Georgia route planning: Through Russia or Turkey?
I plan to drive from Berlin to Georgia. I would like to spend as much time as possible in the Caucasus, so I'd like to make the drive down to Georgia as short as possible.
I’m wondering which one is the better route from Central Europe to Georgia: North of the Black Sea through Ukraine/Russia or south of the Black Sea, through Turkey?
Considering that it is apparently still impossible to go through Crimea or the Donezk region in Ukraine (correct me if I’m wrong), I would need to take a huge deviation north through Charkiw. Still, even with this detour, it would be slightly shorter from here vs going through Turkey (~3400km vs 3600km).
But looking at Google Maps, >1000km of the route through Ukraine/Russia would be on small single lane roads, while going through Turkey, it would be motorways or at least double lane roads all the way to the Georgian border.
So I gather it would be quicker and less stressful going through Turkey?
Am I missing something? How difficult are the borders (Bulgaria/Turkey, Turkey/Georgia, Ukraine/Russia, Russia/Georgia)?
Last edited by jbxberg; 29 Feb 2020 at 10:33.
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