Gori Tourist Traps

The museum tour was very quick, look theres a picture and another picture of Stalin and his associates, wives, et cetera. The maps of the campaign were the most interesting part of the museum tour. His childhood home was an eye opener to the cramped living conditions of families during his era. His train cart was also interesting, but I saw that in all the pictures I've seen of Gori - so it seemed like deja vu to me. Mostly I went because it seemed a required trip while staying in this country - with most of the roads northward probably being impassable due to the time of year.

Unique Suggestions: The tour cost 15 larri (GEL) per foreigner and included an english speaking guide. The guide was very soft spokened and talked really fast, a bad combination. Seeing as our group consisted of native Georgian speakers we really could have done just as well reading the notes on things for ourselves - and even then a lot of the pieces of Stalin's possessions had english on the description cards as well.

Fun Alternatives: Spend more time at the Gori fortress and in Gori in general - just next to the Gori fortress is a church you could go see - and on the other side is a vegetable market. Plus the statue of Tbilisi's founder on a lion near the market is also neat looking and makes a great photo-op.