WHERE to Go, Stay, Eat, Drink, Buy in September
Fancy a trip up to the Svaneti Towers but want to know more? Tempted to try some extreme sports but don’t have the contacts? Hungry for Asian food but not sure where to go? Interested to learn how ChaCha is made and just what a Qvevri is? WHERE.ge has it all.
WHERE is the latest and best tourist guide to Georgia, brought to you by the Georgia Today Group in partnership with the Georgian National Tourism Administration, now in its 3rd edition.
Divided into five packed sections introduced by our special guests with their own personal recommendations, Where.ge is a must for any discerning tourist visiting Georgia.
Introducing Where to GO this month is Dato Turashvili, renowned Georgian writer, taking you from the heights of Tusheti to the caves of Vardzia.
Our Svaneti correspondent and guest house owner, Tony Hanmer then reveals the magical history of the region’s famed Towers, while our Editor, Katie Davies, takes you underground to explore the many caves and cave cities the country has to offer.
Autumn is the wine harvest season, and what better way to celebrate than a luxurious Wine Spa treatment? Find out more on page 28.
In the Where to STAY section, Teona Baghdavadze, Founder at Key Communications, shares her choice of hotels around the country and we extend that with our feature on guest houses to be found in mountainous Tusheti. And check out the best camping spots on page 44.
On to the Where to EAT section, and General Manager Of Crowne Plaza Borjomi, Vanja Desmonde, shares with us where she’d take guests with an appetite for something French, Asian or Italian, which we then complement with a full listing of Asian restaurants.
Find out the Top 5 Georgian dishes Your Mother Wouldn’t Make on page 66, then head over to the Where to DRINK section, introduced by Tamuna Ghvaberidze, Co-Founder of the Popiashvili Gvaberidze Window Project, where Tim Ogden takes you on a tour of the best Beer Bars in Tbilisi.
Tako Johnson, Executive Director of Prospero’s Books, introduces Where to BUY, after which you can find out more about Georgia’s beloved Blue Tablecloth- a must-buy souvenir for every visitor.
Want more? Where magazine is offering an exclusive discount voucher package. Buy 10 cards for only 10 GEL (1 GEL per card) and enjoy 130 GEL worth of free gifts and extra discounts up to 20% from locales carefully selected by the WHERE team.
Interested? Head on down to the souvenir shops in the Old Town- on Leselidze Street and in the Abanotubani and Sharden areas for your copy of WHERE. Otherwise, grab your free copy of WHERE (without discount cards) at one of the hotels or café-bars in central Tbilisi. Feel free to call WHERE HQ anytime to order your copy of WHERE & WHERE Discount Cards. TEL +995 032 2295919.