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Also known as Oni, Georgia
city in Georgia
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Oni is a city in Georgia that serves as the capital of Oni Municipality, located within the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region. The city’s official name is ონი, and Georgian is its official language. It has a population of 6,174 and sits at an elevation of 830 meters above sea level. The earliest written record of the city dates to 1500.
Oni is twinned with Beersheba, Fitchburg, Kazlų Rūda, and Rzgów. The city uses the postal code 3600 and operates in the Asia/Tbilisi time zone.
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Place details
- Locality
- ონი
- Region
- რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი
- Country
- საქართველო
- Population
- 2,480
- Timezone
- Asia/Tbilisi
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Georgia
- Region
- Racha
- Municipality
- Oni
- Elevation
- 830 m (2,720 ft)
- Total
- 2,498
- Time zone
- UTC+4 (Georgian Time)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
Oni is a very pretty, rustic town on the Rioni River up in the mountains that was for millennia a center of Georgian Jewish culture. Today it is becoming a major tourist destination for domestic travelers as well as attracting adventurous foreign travelers attracted to its natural beauty, remote setting and a local culture that has not seen the effects of tourism yet. The town is about 3 km long, between the left bank of the Rioni River and hills to the East.
Get around
The town is easily handled on foot.
To travel further into the mountains hire a car at the station where you were dropped off by the marshrutka. Or make arrangements through your guesthouse.
Do
The most popular activity for visitors is hiking or climbing in the mountains and there are many trails for this.
Eat
Most visitors will want to have their meals at the guesthouse they are staying at, since there is a very limited choice of restaurants in the summer, and none are open in the winter.
Sleep
There are several nice guesthouse options in town and one new hotel.
Family Guesthouse and Gallery – A beautiful house with hand made balconies that has been furnished and decorated by the owners who run the local art and woodworking school. The owners speak Georgian and Russian and their teenage son speaks excellent English and is able to act as a guide for local hikes.
Go next
To go to Tbilisi, you need to get to the station in front of the Justice House (next to Nikora). The station master and vehicles are there till 9 am. The vehicles may leave early if they are full, so get there at 8. You can also attempt to book a minivan in advance by going to that station before 9 am beforehand.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Oni (Georgian: ონი, romanized: oni [ˈo̞n̪i]) is a town in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (mkhare), Georgia. Historically and ethnographically, it is part of Racha, a historic highland province in western Georgia. The town also serves as an administrative center of the Oni district (raioni).
Oni is situated in a deep gorge on the left bank of Rioni River, some 830 metres (2,723 feet) above sea level and 210 kilometres (130 miles) northwest of Georgia's capital Tbilisi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.