Why this ride
From P’ot’i it runs 422 km to P’ot’i; allow about 6 h 56 of riding. The stops in between: Ispani, Gelati Monastery and back through Ispani. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Nabada and Gelati Monastery
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 422 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 56
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Nabada
Georgia's Black Sea coast has a wet, green corner that few people think of when they think of the Caucasus. The Rioni river, the ancient Phasis of the Greeks, empties into the sea here, and around its mouth lies the Kolkheti lowland, a flat, humid country of alder swamp, peat bog, reedbeds and shallow lakes. Lake Paliastomi lies just south of Poti, and the Colchic rainforests and wetlands, listed by UNESCO in 2021, preserve a remnant of the forests that once covered the whole plain. This is the land of Colchis, where the Argonauts came for the Golden Fleece, according to the myth, and on a misty morning with the trees draped in lianas it is easy to believe in it.
Read the complete Nabada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Nabada is where the day begins. Next is Ispani.
2. Ispani
Most of Georgia's Black Sea coast is subtropical, with tea plantations, citrus groves and lush forests, and on the plain near Kobuleti, between the sea and the hills, lies one of the strangest landscapes in the Caucasus. The Ispani mires are raised peat bogs, domes of sphagnum moss that have grown over thousands of years, fed only by rain, and they are among the few such bogs in the subtropics. They are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, inscribed in 2021.
Read the complete Ispani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ispani comes up about 79 km into the recorded legs. Next is Gelati Monastery.
3. Gelati Monastery
Planning note
about 211 km into the recorded legs you reach Gelati Monastery. Next is back through Ispani.
4. back through Ispani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ispani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ispani, late in the day. Next is Nabada.
5. Nabada
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Nabada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Nabada. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Nabada to Ispani
Nabada → Ispani is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ispani to Gelati Monastery
Ispani → Gelati Monastery is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Gelati Monastery to back through Ispani
Gelati Monastery → back through Ispani is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Ispani to Nabada
back through Ispani → Nabada is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.