Vitamin Café Terrace at Gudauri

The Vitamin Café Terrace

The camera is mounted at the Vitamin Café, an open-air mountain restaurant whose wooden deck is lined with lounge chairs, parasols and a hammock-style swing. The terrace sits at the top of a gondola line, giving guests a front-row seat to the surrounding peaks while they relax with coffee and food.

Gudauri Ski Resort

Gudauri is Georgia's largest and highest-altitude ski resort, strung along the Greater Caucasus at well over 2,000 metres. Its lifts and broad, treeless slopes make it a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, while the same terrain becomes prime hiking and paragliding country once the snow melts.

The Greater Caucasus Panorama

Beyond the terrace the lens captures a vast sweep of the Greater Caucasus, the rugged mountain chain that forms the spine of the region. Bare ridges, distant summits and the line of the gondola stretch across the horizon, offering a constantly changing high-mountain backdrop.

Visiting Gudauri

Reached by the scenic Georgian Military Road from Tbilisi, Gudauri is a year-round destination for mountain sports and alpine relaxation. This view is a perfect way to gauge conditions on the slopes or simply enjoy the calm of café life high in the Caucasus.