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Georgia: destinations and travel tips

View from the slope below Narikala Fortress over the old town of Tbilisi, the Mtkvari river, the Peace Bridge and Rike Park
The old town of Tbilisi with the Mtkvari and the Peace Bridge, seen from the slope below Narikala Fortress. · Photo: © Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0

Georgia has 3,941,100 inhabitants, more than a third of them living in the capital, Tbilisi. Payment is in lari (GEL), you can exchange euros locally, and German Schuko plugs fit the sockets.

Mtskheta was the capital of the Kingdom of Iberia from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD. Winemaking in qvevri, egg-shaped clay vessels, has been on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list since 2013.

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