🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇬🇪 Georgia
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on the sea, cities and getting around. Georgia leads on nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $60 in Georgia.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇬🇪 Georgia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$60
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London5h 30m to Tbilisi
- Very goodBeaches and seaNot the draw
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundShared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow part
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe mountain roads from November to April, when the passes close
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 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.
🇬🇪 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 Türkiye guide →Full Georgia guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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