Tbilisi: Symphony of the Old City. From the Middle Ages to Modernity

Tbilisi emerged around the 1st century AD, and by the 5th century, it became the capital of Georgia. It was a wealthy city located at the crossroads of trade routes from China to Europe. Throughout its history, the city attracted many invaders. It was burned down more than forty times by Persians, Turks, Tatar-Mongols, and Arabs. Yet each time, the city was rebuilt and prospered once again.

Today’s Old Tbilisi was mostly built in the 19th century, with occasional remnants of earlier structures. Surviving churches, bathhouses, fortress walls, towers, old buildings, maps, drawings, and 19th-century photographs allow us to mentally reconstruct the city in different eras.

As part of the tour, we will also visit the Tbilisi Archaeological Museum.