Is Kutaisi Worth Visiting? 13 Reasons to Go

4. It’s the Best Outdoor-adventure City-base in All of Georgia

Controversial, I know. But also correct.

Georgia is brimming with outdoor adventures, and has more concentrated diversity than any other nation I’ve been to.

And there are loads of great bases dotted around the nation. But of the three big cities (I use the term ‘big’ loosely), Kutaisi is the best of them.

From here, you’re close to loads of great outdoor adventures. Within just a few hours (or often a lot less), you can explore caves, canyons, multi-day hikes, strange sites, lofty villages, abandoned sanatoriums, remote ancient monasteries, and loads more. For me, the sort-of-nearby mountain region of Svaneti is the highlight of them all.

I won’t get into too much detail here, cos we’ve already covered this stuff in our bumper guide to the best things to do in Kutaisi. But if you want to spend your Georgian city-time outside of cities, Kutaisi is where you want to be.