Set in Gudauri, Monte Hotel is a four-star property. Guests have access to a pool, a spa and a restaurant. It scores 4.4/5 across 642 guest reviews — a very good rating. This hotel did not surface a bookable rate in our 22-week 2026 scan — use the check-availability widget for the live price. It sits about 1 km from the centre of Gudauri. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Gudauri: Gudauri is Georgia's main ski resort, and it makes no pretence of being anything else. All hotels in Gudauri →
Rooms and rates
Monte Hotel did not surface a bookable rate in our 22-week 2026 scan, so we do not publish a guide price for it. That says nothing about the hotel itself — inventory comes and goes — and the widget below checks your exact dates in seconds. Rates in Gudauri move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Monte Hotel is at Upper Gudauri Near Post, Gudauri, Georgia. That puts it about 1 km from the centre of Gudauri's hotel district, based on the coordinates in our scans. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Step'antsminda, about 21 km away — compare Step'antsminda hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists bar/snack/cafen', bars, breakfast, breakfast in room and coffee. On the wellness side there's indoor pool, jacuzzi, massage, pool bar and sauna. Practical services include free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage, parking, security features and shuttle service. In the room itself: bath, bathrobe, bathroom, free wifi, hairdryer and iron and board. The full list of 76 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the four-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay. Prices on this page are shown in US dollars, converted from the euro rates our scans observed; the exact total for your stay, including any taxes and fees, is confirmed in the booking funnel before you pay.
Where our data comes from
Through 2026 we ran 22 weekly scan rounds against the live IMPT booking funnel, probing one-night stays across the coming weeks for every hotel in this guide. Monte Hotel did not return a bookable rate in any round — for the live picture, run the widget above for your dates. Prices you see here are per-night room rates converted to US dollars at the single euro rate used across this site; they are a planning aid, not a quote.
About staying in Gudauri
Gudauri has 40 hotels in this guide; 2 of them returned live bookable prices in our 2026 scans, with rooms from US$61 a night. The selection skews upscale: 7 five-star and 33 four-star properties. Hotels with observed prices lead every list; for the rest, the widget checks the live rate in seconds. All hotels in Gudauri →
Gudauri for hotel guests
It sits at roughly 2,200 metres on the Georgian Military Highway, about two hours north of Tbilisi — a string of hotels, aparthotels and half-finished blocks on treeless slopes above the Aragvi gorge. The skiing is wide, sunny and mostly above the treeline, the lift pass is cheap by European standards, and the off-piste is what brings people back. We scanned 40 properties here for 2026: rooms started around US$61 a night, with a typical from-price near US$67. Winter weekends and the New Year fortnight, of course, behave quite differently. All hotels in Gudauri →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.4642 reviewsThe view is absolutely stunning, and the staff are amazing, super friendly and helpful! However, the AC doesn’t work, so if you’re someone who needs AC to sleep, you might struggle. The only option is to keep the balcony door open for some fresh air, but then you’ll have to deal with insects.
If you want to visit a place with the most beautiful view and to be hosted with the most polite staff, you can not miss visiting Monte hotel. There is not so many places where you feel literally like home, but this hotel made it possible. My husband, our baby and myself had a most amazing experience with Irma and Nina, ladies who are working over there. The warmest recommendation to visit this place and feel its unique energy!
We had a wonderful stay here recently. The scenic mountain views from the hotel were absolutely breathtaking. The service was warm and welcoming, and we especially appreciated the clean, well-maintained playing area and the indoor swimming pool. Breakfast was delicious with a good variety. Highly recommended for a relaxing and comfortable stay in Gudauri!
Planning your trip to Gudauri
When to go
The lifts usually spin from mid-December to early April, though every season lives or dies on snowfall. January and February are the most reliable months: cold, dry snow and the best chance that the upper Kudebi and Sadzele lifts are running rather than shut for wind. March brings longer days, softer afternoon snow and the sunniest skiing of the year, which is when many locals think Gudauri is at its best.
Weekends are effectively a different resort. From Friday evening Tbilisi empties uphill, the queues at the gondola base stretch, the Military Highway crawls, and rooms cost noticeably more than on a Tuesday. New Year through Orthodox Christmas on 7 January is the single busiest stretch, followed by the March school holidays. Come midweek if your calendar allows: the same mountain, half the people.
Outside the season Gudauri is honest about being empty. Late April, May, October and November mean shuttered restaurants, fog and construction. Midsummer is better than it sounds — cool air at altitude while Tbilisi sits at 35°C, tandem paragliders overhead, wildflower ridges and easy day trips to Kazbegi — but expect only a handful of open kitchens and a resort that still looks half-built.
Getting there and around
Gudauri lies about 120 km north of Tbilisi on the Georgian Military Highway, which is the only road in. Marshrutkas leave Didube station through the day for Gudauri and Stepantsminda and cost in the region of 10–15 GEL, taking around two hours in good conditions. In winter, shared transfers with ski racks collect from city hotels, and a private taxi from Tbilisi or the airport typically runs 130–200 GEL.
That single road is the resort's weak point. Heavy snow, avalanche control and wind on the Jvari Pass can close the stretch above Gudauri for hours or days, police sometimes release traffic in convoys, and lorries queuing for the Russian border at Larsi clog the lower valley. Roadworks connected to the Kvesheti–Kobi tunnel add their own delays. Never plan to leave Gudauri on the morning of an international flight.
The resort is strung out over several kilometres and is far steeper than it looks on a map. Most hotels run shuttles to the lift bases in season — confirm the timetable before you book, not after. Local taxis do short hops for roughly 10–20 GEL, and walking a snowy verge in ski boots after dark is genuinely unpleasant.
If you drive up, winter tyres are required in season and chains are worth carrying; the parking areas at the lift bases fill by mid-morning on Saturdays and Sundays.
Where to stay, zone by zone
New Gudauri, the cluster of apartment towers around the gondola base, holds most of the beds. It is the practical choice: nearest the lifts, most of the bars and rental shops, and the best value per square metre in town. The trade-offs are real — cranes, unfinished blocks, thin walls, and corridors of short-let apartments that can be loud at two in the morning on a Saturday.
The older village, upper Gudauri, spreads along and above the road behind it. Hotels here tend to be lower-rise, quieter and more consistently run, several sit close enough to the old chairlift to click in near the door, and the views down the Aragvi gorge are better. You will use a shuttle or taxi to reach the gondola base.
Lower down, guesthouses along the highway towards Bidara and Kvesheti are the cheapest beds on the mountain, but nothing is walkable and you are hostage to transport. At the far end of the ski area, Kobi is quiet and inexpensive and links in by gondola — fine until wind stops the lift and you find yourself on the wrong side of the pass.
Stepantsminda, 30–40 minutes further north under Kazbek, works as a base if you want mountains rather than nightlife and accept the daily commute. Wherever you book, ask three things: how many metres to the nearest lift, whether heating and hot water are included, and whether the hotel restaurant actually operates in the month you are arriving.
Eating and going out
Eating in Gudauri means Georgian mountain staples: khinkali, ostri, mtsvadi off the coals, kharcho and khachapuri in several regional shapes. Quality is decent and portions are generous, but prices sit well above Tbilisi — reckon on roughly 2.5–4 GEL per khinkali and 50–80 GEL for two with a carafe of house wine. Hotel restaurants dominate, largely because they are the ones reliably open.
Après-ski exists, but keep expectations modest. A handful of bars in New Gudauri run DJs on Friday and Saturday and close early the rest of the week; there is no alpine promenade and very little beyond the resort itself. Mini-markets stock basics at mountain prices, so if your room has a kitchen, do the serious shopping in Tbilisi before you drive up.
On the way up or down, Pasanauri in the Aragvi valley is the traditional khinkali stop, and Ananuri fortress above the Zhinvali reservoir is worth the twenty minutes it costs. In low season, check with your hotel whether the kitchen is running at all — half board is sometimes the only sensible option in November or May.
Booking well
Our 2026 scans covered 40 properties in Gudauri. Rooms started around US$61 a night and the typical from-price sat near US$67, which tells you the resort is inexpensive by ski-destination standards. Treat those as lead-in rates for base rooms outside peak dates, not as what a slopeside apartment costs between Christmas and 7 January.
For New Year, Orthodox Christmas and the March school holidays, book months ahead and expect minimum-stay rules; a single Saturday night is often refused outright or surcharged. Late January and the second half of March are the sweet spots, with full lift operations, thinner crowds and softer rates.
Be precise about what you are actually booking. Aparthotel here can mean a serviced hotel room, or a private flat with no reception, no daily cleaning and a kitchen missing half its pans. Ask whether linen and cleaning are included, how heating is billed, and get the shuttle timetable in writing.
Finally, favour flexible cancellation. The road closes, storms delay flights and lifts stop for wind more often than the brochures suggest; a non-refundable rate that saves a few dollars is a poor trade on a mountain with one way in and one way out.
Frequently asked about Monte Hotel
How much does Monte Hotel cost?
This hotel did not surface a bookable rate in our 22-week 2026 scan — use the check-availability widget for the live price.
Where is Monte Hotel?
The address is Upper Gudauri Near Post, Gudauri, Georgia, Gudauri, about 1 km from the centre. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Monte Hotel have?
The hotel lists Badminton, Balcony, Banquet, Bar/Snack/CafEn', Bars and Bath. The full list (76 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Monte Hotel?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
What currency are the prices in?
Prices on this page are in US dollars, converted from the euro rates our 2026 scans observed. When you book, the exact final total is shown before you pay.
