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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

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  7. July: no seasonality data recorded
  8. August: no seasonality data recorded — this month
  9. September: no seasonality data recorded
  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. National Gallery of Georgia National Gallery of Georgia
    02 1 hr 30 min

    National Gallery of Georgia

    ცისფერი გალერეა

    The National Gallery in Tbilisi is formally named the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery. It stands as a major art museum in Georgia's capital, housed in a purpose-built early twentieth-century building.

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • 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. Georgian National Museum
    04 1 hr 30 min

    Georgian National Museum

    საქართველოს ეროვნული მუზეუმი

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  4. Rustaveli Theatre
    05 1 hour

    Rustaveli Theatre

    რუსთაველის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  5. Art Palace of Georgia – Museum of Cultural History
    06 1 hr 30 min

    Art Palace of Georgia – Museum of Cultural History

    საქართველოს თეატრის, მუსიკის, კინოსა და ქორეოგრაფიის სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  6. Marjanishvili Theatre
    07 1 hour

    Marjanishvili Theatre

    მარჯანიშვილის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  7. Akhundov House - Museum of Azerbaijani Culture in Tbilisi
    08 1 hr 30 min

    Akhundov House - Museum of Azerbaijani Culture in Tbilisi

    მირზა ფათალი ახუნდოვის სახელობის აზერბაიჯანული კულტურის მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  8. A. S. Griboedov Russian Drama Theater Tbilisi
    09 1 hour

    A. S. Griboedov Russian Drama Theater Tbilisi

    ა. ს. გრიბოედოევის სახელობის თბილისის რუსული დრამატული თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  9. Sergey Parajanov monument
    11 1 hour

    Sergey Parajanov monument

    ძეგლი სერგეი ფარაჯანოვში

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  10. Tumanishvili Theatre
    12 1 hour

    Tumanishvili Theatre

    თუმანიშვილის კინომსახიობთა თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  11. Avlabari printing house
    13 1 hr 30 min

    Avlabari printing house

    ავლაბრის სტამბა

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  12. House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzada
    14 1 hr 30 min

    House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzada

    ჯალილ მამედყულიზადეს სახლ-მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  13. Ietim Gurji statue
    15 1 hour

    Ietim Gurji statue

    იეთიმ გურჯი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  14. Niko Pirosmani House Museum
    16 1 hr 30 min

    Niko Pirosmani House Museum

    ნიკო ფიროსმანაშვილის სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  15. Georgian National Philharmonic Hall
    17 1 hour

    Georgian National Philharmonic Hall

    თბილისის სახელმწიფო საკონცერტო დარბაზი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  16. Book Museum
    18 1 hr 30 min

    Book Museum

    წიგნის მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  17. Tamada sculpture Tbilisi
    19 1 hour

    Tamada sculpture Tbilisi

    თამადის ძეგლი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  18. Theatre of Music and Drama
    20 1 hour

    Theatre of Music and Drama

    მუსკომედიის თეატრი

    • High
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  19. Merab Kostava House-Museum
    21 1 hr 30 min

    Merab Kostava House-Museum

    მერაბ კოსტავას სახლ-მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  20. Smirnov Museum
    22 1 hr 30 min

    Smirnov Museum

    სმირნოვების მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  21. Zacharia Paliashvili House Museum
    23 1 hr 30 min

    Zacharia Paliashvili House Museum

    ზაქარია ფალიაშვილის მემორიალური სახლ-მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  22. Holoseum
    24 1 hr 30 min

    Holoseum

    ჰოლოზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  23. Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum
    25 1 hr 30 min

    Hovhannes Tumanyan House Museum

    "ჰოვანეს თუმანიანის სახლი" სამეცნიერო, კულტურული ცენტრი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  24. Lado Gudiashvili gallery (foundation)
    26 1 hr 30 min

    Lado Gudiashvili gallery (foundation)

    ლადო გუდიაშვილის სახელობის გალერეა

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  25. Museum of Illusions
    28 1 hr 30 min

    Museum of Illusions

    ილუზიების მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  26. State museum of Georgian folk songs and musical instruments
    29 1 hr 30 min

    State museum of Georgian folk songs and musical instruments

    ქართული ხალხური სიმღერისა და საკრავების სახელმწიფო მუზეუმი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  27. Titsian Tabidze House Museum
    30 1 hr 30 min

    Titsian Tabidze House Museum

    ტიციან ტაბიძის ბინა-მემორიალი

    • High
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  28. Baia Gallery
    31 1 hour

    Baia Gallery

    ბაია გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  29. Baia Gallery
    32 1 hour

    Baia Gallery

    ბაია გელერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  30. Doll Art Gallery
    33 1 hour

    Doll Art Gallery

    საავტორო თოჯინების გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  31. Fotografia
    34 1 hour

    Fotografia

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  32. Gallery 27
    35 1 hour

    Gallery 27

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  33. iArt Gallery
    36 1 hour

    iArt Gallery

    iArt გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  34. Vaso Abashidze State New Theatre
    41 1 hour

    Vaso Abashidze State New Theatre

    ვასო აბაშიძის სახელობის ახალი თეატრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  35. Animated Puppet Museum
    42 1 hr 30 min

    Animated Puppet Museum

    ანიმაციური თოჯინების მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  36. Digital Museum
    43 1 hr 30 min

    Digital Museum

    ციფრული მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  37. Georgian Alphabet Hall
    44 1 hr 30 min

    Georgian Alphabet Hall

    ქართული დამშერლობის დარბაზი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  38. Memorial Museum of Nariman Narimanov
    45 1 hr 30 min

    Memorial Museum of Nariman Narimanov

    ნარიმან ნარიმანოვის მემორიალური მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  39. Mikheil Mamulashvili House-Museum
    46 1 hr 30 min

    Mikheil Mamulashvili House-Museum

    მიხეილ მამულაშვილის სახლ-მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  40. Museum Medicinae
    47 1 hr 30 min

    Museum Medicinae

    მედიცინის მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  41. Museum of Norio
    48 1 hr 30 min

    Museum of Norio

    ნორიოს მუზეუმი

    • Notable
    • Museum
    • Tbilisi
  42. Abkhazia is Georgia!
    55 1 hour

    Abkhazia is Georgia!

    აფხაზეთი საქართველოა!

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  43. a dog
    57 1 hour

    a dog

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  44. Akhmeteli Theatre
    58 1 hour

    Akhmeteli Theatre

    ახმეტელის თეატრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  45. Apollo
    60 1 hour

    Apollo

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  46. Ariadna Shengelaya
    61 1 hour

    Ariadna Shengelaya

    არიადნა შენგელაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  47. Artbeat
    62 1 hour

    Artbeat

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  48. ArtBoomGe
    63 1 hour

    ArtBoomGe

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  49. Arteria
    64 1 hour

    Arteria

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  50. Arveladze
    65 1 hour

    Arveladze

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  51. Ascension
    66 1 hour

    Ascension

    ამაღლება

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  52. Ato
    67 1 hour

    Ato

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  53. Avtandil Makharadze
    68 1 hour

    Avtandil Makharadze

    ავთანდილ მახარაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  54. Begi
    69 1 hour

    Begi

    ბეგი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  55. Berikaoba
    70 1 hour

    Berikaoba

    ბერიკაობა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  56. Bicycle Monument
    71 1 hour

    Bicycle Monument

    ველოსიპედის ძეგლი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  57. Braids of Time
    72 1 hour

    Braids of Time

    დროის ნაწნავები

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  58. Clown
    74 1 hour

    Clown

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  59. Concert Hall named after Anzor Erkomaishvili
    75 1 hour

    Concert Hall named after Anzor Erkomaishvili

    ანზორ ერქომაიშვილის სახელობის საკონცერტო დარბაზი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  60. Contemporary Art Gallery
    76 1 hour

    Contemporary Art Gallery

    თანამედროვე ხელოვნების გალერეა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  61. Crosty
    77 1 hour

    Crosty

    ქროსთი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  62. Dancer
    79 1 hour

    Dancer

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  63. David Aghmashenebeli
    80 1 hour

    David Aghmashenebeli

    დავით აღმაშენებელი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  64. David Arsenishvili
    81 1 hour

    David Arsenishvili

    დავით არსენიშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  65. David (Dodo) Abashidze
    82 1 hour

    David (Dodo) Abashidze

    დავით (დოდო) აბაშიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  66. Davit Dvalishvili
    83 1 hour

    Davit Dvalishvili

    დავით დვალიშვილი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  67. Davit Kakabadze
    84 1 hour

    Davit Kakabadze

    დავით კაკაბაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  68. Djansug Kakhidze Tbilisi Center for Music & Culture
    86 1 hour

    Djansug Kakhidze Tbilisi Center for Music & Culture

    ჯანსუღ კახიძის სახელობის თბილისის მუსიკალურ-კულტურული ცენტრი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  69. Dodo Abashidze
    87 1 hour

    Dodo Abashidze

    დოდო აბაშიძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  70. Dodo Chichinadze
    88 1 hour

    Dodo Chichinadze

    დოდო ჭიჭინაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  71. Don't open
    89 1 hour

    Don't open

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  72. Eldar Getsadze
    90 1 hour

    Eldar Getsadze

    ელდარ გეწაძე

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  73. Eldar Shengelaia
    91 1 hour

    Eldar Shengelaia

    ელდარ შენგელაია

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  74. Eternal memory to the heroes of the revolution
    93 1 hour

    Eternal memory to the heroes of the revolution

    რევოლუციის გმირებს სამარადისო ხსოვნა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  75. Europe Square
    94 1 hour

    Europe Square

    ევროპის მოედანი

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  76. EYESTAGE
    95 1 hour

    EYESTAGE

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  77. Falcon and Pheasant
    96 1 hour

    Falcon and Pheasant

    ხოხობი და მიმინო

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  78. Ferta
    97 1 hour

    Ferta

    ფერტა

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  79. Fragments of Memory
    98 1 hour

    Fragments of Memory

    მეხსიერების ფრაგმენტები

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  80. Frame
    99 1 hour

    Frame

    • Notable
    • Art and culture venue
    • Tbilisi
  81. Free citizen
    100 1 hour

    Free citizen

    • 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.