The Mtatsminda and Sololaki area (running along between shopping-and-dining hotspot Rustaveli Avenue and the mountains) provides a wealth of original and beautifully renovated architecture. Check out some of our favorites below an...
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the names of the works competing in the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The Mies van der Rohe Award, ofte...
Paata Liluashvili, Director of the Kutaisi Tourism Center, reveals his top choices for places to visit in the chilly season.
"The locations I chose were selected thematically, a tour which I conditionally call ‘Time Travel’, co...
A country house, or agaraki, is a special phenomenon in Georgia. Many Georgians have an ancestral village with a house that their family frequents in the warmer months. Sometimes, if families live now in Tbilisi and their...
There are thought to be upwards of 250,000 Georgian Jews in the world today – the vast majority of them living in Israel. After perestroika policies in the 1980s softened emigration laws, and the subsequent collapse of th...
Behind crumbling facades and a patchwork of paint and plasterwork, the neglected legacy of Georgian art nouveau is hidden in many buildings in Tbilisi.
Despite years of rejection during Georgia’s dark Soviet past when it was co...
Imagine a city over 1500 years old…which, according to history, has been more or less completely destroyed an average of twice a century during its existence. Hard to fathom? Welcome to Georgia’s “new” capital, Tbilisi (the old on...
The Ambassador of Great Britain to Georgia, Justin McKenzie Smith, was kind enough to share with us some of his favorite things about Georgia. Let's explore them.
THE MUSEUMS
A day wandering through Tbilisi is a pleasure. St...
Tbilisi has many old and unique buildings to catch your eye and inspire with their hidden stories and legends. From the “Devil’s House” on Ingorokva Street to Tchaikovsky’s holiday getaway, Georgia’s capital has plenty to explore....