# Things to do in Georgia: best places to visit

> Georgia in one sweep: old Tbilisi with Narikala Fortress, the sulphur baths and the Bridge of Peace; Mtskheta's Jvari and Svetitskhoveli half an hour away; Gelati and Bagrati Cathedral in Kutaisi; the seafront boulevard and the Ali and Nino statue in Batumi; and the spa park of Borjomi.

Web page: https://yesgo.io/georgia

## Cities

- [Tbilisi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi.md): 10 places with the YesGo score
- [Batumi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi.md): 10 places with the YesGo score
- [Kutaisi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi.md): 10 places with the YesGo score
- [Mtskheta](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta.md): 10 places with the YesGo score
- [Borjomi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi.md): 10 places with the YesGo score

## Itineraries across the country

- [Georgia in 7 days: an itinerary city by city](https://yesgo.io/georgia/in-7-days.md): A week across the country from the capital to the Black Sea: sulphur baths and Narikala, Mtskheta's monasteries, Borjomi's springs, Gelati and the coast.

## Top places across the country

- [Bridge of Peace](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi/bridge-of-peace.md), Tbilisi: YesGo score 64/100 (Yes, go) · 20 min · Free. The Bridge of Peace is a glass-and-steel footbridge over the Mtkvari (Kura) River, linking Old Tbilisi with Rike Park. It is free and open…
- [Mtskheta Old Town and Arsukidze Street](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta/mtskheta-old-town.md), Mtskheta: YesGo score 54/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h · Free — public streets. Mtskheta Old Town is a handful of restored streets around Svetitskhoveli Cathedral: Arsukidze Street by the west gate, churchkhela and…
- [Ali and Nino statue](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi/ali-and-nino.md), Batumi: YesGo score 49/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free. Ali and Nino is a moving steel sculpture by Tamara Kvesitadze on Batumi’s seafront, by the Alphabetic Tower: two 8-metre figures, a man…
- [Colchis Fountain](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi/colchis-fountain.md), Kutaisi: YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 15 min · Free. The Colchis Fountain is Kutaisi’s emblem, standing on central David the Builder Square: about 30 gilded horses, animals and a…
- [Villa Firuza (Mirza Riza Khan House)](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi/villa-firuza.md), Borjomi: YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 15 min · Free — seen from the street. Villa Firuza is the turquoise summer house Iran's consul Mirza Riza Khan built in 1892 at the gates of Borjomi Central Park. It's free to…
- [Rike Park](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi/rike-park.md), Tbilisi: YesGo score 61/100 (Yes, go) · 45 min · Free; cable car 2.5 GEL. Rike Park is a free, open-access riverside park on the east bank of the Mtkvari, directly across from Old Tbilisi — no gates, no tickets…
- [Svetitskhoveli Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta/svetitskhoveli-cathedral.md), Mtskheta: YesGo score 52/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h · Free. Svetitskhoveli is Georgia’s patriarchal cathedral in the centre of Mtskheta, built in 1010–1029; tradition holds that Christ’s robe is…
- [Europe Square](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi/batumi-europe-square.md), Batumi: YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free. Europe Square is the centre of Old Batumi: a bronze Medea with the Golden Fleece on a tall column, an astronomical clock on the corner and…
- [Bagrati Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi/bagrati-cathedral.md), Kutaisi: YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 40 min · Free. Bagrati Cathedral is Kutaisi's landmark: an early 11th-century Orthodox cathedral on Ukimerioni Hill, rebuilt in 2009–2012 after three…
- [Likani Palace (Romanov Palace)](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi/likani-palace.md), Borjomi: YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free, outside view only. The Romanov Palace in Likani is Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich's 1890s summer villa, 3 km west of central Borjomi. You can't currently…
- [Narikala Fortress](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi/narikala-fortress.md), Tbilisi: YesGo score 60/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h · Free; cable car 2.5 GEL. Narikala is a 4th-century fortress on the Sololaki ridge above Old Tbilisi. It is free, ticketless and open every day. Get up by the cable…
- [Jvari Monastery](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta/jvari-monastery.md), Mtskheta: YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · Free. Jvari Monastery is a working 6th-century church on a rocky hilltop above the confluence of the Aragvi and Mtkvari rivers, facing Mtskheta…
- [Piazza Square](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi/batumi-piazza.md), Batumi: YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free, open 24/7. Batumi Piazza is an enclosed, Italian-style square in Old Batumi: a marble mosaic in the middle, a clock tower with costumed figures…
- [White Bridge](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi/kutaisi-white-bridge.md), Kutaisi: YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free. The White Bridge (Tetri Khidi) is a 19th-century footbridge over the Rioni in Kutaisi’s old town, a 5–7 minute walk from the Colchis…
- [Borjomi Museum of Local Lore](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi/borjomi-local-museum.md), Borjomi: YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 3–5 GEL. The Borjomi Museum of Local Lore is the town's history museum, set in the 1890 office of the Romanovs' Borjomi estate. Allow an hour…
- [Abanotubani Sulphur Baths](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi/abanotubani.md), Tbilisi: YesGo score 57/100 (Yes, go) · 1 h 30 min · Private room ≈ 50–250 GEL/hour. Abanotubani is Tbilisi's old bath district below Narikala fortress: low brick domes over naturally hot sulphur springs. Wandering between…
- [Antiokia Church](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta/antiokia-church.md), Mtskheta: YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 15 min · Free. Antiokia (Antioch) Church is the small Church of St Stephen the Protomartyr, part of a working women’s convent where the Aragvi meets the…
- [Batumi Dancing Fountains](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi/batumi-dancing-fountains.md), Batumi: YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · Free. The Batumi Dancing Fountains are a free evening show of water, light, music and lasers on Ardagani Lake, on the New Boulevard by the sea…
- [Motsameta Monastery](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi/motsameta-monastery.md), Kutaisi: YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 40 min · Free. Motsameta Monastery is a working monastery on a cliff above a bend of the Tskaltsitela River, about 6 km north-east of central Kutaisi…
- [Borjomi Central Park](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi/borjomi-central-park.md), Borjomi: YesGo score 36/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 2 h · ≈ 5 GEL (unofficial). Borjomi Central Park — also called Mineral Water Park — is the old spa garden in the Borjomula gorge, laid out in the mid-19th century…
- [Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba)](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi/sameba-cathedral.md), Tbilisi: YesGo score 52/100 (Yes, go) · 40 min · Free. Sameba — the Holy Trinity Cathedral — is the Georgian Orthodox Church's main cathedral, on Elia Hill in Tbilisi's Avlabari district. Entry…
- [Samtavro Monastery](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta/samtavro-monastery.md), Mtskheta: YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free, donations welcome. Samtavro is a working convent in northern Mtskheta, 10 minutes' walk from Svetitskhoveli. It holds the 11th-century Church of the…
- [Batumi Boulevard](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi/batumi-boulevard.md), Batumi: YesGo score 42/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · Free. Batumi Boulevard is a free, 24/7 seaside park running about 7 km along the Black Sea: magnolias, palms and a white colonnade in the old…
- [Gelati Monastery](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi/gelati-monastery.md), Kutaisi: YesGo score 38/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Free. Gelati Monastery is a working 12th-century monastery and UNESCO site 11 km north-east of central Kutaisi, founded by King David IV the…

## Georgia travel guide

Before you go: where to go, visa and money, getting around, weather by month, food and wine.

## Trip essentials

- Visa: Visa-free for many passports, often up to a year
- Currency: Georgian lari (GEL); cards widely accepted
- First trip: Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Kazbegi; Batumi in summer
- When to go: April–June and September–October; the sea July–September
- How many days: A week: Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Kakheti and Kutaisi
- Time zone: UTC+4 all year

## Key facts

- **4** — UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Mtskheta, Gelati, Upper Svaneti and the Colchic forests (source: UNESCO World Heritage List)
- **8,000 years** — of winemaking — Georgian qvevri wine is on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list (source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2013)
- **5,047 m** — height of Mount Kazbek, rising above Gergeti (source: Wikipedia, “Mount Kazbek”)
- **33 letters** — in the Georgian Mkhedruli alphabet — also on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list (source: UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2016)

## Best places to visit in Georgia

For a first trip, give Tbilisi three days with day trips to Mtskheta and Kazbegi. For the sea, Batumi from July to September. Caves and canyons are around Kutaisi; mineral springs and mountains in Borjomi. Every place with its YesGo score is in the list above; the “Map” button shows them on a map.

| City | Why go | Best time |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Tbilisi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/tbilisi) | Old town, sulphur baths, wine | Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct |
| [Batumi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/batumi) | The sea, boulevard, gardens | Jul–Sep |
| [Kutaisi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/kutaisi) | Gelati, caves, canyons | Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct |
| [Mtskheta](https://yesgo.io/georgia/mtskheta) | Jvari and Svetitskhoveli — UNESCO | Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct |
| [Borjomi](https://yesgo.io/georgia/borjomi) | Spa park, springs, national park | May–Oct |

Also popular: Kazbegi, Kakheti with Sighnaghi, Svaneti and Vardzia — we will cover them next. Ready trips around the country are above on this page.

## Georgia visa and currency

Citizens of many countries — including the EU, UK, US and Canada — can enter Georgia visa-free, often for up to a year. The currency is the Georgian lari (GEL); cards are accepted almost everywhere in cities, with cash useful in villages and markets.

Check the current entry rule for your passport on Georgia’s official government site before you travel.

Restaurant bills often include a 10–18% service charge; check before adding a tip.

## Getting around Georgia

Trains and minibuses link the cities, but the most convenient way is a car with a driver or a rental: mountain roads are spectacular, and many sights are hard to reach without one.

- **Train** — Tbilisi ↔ Batumi ≈ 5–6 h, Tbilisi ↔ Kutaisi ≈ 3–4 h.
- **Minibuses** — from Didube and Tbilisi station to every town.
- **Car** — rent or hire a driver for Kazbegi, Kakheti and the canyons.
- **Flights** — airports in Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi.

## Georgia weather by month

The best time to visit Georgia is April–June and September–October — warm, not hot. Summer in Tbilisi passes 30 °C; Batumi on the coast is humid and often rainy. Winter in Tbilisi is mild, with snow in the mountains. Below is Tbilisi.

- **January in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 7°C, night ≈ -1°C, rainy days: 5. Mild winter, about 7°. Skiing in the mountains.
- **February in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 9°C, night ≈ 0°C, rainy days: 6. Cool, few tourists.
- **March in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 14°C, night ≈ 4°C, rainy days: 8. Spring, orchards in bloom.
- **April in Tbilisi** (best time): day ≈ 19°C, night ≈ 8°C, rainy days: 10. Warm and green — city time.
- **May in Tbilisi** (best time): day ≈ 24°C, night ≈ 12°C, rainy days: 13. Warm, with showers. The mountains open up.
- **June in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 29°C, night ≈ 17°C, rainy days: 10. Hot, the beach season begins.
- **July in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 32°C, night ≈ 20°C, rainy days: 7. Hot in Tbilisi, the sea in Batumi.
- **August in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 31°C, night ≈ 20°C, rainy days: 6. Hot and dry. Mountains and the sea.
- **September in Tbilisi** (best time): day ≈ 27°C, night ≈ 15°C, rainy days: 6. Warm, the wine season begins.
- **October in Tbilisi** (best time): day ≈ 20°C, night ≈ 10°C, rainy days: 6. Grape harvest — the best month for Kakheti.
- **November in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 13°C, night ≈ 4°C, rainy days: 6. Cool. Baths, wine and museums.
- **December in Tbilisi**: day ≈ 8°C, night ≈ 0°C, rainy days: 5. About 8°, a festive Tbilisi.

Each city page has its own weather: Batumi is wetter and more humid, Borjomi cooler.

## Georgian food and wine

Georgian food is a reason to come in itself: khinkali, khachapuri, mtsvadi kebabs, pkhali and cheeses. Wine is made in qvevri — clay jars buried in the ground, a method on UNESCO’s list.

- **Khinkali & khachapuri** — everywhere, with regional versions.
- **Wine** — saperavi, rkatsiteli, kisi; Kakheti is the place for tastings.
- **Churchkhela** — nuts dipped in grape juice, the best edible souvenir.

## Tips

- Hire a driver for a day for the mountains and Kakheti — the roads are winding.
- In churches, cover shoulders and knees; women cover their hair.
- Exchange money in town rather than at the airport.

## Questions

### Do I need a visa for Georgia?

Many nationalities, including EU, UK, US and Canadian citizens, can visit visa-free, often for up to a year. Check the rule for your passport before you go.

### What currency is used in Georgia?

The Georgian lari (GEL). Cards are widely accepted in cities; carry some cash for villages and markets.

### Is Georgia safe for tourists?

Georgia is generally considered safe and welcoming for visitors; take the usual precautions and check your government’s travel advice for border areas.

### What are the best places to visit in Georgia?

Tbilisi, Mtskheta, Kazbegi, Kakheti’s wine country, Kutaisi with its caves and canyons, Borjomi and, in summer, Batumi on the Black Sea.

### When is the best time to visit Georgia?

April–June and September–October; October adds the grape harvest. July–September for the beach in Batumi.

## Sources

- UNESCO World Heritage List — sites in Georgia; UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2013, 2016)
- Wikipedia, “Georgia (country)”; “Mount Kazbek”; Tbilisi climate (1991–2020 normals)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia — visa-free entry

Facts checked: 09.11.2026

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