Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura River.
Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of Georgia, located on the banks of the Kura River. With more than 1.3 million inhabitants, it contains almost one third of the country's population. Tbilisi was founded in the 5th century CE by Vakhtang I of Iberia and has since served as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics. Between 1801 and 1917, then part of the Russian Empire, it was the seat of the Caucasus Viceroyalty, governing both the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus.
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Worth seeing in and around Tbilisi
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.
- 01Tbilisi 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.
1.8 km · university in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 02Dinamo 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.
200 m · football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 03Holy 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.
3.4 km · Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 04Rustaveli 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.
2.6 km · theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 05Tbilisi 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.
2.4 km · opera house in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 06Kartlis 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.
4 km · sculpture · Wikipedia - 07Narikala
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.
4.1 km · ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi · Wikipedia - 08Sioni 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.
3.7 km · orthodox Christian cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 09Freedom 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.
3.3 km · square in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia - 10Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, also known as the Lokomotivi Stadium, is a football-specific stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia named after the famous Georgian international footballer, Mikheil Meskhi. It is used mostly for football matches, and occasionally for rugby union and rugby league matches.
4.1 km · football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Georgian National Museum is the umbrella organisation for a dozen museums and other sites in Tbilisi and elsewhere, with practical info in English. Usually they charge 7 lari for an adult, and are closed Mondays.
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Things to do
- 01Sulphur Baths
- 02Bath No
5 (Public bath), 4 Mirza Fatali Akhudovi.
- 03Turtle Lake
- 04Lake Lisi
- 05Climb up to the Narikala Fortress
The crumbling ruins of this once-great fortress, standing alongside the Upper Betelmi Churches and the stunning Botanical gardens, offer panoramic views of the city below.
- 06Botanical
N1 (access via Botanikuri St., or from above through the fortress.
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Where to eat
Street side stalls selling Georgian fast food are all over the city. Some kind of hot snack will cost 0.70-2.50 lari. = =
- 01Kiwi Vegan Cafe
6 Ivane Machabeli St (in Old Town between Pushkin and Leselidze),.
- 02Racha
It is not fancy, but it is real and the food is tasty.
- 03Veliaminov
8 Shalva Dadiani St.
- 04Family
Delicious dishes and comfortable atmosphere.
- 05Good Mood Food
Small eatery serving different kinds of Khachapuri.
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Getting to Tbilisi
- Airports
- Tbilisi (TBS), 15 km · Shirak (LWN), 133 km · Ganja (GNJ), 168 km
- Stations
- Tbilisi Central Station, 400 m
- Kopitnari → Tbilisi202 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · ₾27–36
- Batumi → Tbilisi266 km · quickest by air, 3h 51m · ₾130–200
- Gyumri → Tbilisi130 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $15–20
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tbilisi
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 Tbilisi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Kutaisi to Tbilisi you go 4 hours in a marshrutka for .
- Get in{{Infobox|Prices, marshrutka drivers and travel hours|Since marshrutkas are privately owned vehicles, some drivers try to charge tourists several lari more than locals.
- Get inIf you do not want to get ripped off, ask a local about the price and give money straight to the driver, or just pay at a ticket office () if such exists–most larger cities have them, but not all destinations.Also, start early, because marshrutkas mostly start in the morning and become sparse in the afternoon.
- Get inAfter 16:00 it can be hard to catch a marshrutka to/from Tbilisi, or any other city in Georgia for that matter.}} There are three main bus stations in Tbilisi, and several smaller ones.
- Get inTo transfer between Didube and Ortachala, use marshrutka 150 or metro.
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