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Neighborhood of Isani District in Old Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia

Avlabari

Avlabari is a neighborhood of Old Tbilisi on the left bank of the Mtkvari River.

Avlabari
Avlabari · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Avlabari is a neighborhood of Old Tbilisi on the left bank of the Mtkvari River. The 11th-13th century chronicles mention it as Isani, which is now one of the larger municipal regions of Tbilisi. Nowadays one of the upcoming hip neighborhoods of the city, Avlabari is being extensively gentrified.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Avlabari

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Tbilisi State University

    Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, also known as Tbilisi State University or TSU, is a public research university established on 8 February 1918 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Excluding academies and theological seminaries, which have intermittently functioned in Georgia for centuries, TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the Caucasus region.

    3.6 km · university in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dinamo Arena

    The Boris Paitchadze Dinamo Arena, formerly known as Boris Paitchadze National Stadium, is a stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia, and the home stadium of Dinamo Tbilisi, Georgia national rugby union team and Georgia national football team. With a capacity of 54,139, the stadium is the largest in Georgia.

    4 km · football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi

    The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, commonly known as Sameba, is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Constructed between 1995 and 2004, it is the third-tallest Eastern Orthodox cathedral in the world and one of the largest religious buildings in the world by total area.

    500 m · Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Rustaveli Theatre

    Tbilisi State Academic Theater named after Shota Rustaveli, shortly Rustaveli Theater, is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue. Housed in an ornate Rococo-style edifice, the theatre was founded in 1887 and since 1921 has carried the name of Georgia's national poet Rustaveli.

    1.7 km · theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre

    The Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theater named after Zacharia Paliashvili, shortly Paliashvili Theatre, is an opera house situated on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia. Founded in 1851, Tbilisi Opera is the main opera house of Georgia and is among the oldest opera houses in Eastern Europe.

    1.9 km · opera house in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kartlis Deda

    Kartlis Deda is a monument in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary.

    1.1 km · sculpture · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Narikala

    Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Mtkvari River. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulfur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi.

    800 m · ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sioni Cathedral

    The Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Following a medieval Georgian tradition of naming churches after specific places in the Holy Land, the Sioni Cathedral bears the name of Mount Zion at Jerusalem.

    700 m · orthodox Christian cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Freedom Square

    Freedom Square or Liberty Square is located in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, at the eastern end of Rustaveli Avenue. Under Imperial Russia it was known as Erivansky or Paskevich-Erivansky Square While part of the Soviet Union, it was Beria Square and Lenin Square.

    1.2 km · square in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Museum of Soviet Occupation

    The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a history museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia and dedicated to the history of the anti-occupational, national-liberation movement of Georgia, to the victims of the Soviet political repressions throughout this period. It was established on May 26, 2006.

    1.3 km · museum of Soviet occupation in Tbilisi · Wikipedia

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Getting to Avlabari

Airports
Tbilisi (TBS), 12 km · Shirak (LWN), 132 km · Ganja (GNJ), 165 km
Stations
Tbilisi Central Station, 3.7 km · Rustaveli, 2.4 km
  • Kopitnari → Avlabari
    201 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · ₾27–36
  • Batumi → Avlabari
    265 km · quickest by air, 3h 55m · ₾130–210
  • Gyumri → Avlabari
    129 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · $15–21
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Avlabari

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Avlabari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    GoriGE

    10 ways of moving, 16 sources

    67 km
  2. 02
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    129 km
  3. 03
    Vardzia and the Javakheti plateauGE

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    132 km
  4. 04
    KutaisiGE

    9 ways of moving, 40 sources

    186 km
  5. 05
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    204 km

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Around it

Next door to Avlabari

Avlabari is 2 km from Tbilisi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Tbilisicapital and the largest city of Georgia (country)3.8 km
  • Abanotubanineighborhood700 m
  • Metekhidistrict in Tbilisi, Georgia500 m