Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Tbilisi, Georgia

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 271 m
Descend 134 m

Explore Tbilisi in Georgia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in TbilisiIndividual Sights in Tbilisi

Sight 1: First Republic Square

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First Republic SquareDavid1010 / Attribution

First Republic Square former Rose Revolution Square is a square in the Vera district of Tbilisi at the western end of Rustaveli Ave.

Wikipedia: First Republic Square (EN)

551 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

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Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre Francisco Anzola / CC BY 2.0

The Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi, formerly known as the Tiflis Imperial Theater, is an opera house situated on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia. Founded in 1851, Tbilisi Opera is the main opera house of Georgia and one of the oldest such establishments in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Wikipedia: Georgian National Opera Theater (EN), Website

249 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Rustaveli National Theatre

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Rustaveli National Theatre is the largest and one of the oldest theaters of Georgia, located in its capital Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue. Housed in an ornate Rococo-style edifice, the theatre was founded in 1887 and since 1921 has carried the name of Georgia's national poet Rustaveli.

Wikipedia: Rustaveli Theatre (EN)

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature

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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.

Wikipedia: Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Literature (EN)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Park of 9th April

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Park of 9th April

April 9 Garden, Division. the upper part of Alexander's Garden, Commune Garden, a garden in the central part of the city; The city's first public recreation park. It is spread on two levels of relieved terrain, in the direction of the right bank of the Mtkvari River northeast of Rustaveli Avenue. Currently, the garden is divided into two parts by R. Tabukashvili Street, the lower part is named after Giorgi Leonidze.

Wikipedia: 9 აპრილის ბაღი (KA)

369 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Dry Bridge

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Dry Bridge

Dry Bridge is a bridge in the city of Tbilisi. Dry Bridge is known for its "brokerage exchange", the old market and the exhibition of pictures.

Wikipedia: მშრალი ხიდი (KA)

576 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Holy Trinity Church

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Holy Trinity ChurchPaata Vardanashvili from Tbilisi, Georgia / CC BY 2.0

Tbilisi Holy Trinity Church-Georgian Orthodox Church of the XVIII-XIX centuries in the old part of the city (Kaluban). It is located on Erosi Manjgaladze Street (No. 6), behind the building of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. The name "The Church of the Old Trinity" was spread after the construction of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.

Wikipedia: თბილისის ძველი სამების ეკლესია (KA)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Museum of the Soviet Occupation

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The Museum of the Soviet Occupation is a history museum in Tbilisi, Georgia, documenting the seven decades of the Soviet rule in Georgia (1921–1991) and dedicated to the history of the anti-occupational, national-liberation movement of Georgia, to the victims of the Soviet political repressions throughout this period. It was established on May 26, 2006. The museum is a part of the Georgian National Museum (GNM).

Wikipedia: Museum of Soviet Occupation (Tbilisi) (EN), Website

31 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Georgian National Museum

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The Georgian National Museum unifies several leading museums in Georgia. The museum was established within the framework of structural, institutional, and legal reforms aimed at modernizing the management of the institutions united within this network, and at coordinating research and educational activities. Since its formation on December 30, 2004, the Museum has been directed by professor David Lordkipanidze.

Wikipedia: Georgian National Museum (EN), Website

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Georgian Museum of Fine Arts

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Georgian Museum of Fine Arts Georgian Museum of Fine Arts / CC BY-SA 4.0

Georgian Museum of Fine Arts is a private art museum located on the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia (country). The construction broke ground in 2013 and is the only building in Georgia built purposely to house art exhibitions. The museum official opening was held on September 26, 2018, while it opened to the public on October 2, 2018. The museum houses over 3500 artworks, created by over 80 artists during the last 70 years. The museum exhibits private art collection of the family of Dr. George (Gia) Jokhtaberidze and Manana Shevardadze, founders of Magticom, the largest telecommunications company in Georgia.

Wikipedia: Georgian Museum of Fine Arts (EN), Website, Facebook

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: National Gallery of Georgia

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maritime Shevardnadze National Gallery - Part of Art Gallery in Tbilisi, part of the Georgian National Museum. theALERNET building represents the real monument of the category of national importance. locates in Tbilisi, Rustaveli Avenue № 11. "It is known as ""Blue Gallery""."

Wikipedia: თბილისის სამხატვრო გალერეა (KA)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Kashveti Church of St. George

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Kashveti Church of St. GeorgeKashveti1.jpg: Paata Vardanashvili derivative work: Rabanus Flavus / CC BY 2.0

The Kashveti Church of St. George is a Georgian Orthodox Church in central Tbilisi, located across from the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.

Wikipedia: Kashveti Church (EN)

689 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 13: წმინდა ნინოს ეკლესია

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The Church of St. Nina, Equal-to-the-Apostles, is an Orthodox church under the jurisdiction of the Georgian Patriarchate. It is located in Tbilisi, 9 Shio Chitadze Street.

Wikipedia: Церковь равноапостольной Нины (Тбилиси) (RU)

282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Vilnius Square

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Vilnius Square is a public square in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. It honours the city of Vilnius, which is the capital of the Republic of Lithuania.

Wikipedia: Vilnius Square (EN)

205 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი

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სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი

Prince Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, known simply as Sulkhan-Saba, was a Georgian writer and diplomat. Orbeliani is noted in part due to his important role as an emissary of Georgia to France and the Vatican, where he vainly sought assistance on behalf of his beleaguered King Vakhtang VI.

Wikipedia: Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (EN)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: ჯალილ მამედყულიზადეს სახლ-მუზეუმი

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House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzada is a museum opened in Tbilisi on 11 October 1997. Jalil Mammadguluzada lived and worked in this house (1897-1918). During 1906-1911, he published the magazine Molla Nasraddin.

Wikipedia: House-Museum of Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (Tbilisi) (EN)

720 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 17: Mama Daviti church

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Mama Daviti churchZviad Avaliani / Attribution

Mtatsminda Mammadavi Church – a domed church erected in the middle of Mtatsminda in Tbilisi. Dates from 1859 to 1871. The Holy Father of Tbilisi David Garejeli Church is located on Mtatsminda Street.

Wikipedia: მთაწმინდის მამადავითის სახელობის ეკლესია (KA)

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