Georgia Travel Guide: Self-Guided City Walks

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus, beside the Black Sea, with a history shaped by repeated struggles to preserve its identity. Its ancient landscapes, distinctive language, Orthodox churches, polyphonic music, wine traditions and welcoming table culture make it a rewarding destination to explore. Neywo offers free audio guides for 8 cities in Georgia, covering 219 narrated places in total, with narration available in 11 languages.

The best cities to visit in Georgia

Georgia’s cities reveal different parts of the country’s history and character. From the Black Sea coast to the wine country of Kakheti and the capital’s layered streets, these are the main places to include in a Georgia travel guide.

Tbilisi

Georgia’s capital is the country’s largest city on Neywo, with 165 narrated places to discover. Its sites reflect the many periods that have shaped Georgia, including the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi and Saint Nicholas Church.

Tbilisi also preserves traces of the country’s turbulent modern history. The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery is among the stories connected with the city, while Kharpukhi adds another perspective on the capital’s historic urban landscape. The city is a natural starting point for understanding Georgia’s history, from its religious traditions to its political upheavals.

Read more on the Tbilisi city page.

Batumi

On the Black Sea, Batumi offers a coastal view of Georgia and its past. Neywo’s guide includes 20 narrated places, among them Gonio, Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God, Batumi Mosque and ბათუმის რევოლუციური კომიტეტი.

Gonio connects the area with the ancient history of the region, when western Georgia was known as Colchis. The city’s religious buildings and revolutionary history show how different eras have left their mark on this part of the country.

Explore Batumi with its own city guide.

Kutaisi

Kutaisi has 12 narrated places and is closely connected with the history of western Georgia. Bagrati Cathedral is one of its key landmarks, while the Kutaisi State Historical Museum and Kutaisi Museum of Martial Art offer different ways to approach the region’s past.

The White Bridge is another notable stop in the city. Kutaisi is also a useful place to consider the older cultural world of Colchis, the western Georgian kingdom associated in Greek mythology with the Golden Fleece.

Discover more places in Kutaisi.

Gori

For travellers searching for Gori, Georgia, the city offers a concentrated look at the country’s modern history. Neywo covers 8 narrated places, including the Birthplace of Stalin, the Memorial of Georgian Warrior Heroes and the Eristavi State Theatre.

Kartli is another important stop. The region’s history reaches back to eastern Georgia’s classical identity as Iberia and to the development of the Kingdom of Georgia. Gori therefore connects local places with the wider story of Georgian statehood and the political changes of the 20th century.

Continue with the Gori city guide.

Borjomi

Borjomi has 5 narrated places, including the Romanov Palace, Mirza Riza Khan House and the Borjomi Local Museum. Together, these sites introduce the town’s architectural and historical heritage.

The city is one of the destinations covered by Neywo’s Georgian audio guide, making it possible to explore its narrated places while walking between them.

See the Borjomi page for more.

Sighnaghi

Sighnaghi’s guide includes the Sighnaghi Museum. The town belongs to Georgia’s wine country, where fertile valleys and slopes have supported grape growing and winemaking for millennia.

Wine is not only an agricultural tradition in Georgia. It is also part of the supra, the country’s distinctive shared-table custom. Led by a tamada, the supra brings food, wine, conversation and company together.

Visit the Sighnaghi city page.

Telavi

Telavi has 4 narrated places, including ღვთისმშობლის ეკლესია, ბატონის ციხე, Batoni Castle and the Kingdom of Kakheti. These sites introduce the historic identity of Kakheti, one of the regions most closely associated with Georgian wine culture.

Telavi is a good place to connect the country’s landscape, history and food traditions. Georgia is known for some of the world’s earliest sites of winemaking, and wine remains an important part of both the economy and everyday social life.

Explore Telavi.

Zugdidi

Zugdidi has 4 narrated places, including the Church of the Blachernae Mother of God, Zugdidi, the Zugdidi Botanical Garden, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and ზუგდიდის მაცხოვრის ეკლესია.

The city provides an introduction to Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and to the cultural variety of western Georgia. Its churches and garden offer different settings for discovering the region as you walk.

Find the city’s narrated places on the Zugdidi page.

A country with a distinctive identity

Georgia’s identity is especially visible in its language. Georgian belongs to the Kartvelian language family, alongside Svan, Mingrelian and Laz. It is not related to the major language families of Europe or Asia, and its written and spoken traditions have helped preserve a cultural world rooted in the Caucasus.

Christianity also remains central to Georgian culture. It became the state religion of Iberia and helped bring Georgians together under the Kingdom of Georgia. Most of the population practices Eastern Orthodox Christianity, chiefly through the Georgian Orthodox Church, one of the world’s oldest Christian churches.

Music offers another expression of this heritage. Georgian polyphonic singing uses three vocal parts, with individual lines held together through harmonies that include perfect fifths and dissonances. The result is a musical tradition as distinctive as the country’s language.

Wine, food and the Georgian table

Archaeology shows that Georgia’s fertile valleys and slopes supported grape growing and Neolithic wine production for millennia. The tradition remains visible today, especially in the country’s wine regions.

Georgian cuisine has changed over the centuries, adapting to the traditions of different eras. Its defining social custom is the supra, a shared table led by the tamada. A supra is more than a meal: it is a gathering shaped by food, wine, conversation and company.

Explore Georgia with Neywo

Download Neywo to explore 8 Georgian cities through 8 walking tours and 219 narrated places in total. The app tells the story of each place as you reach it, at your own pace, with no group and no schedule. Stories are available in 11 languages, so you can discover Georgia’s churches, museums, historic buildings and city streets while walking independently.