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Svaneti

📷 Ushguli_Svaneti_Georgia.JPG : Florian Pinel derivative work: Inkey · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Medieval defence towers below the glaciers of the Caucasus, and one of Europe’s highest villages.

Svaneti is a high valley of the Greater Caucasus where every family once built a stone defence tower, and hundreds still stand below the glaciers of Ushba and Shkhara. Mestia is the base with its museum of icons, and a four-day trek — or a rough road — leads to Ushguli, one of the highest permanently inhabited villages in Europe.

Known for

  • Mountains
  • Hiking
  • Camping
  • Photography
Travel guide on Wikivoyage ↗

Best time to visit

The best months for Svaneti are June, July, August and September.

Suggested route

5 nights across 2 stops. Jourimo adjusts it to the length of your trip.

  1. 1Mestia · 3 nights
  2. 2Ushguli · 2 nights