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Tag: Gori

February 18, 2019
40 Facts and Tips for Travelling in Georgia

40 Facts and Tips for Travelling in Georgia

In April and May I went travelling around the Caucasus, spending a lot of time in Georgia. Georgia is currently the hot place for travel bloggers to visit and write about. You’ll find many blog posts on it but these are the tips that would have helped me before I went. Some of them are …

September 3, 2018
Uplistsikhe (Cave Town) the 1000 BC cave homes of 20,000 people

Uplistsikhe (Cave Town) the 1000 BC cave homes of 20,000 people

Uplistsikhe is located in Georgia, 10km from Stalin’s home town of Gori. It’s carved into the rocks on the left bank of the River Mtkvari. It’s often referred to as Cave Town (not to be confused with the Cave Monastery, Vardzia in the south) and has a significant position in Georgia’s religious, political and cultural …

August 25, 2018
Visiting Stalin’s Museum in his hometown of Gori, Georgia

Visiting Stalin’s Museum in his hometown of Gori, Georgia

What’s Gori’s claim to fame? It’s the birthplace of the Communist leader Joseph Stalin. On my way from Tbilisi to Kutaisi I visited Gori, Stalin’s hometown and where his museum is located. This small town came into the news in 2008 when it was bombed by the Russians during the Russo-Georgian war over South Ossetia …

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