Why go
Beshumi is a traditional wooden-chalet settlement perched at 1,850 meters in the Lesser Caucasus, serving as the gateway to the Goderdzi Pass. For decades, Adjara's Soviet-era intelligentsia retreated here to escape the humid Black Sea coast, building distinctive two-story timber houses with carved balconies that still define the village's character. Unlike purpose-built ski resorts, Beshumi grew organically as a summer mountain colony before winter sports arrived. Its worth lies in this authenticity: cowherds still drive livestock through morning mist, families tend vegetable plots, and the wooden architecture remains untouched by commercial development. The village offers rare access to high-mountain Adjara without the infrastructure of Mestia or Kazbegi—just forest, pasture, and the slow rhythm of seasonal migration.