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 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…
GPS: 41.704361, 44.744969 Adult ticket: 5 GEL
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…
The Gardenia Garden in Tbilisi is a small private park where you can take a walk, admiring the well-groomed plants, as well as a flower shop, a cafe where you can have a cup of coffee or tea with desserts and taste national Georgian cuisine. The creator of the garden…
A small area “Rose Park” has a unique charm. It was designed in 1892 by the architect L. Belfeld and received the name “Mayer’s Garden”, by order of which Belfeld first built a house, and then designed the park. In Soviet times, it became the “Garden of the Gorky Club”,…
The remains of the fortress are located in the vicinity of Tbilisi near the village of Kojori on the top of Mount Azeula, at an altitude of 1350 meters above sea level. Other names: Azeuli fortress, Kor Ogli fortress, Agarata Fortress. Only the ruins of the fence and two towers…
The National Botanical Garden of Georgia, formerly the Tbilisi Botanical Garden, is located in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia, and lies in the Tsavkisis-Tskali Gorge on the southern foothills of the Sololaki Range (a spur of the Trialeti Range). It occupies an area of 161 hectares and possesses a collection of…
The Chronicle of Georgia (or History Memorial of Georgia) is a monument located near the Tbilisi sea. It was created by Zurab Tsereteli in 1985 but was never fully finished. The monument sits at the top of a large set of stairs. There are 16 pillars that are between 30–35…