Georgia is a small country with an outsized personality, boasting one of the world's oldest wine cultures (over 8,000 years) and a landscape that swings from subtropical Black Sea beaches to the glacier-capped Caucasus. Its capital, Tbilisi, merges centuries of Persian, Russian, and European influence into a city of sulfur baths, tangled balconies, and warm hospitality that makes visitors feel like long-lost friends.