This Eastern Europe country is bordered by Turkey and Armenia to the south, Russia in the north and north-east and by Azerbaijan in the south-east and Georgia to its east.

The land is divided in half by the Likhi mountain range, with a humid, subtropical climate to the west, and an arid, continental climate to the east.

Its landscapes, range from some of Europe’s highest mountain peaks, low-land swamps, rainforests, mineral springs, and hot volcanic springs, to the vast wine-growing valleys and lush pebbled beaches of the Black Sea resorts.