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When we visited Adjara, we had our best local experience ever in Georgia, when a random family invited us to their mountain house.
We ate home-made food, drank chacha, wine and danced to traditional music until night.
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.
This part of Georgia is, for some reason, one of the most unspoiled parts of the country, even more than Tusheti, at least when it comes to tourism.
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.
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.
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.
This is a quick guide to travel in Adjara mountains, which includes things to do and tips.
For general tips, check my Georgia travel guide
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Best time to visit Adjara region
Assuming that this is the wettest and rainiest region in Europe and winter is covered by snow, I think that the best time to visit is from late spring till early autumn.
Check out the weather before going there.
How to get to the mountains of Adjara
There are two ways of getting there, as the road connects both Batumi and Akhaltsikhe and Borjomi.
From Batumi, some marshrutkas cost 2GEL. They go as far as Keda, the main town in the area.
The other side goes through a mountain pass which is only open in summer, the last big village being Beshumi. You should find marshrutkas going from Akhaltsikhe or Borjomi to Beshumi.
Otherwise, you can also hitchhike, as we did on the way back, from Beshumi to Akhaltsikhe. It was very easy.
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