# 0 200 km Off the Beaten Track e0 100 miles ROSHKA PANKISI VALLEY From the tiny village of Roshka, you RUSSIA Learn about the fascinating culture in VASHLOVANI can hike to three beautiful, coloured this remote part of Georgia between SPITAKAVOR PROTECTED AREAS lakes, set against a backdrop of the the wine-producing lowlands and the Hike along a walking path to Tucked away on Georgia’s remote #• jagged Chaukhi massif. inhospitable mountains of Tusheti. The 14th-century Spitakavor Monastery, border with Azerbaijan, this nature local population#• is Sunni Muslim, and built on the site of a 5th-century #•Gantiadi Mt Dombay-Ulgen reserve set amid semi-desert on FridaysNalchi ka devotional Sufi ceremony zyb A (4046m) basilica and featuring a church and badlands and steppe grasslands B ts R ga of singing and chanting is performed bell tower. ra en Mt Tet nuldi teems with wildlife, including more Gudauta #• Ssek at the mosque in Duisi. ori Mt UshbaR (4858m) Sukhumi#• Kod (4710m) R Vladikavkaz than 130 bird species and 30 types of R ri RMt Ailama reptile. Tkvarcheli gu Mt Shkhara #• In (5068m) (4547m) Mt Kazbek R Ochamchyra #• io n (5047m) i R Pshav- Mt Tebulos (4492m) XAÇMAZ GEORGIA 4 Khevsureti R #• Zugdidi P Mt ChaukhiR k RMt Diklos Often overlooked by locals rushing h (3842m) #• a Tusheti (4285m) t irila s through to the Nabran beaches, it’s Kolkheti Senaki Chiatura Kv a ROSHKA National #• Kutaisi•# #• 4 worth coming here to peruse gigantic •# Park #• #• Rioni Tskhinvali PANKISI VALLEY•# lanterns, a two-storey clothes peg, Poti Samtredia #• Dusheti Black Sea Zestaponi Khashuri #• three biblical magi and kitschy (Karadenız) Sup #• Al Ozurgeti #• sa a az Lagodekhi Borjomi- ur #• #• an ornamental spring-houses that light Kharagauli K Kaspi i Protected Telavi Areas Batumi Mtirala National Park TBILISI up in rainbow colours. National #• •# •# #_ Balakən Park Rustavi #• Akhaltsikhe #• Aspindza #• Nardevani Kvemo #• Zaqatala era Bazardüzü Quba av #• Bolnisi #• #• ash Qax Dağ Ninotsminda M •#Dmanisi VASHLOVANI (4467m) R Şahdağ #• #•Şabran HNEVANK (Bagdanovka) A #• R (4243m) PROTECTED #÷ gr Şəki Caspian K ic HNEVANK #•Alaverdi u ha Sea Dating from the 12th century, the ra AREAS y #• u Stepanavan #• #Ü #• s #•Qəbələ Iljevan a monastery of Hnevank stands inside Tovuz Mingəçevir XAÇMAZ r Dilijan •# Reservoir a •# K the gorge on the southern side of the Gyumri •# National Park K #• Şəmkir Gəncə u Göyçay Şamaxı Sumqayıt Debed Canyon, near the confluence r Maştağa Mt Aragats •# a Yevlax #• #• Dzh •# Dilijan angic •# Artik •# (4090m) #• •# #• Ağsu•# hay of the Gargar and Dzoragets Goranboy RARMENIA #• Saratovka •# Rivers. Sevan Ucar #_ •# Charentsavan•# •#Bərdə AZERBAIJAN Zirə r •#Kürdəmir e BAKU Lake t YEREVAN r Sevan e #• #•Zərdab Armavir #_ #• T #• Khosrov Ağdərə Ağcabədi Sabirabad #• Vardenis •# SARDARAPAT Nature •# •# Ağdam#• er İmişli •# lət •# A Reserve SPITAKAVOR Riv s Şirvan Erzurum r kar #• k a NAGORNO- Kar ra k #•Ararat #Ü #• A s KARABAKH Mt Mets Stepanakert SARDARAPAT TURKEY Ishk hanasar (Xankəndi) •# Parsabad #• (3548m)R Salyan Neftçala This popular pilgrimage destination AZERBAIJAN #• for Armenians commemorates the TORADI Cəlilabad IRAN •# Battle of Sardarapat in May 1918, Toradi is your starting point for a 7km when forces of the first Armenian drive up a mountain track to •# Zharskiy republic turned back the Turkish YEREVAN Gəlindaşları, where you can enjoy army. The stunning orange tuff Discover the story behind Levon’s fantastic views from a rocky #• Lənkəran memorial was built in 1968. Divine Underground: a seven-level outcrop. TORADI #• Hirkan National Park underground cave network that Levon #• #• Astara (Azerbaijan) Arakelyan built over 23 years for his SIM SIM #• Astara (Iran) wife Tosya, who had asked him for a Hike through the shaggy forests of #• potato cellar. Ardabil the Hirkan National Park between #• AstaraTabri zIstisu and the fabled village of Sım and attempt to spot Azerbaijan’s last Persian leopards. #• #• #• #• #• #•.