Cluster · Tbilisi
Avlabari & Sameba Cathedral
Early-morning or late-afternoon cluster: the Holy Trinity Cathedral on the hill across the river; large, open, with dress rules at the door.
Rules in force · 7Do not plan travel to Abkhazia or South OssetiaOld-town slopes and stairs in Sololaki and Abanotubani st…
- 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.
Bound and physics
Sameba Cathedral and the hill above Avlabari.
- Slope
- hill
- Stairs
- Steps up the approach
- Shade
- low
- Surface
- paved plaza
- Sleep here or visit
- visit
Rescue anchors
A — Sameba Cathedral courtyard (WC, shade)
toilet · seated_rest · shelter · valid: always
B — North-west: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
C — North: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
D — North-east: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
E — South-west: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
F — South: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
G — South-east: shop, café or bench with a seat (field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
always: 100% covered, max p90 5.3′, worst cell 5.3′ · heat: 100%
Nodes in this cluster
- Holy Trinity Cathedral (Sameba) — Go at opening or after 16:00: the largest cathedral in the Caucasus; 40 minutes, with strict dress rules and no interior photos during services.
Edges out (directed)
- Old Tbilisi (Abanotubani, Sioni & Narikala)
- Car west · ~12 min
Red lines here
- Cathedral dress code: heads and shoulders covered for women, no shorts for men.