Tbilisi: Self-Guided Audio Walk Through Old Town and River Views

This self-guided audio walking tour introduces first-time visitors to Tbilisi through its riverfront parks, churches, old streets, and hilltop views. It will especially suit travelers who enjoy history, architecture, and the feeling of discovering a city step by step.

Your route begins in Rike Park, where modern lawns, fountains, and open views of the Kura River set the scene. From there, you climb to the Metekhi church, perched above the water on its rocky cliff, then cross the glass-and-steel Bridge of Peace. The walk continues past the Patriarchate of Georgia to Anchiskhati Basilica, one of the city’s oldest surviving churches. You then head to Sioni Cathedral, the Tamada Statue, and lively Jan Shardeni Street, before entering Abanotubani, the district of brick bath domes and sulfur-scented air. The tour finishes at the upper cable car station near Narikala.

Along the way, you will move between quiet stone churches and buzzing café lanes, between medieval walls and bold contemporary design. Some of the most memorable moments include looking down on the river from Metekhi, seeing the Bridge of Peace shimmer above the water, passing under the old basilica’s simple lines, and arriving in Abanotubani where rounded bath roofs and steep hillside houses create one of Tbilisi’s most distinctive views.