Set on a 60-hectare estate in Georgia’s Kakheti wine region, Lopota Lake Resort & Spa is a luxurious five-star, family-owned retreat built around the tranquil Lake Lopota and ringed by the Caucasus Mountains, a 115 km drive east of Tbilisi.

Accommodation is spread across 16 lakeside buildings, with all 311 rooms designed using natural materials and an organic, sage-toned palette, letting the architecture blend harmoniously into the surrounding forest. Rooms are bright and spacious, with an open balcony or patio and views of the lake, woodland or mountains and every rooms offers air conditioning, a minibar, flat-screen TV, free Wi-Fi and daily housekeeping.

Beyond the rooms, guests have an exceptional range of facilities at their doorstep: a Forest Spa in partnership with Valmont, six swimming pools, a waterpark, tennis courts, horse stables and a fitness centre, alongside four restaurants and the Château Buera winery for tastings of locally produced wine.