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7 days in Georgia

A seven day Georgia route around the Tbilisi, Kazbegi and Kakheti triangle, with the transport detail that decides the mountain days.

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Almost every first Georgia trip resolves into the same triangle, and it resolves there because it works: Tbilisi, the high mountains at Kazbegi, and the wine country east at Signagi. Each is genuinely different from the others and none is more than a few hours away. What catches people is the far end, where the minibus drops you in a village that has no taxi rank at all.

How many days do you need in Georgia?

7 days: 3 in and around Tbilisi, 2 in the mountains at Kazbegi and 2 in the Kakheti wine country.

Five days works if you drop the wine. Beyond a week the honest answer is not to stretch this triangle but to add Svaneti, which is a separate journey rather than a day trip.

How do you get from Tbilisi to Kazbegi?

By marshrutka from Didube station, around 20 GEL and roughly 3.5 hours, running 7 days a week including holidays.

It is cash only in lari, paid to the driver or at the desk. Didube is chaotic and the vans leave when they fill rather than to a timetable. A private transfer costs more but can stop at Ananuri and the Gudauri viewpoint on the way, which the minibus will not.

Can you get around Kazbegi without a car?

Not easily. Stepantsminda has no taxi rank, so the 2 options are arranging a local driver through your guesthouse or walking.

This surprises people who assume a minibus route implies onward transport. The walk up to Gergeti Trinity is perfectly doable and takes a couple of hours, but anything further out needs a vehicle organised the day before.

Is Georgia easy to drive?

Yes on the main routes. The roads and signage are good, though Tbilisi itself has sudden gradients and the 1 mountain highway north can close in snow.

Self driving solves the Kazbegi transport problem outright and opens Kakheti, where the villages are spread out. The military highway over the pass is the stretch to check conditions on in winter.

The plan at a glance

Day
1
Where
Tbilisi old town
What needs arranging
Nothing fixed
Day
2
Where
Tbilisi, baths and the ridge
What needs arranging
Nothing fixed
Day
3
Where
Mtskheta, then north to Kazbegi
What needs arranging
Marshrutka or transfer, in cash
Day
4
Where
Kazbegi and Gergeti
What needs arranging
A local driver, if you want to go further
Day
5
Where
South and east to Signagi
What needs arranging
Transport, as there is no direct route
Day
6
Where
Kakheti wine country
What needs arranging
Cellar visits, ideally the day before
Day
7
Where
Back to Tbilisi and out
What needs arranging
Nothing fixed
The only genuinely awkward leg is day 5, because Kazbegi and Kakheti sit on opposite sides of Tbilisi.

The route at a glance

7 mapped stops · 7 days

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ROUTE OVERVIEW7 stops · 7 daysStop 1: Old Tbilisi1Stop 2: Narikala fortress2Stop 3: Abanotubani sulphur baths3Stop 4: Mtskheta4Stop 5: Gergeti Trinity Church5Stop 6: Stepantsminda6Stop 7: Signagi7

Route stops

Follow the numbered order through each day.

6 stops need a location

Day 1: Tbilisi old town

  1. 1Old Tbilisi · about 3 hours
  2. 2Narikala fortress · about 2 hours

Day 2: Baths, and the rest of the city

  1. 3Abanotubani sulphur baths · about 2 hours
  2. ·Rustaveli Avenue and the National Museum · about 3 hours

Day 3: Mtskheta, then the military highway

  1. 4Mtskheta · about 3 hours
  2. ·The Georgian Military Highway · about 3.5 hours

Day 4: Kazbegi and Gergeti

  1. 5Gergeti Trinity Church · about 5 hours there and back
  2. 6Stepantsminda · about an hour

Day 5: Across to Kakheti

  1. ·Kazbegi to Signagi · most of the day
  2. 7Signagi · about 2 hours

Day 6: Kakheti wine country

  1. ·Bodbe Monastery · about 90 minutes
  2. ·Qvevri cellars · about 4 hours

Day 7: Back to Tbilisi

  1. ·Signagi to Tbilisi · about 2 hours
Days 1 and 2 are Tbilisi. Day 3 runs north up the military highway. Days 5 and 6 come back through the capital and out east into the vineyards. 6 of the 13 stops are not plotted because we do not hold a checked coordinate for them.

Day 1: Tbilisi old town

A city of carved wooden balconies stacked under a fortress, and small enough to walk into.

On foot
About 5 km on foot, with real gradients

Morning

  1. Old Tbilisiabout 3 hours

    The lanes below Narikala are the reason people fall for this city. Wooden balconies, courtyards and a lot of steps.

Afternoon

  1. Narikala fortressabout 2 hours

    Reached by cable car from Rike Park or on foot up the ridge. The walk down the far side through the botanical garden is the better half.

Day 2: Baths, and the rest of the city

The sulphur baths in the morning, then the parts of Tbilisi that are not the old town.

On foot
About 5 km on foot

Morning

  1. Abanotubani sulphur bathsabout 2 hours

    The brick domes in the old town sit over hot springs. Private rooms are rented by the hour and are the standard way to use them.

Afternoon

  1. Rustaveli Avenue and the National Museumabout 3 hours

    The nineteenth century city, and the museum that covers the Soviet occupation as well as the gold.

Day 3: Mtskheta, then the military highway

The old capital on the way out of town, then the climb over the pass.

On foot
About 3 km on foot, plus 4 hours on the road
Book before you go
Your marshrutka or transfer, and cash for it

Morning

  1. Mtskhetaabout 3 hours

    Georgia's spiritual capital, at the meeting of two rivers about 30 minutes from Tbilisi. Small enough for a morning.

Afternoon

  1. The Georgian Military Highwayabout 3.5 hours

    North over the Jvari pass past Ananuri and the Gudauri viewpoint. A private transfer stops at both, a marshrutka does not.

Day 4: Kazbegi and Gergeti

One church on one spur, and the walk up to it is the day.

On foot
About 8 km on foot with a steady 400 metre climb
Book before you go
A local driver, if you want anything beyond the church

Morning

  1. Gergeti Trinity Churchabout 5 hours there and back

    The fourteenth century church on a spur below Kazbek. Walk up through the village and the woods rather than driving, which takes about 2 hours each way and is the point of being here.

Afternoon

  1. Stepantsmindaabout an hour

    The village itself is small and functional. Arrange tomorrow's transport here, in person, because there is no rank to hail from.

Day 5: Across to Kakheti

The long transfer of the trip, back through Tbilisi and out the other side.

On foot
About 2 km on foot
Book before you go
Transport, because there is no direct Kazbegi to Kakheti route

All day

  1. Kazbegi to Signagimost of the day

    There is no direct link, so this runs back down the military highway and out east. Around 6 hours all in by public transport, less with a driver.

  2. Signagiabout 2 hours

    A walled hill town above the Alazani valley with the Caucasus on the skyline behind it. Arrive for the evening and the walls at dusk.

Day 6: Kakheti wine country

The oldest continuous winemaking region in the world, and it is still mostly small cellars.

On foot
About 4 km on foot
Book before you go
Cellar visits, which are small and prefer a day's notice

Morning

  1. Bodbe Monasteryabout 90 minutes

    A short distance below Signagi with a long view down the valley. Worth doing before the cellars rather than after.

Afternoon

  1. Qvevri cellarsabout 4 hours

    Wine fermented in clay vessels buried in the ground, which is the Georgian method and the reason the region has UNESCO recognition for the practice. Most cellars here are family sized and prefer notice.

Day 7: Back to Tbilisi

Two hours west, with enough margin that a slow marshrutka is not a missed flight.

On foot
About 2 km on foot

Morning

  1. Signagi to Tbilisiabout 2 hours

    Around 2 hours. Frequent, and the last easy leg of the trip.

Georgia in outline

One capital, one pass, one valley

The triangle works because the three corners look nothing like each other, and none of them is far from the others.

Illustration of a high snow covered peak above a green alpine meadow with a small stone church on a spur
Gergeti sits on a spur below Kazbek, and the walk up to it is the whole of day four.
Illustration of a dense old town of carved wooden balconies below a hilltop fortress
Old Tbilisi is stacked under Narikala, and it is a city best taken on foot and slowly.
Illustration of a winding mountain highway climbing a bare pass under heavy cloud
The military highway north is the transfer, and in winter it is the thing to check first.
Illustration of rolling vineyard terraces running to a distant snow ridge
Kakheti has the Caucasus on its skyline, which is why the wine days do not feel like a detour.

Illustrations generated with FLUX for RoamWeek, August 2026. Stylised artwork rather than photographs of the places named.

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Very little needs fixing in advance here. The exception is transport at the mountain end, where turning up and hoping does not work.

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What is worth the time, and what is not

Worth your time

  • Walking up to Gergeti rather than driving. It is about 2 hours each way through the village and the woods, and the church is the least interesting part of the experience.
  • Two nights at Kazbegi. The mountain is often in cloud, and a single night gives you exactly one chance at it.
  • A private transfer up the military highway. It stops at Ananuri and the Gudauri viewpoint, which the minibus drives straight past.

Skip it

  • Kazbegi as a day trip from Tbilisi. It is 3.5 hours each way, so a day trip is seven hours of road for about two on the ground.
  • Arriving at Didube without lari. The marshrutka is cash only, and the station is not where you want to be solving that.
  • Adding Svaneti to a 7 day trip. It is a long way west and a different journey. Squeezing it in costs you both it and the triangle.

Why this order

Tbilisi comes first because it is where you get lari, a local card and a sense of the language before you need any of them in a village. Mtskheta sits on day three rather than getting its own because it is directly on the road north and works better as a morning than a destination. Kazbegi takes two nights because the mountain is frequently hidden and one night is one roll of the dice. Kakheti comes last because the transfer runs back through Tbilisi anyway, which means the final day is short and near the airport rather than a scramble across the country.

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What we checked

Why this page exists. This is the only RoamWeek route that tells you Kazbegi has no taxi rank, so onward transport there has to be arranged with a local driver rather than hailed.