Walking in Tbilisi
Balconies, bathhouses and hills. 134 places and 25 walks.
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Walking times exclude visits and are estimates. Check access, opening hours, terrain and weather before leaving. Map services may calculate a different path between stops.
Old Tbilisi and Both Riverbanks ↗
A first encounter with the city: the clock tower, historic churches, bath district and views from both banks.
Rustaveli: Museums and Architecture ↗
The city's cultural axis: museums, Kashveti Church, theatre and the opera house's Moorish-style facade.
The Left Bank and Fabrika ↗
Vintage finds at Dry Bridge, a walk through Dedaena Park and past Aghmashenebeli's facades, ending in Fabrika's courtyard.
Mtatsminda on Foot ↗
From Sololaki to the Pantheon and Mtatsminda's viewpoints, finishing high above the city.
Vake and Turtle Lake ↗
A green walk climbing through Vake and looping around Turtle Lake.
Sololaki: Mansions and Entrance Halls ↗
A loop through the quiet streets of western Sololaki, with merchants' houses, Art Nouveau and literary addresses.
Betlemi: Stairs and Old Neighbourhoods ↗
A short but varied walk through the Old Town's upper lanes, with stairs, churches and wooden architecture.
Kala: Churches and City Stories ↗
A short walk through neighbourhoods preserving traces of different religious and cultural communities side by side.
Avlabari and Isani: From Sameba to Modernism ↗
A left-bank walk linking Avlabari's church courtyards with the underground printing house and the Palace of Rituals.
Orbeliani: Gardens, Palaces and the Waterfront ↗
A walk through lower Mtatsminda, with small gardens, historic facades and the contemporary architecture of the Public Service Hall.
Rustaveli: Facades, Art and Towers ↗
A companion to the main Rustaveli walk: public-building details, contemporary art and towers at the avenue's upper end.
Vera: Studios, Art Nouveau and Parks ↗
Griboedov Street and Vera: mirrored halls, wooden houses, artists, a former printing house and Soviet public buildings.
Chugureti: New Tiflis and Quiet Gardens ↗
A walk through lower Chugureti, with a historic avenue, memorial addresses, medical history and neighbouring churches.
From Apollo to Didube Pantheon ↗
Northern New Tiflis: cinema and music landmarks, the station, Silk Museum, Mushtaidi Garden and Didube's memorial sites.
Saburtalo: High-Rises and Soviet Modernism ↗
From the circular circus building and glass towers to the former Ministry of Highways: a walk through Saburtalo's architectural landmarks.
Vake: From the University to New Towers ↗
The historic university, a sculptor's studio, the green Mziuri valley and contemporary architecture on Chavchavadze Avenue.
Around Turtle Lake: Ethnography and the Svan Tower ↗
A separate hillside walk near Turtle Lake, linking the traditional-housing museum with a tower among the trees.
Western Saburtalo: Bridges, Towers and Campus ↗
A neighbourhood walk linking residential high-rises, the famous bridge-connected houses and a modernist university campus.
Upper Old Town: Baths and Panoramas ↗
A hilly walk through the bath district towards Tabor and the Sololaki ridge. Closed sites are represented only by their own approach points.
Lisi: A Walk Around the Lake ↗
A separate trip to Lisi for a relaxed lakeside loop on the marked walking path.
Dighomi: A Forest Park Loop ↗
A short standalone walk along Dighomi's woodland paths, without a long walk from the city centre.
Kikvidze: A Short Park Loop ↗
A short walk through Nadzaladevi's neighbourhood park, returning to the starting avenue.
Chronicle of Georgia and Zghvisubani Park ↗
From the monumental hilltop ensemble to a large neighbourhood park: a standalone walk in the north of the city.
Gardenia: A Little Garden Walk ↗
A very short loop inside a curated garden: a quiet separate visit rather than a long city walk.
Dendrological Park and the Southern Tbilisi Sea Shore ↗
A standalone walk through tree plantings and along dirt trails towards the water, returning to the southern approach.
Places in this guide
- Narikala Fortress
- Mother of Georgia
- Sameba Cathedral
- Metekhi Church
- Vakhtang Gorgasali Monument
- Sioni Cathedral
- Bridge of Peace
- Rike Park
- Abanotubani
- Chreli Abano — Orbeliani Baths
- Leghvtakhevi Waterfall
- Juma Mosque
- Gabriadze Clock Tower
- Gabriadze Puppet Theatre
- Anchiskhati Basilica
- Freedom Square
- Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
- National Gallery of Georgia
- Georgian Museum of Fine Arts
- Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Rustaveli Theatre
- Parliament of Georgia
- Kashveti Church
- Mtatsminda Park
- Mtatsminda Pantheon
- Tbilisi Funicular
- National Botanical Garden
- Vake Park
- Turtle Lake
- Lisi Lake
- Chronicle of Georgia
- Open-Air Museum of Ethnography
- Dry Bridge
- Dedaena Park
- Vera Park
- Fabrika
- Marjanishvili Theatre
- Art Palace of Georgia
- State Silk Museum
- Upper Betlemi Church
- Ateshgah
- Great Synagogue
- Gudiashvili Square
- Writers' House of Georgia
- Orbeliani Palace
- Betlemi Stairs
- Queen Darejan's Palace
- Tabor Monastery
- Tbilisi History Museum — Karvasla
- Bozardjiants House
- Kaleidoscope House
- Kalantarov House
- Seylanov House
- Anna Madatova House
- Vasil Gabashvili House
- Melik-Azaryants Apartment House
- Arshakuni Palace — Academy of Arts
- Stamba — Former Printing House
- Former Ministry of Highways — Bank of Georgia
- Nutsubidze Skybridge Houses
- Palace of Rituals
- Tbilisi Concert Hall
- Nona Gaprindashvili Chess Palace
- Tbilisi Central Railway Station
- Apollo Cinema
- Erast Chavchanidze House
- Jansug Kakhidze Music Centre
- Tbilisi State University — Building 1
- Viceroy's Palace — Youth Palace
- Former Hotel London
- Blue Monastery — Lurji
- Etchmiadzin Church
- Saint George Armenian Cathedral
- Norashen Church
- Red Gospel Church Ruins
- Mughni Saint George Church Ruins
- Didube Church of the Nativity of the Virgin
- Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church
- Alexander Nevsky Church
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin
- Jvaris Mama Church
- Forty Martyrs of Sebaste Monastery
- Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art
- Niko Pirosmani Museum
- Elene Akhvlediani House Museum
- Iakob Nikoladze House Museum
- Museum of Folk Music and Instruments
- David Baazov Museum of Georgian Jewish History
- Akhundzade Museum of Azerbaijani Culture
- Ilia Chavchavadze Literary Museum
- Giorgi Leonidze Museum of Georgian Literature
- Zakaria Paliashvili House Museum
- Museum of the History of Georgian Medicine
- Museum of Illusions
- Tbilisi Digital Space
- Avlabari Underground Printing House
- Mziuri Park
- Mushtaidi Garden
- Dighomi Forest Park
- Gardenia Shevardnadze
- Tbilisi Dendrological Park
- Zghvisubani Park
- Kikvidze Park
- 9 April Garden
- Tbilisi TV Tower
- Tbilisi Sea
- Aghmashenebeli Avenue — New Tiflis
- Rustaveli Avenue
- Meidan — Gorgasali Square
- Public Service Hall
- Didube Pantheon
- Royal District Theatre
- Movement Theatre
- Griboedov Theatre
- Hovhannes Tumanyan House
- Lower Betlemi Church
- Kldisubani Church
- Svan Tower near Turtle Lake
- Tbilisi Circus
- Metekhi Bridge
- Vank Cathedral Bell Tower
- Ilia Garden — Former Mayer Garden
- First Republic Square
- Old City Wall Fragment
- Axis Towers
- King David Towers
- Biltmore Tbilisi Tower
- Tbilisi Gardens
- Alliance Highline Towers
- Iveria Hotel — Radisson Blu
- Adjara Hotel — Holiday Inn
- TSU High-Rise Building — Maglivi
- Pixel — Sculptural Facade Building
- Marjanishvili Square
Sources and limitations
This is a curated collection, not an exhaustive list of city attractions. Routes use OpenStreetMap pedestrian geometry. Building heights may be estimated, and detailed models are approximate reconstructions.