Must-see attractions in Svaneti

  • Svaneti History & Ethnography Museum

    Mestia

    Mestia’s excellent main museum is one of Georgia's best, with fascinating displays of church treasures, manuscripts, weaponry, jewellery, coins and…

  • Lamaria Church

    Svaneti

    This tiny 12th-century church with its own watchtower stands proudly on a hilltop looking back over the town and marks the end of Ushguli. Inside there…

  • Ushguli Museum

    Svaneti

    Ushguli's main museum has a superb collection of gold, silver and wooden icons and crosses dating back to the 12th century from Ushguli’s seven churches.

  • Ethnographic Museum

    Svaneti

    Ushguli's Ethnographic Museum is located in a 12th-century building that once housed both people and livestock in the winter months, all huddled together…

  • Queen Tamar's Castle

    Svaneti

    These atmospheric ruins on top of a hill in Chazhashi were once made up of four defensive towers and a church, though just one tower and the ruins of the…

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