Georgia's remote mountain kingdom — medieval stone towers and 5,000-m peaks.
Svaneti is Georgia's most isolated region — a UNESCO-listed valley of medieval stone tower-houses tucked between 4,000-metre peaks. Mestia is the main hub, Ushguli (the highest continuously inhabited village in Europe at 2,200 m) is 2 hours further east, and the trekking between them is the reason most people come.
Even non-hikers get a lot from Svaneti in 2 days: Mestia's Svaneti Museum has genuinely world-class icons and manuscripts, the tower-houses of Chazhashi are climbable, and the drive to Ushguli passes 100+ towers stacked against the Shkhara massif (Georgia's highest mountain at 5,193 m).