Georgia8 Jun 2025How a terrorist hotspot became a tourism gemLong overshadowed by headlines of extremism, Georgia's Pankisi Valley is now welcoming travellers with Sufi rituals, mountain trails and home-cooked Kist food.8 Jun 202523 Dec 2024Four holiday spots where tourists are welcomeAs overcrowded European destinations struggle to deal with hordes of travellers, some places not only offer an alternative to mass tourism but actively want you to visit.23 Dec 20247 Nov 2024A drive into 'the most beautiful place on Earth'Following a traditional path used by traders and invaders, the Georgian Military Road has been a passageway for people and ideas since antiquity.7 Nov 202429 Mar 2024An unlikely spa town with Soviet-style treatmentsAs Georgia shakes off the shackles of its Soviet past, a new scheme aims to revive Tskaltubo's abandoned sanatoriums and turn the town into a world-class spa destination once again.29 Mar 202412 Jul 2023Europe's under-the-radar foodie cityFrom House of Adjarian Khachapuri to Chateau Iveri, Batumi's restaurants are luring travellers with a rich and diverse cuisine that's renowned throughout Georgia.12 Jul 20239 Sep 2022Europe's most precarious church?In Georgia's remote Imereti region, monks scale the 40m-high Katskhi Pillar in a daring, nerve-jangling ascent. The reason: to get closer to God.9 Sep 20227 Apr 2022The vegan dish that embodies a nationIn the spirit of resourcefulness, everything from unused celery leaves to wilting parsley finds its way into pkhali, making it the perfect leftover dish.7 Apr 202225 Feb 2022The world’s longest meal?“I had only heard stories about the famous Georgian supra – the traditional feast offered spontaneously to only the luckiest of visitors.”25 Feb 202225 Nov 2021Georgia's forgotten wine regionFour hundred years after the Ottomans destroyed a region's once-proud winemaking tradition, locals are reviving it.25 Nov 2021...
