Tbilisi is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a 1,500-year-old city strung along the Mtkvari River between steep hills in the South Caucasus. Its crooked Old Town of carved wooden balconies, sulfur bathhouses, Orthodox churches and hillside fortress sits beside Art Nouveau boulevards, Soviet-era landmarks and a fast-growing café, wine-bar and club scene. Visitors come for Georgian food and natural wine, easy day trips to monasteries and mountains, and some of the lowest prices of any European capital.
Luxury hotels
Five-star and palace properties.
The Telegraph Hotel
The former central post and telegraph office on Rustaveli Avenue, with around 239 rooms, a rooftop pool and bar, a destination spa and the Tatusa Jazz Club. Two Michelin Keys.
Paragraph Freedom Square, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Tbilisi's first Luxury Collection hotel, next to Freedom Square, with about 220 rooms, a spa and indoor and rooftop pools.
The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi
Around 214 rooms on Rustaveli Avenue with a rooftop pool and spa; World Travel Awards Georgia's Leading Luxury Hotel 2025.
Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace
About 220 rooms above the Kura river facing the Old Town, with a spa, sauna, steam room, hot tub and indoor and seasonal outdoor pools.
Stamba Hotel
A Brutalist former printing house in Vera with leather headboards, brass fixtures and a garden.
Rooms Hotel Tbilisi
A Michelin Key design hotel in a former publishing house, with The Kitchen restaurant, Bar Room and a garden bar.
Tiflis Palace
A 46-room boutique hotel in Abanotubani; Georgia's Leading Boutique Hotel at the 2025 World Travel Awards.
Communal Hotel Sololaki
Thirteen rooms in a restored 19th-century Sololaki townhouse; Michelin Selected (2025).
Fine dining
Michelin-starred and chef-driven restaurants.
Keto and Kote
An upscale restaurant in a historic Vera house with chandeliers, terraces and city views; known for pulled beef, dolma and tomato salad.
AMO
Modern Georgian dining with panoramic city views under the TV Tower.
Reserve Restaurant
Fine dining with most ingredients made in-house and a tasting menu.
Bina N37
A penthouse-apartment restaurant with rooftop qvevri wine and Megrelian dishes; book at least two days ahead.
Shushabandi
Refined takes on Georgian classics inside Wine Factory N1.
Cafe Stamba
A seasonal menu using local produce in a Brutalist former printing house.