in pale wood and equipped with good showers,…
