Georgia · SOVIET-ERA SITES
Tskaltubo’s spa buildings, the Chiatura cable cars, a mining town in a gorge and a handful of walks in Tbilisi. These are twentieth-century industrial and civic sites, and this page describes them as that. The Tskaltubo buildings were long-term housing for people displaced in the 1990s, in some cases for decades.
Two days in western Georgia with a private guide, Prometheus Cave, Martvili Canyon boat views, and Soviet sanatorium ruins, starting from Tbilisi.
Private 4-hour Tbilisi urbex tour for $120 with expert guide Tina, taxi rides, and access to a bunker, cinema, and lab.
Brutalist Tbilisi tour with a small English-speaking group, 5 Soviet-era stops, and a Skybridge walk 70 m up for views and stories.
A 4-hour car tour through Tbilisi’s Soviet and Brutalist architecture, with stops like the Chronicle of Georgia and skybridges.
Tbilisi to Kutaisi and Tskaltubo in one long day. Walk Kutaisi’s landmarks, then explore Tskaltubo’s Soviet sanatoriums and springs.
12-hour Batumi to Kutaisi walking tour and Tskaltubo Soviet springs and abandoned sanatoriums, guided in English for $53.
Private 6-hour Tbilisi tour of Soviet modernism and brutalism, with Skybridge, crematorium, Wedding Palace views, and khachapuri.
Cable cars over Chiatura cliffs, the 40 m Katskhi Pillar church, and Mghvimevi convent. Small group day trip from Kutaisi.
Kutaisi guided tour to Katskhi Pillar, Chiatura cable cars, and Mgvimevi rock monastery, with the new cable car ride included.
Private 7-hour Kutaisi churches and Tskaltubo day trip with a guided Prometheus Cave walk and local history insights.
Kutaisi day trip to Tskaltubo’s abandoned Soviet spas, from Sanatorium Medea to Spring N6 and Stalin-era details, led in English.
Kutaisi and Tskaltubo in 2-4 hours: pretzel in Green Bazaar, Chain Bridge photos, then Soviet abandoned sanatoriums, small group, $31.
Chiatura day trip from Kutaisi to see Katskhi Pillar, ride cable cars, and tour Mghvimevi cave monastery with a live English guide.
Kutaisi to Chiatura for Katskhi Pillar, Mgvimevi caves and cable car viewpoints. English guide, day trip, optional tickets and lunch.
Every kind of day out of Tbilisi, Kutaisi and Batumi — and the best of each.
