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Country guide

Georgia

A photograph of Georgia
Photograph · Alexander Roumega · CC0

Georgia holds 3.9 million people and more than a third of them live in Tbilisi, so most visits begin in the capital and radiate out. The country sits on the east coast of the Black Sea, with Russia along the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south and Azerbaijan to the southeast, and the ground rises from beach to mountain village inside a single drive. Two things meet a first-time visitor immediately: Georgian, a Kartvelian language with no relation to any other language family in the world and its own alphabet to match, and wine, since the earliest known winemaking sites anywhere are here. Christianity arrived in the early fourth century, and the churches are correspondingly old.

Cities

Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.

Practical information

Language spoken
Georgian
National practical orientation; regional and minority languages may also be used
Dialling code
+995
International calling code; local area and mobile prefixes still apply
Currency
Georgian lari (GEL)
Use the official local currency; card acceptance varies by place
Emergency number
112
Use only for an emergency; tourist assistance may use a separate number
Plug type
Type C and F · 220 V
Check that chargers support the recorded voltage before using an adapter
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified nationwide visitor drinking-water statement was recorded

Planning a visit

  1. January: no seasonality data recorded
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  3. March: no seasonality data recorded
  4. April: no seasonality data recorded
  5. May: no seasonality data recorded
  6. June: no seasonality data recorded
  7. July: no seasonality data recorded
  8. August: no seasonality data recorded
  9. September: no seasonality data recorded — this month
  10. October: no seasonality data recorded
  11. November: no seasonality data recorded
  12. December: no seasonality data recorded

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. State Marionette Theatre Rezo Gabriadze State Marionette Theatre Rezo Gabriadze
    02 1 hour

    State Marionette Theatre Rezo Gabriadze

    რეზო გაბრიაძის მარიონეტების თეატრი

    The Rezo Gabriadze Marionette Theater and Clock Tower is a cultural landmark in Tbilisi's Old Town, created by Georgian artist, writer, and director Rezo Gabriadze.

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  2. Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre
    03 1 hour

    Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre

    თბილისის ოპერისა და ბალეტის თეატრი

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  3. Tbilisi Circus Tbilisi Circus
    04 1 hour

    Tbilisi Circus

    თბილისის ცირკი

    Tbilisi Circus is a circular hilltop building overlooking Heroes Square in Tbilisi, Georgia. The structure serves as a prominent Soviet-era entertainment and architectural landmark. Its distinctive circular form and elevated position make it visually notable in the cityscape.

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  4. Rustaveli Theatre
    05 1 hour

    Rustaveli Theatre

    რუსთაველის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  5. Marjanishvili Theatre
    06 1 hour

    Marjanishvili Theatre

    მარჯანიშვილის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  6. A. S. Griboedov Russian Drama Theater Tbilisi
    07 1 hour

    A. S. Griboedov Russian Drama Theater Tbilisi

    ა. ს. გრიბოედოევის სახელობის თბილისის რუსული დრამატული თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  7. Sergey Parajanov monument
    08 1 hour

    Sergey Parajanov monument

    ძეგლი სერგეი ფარაჯანოვში

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  8. Tumanishvili Theatre
    09 1 hour

    Tumanishvili Theatre

    თუმანიშვილის კინომსახიობთა თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  9. Ietim Gurji statue
    10 1 hour

    Ietim Gurji statue

    იეთიმ გურჯი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  10. Georgian National Philharmonic Hall
    11 1 hour

    Georgian National Philharmonic Hall

    თბილისის სახელმწიფო საკონცერტო დარბაზი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  11. Tamada sculpture Tbilisi
    12 1 hour

    Tamada sculpture Tbilisi

    თამადის ძეგლი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  12. Theatre of Music and Drama
    13 1 hour

    Theatre of Music and Drama

    მუსკომედიის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  13. Baia Gallery
    14 1 hour

    Baia Gallery

    ბაია გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  14. Baia Gallery
    15 1 hour

    Baia Gallery

    ბაია გელერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  15. Doll Art Gallery
    16 1 hour

    Doll Art Gallery

    საავტორო თოჯინების გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  16. Fotografia
    17 1 hour

    Fotografia

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  17. Gallery 27
    18 1 hour

    Gallery 27

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  18. iArt Gallery
    19 1 hour

    iArt Gallery

    iArt გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  19. Vaso Abashidze State New Theatre
    24 1 hour

    Vaso Abashidze State New Theatre

    ვასო აბაშიძის სახელობის ახალი თეატრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  20. Abkhazia is Georgia!
    27 1 hour

    Abkhazia is Georgia!

    აფხაზეთი საქართველოა!

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  21. a dog
    29 1 hour

    a dog

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  22. Akhmeteli Theatre
    30 1 hour

    Akhmeteli Theatre

    ახმეტელის თეატრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  23. Apollo
    32 1 hour

    Apollo

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  24. Ariadna Shengelaya
    33 1 hour

    Ariadna Shengelaya

    არიადნა შენგელაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  25. Artbeat
    34 1 hour

    Artbeat

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  26. ArtBoomGe
    35 1 hour

    ArtBoomGe

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  27. Arteria
    36 1 hour

    Arteria

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  28. Arveladze
    37 1 hour

    Arveladze

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  29. Ascension
    38 1 hour

    Ascension

    ამაღლება

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  30. Ato
    39 1 hour

    Ato

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  31. Avtandil Makharadze
    40 1 hour

    Avtandil Makharadze

    ავთანდილ მახარაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  32. Begi
    41 1 hour

    Begi

    ბეგი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  33. Berikaoba
    42 1 hour

    Berikaoba

    ბერიკაობა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  34. Bicycle Monument
    43 1 hour

    Bicycle Monument

    ველოსიპედის ძეგლი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  35. Braids of Time
    44 1 hour

    Braids of Time

    დროის ნაწნავები

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  36. Clown
    46 1 hour

    Clown

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  37. Concert Hall named after Anzor Erkomaishvili
    47 1 hour

    Concert Hall named after Anzor Erkomaishvili

    ანზორ ერქომაიშვილის სახელობის საკონცერტო დარბაზი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  38. Contemporary Art Gallery
    48 1 hour

    Contemporary Art Gallery

    თანამედროვე ხელოვნების გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  39. Crosty
    49 1 hour

    Crosty

    ქროსთი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  40. Dancer
    51 1 hour

    Dancer

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  41. David Aghmashenebeli
    52 1 hour

    David Aghmashenebeli

    დავით აღმაშენებელი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  42. David Arsenishvili
    53 1 hour

    David Arsenishvili

    დავით არსენიშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  43. David (Dodo) Abashidze
    54 1 hour

    David (Dodo) Abashidze

    დავით (დოდო) აბაშიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  44. Davit Dvalishvili
    55 1 hour

    Davit Dvalishvili

    დავით დვალიშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  45. Davit Kakabadze
    56 1 hour

    Davit Kakabadze

    დავით კაკაბაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  46. Djansug Kakhidze Tbilisi Center for Music & Culture
    58 1 hour

    Djansug Kakhidze Tbilisi Center for Music & Culture

    ჯანსუღ კახიძის სახელობის თბილისის მუსიკალურ-კულტურული ცენტრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  47. Dodo Abashidze
    59 1 hour

    Dodo Abashidze

    დოდო აბაშიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  48. Dodo Chichinadze
    60 1 hour

    Dodo Chichinadze

    დოდო ჭიჭინაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  49. Don't open
    61 1 hour

    Don't open

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  50. Eldar Getsadze
    62 1 hour

    Eldar Getsadze

    ელდარ გეწაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  51. Eldar Shengelaia
    63 1 hour

    Eldar Shengelaia

    ელდარ შენგელაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  52. Eternal memory to the heroes of the revolution
    65 1 hour

    Eternal memory to the heroes of the revolution

    რევოლუციის გმირებს სამარადისო ხსოვნა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  53. Europe Square
    66 1 hour

    Europe Square

    ევროპის მოედანი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  54. EYESTAGE
    67 1 hour

    EYESTAGE

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  55. Falcon and Pheasant
    68 1 hour

    Falcon and Pheasant

    ხოხობი და მიმინო

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  56. Ferta
    69 1 hour

    Ferta

    ფერტა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  57. Fragments of Memory
    70 1 hour

    Fragments of Memory

    მეხსიერების ფრაგმენტები

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  58. Frame
    71 1 hour

    Frame

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  59. Free citizen
    72 1 hour

    Free citizen

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  60. Frida Kahlo
    73 1 hour

    Frida Kahlo

    ფრიდა კალო

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  61. Gallery
    74 1 hour

    Gallery

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  62. Gallery 27
    75 1 hour

    Gallery 27

    გალერეა 27

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  63. Gallery 9
    76 1 hour

    Gallery 9

    გალერეა 9

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  64. George Gagnidze
    78 1 hour

    George Gagnidze

    გიორგი გაგნიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  65. Georgiy Daneliya
    79 1 hour

    Georgiy Daneliya

    გიორგი დანელია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  66. Giga Lortkipanidze
    80 1 hour

    Giga Lortkipanidze

    გიგა ლორთქიფანიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  67. Giorgi Chitaia
    81 1 hour

    Giorgi Chitaia

    გიორგი ჩიტაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  68. Giorgi Mazniashvili
    82 1 hour

    Giorgi Mazniashvili

    გენერალი გიორგი მაზნიაშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  69. Giorgi Shengelaia
    83 1 hour

    Giorgi Shengelaia

    გიორგი შენგელაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  70. Givi Berikashvili
    84 1 hour

    Givi Berikashvili

    გივი ბერიკაშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  71. Grand Piano
    85 1 hour

    Grand Piano

    როიალი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  72. Grigol Tsulukidze
    86 1 hour

    Grigol Tsulukidze

    გრიგოლ წულუკიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  73. Growth
    87 1 hour

    Growth

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  74. Guram Pirtskhalava
    88 1 hour

    Guram Pirtskhalava

    გურამ ფირცხალავა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  75. Guram Sagaradze
    89 1 hour

    Guram Sagaradze

    გურამ საღარაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  76. Guranda Gabunia
    90 1 hour

    Guranda Gabunia

    გურანდა გაბუნია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  77. Guten Morgen
    91 1 hour

    Guten Morgen

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  78. Happiness
    92 1 hour

    Happiness

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  79. Heraclius II
    93 1 hour

    Heraclius II

    ერეკლე II

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  80. Hermit Space
    94 1 hour

    Hermit Space

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  81. Hold Me Tight
    95 1 hour

    Hold Me Tight

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  82. Human, Labor — The Meaning and Beauty of Life
    97 1 hour

    Human, Labor — The Meaning and Beauty of Life

    ადამიანი, შრომა — ყოფის აზრი და სილამაზე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  83. Iakob Gogebashvili
    98 1 hour

    Iakob Gogebashvili

    იაკობ გოგებაშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  84. Iakob Nikoladze
    99 1 hour

    Iakob Nikoladze

    იაკობ ნიკოლაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  85. Ia Ninidze
    100 1 hour

    Ia Ninidze

    ია ნინიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

Common questions

How long should a first trip to Georgia be?

Seven to ten days supports Tbilisi plus Kakheti, Kazbegi or a western city without racing across the country. Combining Svaneti, the Black Sea and the capital needs additional nights because mountain and cross-country transfers consume substantial portions of a day.

What entry documents are needed for Georgia?

Georgia’s official eVisa service explains whether advance permission applies to a particular passport. Confirm the permitted stay, entry route and documentation there, and consult current government guidance before any overland crossing rather than assuming every neighbouring border operates normally.

What is the best way to travel around Georgia?

Tbilisi and Kutaisi are useful air gateways; trains serve a limited set of major corridors, and marshrutkas or hired vehicles reach many regional towns. Mountain itineraries need weather and road checks, while Tbilisi’s metro and buses handle most urban movements.

When is a practical time to visit Georgia?

May to June and September to October are versatile for cities, wine regions and lower mountain routes. High passes may open later or close earlier, and Batumi has a wetter pattern, so one national forecast cannot settle dates for a multi-region journey.

What money and payment basics apply in Georgia?

Georgia uses the lari. Cards are common in Tbilisi, yet guesthouses, markets and mountain transport can still depend on cash; withdraw or exchange through recognised providers and confirm whether an quoted tour price includes regional transfers.

What practical safety details should I save for Georgia?

The emergency number is 112, with Type C and F sockets at 220 V. Tap-water guidance is Not recorded in this dataset; seek local confirmation, and keep official road or emergency alerts available when travelling into mountain districts.