First walk
Old Tbilisi on foot: a first walk across two banks
Link Freedom Square, Gabriadze’s tower, Sioni and the baths with Metekhi, Rike and the Bridge of Peace to understand the old city’s river setting.
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01 / START WITH TBILISI
Old Tbilisi on foot: a first walk across two banks
Link Freedom Square, Gabriadze’s tower, Sioni and the baths with Metekhi, Rike and the Bridge of Peace to understand the old city’s river setting.
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All walks & city guideArchitecture
Sololaki on foot: houses, façades and permitted entrance halls
Explore Sololaki’s literary addresses and distinctive houses from public streets, with a careful approach to residential entrance halls.
Architecture
Rustaveli on foot: choosing museums and reading architecture
Follow Tbilisi’s cultural avenue from Freedom Square to First Republic Square, with a museum choice, Kashveti and the theatre façades.
Views & hills
Walk up Mtatsminda: the Pantheon and Tbilisi’s panorama
Plan the climb from Sololaki to the Pantheon and Mtatsminda Park, with practical decisions about effort, weather and the return journey.
Architecture
Saburtalo on foot: the circus to the former Ministry of Roads
Compare Tbilisi’s circus, King David towers and former Adjara Hotel before reaching the intersecting volumes of the Bank of Georgia building.
Neighbourhoods
Tbilisi’s left bank: Dry Bridge to Fabrika
Walk through Dedaena Park, Aghmashenebeli Avenue and Marjanishvili Square towards Fabrika, linking market browsing with neighbourhood architecture.
Neighbourhoods
Betlemi on foot: stairs, churches and upper lanes
Climb from Gudiashvili Square through Betlemi towards Ateshgah and Kldisubani, then return to the lower streets of Old Tbilisi.
Batumi
All walks & city guide
First walk
Old Batumi on foot: squares, façades and places of worship
Walk from Europe Square through the Piazza and Old Batumi’s religious landmarks, with practical advice for looking around and choosing optional visits.
Views & hills
Batumi by the sea: theatre, colonnades and Miracle Park
A waterfront walk through the colonnades to Batumi’s skyline landmarks, with advice on viewpoints, optional attractions and exposed seafront paths.
Yerevan
All walks & city guide
First walk
Central Yerevan on foot: Republic Square to the Opera
A first walk through Yerevan’s main squares, stone façades and pedestrian streets, with museums treated as optional visits.
Views & hills
Yerevan’s northern views: lower Cascade, Matenadaran and Victory Park
Combine outdoor art, manuscript heritage and a city panorama, using streets for the climb rather than assuming a passage through the upper Cascade.
Istanbul
All walks & city guide
First walk
Sultanahmet on foot: a first Istanbul walk
A Sultanahmet walking route linking the Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern, with advice on choosing interior visits.
Neighbourhoods
Galata and Pera on foot: Camondo Stairs to Taksim
Walk through Galata and Pera via the tower, Pera Museum and İstiklal, with practical choices for steep streets, museums and exterior sightseeing.
Kutaisi
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First walk
Kutaisi on foot: the Rioni, White Bridge and cultural centre
Explore Kutaisi through river views, museums and theatre façades, choosing optional interiors without losing the rhythm of a city walk.
Views & hills
Walk to Bagrati: river crossings, the hill and the garden gate
See Kutaisi from river level and Bagrati hill, finishing outside the Botanical Garden and treating an internal garden visit separately.
Sighnaghi
All walks & city guide
First walk
Sighnaghi on foot: the old centre and eastern wall
Walk from the town hall and museum towards churches and the eastern tower, without assuming a continuous circuit along the fortress walls.
Views & hills
Sighnaghi’s southern panorama: a walk into the town centre
Start with a view of Sighnaghi, then walk towards Saint Tamar, the town hall and museum, allowing for gradients and a separate return journey.
Gyumri
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Architecture
Gyumri in tuff: Vardanants Square, churches and urban houses
Compare Gyumri’s stone architecture, church façades and the scale of the Dzitoghtsyan house, with optional museum visits planned separately.
Neighbourhoods
Creative Gyumri: artists, poets and the theatre quarter
Explore Kumayri through the Aslamazyan Gallery, literary museums and stage history, choosing a personal theme and one unhurried indoor visit.
Novi Sad
All walks & city guide
Architecture
Novi Sad old centre: an architecture walk
Walk from Novi Sad Synagogue through Liberty Square to the Bishop’s Palace, comparing façades and planning any interior visits separately.
Views & hills
Walk to Petrovaradin: the Danube, bridge and fortress
A walking route from Danube Park across Varadin Bridge to Petrovaradin’s Clock Tower, with practical advice for the climb and your return.
Skopje
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First walk
First walk in Skopje: old station to the Stone Bridge
Explore central Skopje from the City Museum through the Mother Teresa Memorial House and Macedonia Square to the Vardar and Stone Bridge.
Neighbourhoods
Skopje Old Bazaar: a walk through domes and courtyards
Walk from the Stone Bridge through historic hammams and Suli An towards the religious landmarks above Skopje’s Old Bazaar, with practical route choices.
First walk
Icherisheher on foot: a first walk through Old Baku
Walk from the Double Gates towards Maiden Tower and the palace quarter, choosing optional interiors while keeping your bearings in the narrow streets.
Views & hills
Baku from the Caspian to Highland Park: waterfront and skyline
Walk from Maiden Tower along the waterfront to the Carpet Museum, then uphill towards Highland Park, with stairs, a mapped detour and exterior tower views.
Tirana
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First walk
First walk in Tirana: Skanderbeg Square and city memory
Link Tirana’s central square, mosque, clock tower, Bunk’Art 2, Orthodox cathedral and House of Leaves while choosing a manageable museum plan.
Architecture
Modern Tirana on foot: Rinia Park, the Pyramid and beyond
An architecture walk from the Orthodox cathedral through Rinia Park and the Pyramid to Postbllok and the stadium, with an optional stair climb.
Sarajevo
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Neighbourhoods
Baščaršija and Sarajevo’s residential streets: a museum walk
Walk from Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque and Sebilj past the Old Orthodox Church towards Svrzo’s House and the War Childhood Museum, with time to pause.
Views & hills
Sarajevo river to Yellow Bastion: a walk with a climb
Walk from Latin Bridge past City Hall and Sebilj to Yellow Bastion, with advice on recognising the panorama, pacing the ascent and planning your return.
Belgrade
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Views & hills
Belgrade Fortress on foot: Kalemegdan and two rivers
Walk from Princess Ljubica’s Residence through Kalemegdan to the fortress, Victor Monument and Ružica Church, with practical choices for viewpoints and steps.
Neighbourhoods
Belgrade museums and Dorćol: a walk from Republic Square
Connect the National Museum, Knez Mihailova, Ethnographic Museum and Academic Park with Bajrakli Mosque, choosing a museum stop that suits your day.
Bukhara
All walks & city guide
Architecture
Poi-Kalyan on foot: reading Bukhara’s architecture
A focused walk around Kalyan, Miri-Arab and two neighbouring madrasahs, with practical advice on viewpoints and separate interior visits.
First walk
Bukhara from the trading domes to Chor Minor
Explore Magoki Attori, Lyabi-Hauz and Chor Minor through trading passages, a waterside square and the residential lanes of old Bukhara.
Tashkent
All walks & city guide
First walk
Central Tashkent on foot: theatres, squares and façades
Walk from the Navoi Theatre to Amir Temur Square, compare the architecture of central Tashkent and plan a separate museum visit.
Neighbourhoods
Chorsu and Khadra: a walk between Tashkent’s domes
Combine Chorsu Bazaar, Kukeldash, Khoja Ahror Mosque and the circus in a focused walk through a trading neighbourhood.
Bishkek
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First walk
Central Bishkek on foot: Philharmonic to Ala-Too
An introductory walk through central Bishkek, linking the Philharmonic, Panfilov Park, the history museum and Ala-Too Square.
Neighbourhoods
Erkindik on foot: Ala-Too to Bishkek’s railway station
Follow Erkindik Boulevard past the Aitmatov monument to Bishkek II, with advice on the street crossings and the walk’s linear finish.
Samarkand
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First walk
Registan and Samarkand’s old lanes on foot
Read Registan’s three madrasahs as one ensemble, then continue past Chorsu into the residential lanes towards the Maturidi mausoleum.
Architecture
Bibi-Khanym to Shah-i-Zinda: a Samarkand walking route
Link monumental architecture, Siyob Bazaar and Hazrat Khizr while allowing enough attention for Shah-i-Zinda and the route’s stairs.
How these guides are made
walkymap combines editorial reading with a route you can open on a map. Articles draw on tourism organisations, museums and heritage sources, linked in each guide. Distances follow the mapped walking track; times and elevation are estimates. Source checks are remote and do not mean the route has been walked by our team.
Photographs and licences
Tbilisi · City photograph, cropped · falco · CC0
Batumi · City photograph, cropped · herr.eichhorn from Berlin, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Yerevan · City photograph, cropped · Սէրուժ Ուրիշեան (Serouj Ourishian) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Istanbul · City photograph, cropped · qwesy qwesy · CC BY 3.0
Kutaisi · City photograph, cropped · Bernard Gagnon · CC BY 4.0
Sighnaghi · City photograph, cropped · Alexey Komarov · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gyumri · City photograph, cropped · Kumayri Gyumri · CC BY 2.0
Novi Sad · City photograph, cropped · Erik Cleves Kristensen · CC BY 2.0
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Skopje · City photograph, cropped · Edon Bayrami · CC BY-SA 4.0
Baku · City photograph, cropped · Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tirana · City photograph, cropped · Albinfo · CC0 1.0
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Sarajevo · City photograph, cropped · Đana Talić · CC0 1.0
Belgrade · City photograph, cropped · Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Bukhara · City photograph, cropped · Fulvio Spada from Torino, Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Tashkent · City photograph, cropped · Doris Ingeborg Lohse · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bishkek · City photograph, cropped · Kalpaktravel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Samarkand · City photograph, cropped · Artifacts (Jakent07) · CC BY-SA 4.0
