Mestia and Chalaadi: a base for understanding Upper Svaneti
Two days in Mestia let you combine manuscripts, Svan towers and a hike to Chalaadi Glacier before deciding whether to continue to Ushguli.
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Ushguli comprises several Svan villages and a lived-in cultural landscape. In Chazhashi, part of the community, tower houses, churches and the settlement layout belong to the UNESCO-listed Upper Svaneti site.
The place
What makes it special
- Ushguli’s villages and tower houses.
- Chazhashi, part of the UNESCO-listed Upper Svaneti site.
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- Georgia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q1428
- Georgia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q230
- Georgia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q378694
- Georgia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q17317566
- Georgia · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q37478625
- Georgia · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Georgia · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Georgia · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Ushguli · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Ushguli, Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, 3200, Georgia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Ushguli, Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, 3200, Georgia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Chazhashi · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Chazhashi, Ushguli, Mestia Municipality, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti, 3200, Georgia · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Upper Svaneti · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
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Profile updated: 12/10/2026