Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options
Traveler rating
4.9/5
Based on 710 traveler reviews. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Quick answer
Is Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options worth booking?
Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options is a 3.5-hour experience in Tbilisi, Georgia, from $49 per person. It scores 86 out of 100 on the Outty Ranking, which we label “Exceptional”, based on a 4.9/5 rating across 710 reviews. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the start time. Same-day spots are currently showing.
- Outty Ranking
- 86 / 100
- Rating
- 4.9/5 (710)
- Duration
- 3.5 hours
- From
- $49 per person
After arriving in Tbilisi, this tour is the perfect thing to start your holiday. We are glad to give you the first impression of our capital city and give you many recommendations which will inspire you for the next few days. We start the walk from the Rose Revolution Square and go through Rustaveli avenue. We see Tbilisi's most important and magnificent buildings, visit the heart of the city, and walk down to the old town, which is one of the hottest rising destinations for travelers in recent years. There's not enough space in this paragraph to describe all the important sites of Old City, but when you are with our friendly and knowledgeable guides, you can feel like you have a live google with you. We finish our tour with wine tasting, an absolute must-do on your first day in Georgia. Welcome to Tbilisi!
What you get
About this experience
After arriving in Tbilisi, this tour is the perfect thing to start your holiday. We are glad to give you the first impression of our capital city and give you many recommendations which will inspire you for the next few days. We start the walk from the Rose Revolution Square and go through Rustaveli avenue. We see Tbilisi's most important and magnificent buildings, visit the heart of the city, and walk down to the old town, which is one of the hottest rising destinations for travelers in recent years. There's not enough space in this paragraph to describe all the important sites of Old City, but when you are with our friendly and knowledgeable guides, you can feel like you have a live google with you. We finish our tour with wine tasting, an absolute must-do on your first day in Georgia. Welcome to Tbilisi!
What's included
Included
- Guide service (English)
- Wine tasting (If option selected)
Not included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
What you'll see and do
Rose Revolution Square
We meet you at 7:00AM or 06:00pm according to your booking time. Our meeting point is Rose revolution square, which is in front of the hotel Radisson.
10 minutes here
Rustaveli Avenue
If you go to Paris, you simply must stroll the Champs Elysees and when you visit Tbilisi, this is the one avenue that has to explore. We explore the most important and magnificent buildings of Tbilisi as well as a lot of hotels, restaurants, cafes, and souvenirs.
20 minutes here
Freedom Monument
We reach the main square of Georgia-Liberty square, which is at the heart of Tbilisi.
10 minutes here
Rezo Gabriadze Marionette Theater
In 2010 Rezo Gabriadze built a unique clock tower next to the marionette theatre in Tbilisi's old town. Every hour an angel comes out with a small hammer to ring the bell. There is a small puppet theatre inside the tower, and twice a day, at 12:00 and 19:00, you can see a show – “The Circle of Life.” Rezo decorated the tower with hundreds of tiles, which he designed himself, and then it instantly became a prominent architectural attraction of Tbilisi. People often call it the Tower with a clock or The Tower with the angel.
20 minutes here
The Bridge of Peace
Bridge of Peace is the attraction one wouldn’t want to miss in Tbilisi. A pedestrian glass and steel bridge in a bow-shaped design sit over the Mtkvari (Kura) river in the Georgian capital. It was officially opened in May 2010. The bridge was brought to Georgia from Italy in 200 unassembled components. The bridge is 156 meters long and has more than 10 000 LED bulbs built-in that are switched on daily 90 minutes before the sunset.
10 minutes here
Rike Park
Rike park is considered to be the youngest recreational area in Tbilisi. It is situated on the left bank of the river Kura (Mtkvari) and has already become a popular place for both local and international visitors, especially families, and in summer. The Rike park is relatively easy to find, as its main entrance is right from the beautiful pedestrian ‘Bridge of Peace.’ The park hosts numerous entertainment facilities like singing and dancing fountains, artificial climbing walls, children’s maze, mega-chess boards, footpaths, and quiet corners.
10 minutes here
Monument of King Vakhtang Gorgasali
Vakhtang I Gorgasali, of the Chosroid dynasty, was a king of Iberia, natively known as Kartli, in the second half of the 5th and first quarter of the 6th century. Dating Vakhtang's reign is problematic. With the alliance to the Byzantine Empire, he led his people into a lengthy struggle against Sasanian Iranian hegemony, which ended in Vakhtang's defeat and the weakening of the kingdom of Iberia. Tradition also ascribes his reorganization of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the foundation of Tbilisi, Georgia's modern capital. Ivane Javakhishvili assigns to Vakhtang's rule the dates c. 449–502,
5 minutes here
Metekhi Cathedral
Virgin Mary Metekhi church is located on the left bank of the river Mtkvari, on the cliff plateau. The first church on this place was probably built by Vakhtang Gorgasali, symbolically resembling the church built on virgin Mary’s tomb in Gethsemane garden in Jerusalem. According to the legend, the former catholicos Kirion transferred the saint Shushanik to this church in the 7th century.
20 minutes here
The “Abanotubani” is the name given to the district in the Old Town of Tbilisi. There is a whole street (Abanos Kucha) of public bathhouses that use the sulfurous waters of the many hot springs in this area.
10 minutes here
Chreli Abano Spa
Chreli Abano is a place for a sulfur bath that is so popular among tourists and Georgians. The site looks like a mosque, but it's a sulfur bath, nice to visit and have fun.
10 minutes here
The place is popular among Georgians and foreigners to chill when it's hot.
10 minutes here
Narikala Fortress
Narikala fortress is the most known landmark of Tbilisi. No one leaves Tbilisi without walking around this impressive fortress. You can feel the history of Tbilisi, even though the walls are not in great shape. During the day, the Narikala Fortress draws your attention from all sides of Tbilisi. It overlooks Mtkvari River, which makes Narikala more incredible. Narikala is one of the most visited places in Tbilisi.
10 minutes here
Kartlis Deda
Kartlis Deda (Mother of a Georgian), erroneously known as Kartlis Deda, is a monument in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, which has become a city symbol. The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its 1500th anniversary. Prominent Georgian sculptor Elguja Amashukeli designed the twenty-meter aluminum figure of a woman in a Georgian national dress. She symbolizes the Georgian national character: in her left hand, she holds a bowl of wine to greet those who come as friends, and in her right hand is a sword for those who come as enemies.
10 minutes here
Old Town Tbilisi
Marvel at the narrow streets and wooden balconies of the Old town.
30 minutes here
Jan Shardeni Street
Shardeni Street is one of the most popular and beautiful streets in Tbilisi. This pedestrian street is so well known that any guest that travels to Georgia never leaves this country without visiting Shardeni Street.
20 minutes here
Rose Revolution Square
Hope your walking tour was perfect !
5 minutes here
Where it starts and ends
Meeting point
Tbilisi
We will meet you at 05:30 pm. Our meeting point is Rose revolution square near Radisson Hotel. We wear a red scarf and wait for you in front of the Big bicycle monument.
Hotel pickup
No pickup: everyone meets at the start point.
Ends at
We will meet you at 05:30 pm. Our meeting point is Rose revolution square near Radisson Hotel. We wear a red scarf and wait for you in front of the Big bicycle monument.
Options you can book
Tour without wine tasting
Guided tour + boat trip
Included guided tour and boat
Guided tour with wine tasting
Guided tour with wine tasting
Guided tour+wine tasting+boat
Guided tour+wine tasting+boat
Before you book
- Cancellation
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- Languages
- en
- Ticket
- Mobile Only
- Runs on
- Every day
- Group size
- Up to 30 travelers per booking
- Operated by
- Budget Friendly Tours FZE LLC
Know before you go
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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What travelers are saying
Outty’s summary of the themes that recur across 708 traveler reviews. Written by us, not quoted from reviewers.
The guide
6 mentionsTravelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
Food and drink
6 mentionsThe tastings and food stops are a highlight for most reviewers.
Knowledge and storytelling
4 mentionsReviewers describe the commentary as informative rather than scripted.
Traveler reviews
708 verified traveler reviews for Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options. Ratings and reviews provided by Viator and Tripadvisor.
Mediocre wine and didn't learn much about Tbilisi
Not worth the money, we didn't learn much about the history of Tbilisi or Georgia. The wine tasting was mediocre, boat ride wasn't that exciting. Our guide was nice but she really kind of just walked us from buildings to buildings and briefly talked about them. You should probably do a day tour to wine cities outside of Tbilisi instead of this one.
via Tripadvisor
Walking tour with boat ride and wine tasting
It was a lovely tour. Really lovely guide.
via Tripadvisor
So-so
Not quite as historical/informational as I was expecting, although our tour guide was knowledgeable.
via Tripadvisor
Really nice intro to the city
This was a great way to explore Tbilisi in the evening, and the highlight of the tour was definitely my guide, Irina. She was incredibly informative and did an excellent job explaining the city’s history and culture throughout the tour. Her knowledge really added to the experience and made the walk much more interesting. The only part that felt a little underwhelming was the boat ride. It wasn’t bad by any means, but it didn’t feel particularly special compared to the rest of the tour. Overall, I had a great experience, and Irina deserves special credit for making the tour worthwhile. I’d recommend it to anyone looking to learn more about Tbilisi while exploring the city.
via Tripadvisor
Walking, wine and boats, perfection
It was a wonderful evening all around!
via Tripadvisor
Good to know
- Duration
- 3.5 hours
- Free cancellation
- Up to 24h before
- Minimum age to book
- All ages
- Availability
- Bookable today
- Runs on
- Every day
- Hotel pickup
- No pickup, meet at start point
- Booked in 30 days
- 248
- Verdict
- Exceptional
Who runs this experience
Operated by Budget Friendly Tours FZE LLC, who run 14 experiences we rank across 4 cities, with an average Outty Ranking of 73.8 and 3 in the 90+ Club.
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Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options: questions travelers ask
Practical detail on this experience, plus the wider planning questions for Tbilisi.
How much does Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options cost?
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Prices start at $49 per person. The final price depends on the date, the time slot and the number of travelers, and peak weekends in Tbilisi usually price higher than midweek mornings. Live pricing and remaining availability are confirmed on the booking screen before you pay.
How long does Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options take?
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Plan for about 3.5 hours from start to finish, not counting travel to the meeting point. Most travelers leave another 30 minutes on either side so the rest of the day in Tbilisi is not rushed.
Is Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options worth it?
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It holds an Outty Ranking of 86 out of 100, which we label "Exceptional". That score blends traveler sentiment (4.9/5 across 710 reviews), the depth of that review evidence, recent booking momentum, value for money against comparable most highly reviewed in Tbilisi, and how flexible the cancellation terms are.
Can I cancel or reschedule Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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Yes. Cancel free up to 24 hours before the start time for a full refund. Inside that window the booking is non-refundable, and no-shows are not refunded.
Is Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options suitable for kids and families?
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Yes, all ages are welcome. Families should still weigh the 3.5-hour running time, and strollers are easier on the earlier, quieter departures.
How far in advance should I book Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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Around 248 people booked this in the last 30 days, so popular slots go early. Two to three weeks ahead is comfortable in shoulder season, while summer weekends and holidays in Tbilisi can sell out a month out. Same-day spots do open up when other travelers cancel, so it is worth checking if you are already in town.
What should I bring or wear?
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Bring photo ID, your booking confirmation on your phone, a refillable water bottle and comfortable shoes. Dress for the weather in Tbilisi and add a light layer if any part of the 3.5-hour experience runs outdoors or after sunset.
Where does Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options start and how do I get there?
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The exact meeting point and directions are on your voucher once you book, and they sit in central Tbilisi within reach of public transport. Arrive 15 minutes early: late arrivals are treated as no-shows by most operators.
What are the best things to do in Tbilisi?
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On Outty we rank every Tbilisi experience on the same 0 to 100 scale, and alongside this one the highest scorers right now include Kakheti Wine Region Tour + 10 Premium Wine Tastings & Sunset, Tbilisi:Mtskheta,Jvari,Bazaar,Chronicles of Georgia & Wine Cellar, Day Trip to Kazbegi and Gudauri. The city page groups everything into most popular, highest reviewed, last minute and family-friendly so you can build a day around what actually delivers.
When is the best time to visit Tbilisi?
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Booking patterns follow the same curve: prices and queues climb in peak weeks, while shoulder season gives you better availability on the top-ranked experiences and more room to change plans.
How many days do you need in Tbilisi?
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Three full days covers the headline sights without sprinting. A workable rhythm is one anchor experience each morning, such as this one, an unhurried afternoon in a single neighborhood, then a food or nightlife booking in the evening. Five days lets you add a day trip outside the city.
Do I book through Outty or through the operator?
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Outty ranks and explains the experiences, then hands you to Viator to complete the booking with the operator directly. The price is the same as booking on Viator yourself, and Outty earns an affiliate commission on the referral, which is how the rankings stay free to read.
What is included in Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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Included: Guide service (English); and Wine tasting (If option selected). Not included: Hotel pickup and drop-off. Always check the voucher for the final list before you travel.
Where is the meeting point for Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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We will meet you at 05:30 pm. Our meeting point is Rose revolution square near Radisson Hotel. We wear a red scarf and wait for you in front of the Big bicycle monument. Hotel pickup is not included, so plan your own transport and arrive 15 minutes early.
What languages is Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options offered in?
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It runs in English. Pick your language when choosing a date and time, as not every departure runs in every language.
Will I get instant confirmation and a mobile ticket for Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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Confirmation is sent by the operator after booking, usually within 48 hours; if it is not confirmed you are not charged. Mobile tickets are accepted, so you can show the voucher on your phone.
Is Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options wheelchair or stroller accessible?
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The operator notes: Not recommended for pregnant travelers. If accessibility is critical, contact the operator after booking to confirm arrangements for your date.
What happens to Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options if the weather is bad?
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This experience depends on good weather. If it is canceled because of poor weather, you are offered a different date or a full refund.
What do travelers say about Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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Across 710 reviews averaging 4.9 out of 5, recurring themes include the guide, food and drink, knowledge and storytelling. Travelers single out the guide as the reason the experience works.
What booking options are available for Tbilisi: Walking & Talking Tour with Wine & Boat Ride options?
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There are 4 options to choose from, including Tour without wine tasting, Guided tour + boat trip, Guided tour with wine tasting, Guided tour+wine tasting+boat. Prices and start times differ by option, so compare them on the booking screen.
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