Spent 5 nights in old town Tbilisi, it’s a great city!
Queen Darejan, an 18th-century royal residence perched on a rocky cliff. Part of the original city wall below
The Bozardzhants House one of the absolute finest and most celebrated examples of Art Nouveau architecture in Tbilisi. Built in 1915 it is a little worn out now
Gentlemen are having their breakfast of Matsoni, a traditional, healthy fermented dairy product that Georgia is famous for. It is highly celebrated for its connection to health, digestive wellness, and lifelong vitality
Wine window across from our apartment
Warm Megruli khachapuri, cheese inside and on top
Don Quixote
Don Quixote & Sancho Panza. The other statues pay direct tribute to beloved 20th-century Georgian actors captured in their most celebrated comedic or dramatic stage roles
Giorgi Leonidze Park (commonly known to locals as 9 April Park), one of the oldest, most historic, and peaceful public green spaces in central Tbilisi. On April 9, 1989, peaceful anti-Soviet demonstrations took place right here and outside the nearby Parliament building, an event that ultimately accelerated Georgia's restoration of independence
Metekhi Church of the Assumption and the grand equestrian Statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali, overlooking the Kura River
Treat made by repeatedly dipping long strings of nuts into a thick, sweetened fruit juice mixture that has been concentrated and boiled down with flour. After being dipped, the strings are hung up to air-dry for several days
A traditional Georgian tone oven, the ancient style of baking shotis puri the canoe-shaped flatbread can be smelled everywhere throughout the city
The Blue Fox Hotel a beautifully restored boutique property featuring one of the most stunning examples of a traditional Tbilisi residential courtyard in the old city
The Peace Bridge
Rike Tubes in the center of photo consists of two conjoined, futuristic tubular volumes constructed from glass and stainless steel panels. The complex includes a theater and exhibition hall. Perched behind the tubes sits the classical Presidential palace crowned with a massive glass dome. Barely peaking over the ridgeline in the far upper right background is the golden cross-tipped dome of the Holy Trinity Cathedral
The hanging houses of the Metekhi Cliff overlooking the Kura River
Not a Mosque, this mosaic-tiled building is the Orbeliani Sulfur Baths. Russian poet Alexander Pushkin famously bathed here in 1829 and declared it the best bath he had ever experienced
Hoppy’s personal photographer
Whimsical statues everywhere
Instead of carrying a mouse, this clever cat has successfully sneaked off with a massive, juicy khinkali—Georgia’s legendary national dumpling
Famous, avant-garde Soviet-Armenian film director and artist Sergei Parajanov (1924–1990), who was born and raised in Tbilisi. He is best known for creating cinematic masterpieces like The Color of Pomegranates, check in out on utube
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