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When arriving Tbilisi, there is only one airport that is connected to outside world. It is located about 15-20 minutes from the center. Recently a yellow bus has been introduced to serve the airport guestsbut I am not sure whether it operates at night as well. The cost is GEL 1 (around 0.6 USD). Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Take bus Nr. 50 you can get off in the city center near the town hall. The depart of the bus is direct in front of the entrance. The bus runs every 30 minutes. It cots 50 Lari. The Taxi drivers try to cheat you. Don't pay more than 5 $ Theme: Airplane
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We came to Tbilisi by plane - air baltic via riga, to be precise - which is a mix between a regular irline and a low-cost... it was the cheapest flight we found... if you book early enough t's cheaper than Aeroflot, and it doesn't have a wooden interior and broken seats. On the riga-tbilisi leg we were even given a free dinner (not drinks, though). Beware when you land in Tbilisi - depending on what other plane has landed at the same time, it can be utter chaos... in our case it was the Teheran flight... to get through customs one had to push and pull all the way. Once through customs it's even wilder, so if you need to get some local money my advice is to do it at the ATM machine inside the arrivals hall. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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While you can use marshrutkas (or mini-vans) to get around the City, we mostly used them for day excursions, or longer. Even though I took them several times, every time I used them, the method of payment seemed to be different. In one case, to Mtskheta, we were to buy a ticket at the booth. Another time, we were to pay the driver before getting on. Another time, we were to pay the driver when leaving. They are handy, and relatively inexpensive. Just beware, on our one long journey on them (7.5 hours from Batumi to Tbilisi) there were maybe 20 people, and their stuff, in a van that would comfortably fit, well, maybe 12 adults. And, some personal hygeine issues weren't all that they could have been. Oh well. Budget travel! You can tell the driver where to hop off. If you don't know, there's generally someone there who has a sense of where you want to go, and will tell you and the driver when to stop. In Tbilisi, the main marshrutka station is called Didube. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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There are plenty of taxis in Tbilisi. And, the general warning for travelers to tell the taxis to turn on their meters doesn't quite work here, because, well, there are no metered taxis. One needs to negotiate with the driver before entering the cab. What we generally did was show the driver where we wanted to go on the map in our LP. (This was a bit difficult in some instances, since the writing on the map was in English, and not Georgian.) We would "ask" how much by raising our hands. (We pretty much figured the going rate was 5 laris for just about anywhere in town, so easy enough to raise one hand.) Mostly, the drivers agreed, although we did negotiate a teeny tiny bit. Simple enough. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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If you are coming from Yerevan I'd definitely recommend getting a Marshrutka. Forget train (see Yerevan transportation tips). We took it to Yerevan from Tbilisi and it takes forever, travels at 20 kmph stops every 10 mins. A Marshrutka (shared taxi) takes just over 6 hours. and was cheaper anyway. The border crossing didnt take anytime at all either. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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