Category: Art and Culture

Uplistsikhe: Discover one of the ancient cave towns of Georgia

By Baia Dzagnidze Georgia boasts a diverse landscape. You can find high peaks of the Caucasus, a desert, colorful hills in Kakheti, gorgeous lakes, and medieval defense towers in rural regions to name a few. It also boasts with ancient cave towns – Vardzia, Uplistsikhe, and David Gareji. They are different from each other, both […]

How Georgians Celebrate Christmas and New Year

Written by Baia Dzagnidze Georgia is the country of traditions. Pretty much every occasion here has its own customs with New Year and Christmas being no exception. While the rest of the world is slowly getting into the festive mood, choosing their Christmas tree, buying gifts, and preparing for the mostimportant feast of the year, […]

Colorful Stained Glass in Old Tbilisi

One of my favorite houses to visit in Old Tbilisi is a little 19th century wooden house that is located on Betlemi Street. The staircase leading up to the very typical Tbilisi veranda has gorgeous multicolor stain glass windows that seem to glow as bright as electricity at sunset. It feels as if the unknown […]

An Afternoon Walk in Tbilisi

Tbilisi is a great walking city and for photographs. I love walking through the backstreets to take photos of all the texture and colors. There are so many layers in this city. No matter how much time goes on, I love being a tourist in Tbilisi and taking walking tours in different parts of the […]

Testing Tasting Georgia

My review of Carla Capalbo’s Tasting Georgia

18 Reasons to visit Georgia in 2018

Taste Georgia gives 18 Reasons to travel to Georgia in 2018

This Week in Georgian Food, Wine, Travel and Culture News: Week of 28/04-05/05 2017

Weekly Georgian Wine food and travel news

This Week in Georgian Food, Wine, Travel and Culture News: 07/04-13/04

Wine, food, culture and travel news for the Republic of Georgia

This Week in Georgian Food, Wine, Travel and Culture News: 31/03-06/04

Week of 31/03-06/04  Photo: National Geographic Kids  1. Gogo wine- 27-year-old Georgian PR manager becomes successful winemaker Keti Berishvili’s family were winemakers so she became involved with the business at a young age. This was the first year she produced her own wine which is available for purchase at organic wine shops.   2. Spelling […]

This Week in Georgian Food, Wine, Travel and Culture News: 24/03-30/03

Week of 24/03-30/03  1. Georgia celebrates EU waiver Tuesday (28/03) was the first day of visa free travel to Europe for Georgian citizens. To celebrate, the PM went to Athens then Brussels. 2. Women of Georgia- Salome Tsopurashvili, 32, Tbilisi This week’s Women of Georgia is about Tsopurashvili who talks a lot about growing up […]