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Mestia is the main town in Svaneti, mountainous region of Georgia. Svaneti is absolutely stunning, with all these majestic peaks of Ushba, Tetnuldi, Shkhara, etc. of Great Caucasian mountains. If you love mountains, you simply have to go there! Mestia is a good "base" for your trip to Svaneti, as it is really well developed in terms of touristic infrastructure. It has museums, landmarks, historical sites -- actually the whole Mestia is historical site with its medieval defence towers and churches. And you can travel to other places from there, coming back to comfortable hotels, restaurants and cafes. Mestia is full of tourists from all over the world! You can either drive there or take a flight from Tbilisi, which is shortest and most convenient way to get there. Oh, and Mestia has become one of the rare ski resorts recently. Two great ropeways offer a real skiing pleasure for those who are fond of skiing. I can't recommend enought the Svan House hotel for accommodation -- friendly, welcoming, comfortable, clean, conveniently located. There are couple of good places to eat -- cafe Lanchvali in the old town offers tasty svan food and nice views from the hill, cafe Old House is also a good choice for food and views. Cafe Rea on the main street serves great khachapuri and real coffee. Cafe Layla on the central square is always full of tourists and in the evening you can listen to the live local songs and dances. Visiting nicely designed and equipped Mestia Museum is a must! Visiting the UNESCO preserved site -- ancient Ushguli community (46 kilometers and 2,5 hours of drving from Mestia) is a must (go there with offroad cars until the new road is constructed -- construction will start soon and then the driving time will be diminished as well). Go there in summer, or fall, or spring, or winter... and fall in love with Svaneti.

Thank u Gallery guesthouse for your amazing job! Views are amazing, staff is very attentive . Hotel in the center of Mestia. I hope , I will be back !!! Love u , Espacially Host Salome , thank u for your job .

Even though the place is remote you can get there very cheaply. Tbilisi-Zugdidi train is around 15 GEL, Zugdidi-Mestia minibus is 20 GEL. We came there for free ride skiing and ski-touring, both were good. Tetnuldi managers should be more proactive in triggering avalanches after heavy snowfall before they let us ski there. In our case they saved money and in most days only one or two (of 4) ropeways were working. No preventive avalanches were triggered despite warm weather on some days and snofalls on other days. This resulted in a natural avalanche when we were on the slope with one person damaging his legs badly. As for cafes in Mestia, in high season you can wait for 2 hours for a plain salad and spagetti. Koshki cafe was a real nightmare as we had to leave after over 2 hours of waiting without them bringing any food to us. SunSeti and Leila are good but a bit overcrowded. Cafe Ushba was the best choice for us, and we cooked our own dinners in our hotel (Guesthouse with Pine Trees).

Favorite eating place- Lushni Kor- khinkali are tasty. Manana Japaridze Guesthouse- fantastic place to stay. Andro is a good equipement renter. Kubdari is best in Laila. Best skiing place is Tetnuldi. Car for Tetnuldi is around 110 Lari. Hatsvali ski resort is smaller but more easy to reach. Mestia is small so everywhere you can go by foot, but further destinations could be reached by taxi. Mestia National History museum is very informative and surely should be visited.

Cool town. We really enjoyed our stay there. There are good restaurants. And of course the landscape is amazing. Highly recommended! Laila restaurant is the best! "House in Mestia" best place to stay in. And Mestia-Ushguli 4 days trek was STUNNING

Such a beautiful place. We really wished we could have stayed longer. It is so quaint and lovely. There are some really delicious places to eat and there are lots of guest houses. We hiked to Koruldi Lakes and we saw some stunning views. Anyone questioning whether they should come here should definitely do it and plan to stay for a few days!