Abkhazia

To go where few have ever gone before, you don’t always have to go that far. It is no secret that at Regent we like to do things a little differently. When it comes to exploring Abkhazia, you can clearly see why this off-the-beaten-track destination catches our eye. The further from well-trodden tourist routes a country can be, the better!

A breakaway Caucasus state in Georgia, Abkhazia is the ideal destination for modern travellers who dream of the golden age of exploration.

Abkhazia is a place like no other and the photos prove it. Here a society that has navigated a curious path through history also maintains the authentic air of a country completely untouched by western tourism – and it lies just beyond the eastern reaches of Europe.

Travellers here discover a small community emerging from the fall of the USSR and an almighty civil war and tentatively trying to re-establish its place in the region.

Our annual group tour travels to regions where few westerners have ever been. Cross the Georgia-Abkhazia border on foot to discover the ex-Soviet region’s gently mountainous landscape, rural communities and attractive Black Sea coastline. Beautiful forested valleys provide an idyllic backdrop to scenic domestic flights or short hiking routes while laid-back beach resorts, once popular with Stalin and Soviet citizens, find a new lease of life.