City guide Tbilisi
- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Individual Entrepreneur status: 1% tax on turnover up to 500k GEL ($188k) Foreign-source income of a resident is generally outside the tax. An individual…
- Banking for Expats Bank of Georgia (BOG), TBC Bank; very open to foreigners Bank of Georgia takes a non-resident application in English (passport, photo, signature…
- Bar/Nightlife Area Shardeni Street (Touristic), Bassiani (Techno), Khidi (Underground) Fabrika courtyard, 8 Egnate Ninoshvili Street, for bars without a cover. Bassiani, under…
- Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Vake (Upscale), Saburtalo (Modern/Convenient), Vera (Hip/Central) Marjanishvili, for Fabrika and Impact Hub, a short walk from the metro. Vake is the…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Old Tbilisi (Dzveli Tbilisi), Sololaki, Abanotubani Old Tbilisi, Sololaki and Abanotubani, between Freedom Square, Narikala and the sulfur…
- Best Beach Nearby Tbilisi Sea (Artificial lake) for swimming; Batumi (Black Sea) 5 hours by train Turtle Lake (Kus Tba), above Saburtalo, is the city swim, with pedal boats. The Black Sea…
- Best Cafe for Work Lokal Tbilisi (Vera), Coffee LAB (Saburtalo), Prospero's Books (Rustaveli) Prospero's Books and Caliban's Coffeehouse, in a courtyard off Rustaveli Avenue toward the…
- Best Coworking Space Impact Hub Tbilisi (Fabrika); ~450 GEL ($170)/mo for flex desk Impact Hub Tbilisi, inside Fabrika at 8 Egnate Ninoshvili Street. A day pass is ₾40…
- Best Dessert Spots Puri Guliani (Mtatsminda), Entrée (Bakery chain) Churchkhela, walnuts dipped in grape must, is the sweet to buy. Dezerter Bazaar and the…
- Best Food Delivery App Wolt, Glovo Wolt delivers restaurants in Tbilisi and also runs Wolt Market, including a Baratashvili…
- Best Hospital American Hospital Tbilisi (AHT), MediClub Georgia (Expat-friendly) American Hospital Tbilisi, 17 Ushangi Chkheidze Street. Outpatient hours are Monday to…
- Best Local Dish to Try Khinkali (Meat dumplings), Adjaruli Khachapuri (Cheese bread) Khinkali (soup dumplings) and khachapuri, especially the Adjarian cheese bread. Klike's…
- Best Taxi/Ride App Bolt (Primary), Yandex Go (Cheapest); Rides start at 3 GEL ($1.10) Bolt and Yandex Go. Yandex economy in Tbilisi, in force through 27 October 2026, caps the…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Scroll (Electric scooters) via Bird App; widely available in Vake/Center Bolt e-scooters: ₾0.35 to start and ₾0.29 a minute, or Plus at ₾3.90 a month, which drops…
- Birdwatching Locations Jvari Pass (Seasonal migration), Lisi Lake none
- Bonfire-Friendly Spots Lisi Lake (Designated picnic areas) none
- Budget Accommodation Fabrika Hostel ($15-20/night bunk), Envoy Hostel ($12/night) Fabrika Hostel and Suites, 8 Egnate Ninoshvili Street, about an 8 to 10 minute walk from…
- Cashless Friendly Highly friendly; cards/Apple Pay accepted in almost all shops/cafes Visa and Mastercard work on the metro and on most buses, and cards are accepted in central…
- Casino & Gaming Halls Casino Iveria, Shangri La none
- City Tbilisi, Tbilisi Municipality, Georgia Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, on the Mtkvari River.
- Community Centers Generator 9.8, Fabrika Impact Hub Tbilisi, inside Fabrika at 8 Egnate Ninoshvili Street, for member events. The…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules No strict CFC rules currently Georgian tax law does not provide controlled-foreign-company rules.
- Cooking Classes Culinarium Khasheria, Gastronome Cooking School none
- Corporate Tax 15% (Estonian Model: 0% if reinvested) 15% on distributed profits and on some deemed distributions. Retained profit is not taxed…
- Cultural Districts Marjanishvili (Theater district), Sololaki (Historical architecture) Old Tbilisi and Sololaki, under Narikala, for balconies, baths and wine bars…
- Currency & Banking 1 GEL ≈ 0.38 USD; 1 USD ≈ 2.65 GEL Georgian lari (GEL, ₾). National Bank of Georgia rate for 19 October 2026: ₾2.5982 per US…
- Cycling/Walking Paths Lisi Lake Loop, Mtatsminda Park Trails The walk up to Turtle Lake from Saburtalo, and the paths around Lisi Lake. Mtatsminda is…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 5% 5% on dividends paid to non-residents. Treaties can set a lower rate. Distribution between…
- E-commerce/Online Store Vendoo.ge, Extra.ge Extra.ge, which calls itself the largest digital marketplace in Georgia.
- Gaming Lounges Cyber Arena (Saburtalo) none
- Grocery Delivery Nikora, Carefour, and Europroduct via Wolt/Glovo Wolt Market delivers groceries in Tbilisi. Its Baratashvili store is listed as a 24/7…
- Gyms & Fitness Centers Snap Fitness (Multi-location), Oktopus Fitness Club (Vake/Saburtalo) Oktopus at 20 Nino Ramishvili Street is ₾235 a month, with access to the Sandro Euli, Vake…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 20% (Flat rate) 20% flat on personal income.
- Highway Access S1 Highway (West towards Black Sea), S5 (East towards Kakheti) The E60 runs west from Tbilisi toward Kutaisi and the Black Sea, about 372 km to Batumi…
- Historic Buildings Parliament Building, Writer’s House of Georgia Writer's House of Georgia, 13 Ivane Machabeli Street in Sololaki, an art-nouveau mansion…
- Historical Sites Metekhi Church, Sulfur Baths in Abanotubani Abanotubani sulfur baths, and Metekhi Church above the river. Public Bath No. 5, 4 Mirza…
- Internet Speed Magti & Silknet fiber; average 50-100 Mbps Ookla has no Tbilisi-only figure. Georgia median in September 2026 was 54.89 Mbps fixed…
- Language Classes Home School Georgia, International House Tbilisi none
- Laundry Services Laundry Room (Vera); ~15 GEL for 5kg wash/dry none
- Libraries & Study Spots National Parliamentary Library of Georgia The Ilia Chavchavadze National Library of Georgia (nplg.gov.ge) is the country's main…
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