Seasonal travellers enjoy flights to Mestia
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Travellers wanting to enjoy Georgia’s mountainous regions this summer can soon enjoy the benefits of a direct flight that departs from a village near the capital city and travels directly to Mestia.
Flights from Natakhtari, a small town near Tbilisi, to Svaneti in western Georgia are due to launch this month with Service Air airline. Tickets will cost 50 to 70 GEL, local media outlet Commersant.ge reported.
Mestia is a small ski town located 1,500m high in the Caucasus mountain range in northwest Georgia. Its ancient churches and forts form a UNESCO World Heritage site. Mestia and the surrounding area is one of Georgia’s most popular tourist destinations.
United Airports of Georgia are expecting twice the amount of visitors to spend time in Mestia this year. About 14,800 tourists visited the area in 2013. A large number of tourists were from Poland, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and Germany, the agency said.
Commersant.ge calculated tourists spent about 50-60 GEL in Mestia each day. There are seven hotels and two hostels in the town. Their prices range from 15 to 20 GEL per night, without food costs included. If meals are included, prices can vary from 35 to 50 GEL.
The most expensive hotel is Tetnuldi and cost 140 GEL per night.
Mestia has a uniquely designed airport which recently was named among the top 10 most beautiful airports in the world by BBC Culture.
A uniquely designed airport in the Georgian ski town of Mestia has been named among the top 10 most beautiful airports in the world.
Travelling to one of Georgia’s most beautiful mountainous regions in Western Georgia will no longer be an eight hour car journey journey – visitors to Mestia can now take a short flight direct from Natakhtari village, near the capital city.
Travelling to one of Georgia’s highest inhabited mountainous regions in Western Georgia directly from a village near the capital city will become a reality tomorrow.
Georgia is cementing a name for itself as the best winter destination in the region. The country is celebrating the development of yet another ski restort – Tetnuldi in western Georgia’s Svaneti region.
More domestic flights will offer tourists faster and more comfortable ways to travel from one part of Georgia to another during the warmer months.
A sudden flooding of the river Nenska in the village of Tchuberi in Svaneti region has cut the village off from the rest of Georgia, as all five bridges have been destroyed, infrastructure has been heavily damaged and many of the houses are in water.