Georgia11 Tbilisi A walking tour6

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Tbilisi International

Airport

Tbilisi International Airport train-stationThe journey from the airport to the Central Railway Station in Tbilisi takes 25 minutesTickets can be purchased at the train station or on the train

Tbilisi International Airport train-station

Train entering

Tbilisi airport

railway-station

Tbilisi International Airport train-station

Design for the Tbilisi International Airport train-station

Old Georgian houses with characteristic balconies looking over the Mtkvari River in the Avlabari District of Tbilisi

Hotel Kopala

Avlabari district traditional houses on the elevated banks of the Mtkvari River

Balconied houses on the edge of the cliff above the Mtkvari River

Metekhi Church and houses on the edge of the cliff above the Mtkvari river

Inside Metekhi church

Kura River, parts of the Old Town and the aerial tram up to the fort

Baratashvili Street is a factual border of medieval TbilisiThe street received today’s image in 70s of the XX century during Old Tbilisi reconstruction

In Baratashvili street, there are well preserved and partially restored fragments of an old fortress wall with towers

On the wall there is a cast iron plate with the inscription: "This defensive wall of ancient Tbilisi was revealed in 1977”

At the beginning of Baratashvili street there is a Monument to the Georgian architect Shota Kavlashvili (1999), the author of reconstruction and renewal of the old areas of the city

Tbilisi is the capital city of the country of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mtkvari river. The city covers an area of 726 km² and has a population of approximately 1,345,000

Baratashvili Street is a factual border of medieval Tbilisi

House of Wedding Ceremony at Baratashvili Street

Baratashvili Street is a factual border of medieval TbilisiThe street received today’s image in 70s of the XX century during Old Tbilisi reconstruction

The old town is home to a jumble of architectural styles: Russian classical and art nouveau. (None of the buildings here is older than 1795 when the Persians burned Tbilisi to the ground)

View on Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi through the wooden balconies of the Old Town

Abanotubani is located at the

eastern bank of the Mtkvari River

at the foot of Narikala fort

across Metekhisubani

Narikala fortress and the Bath District (Abanotubani) of Tbilisi’s Old Town

Abanotubani bathesView from Narikala

The sulfur bath has been a tradition in Tbilisi going back hundreds of years.  The city’s abundance of sulfur springs have been harnessed and used to naturally heat the pools which bathers use to unwind, relax and gossip about local news

Typically built into the ground, the baths look to the passerby like brick bulbs sprouting from the Earth. When looking for one, simply follow your nose to the distinctive sulfuric odor

Abanotubani is an important historic part of the city — the place, where according to a legend the King of Iberia, Vakhtang Gorgasali’s falcon fell, leading to a discovery of the hot springs and, subsequently, to founding of a new capital

One of the town’s most notable facilities is the Orbeliani Baths.  With its distinctive blue mosaic exterior the inside features a pleasant atmosphere for tourists

“Not since I was born have I encountered the luxury of Tiflis’ baths.” Pushkin, 1829

Famous bathers include Dumas and Pushkin; the latter enjoyed them so much that he penned an epithet you can see on a plaque outside the Orbeliani baths today.

Orbeliani Baths

Although the city has been destroyed and rebuilt some 29 times, the layout of the Old Town is largely intact with narrow alleys and big crooked houses built around courtyards

The old towns most distinctive features are wooden balconies – elaborate rickety, and protruding above narrow cobbled streets, ornate doorways pomegranates and fig trees

Old church in Tbilisi (Tiflis) Meidan square

Old Tbilisi City Wall on display in Puskin Street

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasandahttp://www.authorstream.com/michaelasanda/

Sound: Ananuri - Georgian folklore ensemble – Torola; Ananuri