Tbilisi Walking Tour Including Cable Car Ride and Traditional Bakery
Why This Tour is Unique
During the day, we take you to various fascinating and hidden places in this charming city. With a rich history, this romantic city attracts hundreds of thousands of travelers from all over the world. Explore Tbilisi and get unforgettable memories.
Activities Included
- Walking tour
Themes for This Tour
- Couples
- Eco friendly
- Family friendly
- Group friendly
- Outdoor
- Romantic
Max Group Size
Guide Languages
Physical Rating
What to Expect
Meeting point: Avlabari Metro Station (Your guide will be holding a branded orange color flag at the entrance of the metro station)
Endpoint: Meidan Square
Available dates: Every day
Meeting & Check-in time: 09:30
Starting time: 10:00
End time: 14:00
Duration: 4 hours
Language Spoken by a tour guide: English
Group size: 12 people
Tour Type: Daily Tour
Minimum age of a traveler: 5 years old
Tbilisi is a romantic city with a rich history that has attracted hundreds of thousands of travelers worldwide. Alongside your local guide, explore various fascinating places and hidden gems in the stunning city, including Metekhi Church, Monument of Vakhtang Gorgasali, the statue of Mother of Georgia, Narikala Fortress, sulfur baths district, Shardeni Street, Sioni Church, Anchiskhati Church, the unique Clock Tower of the Puppet Theater, the Bridge of Peace, and much more. The beauty of the mountain region and distinctive Georgian culture make Tbilisi a city worth visiting.
Your journey starts once you meet your guide at the Avlabari Metro Station entrance. Enjoy a pleasant walk through the old street to Metekhi Church. From there, you will continue to explore the city and hear about the history and origins of Tbilisi. Walking through the old Shardeni Street, you will discover an open-air market, Sioni Church, and the unique Clock Tower of the Puppet Theatre.
Continue onto the Anchiskhati Church and over the Bridge of Peace to reach Rike Park. Here, enjoy the opportunity to travel by cable car and get to the great monument of the Mother of Georgia. Then, descend from the mountain through the narrow streets to the Narikala Fortress. You can enjoy magnificent views from the fortress and take memorable photographs of the old part of Tbilisi: Metekhi Church, the Monument of Vakhtang Gorgasali, and the sulfur baths district. After you visit the sulfur baths district, you will walk to the waterfall in the city's center.
Highlights:
- Metekhi Castle
- Fragmentation of Berlin's Wall
- Europe Square
- Rike Park
- Bridge of Peace
- Clock Tower
- Anchiskhati
- Patriarchate of Georgia
- Sioni Cathedral
- Toastmaster's Statue
- Shardeni Street
- Metekhi Bridge
- Cable Car
- Monument of Mother of Georgia
- Narikala Fortress
- The mosque
- Leghvtakhevi Waterfall
- Bridge of Love
- Sulfur baths district
Start Location
Tbilisi, Georgia
AVLABARI metro station
Daily Itinerary
09:30 AVLABARI metro station
Our guide meets you in front of Avlabari metro station with our company's branded flag.
10:00 Start the Tour
Congratulations! Your experience has just started!
Metekhi Cathedral
Duration: 15 minutes Virgin Mary Metekhi church is located on the cliff plateau's left bank of the river, Mtkvari. The first church in this place was probably built by Vakhtang Gorgasali, symbolically resembling the church built on virgin Mary's tomb in Gethsemane's garden in Jerusalem. According to the legend, the former catholicos Kirion transferred the saint Shushanik to this church in the 7th century.
Monument of King Vakhtang Gorgasali
Duration: 5 minutes Vakhtang I Gorgasali, of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli, in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. Ivane Javakhishvili assigns to Vakhtang's rule the dates c. 449–502, while Cyril Toumanoff suggests 447–522. Dating Vakhtang's reign is problematic. With the alliance with the Byzantine Empire, he led his people into a lengthy struggle against Sasanian-Iranian hegemony, which ended in Vakhtang's defeat and the weakening of the kingdom of Iberia. Tradition also ascribes his reorganization of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the foundation of Tbilisi, Georgia's modern capital.
Europe Square
DURATION: 5 MINUTES We cross Europe Square and get information about the relationship between Georgia and the European Union, which is vital for Georgians.
Rike Park
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Rike park is considered to be the youngest recreational area in Tbilisi. It is situated on the left bank of the river Kura (Mtkvari) and has already become a popular place for both local and international visitors, especially families, and in summer. The Rike park is relatively easy to find, as its main entrance is right from the beautiful pedestrian ‘Bridge of Peace.’ The park hosts numerous entertainment facilities like singing and dancing fountains, artificial climbing walls, a children’s maze, mega-chess boards, footpaths, and quiet corners. The start point of a newly opened cable car that takes visitors up to Narikala fortress is located in the Rike park and several fancy bars and restaurants.
The Bridge of Peace
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Bridge of Peace is the attraction one wouldn’t want to miss in Tbilisi. A pedestrian glass and steel bridge in a bow-shaped design sits over the Mtkvari (Kura) river in the Georgian capital. It was officially opened in May 2010. The bridge was brought to Georgia from Italy in 200 unassembled components. The bridge is 156 meters long and has more than 10 000 LED bulbs built-in that are switched on daily 90 minutes before sunset.
Rezo Gabriadze Marionette Theater
DURATION: 10 MINUTES In 2010 Rezo Gabriadze built a unique clock tower next to the marionette theatre in Tbilisi's old town. An angel comes out with a small hammer to ring the bell every hour. There is a small puppet theatre inside the tower, and twice a day, at 12:00 and 19:00, you can see a show – "The Circle of Life." Rezo decorated the building with hundreds of tiles, which he designed himself, and then it instantly became a prominent architectural attraction in Tbilisi. People often call it the Tower with a clock or The Tower with an angel.
Anchiskhati Basilica
DURATION: 10 MINUTES In the historical district, in upper Kala, on Shavteli street, the Anchiskhati basilica is located; the church dates back to the 6th century. According to historical sources, it was constructed by Dachi Ujarmeli ( from Ujarma). It bears the name of the Virgin Mary’s Birth. The name Anchiskhati was given to it a little bit later. When Peter Meskhi moved the image of Christ not made by hand from the Anchi church to this one in 1675, Peter was granted the position of pastor by the Catholicon Domenici. From this day on, the Meskhishvilis were pastors of the church. The son of Peter- Alex is the founder of the calligraphers’ dynasty called the Aleximaskhishvilis.
Patriarchate of Georgia
DURATION: 5 MINUTES We stop at the Patriarchate of Georgia and hear interesting facts about the place.
Sioni Cathedral
DURATION: 10 MINUTES Sioni Cathedral is located on the street, having the same name, in one of the oldest districts of Tbilisi, in upper Kala. According to the legend, the first church in the very place was constructed by King Vakhtang Gorgasali in the 5th century.
Tamada Statue
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Tamada means a toastmaster in Georgian. We stop at a place and hear exciting stories about this tradition of toastmastering.
Shardeni Street
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Shardeni Street is one of the most popular and beautiful streets in Tbilisi. This pedestrian street is so well known that any guest that travels to Georgia never leaves this country without visiting Shardeni Street.
Tbilisi Cable Car
DURATION: 10 MINUTES We use a cable car to get to Mother of Georgia's statue and see amazing views from there.
Mother of Georgia
DURATION: 10 MINUTES Kartvlis Deda (Mother of a Georgian), erroneously known as Kartlis Deda, is a monument in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, which has become a city symbol. The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary. Prominent Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli designed the twenty-meter aluminum figure of a woman in a Georgian national dress. She symbolizes the Georgian national character: in her left hand, she holds a bowl of wine to greet those who come as friends, and in her right hand is a sword for those who come as enemies.
Narikala Fortress
DURATION: 15 MINUTES Narikala fortress is the most known landmark of Tbilisi. No one leaves Tbilisi without walking around this impressive fortress. You can feel the history of Tbilisi, even though the walls are not in great shape. During the day, the Narikala Fortress draws your attention from all sides of Tbilisi. It overlooks Mtkvari River, which makes Narikala more incredible. Narikala is one of the most visited places in Tbilisi.
Juma Mousqe
DURATION: 5 MINUTES During the walking tour, we have the possibility to visit a mosque as well and hear how important tolerance is for the country.
Leghvtakhevi Waterfall
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Leghvtakhevi is the waterfall we visit during the tour; the place is popular among Georgians and foreigners to chill when it's hot.
Chreli Abano Spa
DURATION: 5 MINUTES Chreli Abano is a place for a sulfur bath that is so popular among tourists and Georgians. The site looks like a mosque, but it's a sulfur bath, nice to visit and have fun.
Abanotubani
DURATION: 5 MINUTES The “Abanotubani” is the name given to the district in the Old Town of Tbilisi. There is a whole street (Abanos Kucha) of public bathhouses that use the sulfurous waters of the many hot springs in this area.
What's Included
- A professional guide service
- Wine tasting
- Cable car
What's Not Included
Details will be provided upon booking
Know Before You Go
Guide Information
Pick-up & Drop-off
AVLABARI metro station
Cancellation Policy
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Why This Tour is Unique
During the day, we take you to various fascinating and hidden places in this charming city. With a rich history, this romantic city attracts hundreds of thousands of travelers from all over the world. Explore Tbilisi and get unforgettable memories.
Activities Included
- Walking tour
Themes for This Tour
- Couples
- Eco friendly
- Family friendly
- Group friendly
- Outdoor
- Romantic