Reasons to visit Georgia

There are so many reasons why Georgia is among my favorite countries and why you should visit Georgia too.

From delicious food to hospitable people, from incredible landscape to vibrant cities – Georgia has it all!

It’s one of these countries where, within a short span of time, you can swim in the Black Sea, go skiing in the Caucasus mountains and in between enjoy bustling city life.

If you’re still wondering if you should visit Georgia or not below are some convincing reasons why yes, it’s an excellent idea!

Georgian food is the best

Georgian food is hands down the best. This already is a solid reason why I keep returning to Georgia.

We do have few Georgian restaurants and bakeries here in Warsaw too that I visit frequently but it’s still not as good as in Georgia.

The best thing about the local cuisine is that, even if there are numerous meat dishes, vegetarians will be really happy there too. I know I am!

I start each visit in Georgia with a real feast and the goodies I’m always most looking forward to are badrijani (fried eggplant with walnut sauce), khachapuri (cheese-bread), lobio (very thick bean soup), khinkhali (dumplings), ajapsandali (vegetable stew) and few more.

But my absolute favorite food in Georgia is just a simple salad made from cucumbers and tomatoes.

It’s a pure heaven, the ingredients are so fresh, so crispy like nowhere else. Just writing this made me miss Georgian food!

Beautiful, diverse landscape

Georgian landscape is breathtaking and there is no exaggeration in this statement.

It’s a relatively small country but offers so much: Black Sea beaches (mostly full of stones but still decent enough to spend some relaxing time at), high Caucasus and lower lush mountains, incredible caves, green valleys and more.

I don’t think there is a boring part of Georgia, everywhere you go you will be in awe of the amazing landscape around you.

Long and turbulent history

The area of Georgia was an important place already in the ancient world (then it was known as Colchis and Kingdom of Iberia) and for centuries it has been a strong an independent country.

The peak of prosperity happened between 11th and 13th century, especially when Queen Tamar ruled the country (until today she is a role model of many Georgian women but then how many badass queens you know from the history?).

Since the end of the 18th century Georgia was under the Russian rule, it was also part of the Soviet Union (btw, did you know that Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia and his full name was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili?).