Places to visit in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
7 places to visit in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Ushguli, Dadiani Palace, Enguri Dam and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 6 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (1)
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Ushguli
Five medieval villages at the head of the Enguri gorge, among the highest places in Europe lived in all year round. Hard to reach, they have kept their Svan towers, stone defensive houses that rise over the rooftops, and form part of the Upper Svaneti World Heritage Site.
Hidden gems in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (6)
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Dadiani Palace
The former seat of the Dadiani princes of Samegrelo in Zugdidi, built in the 17th century and remade in Neo Gothic style in the 19th. Now a museum set in a large park, it keeps one of the bronze death masks of Napoleon.
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Enguri Dam
A concrete arch dam on the Enguri river north of the town of Jvari, 271.5 metres high. It is the second highest dam of its kind in the world, and its long curved wall holds back a reservoir among steep forested hills.
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Kolkheti National Park
Wetlands of 28,940 hectares on the Black Sea coastal plain of ancient Colchis, between the mouths of the Tikori and Supsa. Set up in 1998 and 1999, they are protected as wetlands of international importance and are a resting place for migrating birds.
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Martvili Monastery
A monastery on the highest hill around the town of Martvili, a spot once valued for its command of the land around. Its domed church looks out over the green Samegrelo countryside.
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Nokalakevi
A village and archaeological site in Senaki municipality, known to the Greeks and Romans as Archaeopolis. The ruins of its walls, gates and churches are the remains of the ancient capital of Lazica.
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Tetnuldi
A tall, pointed peak in the central Greater Caucasus above Svaneti, by most counts the tenth highest in the range. Glaciers cover its slopes above about 3,000 metres, the largest of them the Adishi glacier.
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What are the best places to visit in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti?
LOQAH lists 7 places in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti. The best known include Ushguli, Dadiani Palace, Enguri Dam, Kolkheti National Park and Martvili Monastery. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti?
7, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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