Winter Tbilisi
Recommendations

Let’s summarize our guide from the series “what to do in Tbilisi in winter.”

  1. Zoo - watch a hippo open its mouth waiting for snacks.
  2. Botanical Garden. Cable car over the Kura River. Narikala Fortress.
  3. Sulfur baths - relax and lower cortisol.
  4. Mtatsminda Mountain. Funicular. Ferris wheel. Try famous Lagidze lemonade at the restaurant on the mountain.
  5. Museums. For example, the Museum of Modern Art on Rustaveli: Niko Pirosmani and Georgian socialist realism.
    For those interested in 20th-century revolutionary history: visit the underground printing house of Georgian revolutionaries.
  6. Visit the Dry Bridge flea market in the center, or the flea market near Isani metro.
  7. Visit the Fabrika art space: designer shops (clothes, books, ceramics), youth cafes, and even a frequently-stuck elevator ride.
  8. Restaurants and cafes we liked:
    🥙 Terrace 21 in the sulfur-bath area
    🥗 Tbilisi Mo cafe in the side streets - great if you are tired of kebabs and khinkali; European cuisine and very friendly owners and staff
    🍧 Funicular restaurant - diverse tasty desserts, Lagidze lemonade, and city view
    🥟 House of Khinkali on Rustaveli
    🥘 Kitchen Soup - huge soup variety from borscht and solyanka to Finnish fish soup; complimentary Georgian cabbage with bread
    🥤🍩 Subway and Dunkin Donuts - good sandwiches and donuts, convenient for tea or coffee on the go
  9. Walk around the city, pet the endless cats, and look at cool graffiti.
  10. Use a local guide for a city walk and learn lots of interesting history.

Of course this is not a full list. Tbilisi is a large city with many museums, theaters, and places to listen to good music. We left notes for the next visit. ☀️✨

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