Georgia
Things to do in Tbilisi
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Sightlore has 49 places to explore in Tbilisi, and 29 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Tbilisi's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Museum of Soviet Occupation
The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a history museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia and dedicated to the history of the anti-occupational, national-liberation movement of Georgia, to the victims of the Soviet political…
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Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
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Old Tbilisi
Old Tbilisi refers to the historical parts of Tbilisi.
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Mtatsminda Pantheon
The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures is a necropolis in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, scholars, and national heroes of Georgia are buried.
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Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, formerly known as the State Museum of History of Georgia, is one of the main history museums in Tbilisi, Georgia, which displays the country's principal archaeological findings.
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Narikala
Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Mtkvari (Kura) River. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulfur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi.
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Samtavro Monastery
Samtavro Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino in Mtskheta, Georgia.
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Shota Rustaveli Avenue
Rustaveli Avenue, formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
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Chronicle of Georgia
The Chronicle of Georgia or History Memorial of Georgia is a monument located on Keeni Hill near the Tbilisi Sea. It was created by the Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli in 1985 but was never fully finished.
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Sioni Cathedral
The Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Discovery routes in Tbilisi
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Tbilisi: Rustaveli Avenue and its museums
From the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre to the Rustaveli Theatre and Rustaveli Avenue; then the National Gallery, Kashveti Church, the Georgian National Museum, the Museum of Soviet Occupation and the Georgian National Art Museum, ending at the Dry Bridge.
Tbilisi: Old Town, the baths and Narikala
From Anchiskhati Basilica into Old Tbilisi, Sioni Cathedral and Norashen Church; across the Bridge of Peace to Rike Park and Metekhi Church, then the Abanotubani sulfur baths, Chreli Abano and the mosque; up to Narikala Fortress, Kartlis Deda and the National Botanical Garden.
Tbilisi and Mtskheta: Sameba, Mtatsminda and Jvari
From the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) to the Mtatsminda Pantheon, Mtatsminda Park and the Open Air Museum of Ethnography; then Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Samtavro Monastery and Jvari Monastery in Mtskheta, finishing at the Chronicle of Georgia.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
The Tbilisi State Opera and Ballet Theater named after Zacharia Paliashvili, shortly Paliashvili Theatre, is an opera house situated on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Rustaveli Theatre
Tbilisi State Academic Theater named after Shota Rustaveli, shortly Rustaveli Theater, is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue.
Old Tbilisi
Old Tbilisi refers to the historical parts of Tbilisi.
Abanotubani
Abanotubani is the ancient district of Tbilisi, Georgia, known for its sulphuric baths.
Colorful Bath
Historic bathhouse in Tbilisi's Abanotubani bath district, listed as a cultural heritage monument.
Narikala
Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, and the Mtkvari (Kura) River. The fortress consists of two walled sections on a steep hill between the sulfur baths and the botanical gardens of Tbilisi.
Mtatsminda Pantheon
The Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures is a necropolis in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, scholars, and national heroes of Georgia are buried.
Armenian cemetery of Khojivanq
The Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi, also known as Khojivank or Khojavank, is an architectural complex in north-eastern part of the Avlabari district of Tbilisi, Georgia.
Nikoloz Baratashvili Bridge
Baratashvili Bridge is a traffic and pedestrian bridge over the Kura River in Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. It was built in 1966 in place of the previously dismantled Mukhrani Bridge honoring Princess Mukhrani.
Museums
National Gallery of Georgia
The Tbilisi Art Gallery, or the National Gallery is an art gallery located on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.
Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia
The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia, formerly known as the State Museum of History of Georgia, is one of the main history museums in Tbilisi, Georgia, which displays the country's principal archaeological findings.
Museum of Soviet Occupation
The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a history museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia and dedicated to the history of the anti-occupational, national-liberation movement of Georgia, to the victims of the Soviet political…
Art Museum of Georgia
The Art Museum of Georgia (AMG), alternatively known as Shalva Amiranashvili Museum of Fine Arts, is one of the leading museums in the country of Georgia.
Open Air Museum of Ethnography
The Giorgi Chitaia Open Air Museum of Ethnography is an open-air museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, displaying the examples of folk architecture and craftwork from various regions of the country.
Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature
Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature, Georgia was founded in 1930 upon the initiative of David Arsenishvili, a legendary museum-founder, who also was the creator of Tbilisi Theater Museum, and later the famous Andrej Rublow museum in Moscow.
Art Palace of Georgia – Museum of Cultural History
Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History also referred to as Art Palace, is located in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is located on Kargareteli Street #6, and was the former Graph Oldenburg's Palace.
Places of worship
Kashveti Church
The Kashveti Church of St. George is a Georgian Orthodox Church in central Tbilisi, located across from the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.
Anchiskhati Basilica
The Anchiskhati Basilica of St Mary is the oldest surviving church in Tbilisi, Georgia. It belongs to the Georgian Orthodox Church and dates from the sixth century.
Sioni Cathedral
The Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition is a Georgian Orthodox cathedral located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Norashen Holy Mother of God Armenian Church
Norashen is a non-functioning Armenian Apostolic church in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is located in the old town, near Sioni Cathedral and Jvaris Mama Church. The church has historically been known as the Church of the Holy Mother of God.
Metekhi church
The Metekhi church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, known simply as Metekhi, is a Georgian Orthodox Christian church located on the left bank of the river Kura. It sits on the Metekhi Cliff opposite the old town of Tbilisi, Georgia.
Juma Mosque
The Juma Mosque is the only surviving mosque in the historic Old Town of Tbilisi, Georgia. Located at the foot of Narikala Fortress on Botanical Street, it is notable for its shared use by both Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, commonly known as Sameba, is the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of Mtskheta, Georgia, northwest of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
Samtavro Monastery
Samtavro Monastery is a Georgian Orthodox Christian monastery complex that combines Samtavro Transfiguration Church and Nunnery of St. Nino in Mtskheta, Georgia.
Jvari
The name of this monastery translated as the "Monastery of the Cross". For other monasteries named after the cross, see Monastery of the Cross (disambiguation).
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The St. Alexander Nevsky Military Cathedral of Tiflis was an Orthodox Christian cathedral in downtown Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgia, constructed during the Imperial Russian rule in 1871-1872 and 1889–1897 and demolished by the Soviet authorities in 1930. The novel design of…
Lower Bethlehemi Church
The Lower Bethlemi Church, also known as the Church of Saint Stepanos of the Holy Virgins or Koosanats Sourb Stepanos Vank) – is a 14th–19th-century church at the foot of Narikala fortress in Old Tbilisi, Georgia.
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Tbilisi
The St. Peter and St. Paul's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.
Saint Sargis Church, Tbilisi
Saint Sarkis Church, is an Armenian church in Harpukh Sulfuric Baths district of Old Tbilisi, Georgia. It was destroyed by Lavrentiy Beria's order in the 1930s.
Betania Monastery
The Betania Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God commonly known as Betania or Bethania is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in eastern Georgia, 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of Tbilisi, the nation's capital.
Holy Mother of God Church of Bethlehem
Holy Mother of God Church of Bethlehem is a church in Tbilisi, Georgia. Built as an Armenian church in the 18th century, on the site of an older church, it now operates as a Georgian orthodox church.
Ejmiatsin Church
The Ejmiatsin Church is an 18th-century Armenian Apostolic church in the Avlabari district of Old Tbilisi, Georgia. The church is adjacent to the Avlabari Square.
Church of the Red Gospel
The Church of the Red Gospel or Shamkoretsots Sourb Astvatsatsin Church is a ruined 18th-century Armenian church in the Avlabari district of Old Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Saint Gevorg of Mughni Church
The Saint Gevork of Mughni Church also known as Saint George of Mughni Church (Gevork in Armenian is cognate with George) is a 13th-century Armenian church in Tbilisi, Georgia that was entirely rebuilt in 1756. It is made of brick and its architectural typology is that of a…
Saint George's Church
Saint George's Church is a 13th-century Armenian church in the old city of Tbilisi, Georgia. It is one of the two functioning Armenian churches in Tbilisi and is the cathedral of the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Tbilisi
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin or the Catholic Church of the Ascension of the Virgin Mary It is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.
Church of Saint George
The Kldisubani St. George Church or Qarapi Saint Gevorg church is an 18th-century church at the foot of the Narikala citadel in Old Tbilisi, Georgia.
Monuments
Kartlis Deda
Kartlis Deda is a monument in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary.
Chronicle of Georgia
The Chronicle of Georgia or History Memorial of Georgia is a monument located on Keeni Hill near the Tbilisi Sea. It was created by the Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli in 1985 but was never fully finished.
Nature
Rike Park
Park in the Rike area of Old Tbilisi, on the left bank of the Kura River between Avlabari and Chughureti.
National Botanical Garden of Georgia
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).
Mtatsminda Park
Mtatsminda Park is a landscaped park located at the top of Mount Mtatsminda overlooking the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
Mushthaid Garden
The Musthaid Garden was established between the 1830s and 1840s, by Mir-Fatah-Agha, a high-ranked Shia Muslim religious leader of the Persian Shiites - a Mujtahid (hence the name Mushtaid), who fled from Iran to Tiflis (Tbilisi) during the Persian Qajar dynasty.
Tbilisi Zoo
The Tbilisi Zoological Park is the oldest and largest zoo in Georgia, in the country's capital of Tbilisi. Founded in 1927, it is located in the Vere River valley in central Tbilisi.
Vake Park
Vake Park is a public park in Tbilisi. The park was opened in 1946 and is located in the Vake district of Tbilisi at the western end of Chavchavadze Avenue. A World War II memorial sits at the top of the hill in the park.
Other
Shota Rustaveli Avenue
Rustaveli Avenue, formerly known as Golovin Street, is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli.
Mshrali Bridge
Road bridge in Tbilisi built in 1849–1851 by the Italian architect Giovanni Scudieri; it is known for its flea market and sale of paintings.
Bridge of Peace
The Bridge of Peace is a bow-shaped pedestrian bridge, a steel and glass construction illuminated with numerous LEDs, over the Kura River, linking the Rike Park with Old town in central Tbilisi.
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