🇬🇪 Georgia or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Georgia leads on food, nature and value for money. Portugal leads on the sea and getting around.
A normal day costs about $60 in Georgia and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇬🇪 Georgia🇵🇹 Portugal
- May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $60A normal day$125
- 5h 30m to TbilisiNonstop from London2h 45m to Lisbon
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Shared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow partGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- The mountain roads from November to April, when the passes closeWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
Pick by what you want
🇬🇪 Choose Georgia if
you want the Caucasus, eight thousand years of wine and food nobody has heard of yet, on the smallest budget in Europe.
🇵🇹 Choose Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Georgia guide →Full Portugal guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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