Must-see hotels in Georgia

  • Guesthouse Svetlana

    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…

  • Hostel Tishe

    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…

  • Golden Tulip Borjomi

    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…

  • Villa Mestia

    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…

  • Posta Hotel

    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…

  • Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel

    Tbilisi

    The Radisson has panoramic, luxurious rooms with super-comfy beds, most looking along the Mtkvari River and far beyond. Its several good restaurants,…

  • Gamarjoba Guesthouse

    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…

  • Guest House Eka

    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…

  • Hanmer Guest House

    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…

  • Guesthouse Gogia

    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…

  • Guesthouse Nitsa

    Gori

    Charming English-speaking Lia provides four cosy rooms in her spacious house with its sweeping staircase and large lounge-dining room. The rooms share two…

  • Gunter Guesthouse

    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…

  • Hotel Stancia Kazbegi

    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…

  • Imeda's Koshki

    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…

  • Hotel Old Rabati

    Southern Georgia

    A likeable historic hotel on the street leading up to Rabati Castle, the Old Rabati has 16th-century vaults downstairs where there's now a restaurant. One…

  • Elizabeth Kaldani

    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…

  • Vardzia Resort

    Vardzia

    With a gorgeous setting facing the cave city across the river, this newly built and very contemporary resort is upmarket and caters mainly to tour groups…

  • Hostel Mandaria

    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…

  • Hotel Panorama Ushguli

    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…

  • Tushishvili Guesthouse

    Telavi

    This welcoming house is a long-time travellers’ favourite and justly so. English-speaking Svetlana serves fabulous dinners and is more than helpful in…

  • Pushkin 10 Hostel

    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…

  • Manoni's Guesthouse

    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…

  • Green House Hostel

    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…

  • Eto’s Guesthouse

    Telavi

    This friendly place has four bright, clean rooms all with private bathroom, and a lovely flower-filled garden where you can sit out under a big apricot…

  • Hotel Elegant

    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…

  • RiverSide Hostel

    Borjomi

    Borjomi's only real hostel, this friendly and relaxed place on the main road into town has everything a backpacker needs and is a good place to meet other…

  • Lomsia Hotel

    Southern Georgia

    A very good town-centre hotel with large, carpeted rooms equipped with bedside lights and tea and coffee makers. Everything is sparkling clean, staff are…

  • Twins Old Cellar

    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…

  • Hotel Erekle II

    Telavi

    The rooms at this boutique hotel underneath the castle ramparts are something else, like a Persian fantasy with elaborately patterned tile walls,…

  • Villa Lileo

    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…

  • 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…

  • Crystal Hotel & Spa

    Southern Georgia

    One of the most luxurious hotels in Bakuriani, this is also one of the closest to the Didveli ski lifts (1km away, with a free shuttle service). The clean…

  • Royal House

    Gori

    This new option is a welcome addition to Gori's poor selection of hotels. It has a wide range of rooms including bigger apartment-style suites with their…

  • B&B Jago Arabuli

    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…

  • Green Rose Guest House

    Borjomi

    One of many guesthouses in the streets up above the north side of Rustaveli, this is a solidly comfy option with clean, medium-size rooms (some have…

  • Nino Ratiani’s Guesthouse

    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…

  • Becho House

    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…

  • Hotel Old Metekhi

    Tbilisi

    Perched on a rocky cliff above the Mtkvari, this delightfully renovated hotel offers contemporary carpeted rooms with well-equipped bathrooms. About half…

  • HQ of Nove Sujashvili

    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…

  • Guesthouse Shina

    Omalo

    This attractive stone-and-wood house has rooms with private bathroom, plus a nice front garden and a dedicated restaurant area serving good meals. Very…

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