Mestia – Ushguli Svan Towers loop from Mestia Airport named after Queen Tamar

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Mestia – Ushguli Svan Towers loop from Mestia Airport named after Queen Tamar

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Mestia – Ushguli Svan Towers loop from Mestia Airport named after Queen Tamar

06:37

89.6km

1,980m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.04 km

Mestia

Highlight • Settlement

Reference point for those visiting Svanezia by bike, it preserves some splendid medieval towers and excellent restaurants with typical dishes

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15.6 km

Bus Stop Shelter on the Descent to the Enguri River

Highlight (Segment) • Rest Area

Better quality of the road than elsewhere, you can stock up with food or take a coffee at the bottom in the village of Bogreshi.

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34.2 km

Dirt Road Through Mountain Forest

Highlight • Trail

39.0 km

Road from Mestia to Ushguli

Highlight • Trail

Off-road track. Construction is underway. In 2022, the off-road section was already significantly shorter than indicated in OpenStreetMap. Beautiful area.

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43.8 km

Ushguli Village and Svan Towers

Highlight • Settlement

Uschguli means something like "courageous heart" and is located with its 250 inhabitants at 220 meters. Together with a village in Tusheti, it is one of the highest and permanently …

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44.5 km

Ushguli

Highlight • Settlement

Made up of 4 distinct villages, it is one of the highest permanently inhabited settlements in geographic Europe. UNESCO heritage.

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61.5 km

Road from Mestia to Ushguli

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This part is stil paved. Good concrete road

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89.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

85.9 km

2.86 km

702 m

245 m

Surfaces

81.3 km

4.20 km

2.81 km

983 m

415 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,100 m)

Lowest point (1,400 m)

Weather

Wednesday 21 October

8°C

0°C

97 %

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Comments

June 11, 2022,Mestia to Ushguli - Bikepacking the Caucasus

I started the day by riding up to the ski resort in Mestia - because WHY NOT? Then when I got back to the road began the long climb to Ushguli, an incredible mountain town with an amazing, rough gravel road up to it.