Tag: Georgia
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Top Travel Spots and Experiences, 2025
The view over Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo It’s impossible to tire of this stunning view over the red tiled rooves and buildings of renaissance Florence. A blissful panorama over the magnificent dome of the Duomo, the spire of Santa Croce, the old white, yellow and cream palaces lining the river Arno, and the dark…
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The Southern Caucasus: Georgia, Part 2
We are swapping Tbilisi and its traffic clogged roads for green and mountainous pastures now. In the suburbs of the capital, the Bank of Georgia appears. It looks like a pile of white lego blocks poking out from a central pillar and facing in different directions. Built in 1975, a fine example of Soviet architecture,…
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The Southern Caucasus, Georgia: Part 1
The Balakan-Lagodekhi frontier between Azerbaijan and Georgia is our current location. Having passed through passport checks in Azerbaijan, we commence trundling our suitcases upwards along paths and ramps to exit one Caucasian country and enter another. The final flag in Azerbaijan billows farewell, while a smaller Georgian flag, along with that of the EU (notwithstanding…