Kazbegi Cottages — Cottage in Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia

In short

Kazbegi Cottages is a small hospitality operation at 55 Kostava street in Stepantsminda (also known as Kazbegi), the mountain town that gives the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region’s northern district its name. According to its official website, the business positions itself primarily as a base for organising regional activities and transfers — including horse riding, wine degustation, a food masterclass, luggage-carrying support for the ascent of Mount Kazbek, zip-lining, a quad tour, rafting, hiking and sup boarding — rather than as a conventional full-service hotel with published room categories, restaurants or wellness facilities. Travellers researching Kazbegi Cottages should treat it as an accommodation-and-activities outfit built around Stepantsminda’s outdoor tourism, and should confirm room details directly with the property, since its own site does not set these out.

The building and its history

The hotel’s official website gives no information about the construction date, architect or original use of its building, and it publishes no conversion timeline, so none is given here. What can be said with confidence, as general background on the area, is that Stepantsminda sits on the Georgian Military Highway in the valley below Mount Kazbek, at an elevation of roughly 1,740 metres, and that the settlement has long served travellers crossing the Caucasus toward the Daryal Gorge and the Russian border. The town’s best-known landmark, the fourteenth-century Gergeti Trinity Church, stands on a hilltop above the valley and is visible from much of the town, including, presumably, from parts of Stepantsminda where Kazbegi Cottages is based. Beyond this regional context, no verified facts about the specific building housing Kazbegi Cottages are available from the hotel’s own materials.

Rooms and suites

The official Kazbegi Cottages website, as reviewed, does not list room categories, bed configurations, counts of rooms or suites, views, or in-room amenities. Prospective guests should consult the property’s booking channel directly for this information, since the publicly available site text is focused almost entirely on bookable tours, transfers and outdoor activities rather than on describing the accommodation itself.

Restaurants, bars and venues

The hotel’s site does not describe any in-house restaurant or bar at Kazbegi Cottages. It does, however, list two external venues through which it arranges wine degustation experiences for guests, presented in the following order on its wine degustation page.

Dariali Fathers Monastery Complex — Described by the hotel as located in the Dariali Gorge, this monastery complex produces its own cheese, which the hotel says is served alongside French cheese during a tasting of eight types of wine. According to the hotel, a single glass of wine costs 5 Georgian lari, and a cheese board is priced at 20 lari. The hotel notes that after the tasting, visitors can go on to explore the Dariali Gorge and the Gveleti waterfalls, and that transfers to the complex can be booked through the hotel.

Terravino — Described on the hotel’s site as a restaurant in the centre of Kazbegi, Terravino is said to offer three wine-tasting packages: a premium package of six types of premium wine at 40 lari per person (minimum two people), a standard package of four wines at 30 lari (minimum two people), and an economy package at 20 lari per person that includes four wines and a chacha tasting, available for one person or a group.

Wellness, pool and fitness

No spa, pool, gym or other wellness facility is mentioned anywhere on the Kazbegi Cottages website. The activities the hotel does promote — horse riding, hiking, rafting, sup boarding and a zip line — function as the property’s outdoor alternative to conventional wellness amenities, but these are bookable experiences in the surrounding countryside rather than on-site facilities.

Meetings and events

The official website contains no reference to meeting rooms, event spaces, conference facilities or banqueting services at Kazbegi Cottages. Travellers requiring such facilities should contact the hotel directly to ask whether any informal arrangement can be made, as none is advertised.

Awards and memberships

No awards, ratings or industry memberships are stated on the hotel’s official website.

Prices and booking

Kazbegi Cottages’ site does not publish room rates. The prices it does state relate to its activity services: the hotel says a glass of wine at the Dariali Fathers Monastery Complex costs 5 lari (20 lari with a cheese board); that Terravino’s tasting packages run from 20 to 40 lari per person; and that its one-hour quad tour to Elia Monastery, starting from Kazbegi street 70 in Stepantsminda, costs 180 lari per person. For accommodation rates, the hotel directs enquiries through its own booking and contact channels, including by phone and email, rather than listing fixed nightly prices.

Location and getting there

Kazbegi Cottages is based at 55 Kostava street (given on different pages of its site as “Kostava str. 55” and “Merab Kostava st.”) in Stepantsminda, Kazbegi municipality, in the Mtshketa-Mtianeti region of Georgia. Stepantsminda lies on the Georgian Military Highway roughly 150 kilometres north of Tbilisi; the drive from Tbilisi International Airport typically takes about two and a half to three hours by road, depending on conditions on the mountain pass. The town is within walking distance, or a short local transfer, of the trailhead for Gergeti Trinity Church, and sits close to the Daryal Gorge and the Russian border crossing at Larsi, both of which the hotel references in connection with its tour and transfer services.

Good to know

• The property’s contact details, as listed on its site, are phone +995 599 78 27 72 and email KazbegiCottages@gmail.com.
• The official site is structured mainly around bookable activities rather than hotel-facility descriptions, so room and dining details should be confirmed directly with the property.
• Wine tastings are arranged off-site, at the Dariali Fathers Monastery Complex or at Terravino restaurant in central Kazbegi, both bookable as transfers through the hotel.
• The hotel offers a service described as “carrying luggage to Mount Kazbeg,” aimed at guests attempting the ascent toward Gergeti Trinity Church or further up the mountain.
• Other bookable activities listed by the hotel include horse riding, a food masterclass, zip-lining, a quad tour, rafting, hiking and sup boarding.
• The quad tour to Elia Monastery is stated to last one hour and to depart from Kazbegi street 70, Stepantsminda, a different address from the hotel’s own listed location.
• Bookings for tours and tastings are made through online appointment forms on the hotel’s site, which ask for preferred dates and notes on timing.

Questions travellers ask

Where exactly is Kazbegi Cottages located?

The hotel gives its address as 55 Kostava street in Stepantsminda (Kazbegi), in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia, on the Georgian Military Highway below Mount Kazbek.

How far is it from Tbilisi, and how long does the journey take?

Stepantsminda lies about 150 kilometres north of Tbilisi along the Georgian Military Highway. The drive, including from Tbilisi International Airport, generally takes around two and a half to three hours, though this can vary with mountain-pass conditions.

Does Kazbegi Cottages have its own restaurant?

The official website does not describe an in-house restaurant or bar. It does arrange wine-tasting visits to two outside venues, the Dariali Fathers Monastery Complex and the Terravino restaurant in central Kazbegi.

What activities can be booked through the hotel?

According to its site, the hotel can arrange transfers, horse riding, wine degustation, a food masterclass, luggage-carrying assistance for the Mount Kazbek ascent, zip-lining, a quad tour, rafting, hiking and sup boarding.

Does the website list room types or nightly rates?

No. The official website does not publish room categories, counts or prices for accommodation; only prices for certain activities, such as wine tastings and the quad tour, are stated. Travellers should contact the hotel directly for room rates and availability.

Sources

• Kazbegi Cottages — official website (kazbegicottages.wordpress.com)
• Kazbegi Cottages: CONTACT
• Kazbegi Cottages: WINE DEGUSTATION
• Kazbegi Cottages: QUADRO TOUR

Profiled in depth by the GTour desk on 28 October 2026 from the property’s official website; photographs are the property’s own, from its official website, credited under each image. Not sponsored; tell us if something has changed.