Greenways in Georgia

Country: Georgia

SPECIAL MENTION EUROPEAN GREENWAYS AWARD 2025

Greenways Georgia is a national initiative led by the Georgian Ecotourism Association (GEA) to develop a network of greenways that promote sustainable mobility, ecotourism, and rural development. The project is bringing Georgia into the international Greenways movement by reviving historic routes, traditional paths, and former transport corridors as non-motorised trails for walking and cycling.

The initiative focuses on creating safe, environmentally friendly routes that connect nature, culture, and local communities. Greenways are designed to encourage slow travel while supporting local businesses, family guesthouses, wineries, artisans, and rural tourism providers.

The project highlights Georgia’s unique heritage as a crossroads between Europe and Asia, reviving historic paths that once linked villages, vineyards, mountain communities, and trade routes, including corridors associated with the Silk Road.

Greenways Georgia transforms historic routes into sustainable travel corridors, offering visitors an authentic way to discover Georgia’s landscapes, traditions, hospitality, and rural culture while contributing to local development and environmental protection.

The current network focuses on three pilot greenways: