Georgia · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

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Tetnuldi Ski Resort

Imagine dropping into a fresh powder face with the jagged summit of Ushba filling the horizon, no lift queue in sight, and a nine-and-a-half-kilometre descent back toward your guesthouse door. That is a normal morning at Tetnuldi Ski Resort, perched on the slopes of Greater Caucasus peaks in Georgia's Upper Svaneti region. Named after the 4,870-metre Mt. Tetnuldi that looms to the east, this is the freeride capital of the South Caucasus — a place where deep, untouched snow and dramatic mountain scenery replace the manicured predictability of Alpine mega-resorts. Since opening in 2016, Tetnuldi has earned a reputation far larger than its physical footprint. It hosts qualifying rounds of the Freeride World Tour, draws backcountry skiers from across Europe, and remains small enough that you might share a gondola ride with no more than a handful of other riders. For anyone who prefers wide-open bowls to packed pistes, the high Caucasus delivers something genuinely rare: world-class terrain without the world-class crowds.

Convent

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Mgvimevi Convent

Mgvimevi Monastery is a 13th-century Georgian Orthodox nunnery built into a vast natural cave on a limestone cliff above the Kvirila River gorge, just east of the town of Chiatura in western Georgia's Imereti region. Its name derives from the Georgian word for "cave," and its dramatic setting—churches nestled at the mouth of a rock cavern, stone staircases carved along the cliff face—makes it one of the most visually distinctive sacred sites in the country. Founded by Rati, duke of Racha, and his brother Niania of the Kakhaberidze family, the complex includes a two-nave basilica dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God, a smaller rock-hewn church of St. Catherine, a bell tower, and monastic cells. It remains a functioning nunnery and has been designated an Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance since 2006.

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Georgia · 2 PLACES TO EXPLORE

A little more
of Georgia.

Find places to visit in Georgia. See what catches your eye, then save a few favorites for your trip.

Ski resort

Georgia · GE

Tetnuldi Ski Resort

Imagine dropping into a fresh powder face with the jagged summit of Ushba filling the horizon, no lift queue in sight, and a nine-and-a-half-kilometre descent back toward your guesthouse door. That is a normal morning at Tetnuldi Ski Resort, perched on the slopes of Greater Caucasus peaks in Georgia's Upper Svaneti region. Named after the 4,870-metre Mt. Tetnuldi that looms to the east, this is the freeride capital of the South Caucasus — a place where deep, untouched snow and dramatic mountain scenery replace the manicured predictability of Alpine mega-resorts. Since opening in 2016, Tetnuldi has earned a reputation far larger than its physical footprint. It hosts qualifying rounds of the Freeride World Tour, draws backcountry skiers from across Europe, and remains small enough that you might share a gondola ride with no more than a handful of other riders. For anyone who prefers wide-open bowls to packed pistes, the high Caucasus delivers something genuinely rare: world-class terrain without the world-class crowds.

Convent

Georgia · GE

Mgvimevi Convent

Mgvimevi Monastery is a 13th-century Georgian Orthodox nunnery built into a vast natural cave on a limestone cliff above the Kvirila River gorge, just east of the town of Chiatura in western Georgia's Imereti region. Its name derives from the Georgian word for "cave," and its dramatic setting—churches nestled at the mouth of a rock cavern, stone staircases carved along the cliff face—makes it one of the most visually distinctive sacred sites in the country. Founded by Rati, duke of Racha, and his brother Niania of the Kakhaberidze family, the complex includes a two-nave basilica dedicated to the Nativity of the Mother of God, a smaller rock-hewn church of St. Catherine, a bell tower, and monastic cells. It remains a functioning nunnery and has been designated an Immovable Cultural Monument of National Significance since 2006.