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  • Ushguli (2 days)

    Ushguli (უშგული) is one of the most beautiful places in Svaneti and has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.   Ushguli is actually the joint name of four small villages which are located at around 2 100 metres above sea level. At such an altitude, Ushguli is possibly the highest village in Europe. North of Ushguli, the mighty Mount Shkhara rises to 5 068 metres. That makes Shkhara the highest mountain in Georgia. The road from the hotel to Ushguli clinging to the steep mountain walls is an experience in itself. Now and then, the creeks may change their course and create new challenges for drivers and walkers alike. Ushguli is reknown for its stone tower houses where people lived, and also used as guard towers. The two most well-known towers are probably those where it is claimed that Georgia’s grand queen Tamar stayed at various  periods towards the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century. During the summers, she and her court is supposed to have lived in a tower on the top of a mountain, while during the winters, she moved down to a tower on a little hilltop above Chazhashi (ჩაჟაში) – one of the four villages in Ushguli. The way up to the summer tower is very steep and the last part of it goes through a unique white rhododendron forest. In the very upper part of Ushguli, there is a former monastery which shows the way further on towards Mount Shkhara.  In Ushguli, horses, cows, pigs and other animals freely wander around. The trip to Ushguli includes one overnight stay, lunch and dinner the first day and breakfast and lunch on the second day, as well as hiking through the villages and up to Queen Tamar’s summer tower. It is also possible to organise a mountain hike through the Inguri valley towards Mount Shkhara.

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