Inside Europe's HIGHEST VILLAGE (Ushguli, Svaneti, Georgia)

Inside Ushguli village in Svaneti, Georgia. This is the highest permanently inhabited point in Europe! Driving through some of the most remote and dangerous roads in the Caucasus we head up to 2100m and the beautiful village of Ushguli.
The village is completely shut off from the outside world for more than 6 months of the year and the local people have to live off what they grow in the summer months. Ushguli is also one of the most stunning places we have ever seen, we incredible views over the High Caucasus mountain range and Georgia's highest peak - Mount Shkhara (5193 metres).
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[@MattandJulia]

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed the video! What's the remotest place you've ever been??? Also, if you are interested in traveling to Georgia in the future or just want to learn more about this amazing country, its food or incredible culture. Make sure to check out our full, comprehensive GEORGIA TRAVEL GUIDE linked below 🙂 DISCOUNT FOR THE FIRST 100 THAT PURCHASE: www.mattandjulia.co.uk/travelguides/p/ultimate-georgia-travel-guide

[@aimeecosson9473]

I would say Galápagos for me! 🐢 It’s not the most remote place as it’s not too hard to get to!

[@jamalalsughaier6032]

@@aimeecosson9473 i think it’s remote place because of the hard road that leads to Ushguli

[@tamunapaksashvili4054]

i am from georgia. i live in Tbilisi.thank you guys for you like georgia.i have georgian word ,,მადლობა''

[@MattandJulia]

Gamarjoba! 🤗 Of course, Georgia is such a beautiful country with so many lovely people! Hard not to love it 🥰❤️

[@homemade-georgian-cuisine]

my beautiful country. thank's guys

[@MattandJulia]

We love your country 😍

[@tekla_bablishvili]

I’m so incredibly happy that you enjoy spending time in our country! The vlog is so beautiful and hopefully, we’ll see more videos like this from you! xxx

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Tekla! So glad you are enjoying our videos, lots more Georgia videos on the channel 😊❤️

[@oeyt1982]

Svaneti is like heaven

[@MattandJulia]

Absolutely! So stunning, we couldn’t get enough of those mountains

[@thatmediccouchpotato]

@@MattandJulia The mountains look like they are going towards the heavens tbh. Great video as always!

[@MattandJulia]

It is literally like the Shangri-la of Europe 🥰

[@thatmediccouchpotato]

@@MattandJulia Deffo! Hope Georgia gets better roads so that people can get a chance to visit these magnificent places! I just hope that the beauty gets to be preserved too and that all the cute dogs get a loving forever homes!

[@realasscracka]

like Zermat... in switz

[@loranv3435]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING VIDEO GUY'S, THANKS SO MUCH LUV FROM CANADA.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank soooo much 🥰♥️ so happy you enjoyed our video! Sending lots of love to Canada! ♥️

[@takoamazashvili1609]

Hi, Welcome to georgia! ❤️I am glad that you visited us and liked our country.

[@MattandJulia]

Hello Tako 😊 we love Georgia so much ❤️

[@arnielzulueta3442]

Welcome to georgia city,russia.

[@elizabethmorton4904]

What an incredibly beautiful spot! I so hope the village can recover and those ancient homes can be restored - although I can appreciate the danger of landslides and avalanches! That road was breathtaking - I would never have the courage to drive it! Thanks for your videos, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Elizabeth, thank you so much, so glad you are enjoying our videos 😍❤️ We really do to, so much potential to make the village in to a real tourist hot-spot 😊 they are slowly but surely upgrading the road, our driver said 2 years and it should be fully paved 🙏🏻😊 Love to Canada! 😍

[@mariammandzulashvili793]

Hi guys🥰 welcome to Georgia ! I’m glad that you liked my country and appreciate our sights and culture❤️ Good luck on your journey.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Maria, we love your country 😍❤️

[@lynlandham3779]

I'm really loving your videos. I want to go back and try to catch up with where all you've been. That food at the end looked good!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much! Means the world to us that you love our videos 🥰♥️

[@aimeecosson9473]

What an incredible place!! Literally breathtaking everywhere you turn!

[@MattandJulia]

We spent the entire day with our Jaws on the floor 😄😍

[@aimeecosson9473]

@@MattandJulia I can’t even imagine!!!

[@dragicakapko-bakic4896]

Thank you for this video! It is so amazing. I visited Georgia 2years ago and I was so surprised with its beauty.

[@dragicakapko-bakic4896]

Greetings from Slovenia!

[@MattandJulia]

So glad you enjoyed it Dragica 😊 it is an amazing country ❤

[@MattandJulia]

Love to Slovenia, another GEORGEOUS country!! 😍

[@susanellis5890]

Awe how beautiful. Wish I could use a better description for this. Ty for showing up.

[@MattandJulia]

That's how we feel when we get to beautiful places 😅🤗❤️

[@markist76]

What a beautiful place. The mountains look breathtaking.

[@MattandJulia]

Ah they are unreal, the most incredible landscape we've ever seen! How we would imagine Switzerland to be 😍

[@Jensie50]

Wow! Now that looks like paradise! Scary roads though. Difficult for my mind to correlate your remarks on the heat with the snowy peaks in the background. Held my breath for you crossing that stream Julia ... 😁😉

[@MattandJulia]

It is absolutely stunning there, we didn’t know where to look 😧🥰 The roads were dodgy, apparently they used to be even worse. I would have gotten out of the car and walked if that was the case haha! We were thinking that as well, sort of doesn’t make sense when you are so hot but can see the snow not so far from where you are 😅 Oh Johan, you should’ve seen 15 minute part that I had to cut out when I just couldn’t do it , I was walking around from one place to another hahahah

[@Jensie50]

Shame Julia! Maybe some part of me was hoping for a mishap in that stream... 😁😁😁 Matt should have done the honorable thing and bought himself some points carrying you across; but maybe he was also secretly wishing for a mishap to capture on video? hahaha

[@RickyKingPlays]

Hello to my new favorite travel blogger. 😁 I tend to stay away from remote places when I travel, even in my own country. Lol. Keep safe you guys, and stay away from misadventures like that horseback riding experience.

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, this was very remote for sure 😀 Thank you so much Ricky, we will definitely stay away from the horses 😂

[@shirangajayasekara8030]

It is like a heaven... Love from Sri Lanka...

[@MattandJulia]

It is so beautiful indeed 😍 Sending lots of love to Sri Lanka 🤗❤️

[@rahimayman3936]

Hi guys This placed is amazing .

[@MattandJulia]

It is absolutely incredible there! Hope you are well Rahim ♥️

[@kv3361]

Wow how beautiful. Thank you for sharing the amazing views.

[@MattandJulia]

You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️🙌

[@dreamers3287]

my beautiful country , love your video, thanks

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much! 🤗❤️ Georgia is absolutely stunning 🥰

[@amelimjavanadze6053]

Hi I'm Georgian and I'm glad that u like our country

[@MattandJulia]

Gamarjoba! It's incredibly hard not to fall in love with Georgia 🥰❤️

[@gangfish6900]

Julia so cute crossing the river 🥺🥺🥺

[@MattandJulia]

She is a little girl but has a big jump 😍

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

Wooow. They made some road there. When I was there few years ago travel from Mestia to Ushguli was rough even for 4x4 cars.

[@Tellytuber-r6x]

Great videos, nice genuine companionship. Have you been to David Gareja? Amazing, there now

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much! 😊 Yeah, it is beautiful, went went there in a video called 'Inside a Georgian Village' 🙂

[@datobachilava3111]

Hello Matt and Julia we are appreciate that ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you Dato ❤️❤️❤️

[@jennh7040]

Beautiful!! Learning so much in your videos. Many places I will never see in person so thankful to see them in your videos.

[@MattandJulia]

So glad to have you along with us Jenn 🥰❤️

[@Godsprinter7]

YAY you guys returned again LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 🤗❤️

[@marcpaloma2262]

Thanks for another great video, Matt & Julia! So interesting to follow you on your travels. I’m definitely a fan!

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much Marc and for becoming a Patreon! 🥰🥰🥰 We really appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️

[@beluarriaza]

It’s so incredible this places from Chile 💕

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you! Love to Chile 🥰

[@salilsengupta8335]

Georgia is full of natural beauty and full of ❤️ beautiful girls

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ericcastelino2254]

Really remote and beautiful place. ❤️

[@MattandJulia]

It is absolutely breathtaking 😍❤️

[@PabloEscobar-kc4gk]

Очень красивая страна 🇬🇪!

[@MattandJulia]

Мы это всем повторяем 😁 столько всего в одной стране - это сказка! ☺️

[@njnikusha]

Second highest settlement in Europe , first one is also in Georgia with only one resident. Do not drive up in Ushguli unless its a clear sunny weather

[@MattandJulia]

Ah so interesting! What’s the name of the other settlement? Yeah, we were waiting for the weather to get better and for the roads to dry for 3 days 😧

[@njnikusha]

@@MattandJulia Its called Bochorna in tusheti region getting closer to Geo- Rus border

[@MattandJulia]

Very interesting, never heard about it before! Thank you so much for sharing 🙌🏼

[@njnikusha]

@@MattandJulia most welcome :)

[@tornikekarkarashvili5588]

The highest settlement in Europe is a village Bochorna, at tusheti region, u must go there, that will be absolutely different experience for u, Welcome to Georgia!

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks so much for the advice Tornike 😊

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Beautiful mountains 😍

[@MattandJulia]

They are the most incredible we've ever seen! But we haven't seen the Himalayas in Pakistan yet 😉😀

[@bessiemann7468]

Hello I love the videos you post.This place you are now is beautiful.I would love to see this in person.The roads are awful there,looks like they are just making them

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 😊 They are slowly but surely upgrading the road to Ushguli, maybe in a couple of years it wil be paved 😊

[@jo18533]

The people there are far more free than the average person living in England.

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, this is very true as of early 2021 😁

[@jeffery4345]

Naah, that's not a freedom

[@jo18533]

@@jeffery4345 Why not?

[@jeffery4345]

Because, their minds not free

[@jo18533]

@@jeffery4345 How so?

[@KhanKhan-if3sw]

Ah.Prince from Pakistan, wow Matt and Jolia , Weldon such a informative video to arrange it is a tuff job made possible u a nice couple we love u all , GOD bless u so plz take care by.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much! 😊 Really appreciate it! 🥰❤️

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Partly covered with ice 😍

[@MattandJulia]

It is so gorgeous when everything is green and mountains are snow capped! 🥰

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Such a beautiful view by drone 😍

[@MattandJulia]

Was so proud of these drone shots, my best so far 😊 but then again in that place its hard not to get good shots 😊

[@marysuzettecatipon6147]

Wow what a lovely place! ❤

[@MattandJulia]

It is absolutely stunning there 😍🥰

[@nitheeshbatta2780]

Hi, Matt and Julia, I wish once in my life I want to visit USHGULI, GEORGIA. what a beautiful place.

[@MattandJulia]

We are certain you will and you won't regret it, it is mind blowingly gorgeous! 😊

[@nitheeshbatta2780]

@@MattandJulia Thank you for your reply, Matt and Julia. OK, then where are you from ??

[@nitheeshbatta2780]

@@MattandJulia Thank you so much Matt and Julia where are you from ???

[@ALPHA-qz7wh]

That type of peaceful place I looking for ❤❤

[@MattandJulia]

We miss that place so much, so beautiful 😍❤️

[@dwaynepabillar3943]

Miss Georgia so much ❤️❤️❤️💕💕

[@MattandJulia]

Us too! Such an incredible country 😍❤️

[@eivissastef]

I can't put it into words how beautiful your faces are!

[@shaileshparan]

Greetings from New Jersey! You are living the life ! Thanks for bringing it to my shiny bright screen :-) I dig travel and travel vlogs. Subscribed ,and will now explore the past videos !

[@MattandJulia]

Cheers Shailesh, welcome to the channel ❤️

[@hasafa9580]

Getting addicted to your videos ;-) Thanks for Svaneti

[@MattandJulia]

Glad you to hear it 😀😉❤️

[@eivissastef]

thats (of course) the most beautiful remote places YOU have been. Ushguli has become a tourist HOTspot! open your eyes!

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Wowwwwwww new video uploaded today 🥰🥰🥰

[@MattandJulia]

Hey Muhammad 🥰🥰🥰

[@kabardinka1]

Gorgeous!

[@MattandJulia]

Without a doubt the most beautiful place we've seen 😊

[@sarcastichimachali5572]

Love from India , himachal Pradesh

[@MattandJulia]

Lots of love to India! ❤️🤗

[@Beljus]

Recent rec'd by YT. Watching from beginning & happy to pay for education & entertainment

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much!!! 🥰 That really means the world to us! ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏼

[@stronggs1459]

There are tough people living in Svaneti but they are kind at heart

[@mchochua15]

U've missed the main thing, შხარას მყინვარი ( Shkhara glacier) the one u saw from Ushguli.

[@MattandJulia]

Yeah, we wish we'd had time to hike there but unfortunately we only had a few hours 😔

[@elturco7779]

Amazing old Kolchis👋

[@sulbel4338]

COOL 💪💪💪❤❤❤🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much Sul Bel 😊

[@mohamedtraveler1583]

Greetings from Morocco

[@MattandJulia]

Sending lots of love to Morocco! ❤️

[@amelimjavanadze6053]

You guys need to visit Adjara

[@MattandJulia]

We have been there in 2018,waaay before we started our channel 🥰❤️

[@goetzliedtke]

I have helped with the maintenance of the Cumbres & Toltec narrow-gauge railroad equipment (a living museum) in Chama, New Mexico at 2,899 meters in the southern Rocky Mountains pf Northern New Mexico. From there, I rode by train to Osier, Colorado, a former toll road stop and railroad stop that has a restaurant for the train passengers. Nearby is the Toltec Gorge, where I was able to watch a rotary snow plow clear 12 foot snow drifts in May to open the railroad up for the summer.

[@MattandJulia]

That is absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Anurasg]

Awesome village tour. Thank you both of you. Wishes from Sri Lanka. .

[@MattandJulia]

thank you very much! sending lots of love to you 😊

[@MrRolandTravel]

I really enjoyed your video's

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you Roland, really appreciate it 😊

[@eddiehwang9696]

What a beautiful heaven is this.

[@Amit-tr3np]

This looks quite similar to Himachal Pradesh state of India. Great vlog 👍👍🇮🇳

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much! Would love to visit Himachal Pradesh 🤗😊

[@abetbujang6811]

wonderful what such beutiful views and places.... thanks like it......

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@suzannelawson9215]

Just curious, how did the two of you meet each other? You seem like such a nice couple.

[@MattandJulia]

Hi Suzanne, thank you so much, we met on seperate holidays in Turkey 9 years ago, and it blossomed from there 🥰❤️

[@kanzshodari6987]

Amazing videos i love it very much 🥰 one question how much you pay the driver for taking you mestia to ushguili ???

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much 😊 we think it was 40GEL x

[@joannmcgowan9394]

Such a beautiful area! It is so interesting to see how other people live around the world! Thank you!❤️ that road was scary lol the most remote place I’ve been is probably in a small town / road in the Black Hills South Dakota- which is our happy place!

[@MattandJulia]

Sounds beautiful! It is the absolute best thing when you have a happy place like that you can go! 😍🥰❤️

[@mariambe1527]

Great video, but Europe's highest village is in Tusheti, Bochorna (Georgia)

[@raindeertribe2732]

nice peaceful place

[@MattandJulia]

It is incredible 😍

[@dennismelton5080]

Best video yet; spectacular scenery. Your Russian language skills appear to have been vital to making this trip. It reminded me of the area around Peshawar, Pakistan but much greener. We want to visit Turkey and Georgia next year; especially if the BTK (Baku, Tbilisi, Kars) train begins offering passenger service.

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks so much Dennis! 🙌 Yeah definitely, it's been really helpful both in the Georgia and Armenia so far😊 Ahhh, sounds incredible! Hopefully they do! Also, you can take the train from Ankara to Kars as well right? Would be an awesome adventure 😊

[@subhadeepsen4989]

The gushing water stream indicates Summer time, Can you tell us which month was it filmed?

[@ferminsaiz9035]

Hermosa lugar montañoso.

[@MattandJulia]

Muchas gracias Fermin 🙌😊

[@khaledalamri2775]

Incredible!! What month was it?

[@lucycarlos4923]

Wow what a place!!!

[@MattandJulia]

It s incredible!! 😍

[@suzannelawson9215]

How did you discover this remote village? How did you find accommodations to stay? Did you have to book in advance to stay in room there? Is the trek ever physically too difficult for either of you? How do prepare for all this walking? Of course being young makes it easier. I am much, much older, senior citizen age and would not attempt it. Could when I was young though. Do you also take still photos or only videos?

[@jamalalsughaier6032]

Good work,thanks for sharing

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very much 🤗

[@travelearth9159]

Thank you for your video! What month was your video shot in? Thinking about going in Sep...wondering if it will be very green at the time?

[@MattandJulia]

Less so unfortunately! This was in May, we have also been in September and it was a big difference xxx

[@misho1488]

Love your videos

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much, means the world to us ☺️♥️

[@nandsharma7118]

Beutiful place 👍

[@MattandJulia]

Is it incredible for sure 🥰

[@nandsharma7118]

@@MattandJulia I am planning to visit Georgia near about August.

[@MattandJulia]

Perfect time of year up in the mountains if you like hiking 😊😊😊

[@bhupendersingh6769]

Very nice ❤️🥰

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you very Much Bhupender 😊

[@justdoit8779]

another perfect video !

[@barry-cq4xg]

I would imagine that life is very hard for the locals, especially in the winter.

[@MattandJulia]

yeah definitely!

[@alexrichmond4085]

HELLO MY DEAR FRIENDS I 🙋I WISH GOOD LUCK! THANK YOU FOR VIDEO ABOUT GEORGIA! Alex from Georgia /UKRAINE./💕

[@saadzayed7614]

Khinalig village of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 is 2500 m above sea level and known as the most isolated village in Azerbaijan with a population of 2000 people which speaks their own distinct language (Ketsh) and this language is not speaking anywhere in the world.

[@MattandJulia]

So interesting! Can not wait to explore it and hopefully speak to some of the locals! 😍😍😍

[@yespls4184]

That's so cool! I'm definitely going to look it up now

[@babisz8640]

Is it true that the locals in Svaneti are the most friendly honorable and ferocious in all of Georgia ?

[@thanarattakai2378]

is there hay fever allergy in june?

[@MattandJulia]

Not sure to be honest, we both had allergies in Tbilisi but not there 🤷‍♂️

[@doneymathew1112]

Which month is best for visiting Ushguli?

[@zamzam4131]

Thanks a lot for sharing this video Questions: How did you get to Ushguli ? How much u pay to get there ? Second: this Ushguli is very well known for making cheese . Did u find any farmer who sells cheese from Ushguli ?

[@MuhammadAwais-eh3gd]

Verrrryyyy good driver compare to last one the drunk driver ☺️☺️☺️

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, so true! This guy was lovely 😊

[@DharmendraKumar-nr6bw]

Lovely❤ place

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@WaqasKhan-vj8tl]

Good

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks!

[@Dr.PranavShendage]

Taste like water 🤣🤣 is epic

[@MattandJulia]

😉😁😁😁

[@Cosmos1987]

Resembles Swiss villages except people here are not as accomplished. But highest mountain in Europe must be Elbrus, so it seems.

[@MattandJulia]

How interesting 😊 Yes Elbrus is the highest and as actually only about 15km's from Ushguli 😊

[@critex1887]

U should see ushba f4om svaneti

[@MattandJulia]

We did, it is INCREDIBLE ❤️

[@seo7409]

thank god he created svaneti so we can use them as a punching bag in our jokes 🤧

[@wierdo-jc7xv]

5:24 King*

[@manuelesquivel8898]

Muy bonito

[@briantravelman]

Nice. This one actually IS geographically in Europe. But I'm certain the villages further to the east are even more remote and untouched. But I feel a lot of these villages are slowly losing their traditional vibe with the construction of modern buildings and tourist hotels. From a traveler's perspective, this may be disappointing, but at the same time we have to remember that these are real people who want to make their lives easier. They don't want to be stuck in the past for the sake of cultural tourism. But you can also argue that the authenticity is the reason tourists come in the first place, so what will happened if that authenticity is slowly eroded away?

[@kazzicup]

Messi road for sure 2:42 .

[@MattandJulia]

Very bad road for sure 😔

[@shahzadazulfiqar1]

Beautiful Nature But Poor Road Infrastructure, Needs A NawazSharif.

[@MattandJulia]

Hopefully in the coming months/years the road will be improved ❤️

[@shahzadazulfiqar1]

@@MattandJulia 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗