Have you ever been to a city where you can find Christian Orthodox, Armenian Gregorian and Roman Catholic churches, a synagogue, a mosque and a Zoroastrian temple all within a 5 minute walk of each other? Then you should definitely come to Georgia and visit our — multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-religious capital city on the crossroads of history, a city neither European nor Asian but a heady blend of both East and West.
Georgia’s ancient and vibrant capital city spreads out on both banks of the Mtkvari River, and is surrounded on three sides by mountains. The most widely accepted variant of the legend of Tbilisi’s founding says that in the mid-5th century AD, King Vakhtang I Gorgasali was hunting in the heavily wooded region with a falcon. The King’s falcon allegedly caught or injured a pheasant during the hunt, after which both birds fell into a nearby hot spring and died from burns. King Vakhtang became so impressed with the hot springs that he decided to cut down the forest and build a city. The name Tbilisi derives from the Old Georgian word “tbili”, meaning warm. Archaeological studies of the region indicate human settlement in the area early as the 4th millennium BC.
Few of the earth’s small cities offer the visitor as much as Tbilisi, the city where everyone can find something to his own mind and interests: truly fabulous walks, fantastic modern architecture, tiny streets, carved wooden balconies, richly frescoed churches and Art Nouveau. Combine this with the legendary Georgian hospitality and you have a unique travel destination.
So you are welcome to come and explore it!
Tbilisi’s main attractions:
Essential Tbilisi: Narikala fortress, Sulphur bath, dry bridge bazaar, Aerial Cable Car, old town, freedom square, funicular, leghvtakhevi
Parks and gardens: Rike park, vake park, vera park, 9th April and Giorgi Leonidze Parks The National Botanical Garden of Georgia, turtle lake
Tbilisi Museums: Georgian National Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Air Museum of Ethnography, State Museum of Silk, Tbilisi History Museum, The National Gallery, Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art
Churches: Anchiskhati Basilica, Catholic Church, Great Synagogue, Kashveti, Metekhi Church, Mosque, Sioni Cathedral, The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi and etc.