🇬🇪 Georgia or 🇹🇷 Türkiye
Which one, honestly
Georgia leads on nature. Türkiye leads on the sea, cities and getting around.
A normal day costs about $60 in Georgia and $90 in Türkiye.
Side by side
- 🇬🇪 Georgia🇹🇷 Türkiye
- May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $60A normal day$90
- 5h 30m to TbilisiNonstop from London4h to Istanbul
- Not the drawBeaches and seaVery good
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- ExceptionalNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Shared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow partGetting aroundCheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both good
- The mountain roads from November to April, when the passes closeWhen to avoidIstanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidays
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 Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
Full Georgia guide →Full Türkiye guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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