ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE & STREETS OF TBILISI
The city reveals itself through contrast — ornate churches beside glass bridges, museums tucked into courtyards, and wide avenues that echo with stories. Every landmark is part of what makes Tbilisi unmistakably itself.
- Liberty Square, Tbilisi City Center
Liberty Square
The historical and political heart of Tbilisi. Surrounded by iconic buildings and bustling streets, the square features a towering monument of St. George — the patron saint of Georgia — and marks the beginning of Rustaveli Avenue.
- St. George monument
- Pushkin Park & fountain
- Historic City Hall
- Access to Rustaveli Avenue
- Shota Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
Shota Rustaveli Avenue
- Georgian National Museum
- Rustaveli Theatre
- Kashveti Church
- Art galleries & bookshops
- Historical buildings & cafés
- 3 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
Georgian National Museum
- Treasury of ancient gold
- Archaeology & anthropology halls
- Rotating art & history exhibitions
- Soviet Occupation Exhibition
- 7 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
Georgian Museum of Fine Arts
- 3,500+ works by Georgian artists
- 20th-century and contemporary art
- Sculpture, painting & mixed media
- Light-filled modern interior
- Peace Bridge, over Kura River, Tbilisi
Peace Bridge
A striking glass-and-steel pedestrian bridge connecting Tbilisi’s Old Town with Rike Park. Designed by Italian architect Michele De Lucchi, the bridge is known for its wave-like structure and dazzling night-time illumination.
- 156 meters of glass & steel
- LED light show at night
- Connects Old Town & Rike Park
- Iconic photo spot
- Symbol of modern Tbilisi
- 13 Ioane Shavteli Street, Tbilisi
Gabriadze Marionette Theater
- Unique leaning clock tower
- Mini puppet show at 12:00 & 19:00
- Handcrafted stage sets & puppets
- On-site café with designer furniture
- Created by Rezo Gabriadze (1981)
- Dry Bridge, Tbilisi City Center
Dry Bridge Flea Market
- Vintage Soviet items
- Hand-painted art & icons
- Jewelry, cameras & rare books
- Outdoor setting, weather-dependent
- Great for souvenirs & stories
- Metekhi Bridge, Old Tbilisi
Metekhi Bridge
- Arched concrete bridge (1951)
- Historic crossing point
- Metekhi Church
- Vakhtang Gorgasali statue
- Close to Europe Square & Old Town
- Tbilisi Sea Hill, Northern Tbilisi
Chronicle of Georgia
A massive stone monument by Zurab Tsereteli, blending history, religion, and modern sculpture. Featuring towering columns with reliefs of Georgian kings, saints, and biblical stories, it’s often called “Tbilisi’s Stonehenge.”
- Built in the 1980s
- 16 columns, 30+ meters tall
- View over the Tbilisi Sea
- Quiet, surreal atmosphere