(Last Updated on Jul 7, 2025)

Generally when we plan trips, the country and places are the first part of the plan. Then we figure out the itinerary, flights and airlines. For the first time ever, we planned a trip the other way round – our airline was fixed, now we had to plan a vacation!

If you’ve been following this blog, you would have read our crazy adventure on the way to Uzbekistan. And by the end of it, we had a bunch of Air Arabia vouchers (no, we didn’t travel by Air Arabia on that trip). We had one year to utilize those vouchers – before June 2024. We opened Air Arabia’s website and checked out all their destinations.

By elimination, we landed up with 2 choices – Tbilisi, Georgia and Yerevan, Armenia. And, that’s the story of how we picked these 2 countries for this trip.

Let’s get our bearings right with some Geography

Georgia is often considered a “transcontinental” country straddling Europe and Asia. It forms a major part of the Caucasus region (the area below the Caucasus mountains and between the Black and Caspian Seas). Russia lies to its north with the mountains acting as the border and Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan lie in its south.

Due to its transcontinental location, it has historically been subjected to multiple invasions from all sides – Turkey, Central Asia, Persia and Russia. Even today, there are disputed borders and autonomous regions within the mainland of Georgia. It was one of the first ever countries in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion and it has had a major influence on the culture and architecture as well. Georgia used to be on the ancient Silk Road as well.

Georgia is a country with something for everyone – city life, beautiful snowy mountains that are perfect for treks, long winding roads for amazing drives and a one-of-its-kind wine region. The oldest evidence of wine production in the world comes from Georgia in 6000 BC – this was more than 3000 years even before the pyramids were built!

We’ll be covering all these places in our upcoming blogs including the process of wine making in clay pots and jars, so stay tuned! Let’s get into the details of planning your Georgia itinerary!

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