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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Georgia

43 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Georgia

Updated March 2, 2023

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Vardzia Cave Monastery

Underground monastery and fortress.

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Uplistsikhe Cave Town

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Tbilisi, Georgia

Leaning Tower of Tbilisi

The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.

Katskhi, Georgia

Katskhi Pillar

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

Udabno, Georgia

Davit Gareja Cave Monastery

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

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Gergeti Trinity Church

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Batumi, Georgia

Batumi McDonald's

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Batumi, Georgia

Ali and Nino

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
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Batumi, Georgia

Batumi McDonald's

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Tbilisi, Georgia

Sabir’s Chaikhana

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

Akhmeta, Georgia

Alaverdi Monastery Cellar

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.
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Stories About Georgia

The Stark Beauty of Tushetian Shepherds’ Journey Across Georgia’s Caucasus Mountains

These stunning photographs reveal the determination and resilience of a centuries-old way of life.
by Sarah Durn
March 2, 2023

Podcast: Nellie Mae Rowe's Playhouse

Inside an artistic, whimsical playhouse.
by The Podcast Team
February 27, 2023

Meet Caterina Sforza and Other Warrior Queens History Forgot

From Italy’s fortress-seizing countess to Angola’s battle-hardened Queen Njinga, these women didn’t back down from a fight.
by Sarah Durn
January 26, 2023

The Carnivore Paradise That Keeps Changing the Story of Human Evolution

New research at Dmanisi continues to challenge what we think we know about our deep past.
by Gemma Tarlach
April 9, 2021

In Ancient Georgia, Spring Arrived With Wine, Whips, and Mud

The pre-Christian festival of Berikaoba nearly vanished before one woman made it her mission to revive it.
by Melanie Hamilton
April 8, 2021

How Stalin and the Soviet Union Created a Champagne for the Working Class

In 1936, the Party suddenly switched from denouncing bubbly to mass producing it.
by Jessica Gingrich
November 5, 2019

The Last Refuge of Eurasia’s Giant River Dwellers

From poaching and dams and climate, sturgeon in Georgia are facing extinction.
by Isaac Schultz
August 8, 2019

How Georgia's Winemakers Went Underground to Survive Soviet Occupation

The world's most ancient winemaking culture almost disappeared.
by Nickolaus Hines
June 14, 2018

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