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Old Tbilisi
ძველი თბილისი
Old Tbilisi is the historic core of Georgia's capital, known in Georgian as ძველი თბილისი.
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City guide · Georgia
Tbilisi
Tbilisi spreads along the Mtkvari River, with Old Tbilisi, the sulfur baths and Narikala concentrated around the historic core. Rustaveli Avenue forms the main museum and theatre axis, while the left bank adds Marjanishvili and riverside districts. The city rises sharply on both sides of the river, so plan adjacent sights together and use public transport for hilltop or outer-city stops.
Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
Practical information
Practical information
- Language spoken
- Georgian
- National practical orientation; regional and minority languages may also be used
- Dialling code
- +995
- International calling code; local area and mobile prefixes still apply
- Currency
- Georgian lari (GEL)
- Use the official local currency; card acceptance varies by place
- Emergency number
- 112
- Use only for an emergency; tourist assistance may use a separate number
- Plug type
- Type C and F · 220 V
- Check that chargers support the recorded voltage before using an adapter
- Tap water
- Not recorded
- No verified nationwide visitor drinking-water statement was recorded
Turn this list into a plan
Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.
Planning a visit
- Suggested stay
- Not recorded
- Getting around
- Walk, metro, bus and cable transport
- January: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- February: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- March: good time to visit
- April: good time to visit
- May: best time to visit
- June: best time to visit
- July: good time to visit
- August: good time to visit
- September: best time to visit — current month
- October: good time to visit
- November: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- December: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- Best time
- Good time
- Viable with trade-offs
- Difficult conditions
Sources
- worldweather.wmo.int Checked 2026-08-28
Top things to see
Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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24 places match
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02 1 hr 30 minSimon Janashia Museum of Georgia
სიმონ ჯანაშიას სახელობის საქართველოს მუზეუმი
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia is the principal building of the Georgian National Museum network, located on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. It houses the country's archaeological treasury alongside modern history collections.
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- Museum
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03 2 hoursBridge of Peace
მშვიდობის ხიდი
The Bridge of Peace is an illuminated glass-and-steel footbridge spanning the Kura River in central Tbilisi. Designed by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, it opened as a contemporary landmark connecting the historic old town with the modern Rike Park district.
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04 2 hoursMtatsminda Park
მთაწმინდის პარკი
Mtatsminda Park is a hilltop amusement park on Mount Mtatsminda above Tbilisi. It combines family recreation with wide views across the Georgian capital, making the journey and the destination part of one outing.
- Must see
- Entertainment venue
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05 2 hoursRustaveli Avenue
შოთა რუსთაველის გამზირი
Rustaveli Avenue is Tbilisi's principal ceremonial boulevard, named after the medieval Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli. The avenue functions as the city's political and cultural spine, extending from Freedom Square toward the Rustaveli Metro station.
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06 1 hr 30 minNational Gallery of Georgia
ცისფერი გალერეა
The Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery is a major art museum on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. It operates within the Georgian National Museum system and carries the name of Dimitri Shevardnadze, an important figure in Georgian cultural history.
- Must see
- Museum
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07 1 hr 30 minArt Museum of Georgia
შალვა ამირანაშვილის სახელობის საქართველოს ხელოვნების სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი
The Art Museum of Georgia, also known as the Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, is one of Tbilisi's principal institutions for Georgian artistic heritage.
- Must see
- Museum
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08 2 hoursთბილისის ფუნიკულიორი
The Tbilisi Funicular is a historic cable railway ascending from Chonkadze Street in the city centre to Mtatsminda Plateau, a recreational area overlooking Georgia's capital.
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09 1 hr 30 minOpen Air Museum of Ethnography
სახელმწიფო ეთნოგრაფიული მუზეუმი
The Open Air Museum of Ethnography, named after Giorgi Chitaia, presents Georgian vernacular architecture and rural lifeways on a hillside in Tbilisi. Historic buildings relocated from different regions of Georgia show how local materials, climate and traditions shaped domestic spaces.
- Must see
- Museum
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10 1 hr 30 minTbilisi History Museum
თბილისის ისტორიულ-ეთნოგრაფიული მუზეუმი
Tbilisi History Museum occupies a restored caravanserai, the kind of roadside inn that once served merchants and travellers.
- Must see
- Museum
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11 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Soviet Occupation
საბჭოთა ოკუპაციის მუზეუმი
The Museum of Soviet Occupation is a focused exhibition inside the Museum of Georgia in central Tbilisi. It examines Georgia's experience under Soviet rule, including political repression, resistance, and the restoration of independence.
- Must see
- Museum
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12 1 hr 30 minGeorgia State Silk Museum
აბრეშუმის სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი
State Silk Museum occupies a purpose-built institution in Tbilisi that formerly served as the Caucasian Sericulture Station. The museum connects the history of silk with science, industry, textiles, and architecture.
- Must see
- Museum
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13 1 hr 30 minGeorgian Museum of Fine Arts
ქართული სახვითი ხელოვნების მუზეუმი
The Georgian Museum of Fine Arts is a private museum located on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. Its local name is საქართველოს სახვითი ხელოვნების მუზეუმი.
- Must see
- Museum
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14 1 hr 30 minGiorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature
გიორგი ლეონიძის სახელობის ქართული ლიტერატურის სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი
The Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature is Georgia's national museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the country's literary heritage.
- Must see
- Museum
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15 1 hr 30 minDavid Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia
ქართულ-ებრაული მუზეუმი
The David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia occupies a former domed synagogue in Tbilisi.
- Must see
- Museum
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16 1 hr 30 minTbilisi Wine Museum
თბილისის ღვინის მუზეუმი
Tbilisi Wine Museum sits in the historic Karvasla complex and introduces visitors to Georgia's long wine tradition.
- Must see
- Museum
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17 1 hr 30 minElene Akhvlediani House Museum, Tbilisi
ელენე ახვლედიანის სახლ-მუსეუმი
Elene Akhvlediani House Museum preserves the Tbilisi residence and studio of one of Georgia's leading twentieth-century painters. The house creates an intimate setting in which the artist's work, rooms, belongings, and creative life can be considered together.
- Must see
- Museum
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Iakob Nikoladze Museum 18 1 hr 30 minIakob Nikoladze Museum
იაკობ ნიკოლაძის სახლ-მუზეუმი
Iakob Nikoladze House Museum preserves the former home and studio of Iakob Nikoladze, recognised as the founder of modern Georgian sculpture. The museum connects his sculptural work with the rooms where he lived and created.
- Must see
- Museum
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Mose Toidze House-Museum 19 1 hr 30 minMose Toidze House-Museum
მოსე თოიძის სახლ-მუზეუმი
Mose Toidze House Museum is a memorial house museum in Tbilisi dedicated to the Georgian artist Mose Toidze. It occupies his former residence, preserving the atmosphere of the place where he lived and worked.
- Must see
- Museum
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20 1 hr 30 minZurab Tsereteli Museum Of Modern Art
ზურაბ წერეთლის თანამედროვე ხელოვნების მუზეუმი
The Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art, known locally as ზურაბ წერეთლის თანამედროვე ხელოვნების მუზეუმი, is a museum on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi.
- Must see
- Museum
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Tbilisi Auto Museum 21 1 hr 30 minTbilisi Auto Museum
თბილისის ავტომუზეუმი
Tbilisi AutoMuseum is a private museum devoted to restored Soviet-era vehicles. It gives the city’s cultural landscape an automotive and industrial dimension, with cars serving as objects of design, engineering, and twentieth-century social history.
- Must see
- Museum
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22 1 hr 30 minLiterary-Memorial Museum of Ilia Chavchavadze
ილია ჭავჭავაძის ლიტერატურულ-მემორიალური მუზეუმი
Ilia Chavchavadze Literary-Memorial Museum preserves the Tbilisi home and memory of Ilia Chavchavadze, a major Georgian writer, journalist, banker and statesman. The visit brings literary history and national identity together in a domestic setting.
- Must see
- Museum
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23 1 hr 30 minTbilisi Zoo
თბილისის ზოოპარკი
Tbilisi Zoo is a long-established zoological park in the Vere valley and a major family attraction in Georgia's capital. The zoo brings wildlife encounters into an urban landscape and forms part of the city's recreational life.
- Must see
- Family attraction
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24 2 hoursBassiani
ბასიანი
Bassiani is an internationally known electronic-music nightclub beneath Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi.
- Must see
- Nightlife venue
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·
How the city is laid out
Old Tbilisi occupies the compact area below Narikala, including Abanotubani, Metekhi and streets near Freedom Square. Rustaveli Avenue runs northwest through the modern centre. Across the river, Aghmashenebeli Avenue and Marjanishvili create a second walkable cluster. Mtatsminda, the Chronicle of Georgia and the open-air ethnography museum require separate uphill journeys rather than being folded into an old-town walk.
Checked 2026-08-26
Getting around
Walk within Old Tbilisi and the Rustaveli corridor, then use metro, bus or cable transport for longer links and steep approaches. The official Georgia Travel guide identifies Old Tbilisi as a compact two-square-kilometre core, but the wider visitor map extends well beyond it. Group river crossings and hillside attractions carefully because short map distances can conceal substantial elevation changes.
Checked 2026-08-26
Common questions
How many days should I spend in Tbilisi?
A fixed official stay length is not recorded. Build the visit around Old Tbilisi and Rustaveli first, then add hilltop viewpoints, museums or outer districts according to available time.
What is the best time to visit Tbilisi?
No single official best-month range is recorded. Check current weather and event information, then plan the steepest outdoor routes for comfortable conditions.
Is central Tbilisi walkable?
Yes. Old Tbilisi and the Rustaveli corridor are practical walking zones, although slopes and river crossings make public transport useful between separate clusters.
Which area should I explore first in Tbilisi?
Start with Old Tbilisi around Abanotubani, Metekhi and the streets below Narikala. It contains the city’s densest group of historic visitor sights.
Should hilltop attractions be grouped together?
Plan them as separate transport-assisted blocks. Mtatsminda, the Chronicle of Georgia and other elevated sites are not efficient additions to a continuous old-town walking route.