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Tbilisi International Airport (TBS)
TBS to the old town: one ride-hail or taxi car, 30–55 minutes — the trap is a 03:00 landing and a hotel that has not held your room.TBS to the old town: one ride-hail or taxi car, 30–55 minutes — the trap is a 3:00 AM landing and a hotel that has not held your room.
Key facts
- Default ride
- Ride-hailing car or taxi to the door
- Ride time
- 30–55 min
- p50–p90
- Fare
- GEL 40
- Late night after
- 22:00
- on demand
Rules in force · 9The Armenia–Azerbaijan and Armenia–Türkiye land borders a…Georgia treats entry to Abkhazia or South Ossetia from Ru…Do not plan travel to Abkhazia or South OssetiaOld-town slopes and stairs in Sololaki and Abanotubani st…
- Caucasus ↗The Armenia–Azerbaijan and Armenia–Türkiye land borders are closed; any route that crosses them is not a route, however short it looks.
- Caucasus ↗Georgia treats entry to Abkhazia or South Ossetia from Russia as illegal; entering that way can mean arrest or a ban when you next reach Georgia proper.
- Georgia ↗Many passports enter visa-free for a long stay; if yours needs a visa, apply only on the official e-visa portal.
- Georgia ↗Do not plan travel to Abkhazia or South Ossetia: crossing their boundary lines from Georgian-controlled land is treated as illegal entry, and many governments advise against it.
- Georgia ↗In Orthodox churches women cover their heads and shoulders and wear a skirt or a wrap; men remove hats and avoid shorts.
- Georgia ↗Carry Georgian lari in small notes for minibuses, markets and the metro card; cards work in most Tbilisi cafés and shops but not everywhere outside the capital.
- Kartli ↗Minibuses (marshrutkas) have little space for large bags: leave the big bag at the Tbilisi hotel and take a day pack.
- Tbilisi ↗Old-town slopes and stairs in Sololaki and Abanotubani stop suitcases: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
- Tbilisi ↗Buy a Metromoney card at a metro station and load it with lari; the metro, buses and the cable car take the same card.
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Map of the airport
Add your hotel to get directions from it. · stays in this browser; shared with the pocket card.
Plan
Your landing time, your bags, your bed
Lock your path to bed
Take Ride-hailing car or taxi to the door at 22:35. Bed by ~23:35 (p90).
Sleep area not decided? Check the area first.
On the groundHideSteps from the gate, and what to do if it breaks
On the ground
Step by step from the gate, and what to do if it breaks
Zero-brain vs precision
- Daytime default
- Ride-hailing car from the pickup lane (or a registered taxi at the rank), straight to the hotel door.
- Precision
- The airport is compact; the taxi rank and the bus stop are outside arrivals (field-verify).
- Late-night threshold
- 22:00
Steps from landing
5 / 10 min
Gate to immigration
all arrivals15 / 40 min
Immigration (visa-free or e-visa)
only intl checked, intl cabin15 / 30 min
Baggage claim + customs
only intl checked, domestic checked10 / 15 min
SIM/cash, then the pickup lane
all arrivals30 / 55 min
Ride-hailing car or taxi to the door
on demand, any hour · GEL 40
If it breaks
- Landing between 01:00 and 05:00: book the room from the night before, or ask the hotel to hold it, so you can go straight to bed.Landing between 1:00 AM and 05:00: book the room from the night before, or ask the hotel to hold it, so you can go straight to bed.
- Use the ride-hailing app or a registered taxi; decline drivers who approach you in the hall.
- Old-town guesthouses may use a key box: ask for the code and the door photo in advance.
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Sources
| Field | Value | Source type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| primary.yen | ₾25–45 | secondary | 40% |
| ladder.1.valid_until | 00:00 | secondary | 30% |