4 Blogs to Read Before Tbilisi ©
4 Blogs to Read Before Tbilisi

4 Blogs to Read Before Tbilisi

A Tbilisi native, an Australian who moved there, and a slow-moving archive of Georgian village life — the people who have already done the reading

Georgia is having a moment, and the internet has responded with a thousand identical "48 hours in Tbilisi" posts. These four are not that. Between them they cover the sulphur baths and the supra, the Khevsureti trekking routes, the qvevri winemakers of Kakheti, and the awkward business of a country that is simultaneously ancient, Soviet-scarred and full of people under thirty opening natural wine bars.

What they share is time on the ground. Two of these writers live or have lived in Tbilisi, one has been documenting Georgian plants, churches and festivals for over a decade, and the fourth arrived overland and stayed longer than she meant to. That's the difference you're looking for.

Further Reading

4 Blogs to Read Before Tbilisi

  1. 01 Wander-Lush wander-lush.org · Emily Lush The most thorough English-language guides to Georgia anywhere, written by an Australian who lived in Tbilisi. Start with her neighbourhood walks, then her wine-region itineraries.
  2. 02 Red Fedora Diary redfedoradiary.com · Baia Dzagnidze Written from Tbilisi by a local, which shows in the small decisions — which bathhouse, which marshrutka, which dishes to order at a supra and in what order.
  3. 03 Georgia About georgiaabout.com Not a trip-planning site at all — a slow archive of Georgian life, from wildflowers to church frescoes to village festivals. Read it to understand what you're looking at.
  4. 04 Why I Fell for Tbilisi, Georgia: Architecture, Wine & Hospitality alittleadrift.com · Shannon O'Donnell A long-running slow-travel blog; the Georgia guide came out of months based in Tbilisi and keeps one eye on where your money actually ends up.

These are other people’s blogs, out on the open web. We don’t run them and we don’t earn anything from the links — they’re here because they are good.