
hotel
Rooms Kazbegi
Stepantsminda
The breakfast spread at Stepantsminda's newly refurbished, 155-key Rooms Hotel Kazbegi is as epic as the views through the floor-to-ceiling windows, while its pine-clad wellness area - all vintage ski posters and Caucasus-facing poolside lounge chairs - takes mindful R&R to new heights. Set in a Soviet-era sanatorium in Georgia's rugged north-east, a three-hour drive from Tbilisi, the contemporary, rustic-luxe bolthole makes a great base for winter ski adventures or, year-round, for exploring ancient churches and crashing waterfalls on horse-riding or hiking expeditions. Spend evenings grazing on Georgian and international comfort classics in the hotel's sprawling lounge-restaurant, browsing the design-forward shop, playing a game of pool in the bar and doing some stargazing from the balcony of your Gstaad-chalet-chic room.