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Our Story

GT Hotel opened its doors in 2018 in a restored 19th-century building in Tbilisi's historic Sololaki district. The idea was simple: a boutique hotel that felt like staying with friends who happen to know every corner of this country. Guests kept asking the same question — 'What should we see next? Where should we go after Tbilisi?' — and the hotel team kept answering with handwritten maps, phone calls to winery owners, and personal introductions to guides in mountain villages.

By 2023, it was clear that the demand went far beyond hotel recommendations. Travelers wanted to explore Georgia the way the GT Hotel team explored it: in small groups, with guides who grew up here, visiting places that don't appear on comparison sites. GT Tours was launched as the natural next chapter — the same team, the same philosophy, now taking guests across the entire country.

Today, GT Tours operates an 8-day Grand Highlights itinerary, a car rental fleet, and travel guides to Georgia's major cities — all run by the same people who change the sheets at GT Hotel. Every guide on this page was born and raised in Georgia. Every restaurant and winery on our itineraries is a place we personally know. And every guest who books with us becomes part of a small circle of travelers who saw Georgia the way it was meant to be seen.

Meet Your Guides

Born and raised in Georgia — these are the people who will show you the real Caucasus.

Davit Gelashvili

Davit Gelashvili

Lead Guide & Co-Founder

Born and raised in Tbilisi's Sololaki district, Davit co-founded GT Hotel from a restored 19th-century building in 2018. He has led groups across every corner of Georgia for over a decade — from the cave monasteries of Vardzia to the Svaneti towers. A certified guide with a degree in Georgian history from Tbilisi State University, Davit's tours are known for the stories you won't find in guidebooks: the baker who still uses a tone oven from his grandfather, the qvevri maker in Kakheti who remembers Soviet times, the shepherd in Tusheti who will pour you chacha at sunrise. He speaks Georgian, English, Russian, and German.

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Nino Kapanadze

Nino Kapanadze

Senior Guide & Operations

Born in Sighnaghi, Kakheti — Georgia's wine heartland — Nino grew up among vineyards and family cellars. She left a career in hospitality management to join GT Tours because she believes the best way to understand Georgia is through its table. Nino handles tour operations and guest experience, but her real genius is finding the winery that no guidebook has discovered yet. She speaks Georgian, English, Russian, and French. When not on the road, she's fermenting her own qvevri amber wine from Rkatsiteli grapes grown by her uncle.

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Lasha Mchedlishvili

Lasha Mchedlishvili

Guide & Vehicle Specialist

Born in Kazbegi at the foot of Mount Kazbek, Lasha has been driving mountain roads since before he had a license. He maintains GT Tours' fleet of Mercedes Sprinters and 4x4 vehicles, and he's the person you want behind the wheel on the Military Highway in January. A certified mountain guide with SAR (Search and Rescue) training, Lasha knows every switchback on the road to Gergeti and every stream crossing in Tusheti. He speaks Georgian, English, and Russian. His favorite day on tour? The 4x4 ascent to Gergeti Trinity Church — 'because watching guests see Kazbek for the first time never gets old.'

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Ana Maisuradze

Ana Maisuradze

Guide & Cultural Specialist

Born in Tbilisi to a family of architects, Ana sees cities differently. She can spend an hour explaining the Art Nouveau balconies on a single street in Sololaki — and keep you fascinated the whole time. With a master's in cultural heritage from Ilia State University and guide licenses in three languages, Ana leads the walking portions of GT tours and develops the cultural programming. She speaks Georgian, English, Hebrew, and Spanish. Ana is also responsible for GT Tours' relationships with the monasteries, museums, and private collections that make our itineraries unique.

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