A look at life in Georgia through the eyes of foreigners
A look at life in Georgia through the eyes of foreigners
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The Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi is a pedestrian bridge over the Mtkvari (Kura) river. Coordinates: 41.693, 44.80846. The Bridge of Peace over the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi was conceived and implemented as a symbol of the connection of the Old City with the new time. It has become one…
Rike Park is located in the very center of Tbilisi on the left bank of the Mtkvari River. The park is very young, it was built only in 2010, and is one of the projects implemented under President M. Saakashvili. Park coordinates: 41.693127, 44.8103. Leading European specialists were involved in…
Batumi Synagogue is located at 33, Vazha-Pshavela Street. Phone: +995 555 36 66 99 Coordinates: 41.647359, 41.634441 The building stands on a quiet, light-colored street and stands out with its snow-white facade with side towers. The ornamentation of the Star of David makes the building easily recognizable. The windows are…
Since 2012, a cable car has been operating in the center of Tbilisi, which connects Rike Park with the Narikala Fortress. Its length is 508 meters, the difference between levels is up to 100 meters. Coordinates of the lower station in Rike Park: 41.691993, 44.81078 Narikala upper station coordinates: 41.687998,…
A visit to the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater is the brightest event for admirers of beautiful, professionally performed music, opera arias and passionate Georgian ballet. The capital’s theater will also give a charming and unforgettable experience to those who are not keen on opera or ballet. After all, a…
The arboretum is located on 60 hectares of land on the Black Sea coast near the village of Shekvetili. Built at the expense of the Georgian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili. Giant trees were brought here from different regions of Georgia for several years. Ducks, swans, herons, flamingos, parrots, lemurs live in…
Kobuleti is a resort town in Adjara, part of the “Georgian Riviera”. It is located on ten kilometers of the Black Sea coast, approximately in the middle between Batumi and Poti. The main resort life is more or less evenly concentrated along the sea on a long embankment and two…
The Museum of the History and Ethnography of Georgian Jews named after David Baazov is located in Tbilisi on Anton Katalikos Street, 3, in the depths of quiet colorful streets, between ancient buildings that themselves can serve as museums. The museum was founded on November 30, 1932, but at first…
Zugdidi is a small administrative city with a population of about 50 thousand people. Its length is approximately 7 kilometers. The city has a municipality, banks, social services, educational and medical institutions, a theater, operating enterprises, a market, post offices, hotels, cafes, a bus station, a railway station – all…
The main synagogue of the Jewish community of Tbilisi is the Great Synagogue or the Sephardic Synagogue, or the synagogue of Jews from Akhaltsikhe, where its founders come from. The Great Tbilisi Synagogue is located on K. Abkhazi Street (Kote Afhazi) 45-47 (GPS 41.689957, 44.807308), near Jerusalem Square. In 1903,…
A small lake in Tbilisi, in the southern part of the Vake-Saburtalo region on the northern slope of Mount Mtatsminda. Altitude 687 m above sea level. The name of the lake comes from the abundance of turtles living in these places. Turtle Lake is a popular recreation area for residents…
In Tbilisi, to the west of Turtle Lake, on the slope of a picturesque mountain there is the Ethnographic Museum of Georgia. The museum was founded on April 27, 1966 on the initiative of the famous Georgian academician-ethnographer George Chitai. Under the open sky, on an area of 45 hectares,…
The cable car connects Vake area (lower station) and Turtle Lake (upper station). Length: 1200 meters. One-way fare: 1 GEL, free for Ukrainians with a passport. Bicycle lift: 1 lar. Lower station: 41.711475, 44.753437 Upper station: 41.70134, 44.751586
The hiking trail connecting Mtatsminda ridge and Turtle Lake. Mtatsminda – Veritskaro – The hiking connecting Mtatsminda ridge and Turtle Lake starts from the square on Polycarp Kakabadze Street (GPS 41.700542, 44.788294) and follows the northen slope of the Mtatsminda Range to the Veristskaro. Then the trail runs through Mtatsminda…
A lot of greens are sold in the markets of Tbilisi, but all of them are used for food or as a condiment. And finding a pharmacy chamomile or fennel for colic is already difficult. The pharmacy, from which the fragrant steppe breathes, is located in the city center at…