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One of the most beautiful trips you can make in Georgia is the journey to the small villages of Shatili and Mutso in the high Caucasus [Shatili / Georgia]
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The trip to Shatili is around 100 kilometres over a dirt road and takes around 6-7 hours to drive, or even more if you want to make stops for lunch an pictures [Shatili / Georgia]
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The road to Shatili is an unpaved side road of the Militaru Highway and starts at the Zhinvali Reservoir, an hour drive north of Tblisi [Shatili / Georgia]
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Not only the villages Shatili and Mutso are well worth the visit, also the road to the villages is beautiful [Shatili / Georgia]
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Because the road of 100 km is too long for us to drive in one day, we spent the night in the small village of Korsha, halfway the journey to Shatili [Shatili / Georgia]
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After Korsha, the road climbs steeply to a pass of 2675 metres. Many parts of the road are dangerous because of landslide issues [Shatili / Georgia]
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The road to Shatili and Mutso is not open year round. Somehwere in May the dirt road opens, till somewhere in late October or November when snow closes the road again [Shatili / Georgia]
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The trip to Shatili can be done with a normal car (2 wheel drive), but if it is wet or snowy weather, a 4 wheel drive car is advisable [Shatili / Georgia]
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Spectacular view on the way to Shatili [Shatili / Georgia]
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The dirt roads climbs higher and higher [Shatili / Georgia]
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The day we travelled to Shatili we had perfect weather, making the drive easy and comfortable [Shatili / Georgia]
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The valley just over the pass. The road you see, is the roads that descends to Shatili [Shatili / Georgia]
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Time for a break on the pass [Shatili / Georgia]
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The area in where Shatili and Mutso are located is one of the more remote areas of Georgia. It is located on the border with the Russian autonomous region Chechnya [Shatili / Georgia]
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In this area of Georgia, you can still see good examples of old defensive towers, used in medievel times to protect villages [Shatili / Georgia]
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Old fort and defensive tower on the way to Shatili [Shatili / Georgia]
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The ride to Shatili is one of the most spectacular rides you can make in Georgia, and in our opinion much more rewarding than for example the journey to Mestia in the Svaneti area [Shatili / Georgia]
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The road to Shatili is nerve wracking in some places [Shatili / Georgia]
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Dangerous serpetine roads with high chance on landslides in bad weather [Shatili / Georgia]
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We visited the Shatili region in the beginning of June, just after the road opened. We were Lucky to see blooming meadows [Shatili / Georgia]
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The dirt road to Shatili is not a good one. Expect lots of holes [Shatili / Georgia]
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And this is it, the beautiful old village of Shatili, consisting of old stone tower houses [Shatili / Georgia]
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Many Georgians see Shatili as the most beautiful village of their country. It probabaly is [Shatili / Georgia]
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Some of the old tower houses in Shatili are converted to comfortable guest houses with decend food [Shatili / Georgia]
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Around 12 kilometres from Shatili, you can explore the other old village of the area Mutso, dramatically located on a rocky outcrop [Shatili / Georgia]
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No people live in Mutso anymore, but it is still a spectacular destination [Shatili / Georgia]
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View on the valley below from Mutso [Shatili / Georgia]
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The short hike to Mutso from the valley below is steep but very rewarding [Shatili / Georgia]
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Us in front of Mutso [Shatili / Georgia]
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The dramatic location of Mutso, just a stone throw from the Chechnyan border [Shatili / Georgia]
