Tiny houses in Georgia

Kazbegi (officially Stepantsminda) sits on the Georgian Military Highway toward Russia, in the shadow of Mount Kazbek, a 5,000-metre extinct volcano — the small Gergeti Trinity Church perched on a hill above town, with the peak behind it, is one of the most photographed views in the Caucasus. Svaneti, further west and harder to reach, is a different world again: a historically isolated highland region where villages still bristle with stone defensive towers built centuries ago against raiders, its remoteness only really opening up to tourism in the last couple of decades.

Our verified stays here are cottages and chalets rather than architect tiny houses, most with one or two bedrooms, several rated a perfect 10 by past guests — genuinely small, family-run stays rather than hotel-scale lodges.

June to September is the easy season for both regions, when the high passes and trekking routes are clear; Svaneti in particular can be cut off or very slow going outside summer, since much of it sits at serious altitude. Our verified selection here has grown into two solid mountain clusters, with the rest of the country still to check.