Hotel Gera is a three-star hotel in Mest'ia. Guests have access to breakfast, parking and wifi. It scores 4.4/5 across 111 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$44 to US$79 per night depending on dates and occupancy. It is right in the centre of Mest'ia. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
About Mest'ia: Mestia sits at about 1,500 m in Upper Svaneti, a small mountain town of stone defence towers under the skyline of Ushba and Tetnuldi. All hotels in Mest'ia →
Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 1 priced stays for Hotel Gera: rates ran from US$44 to US$79 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in Mest'ia 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
Hotel Gera is at Mestia Erekle Parjiani St #3, Mest'ia, Georgia. That puts it right at the heart of Mest'ia's hotel cluster. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Ambrolauri, about 75 km away — compare Ambrolauri 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 breakfast. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, car parking, free car parking, laundry service and shuttle service. In the room itself: free wifi. The full list of 13 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 three-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. Hotel Gera returned bookable rates in 1 of the stay windows we probed, most recently in October 2026. 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 Mest'ia
Mest'ia has 2 hotels in this guide; 2 of them returned live bookable prices in our 2026 scans, with rooms from US$44 a night. Hotels with observed prices lead every list; for the rest, the widget checks the live rate in seconds. All hotels in Mest'ia →
Mest'ia for hotel guests
People sleep here for three reasons: summer hiking to the Chalaadi Glacier and the Koruldi Lakes, winter skiing at Hatsvali and Tetnuldi, and breaking the long road to Ushguli. It is a base, not a city — the built-up centre is walkable in twenty minutes and much of the lodging is family guesthouses in converted village houses. Our 2026 scans covered 28 properties here, with rooms from around US$60 a night and a typical from-price in much the same range. All hotels in Mest'ia →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.4111 reviewsVery cozy environment, close to the center, attentive host and delicious cuisine, fully recommended
Very cozy and beautiful hotel in city center. Great views and location.
Very good hotel to stay in Mestia,the price is good, the location is good and close to the center of the town, so you need to walk 5-7 mins to reach it, the rooms are good and quite spacy, the breakfast is good and healthy, the personel is so nice polite and attentive that you are in a full comfort to concentrace on skiing and spending time! 5* defenetly!
Planning your trip to Mest'ia
When to go
The hiking season runs from about mid-June to mid-September. By late June the Chalaadi Glacier trail and the Koruldi Lakes ridge are clear, days are around 18–25°C and nights are genuinely cool at this altitude. July and August are the busiest weeks, when trailheads, jeeps and guesthouses all fill. Cloud is the real gamble: Ushba can stay hidden for three days straight.
Winter runs roughly from mid-December to late March. Hatsvali, eight kilometres out, has the gondola and the easier runs; Tetnuldi is higher, more open and reached by a rough access road that shuts in bad weather. New Year and the Orthodox Christmas week are the two dates worth booking well ahead, and heavy snow can hold the Zugdidi road for hours.
May and October are the quiet, good-value months, with clear light and empty streets — but some guesthouses are shut, high passes hold snow into June, and the Ushguli road may not be running. April and November are the local off-season: mud, closed kitchens, thin transport. Beautiful if you want solitude, frustrating if you want a full menu and a jeep.
Getting there and around
Zugdidi is the gateway. Overnight and daytime trains run from Tbilisi, marshrutkas meet the arrivals, and the climb up the Enguri gorge takes about three hours for roughly 30–35 GEL. It is a spectacular road and a tiring one; sit on the left for the reservoir. Direct minibuses from Tbilisi take around nine hours and from Kutaisi five to six.
Small propeller planes link Natakhtari airfield near Tbilisi, and Kutaisi, with Queen Tamar airport on the edge of town. They are cheap and take about an hour, but baggage allowances are tiny and cancellations for weather are routine in any season. Book the flight, keep the road as your fallback, and never put a same-day international connection behind it.
In town you walk: the centre is fifteen to twenty minutes end to end. Short taxi hops run somewhere around 5–10 GEL, and drivers wait near the square. Shared 4x4s for Ushguli, Koruldi and the Tetnuldi base are arranged the evening before, usually at the square or through your guesthouse. Only Chalaadi is realistically reachable on foot from town.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Seti, the central quarter around the square, is where most first-time visitors should sleep. Restaurants, small supermarkets, ATMs, the museum and every departing minibus are within a few minutes. It is the easiest base if you have no car, and the only part of town with any evening life. The trade-off is engine noise early in the morning and slightly higher rates.
Lagami, immediately west, is the old quarter: lanes of Svan towers, hay barns, dogs, and a genuinely medieval feel ten to fifteen minutes' walk from the centre. Guesthouses here are mostly family-run with tower views from the balcony. Lanchvali, on the eastern side towards the museum and airstrip, is similarly quiet, with some steep lanes and the best Ushba sightlines.
Higher up on the hillside slopes above town you get the panoramic photographs and a taxi dependency after dark; fine with a car, awkward without. Prices are not automatically lower up there.
If you want the real thing, sleep out in the villages — Mulakhi and Zhabeshi towards Ushguli, Latali or Becho on the Zugdidi side. Expect a stove, a big family dinner and no restaurant choice at all, plus transport to arrange for every excursion. It suits a second visit better than a first.
Eating and going out
Svan cooking is distinct and worth the trip: kubdari, the spiced meat bread; chvishtari, cornbread with cheese; tashmijabi, potato whipped with mountain cheese; and Svan salt on everything. Portions are mountain-sized. Mains typically land around 15–25 GEL, khinkali about 2–2.5 GEL each, and house wine or chacha appears whether you ordered it or not.
Restaurants cluster on and just off Seti square and along the main road. In August, arrive before eight or reserve — kitchens run short-staffed and close early, often by ten. In April, November and deep midweek winter, half the places are shut and your guesthouse dinner, usually around 25–35 GEL, becomes the sensible default.
Nightlife is minimal and honestly so: a couple of bars, some live music during ski weeks, and that is it. Stock up on hiking snacks in the small supermarkets, which shut earlier than you expect. Carry cash — card readers are patchy in guesthouses and useless with jeep drivers, and the town's ATMs can run dry over a busy weekend.
Booking well
We scanned 28 properties in Mestia in 2026, with rooms from about US$60 a night and a median from-price in the same territory. Those are entry rates for quiet dates. For August, New Year and clear-forecast ski weekends, book one to two months out; the cheap rooms are the first to disappear and what remains is not representative.
Read what the rate includes. Guesthouse prices often bundle breakfast, with dinner charged separately; in winter, ask directly about heating, whether it is a wood stove someone must light, and hot-water hours. In shoulder season, confirm the place is actually open — listings stay live long after the family has gone down to Zugdidi for the winter.
Ask your host up front about airport or bus-station pickup, cash-only policies, and whether they can put you on a shared jeep to Ushguli. Good guesthouses arrange all three in one message.
Finally, build in slack. Snow, landslides and cancelled flights are normal here, not exceptional. Keep a spare night at the Zugdidi or Tbilisi end of the trip, and avoid non-refundable rates for your first and last nights in Svaneti.
Frequently asked about Hotel Gera
How much does Hotel Gera cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$44 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Hotel Gera?
The address is Mestia Erekle Parjiani St #3, Mest'ia, Georgia, Mest'ia. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Hotel Gera have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Breakfast, Car parking, Fireplace, Free Internet access (Lounge) and Free Wifi. The full list (13 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Hotel Gera?
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.
