Why go
Parsma clings to a mountainside in Tusheti's Dartlo community, where medieval stone defensive towers rise among abandoned houses and seasonal pastures. Unlike more visited villages, Parsma preserves an almost spectral stillness—its towers were built by clans for protection against raids and blood feuds, a system that endured into the 20th century. The village empties each winter, as Tushetians have done for centuries, leaving only stone and wind. Come for the rare intimacy of a place where human presence remains seasonal, temporary, and deeply respectful of terrain that has never surrendered to permanent settlement.