Neighbourhoods · Tbilisi
Sololaki
Merchant mansions and painted entrance halls
Why visit
Step through any open door: many entrance halls still have their painted ceilings and cast-iron stairs.
19th-century streets of grand but crumbling townhouses beneath the Sololaki ridge.
- Best time to visit
- Late afternoon, when the light hits the façades.
- Things to do
- →Look inside the old entrance halls (quietly)
- →Climb to the ridge for sunset
What to see
Sololaki Ridge & Kartlis Deda
The ridge above Sololaki, home to the 20-metre Mother of Georgia — wine for friends, sword for enemies.
Rustaveli Avenue
The city’s grand boulevard — parliament, opera, theatres and the national museums.
National Gallery
Home to the famous naïve paintings of Niko Pirosmani and 20th-century Georgian art.
