🇮🇹 Italy or 🇬🇪 Georgia
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on cities, getting around and the sea. Georgia leads on value for money and nature.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $60 in Georgia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇬🇪 Georgia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $165A normal day$60
- 2h 35m to RomeNonstop from London5h 30m to Tbilisi
- GoodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- GoodValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundShared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow part
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidThe mountain roads from November to April, when the passes close
Pick by what you want
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
🇬🇪 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.
Full Italy guide →Full Georgia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.