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Heads up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we visited Adjara, we had our best local experience ever in Georgia<\/strong><\/a>, when a random family invited us to their mountain house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We ate home-made food, drank chacha, wine and danced to traditional music until night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was great, and the truth is that around the Adjara mountains we were continuously blessed by heavy doses of hospitality, either with random Georgians we bumped into or the locals we hitched a ride with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This part of Georgia<\/strong><\/a> is, for some reason, one of the most unspoiled parts of the country, even more than Tusheti, at least when it comes to tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, this area had always been under Ottoman rule, and that is the reason why today, most people here are Sunni Muslims, even though ethnically and culturally they are Georgian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, one of the highlights of this region is checking the peculiar mosques that abound, typically cube-shaped and made of metal, which makes them the humblest mosques I have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, you need to remember that you are in a former Soviet country, so the people in Adjara are the type of Muslim who never say no to a sip of local wine or chacha, and that is why we had so much fun with the family who hosted us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a quick guide to travel in Adjara mountains<\/strong>, which includes things to do and tips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n