The practical half.

Three international airports: Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi. Tbilisi has the widest network and the most late-night arrivals, Kutaisi is the usual low-cost gateway to the west, and Batumi puts you on the coast the same evening.

It depends on your passport. Georgia allows visa-free entry to citizens of many countries, often for a long stay, but the list changes. Check the current rules on the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs site before you book, and make sure your passport validity covers the whole trip.

Yes. There are road crossings with Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and buses run to Tbilisi and Batumi from all three. Allow extra time at the border in summer, when queues are longest in the middle of the day.

A rented car, for most trips. The good parts of Georgia are usually between the towns, and public transport cannot stop at a viewpoint. If you would rather not drive, marshrutka minibuses reach almost everywhere and a driver for the day is affordable.

A shared minibus, the backbone of Georgian transport. They leave from a station when full rather than on a timetable, cost very little, and take luggage on your lap or on the roof. Ask at the station the day before for the first departure.

Yes, and they are comfortable. The useful lines run Tbilisi to Batumi for the coast and Tbilisi to Zugdidi for Svaneti, where a marshrutka continues up to Mestia. Book the fast Tbilisi–Batumi service a few days ahead in summer.

Only for a few places, but those places are the ones people remember. Tusheti, Khevsureti, Ushguli and the Truso valley need high clearance and a driver who knows the road. Everything else, including the Military Highway to Kazbegi, is paved.

The Georgian lari. Exchange offices in the cities give better rates than the airport, and cash machines are common in towns. Prices on this site are shown in Israeli shekels (₪) for planning only — you will pay in lari on the ground.

Both. Cards work in cities, hotels and most restaurants. Carry cash for village guesthouses, small cellars, mountain taxis and the markets — and keep small notes, because change can be scarce.

Either works. Local operators sell tourist SIM cards at the airports and in every town, with generous data for a few lari, and eSIM plans are available if your phone supports one. Coverage is good in the valleys and patchy on high trails, so download offline maps before you climb.

It depends what you came for. Late spring fills the waterfalls, summer opens the high passes and warms the sea, September brings the Kakheti harvest and the clearest mountain air, and winter belongs to Gudauri, Bakuriani and a very quiet Svaneti.

Layers, and shoes with grip. You can leave Tbilisi at thirty degrees and stand in wind and cloud at Gergeti the same afternoon. Add a rain shell for the mountains, something to cover shoulders and knees for monasteries, and a swimsuit if you are going near the coast.

The remote passes are usually open from early summer to mid-autumn — the roads to Tusheti and Khevsureti among them — and closed by snow the rest of the year. Ask locally before setting out; opening dates move with the season, and weather can shut a pass at short notice.

Generally, yes. Ordinary city care is enough — watch your bag in crowds and agree taxi fares in advance. Check your own government's current travel advice before you go, particularly for areas near the administrative boundary lines in the north.

112, for police, ambulance and fire. It is answered in English as well as Georgian. Save it before you travel, and note that mountain rescue can take hours to reach a remote valley.

Drive defensively and leave more space than you would at home. Overtaking is enthusiastic, livestock uses the road, and mountain sections are narrow with long drops. Avoid driving the high roads after dark, and carry the rental company's number.

Honestly, it varies. Newer hotels, the Batumi boulevard and parts of central Tbilisi are manageable, but old towns have cobbles and steep steps, and many historic sites have no step-free route. Tell us what you need when you write and we will say plainly what will and will not work.

Three days covers Tbilisi and one road out of it. Five adds a region, seven covers the east and centre comfortably, and ten to fourteen reaches the coast and Svaneti without rushing. The trip-length cards on the planning page set out each shape.

No. GeoTravel is a guide, not a booking engine. We suggest where to go and when, and you book directly with the hotels, guesthouses and operators — which is usually cheaper and always more flexible.

Hebrew, Russian, English or Georgian. Choose your language on the planning form and we reply in the same one. The whole site is published in all four.

Yes, in Tbilisi and the main regional towns, including Mestia, Stepantsminda, Sighnaghi and Borjomi. They hold trail maps, current road conditions and guesthouse contacts, and the staff usually speak English. Worth twenty minutes on your first morning in a new region.