Travel and transport agencies Georgia

Passionate tour guides have decided to come together to create an agency that wants to make the trip a moment of conviviality, and small scale stays, never more than 12 participants, while respecting the populations and the environment. Several Planet Discovery tours pass through the city of Ōsaka including the original "Japanese Notebooks", discovery and creativity that will introduce you to calligraphic writing, haiku but will also allow you to meet artists in the fields of manga, printmaking or raku.

Tarannà Viajes con Sentido is an expert travel agency in the travel on demand throughout the world and for all types of travelers. With a sustainable philosophy of travel, they design and propose different itineraries without fear or stress, including transfers and private guides.

Among the doyens of backpacking, Allibert is a reference with over 40 years of existence. Allibert Trekking, a tour operator founded by three mountain guides, shares with you their love of respectful travel, close to people and nature. Mountain guide agency with more than 1,400 different tours in the world. Specialized in high mountain trekking, Allibert Trekking also offers family itineraries adapted to the age of the child and his or her capacity for effort.

Intermèdes is the specialist in cultural trips organized in the presence of a lecturer who is an expert in the destination, whether in Europe or in the world. The themes proposed are very varied: architecture, art history, musical events... Designed in a "frequent flyer" spirit, the trips are voluntarily offered in small groups, accompanied by hand-picked guides. And if you prefer a tailor-made trip, the specialists will propose an itinerary adapted to your tastes, your desires and your budget.

Horseback riding and equestrian safaris, this is what this team of passionate riders offers.

Founded in 2003 by three enthusiasts of the desert landscapes of southern Africa, African Tselana has now become Tselana Travel and offers a wide range of destinations on all continents for travel away from the usual tourist circuits. Tselana Travel combines your desires (adventure, unusual, romantic, family, desert, honeymoon, diving, zen, safari ...) with its extensive knowledge of destinations to offer a custom trip incomparable placed under the sign of luxury and refinement.

Maxitours, partner of the Romanian low cost airline Blue Air, is a travel agency that has been specializing in Romania for 40 years. The possibilities of stay are numerous and allow to discover the many facets of the country. The agency also offers themed vacations in several countries, including Greece. The proposed self-tours in Greece will allow you to visit the country and its capital as well as archaeological sites in 8 days and 7 nights, at your own pace and at competitive prices, according to the "Fly and Drive" formula.

Modern, comfortable trains, correct and reliable service. Some of them connect the station to the airport twice a day (40 minutes drive). Fast daily trains to Kutaissi (5h30 trip), Batoumi (between 5h and 6h trip), night trains to Batoumi every other day. Trains to Yerevan, night trains to Baku. In high season, summer, book your tickets as early as possible. Take your passport with you to buy your tickets on the spot.

An Internet cafe below Kostava street, in the street of trendy bars.

Café Internet. 

To know Georgia by the essentials: its land and its people. This agency orientates its travels on one idea: to discover the culture through its inhabitants. It offers a very wide choice of thematic tours: oenological, gastronomic, trekking, exploration of historical remains and archaeological sites, crafts, art, anthropology, photos. What could be better than exploring this magical country on horseback? If you need freedom, a la carte tours according to your interests and budget, or for professionals specialized in a particular field.

Badri is used to taking tourists to the surroundings of Akhaltsikhe. He offers a variety of day and half-day packages, with visits to various sites, including, of course, Vardzia. Reliable and professional. Contact him on your arrival if you plan to stay several days in Akhaltsikhe or the day before if you wish to arrive only to explore with him. He will advise and guide you from the first contact. Good option if you are several to share the price of the trip.

The agency offers cultural trips, adventures and tailor-made tours for both groups and independent travellers. It has branches in Armenia and Azerbaijan. All-inclusive excursions around a wide range of themes: culture, adventure, religion, photography and cinema, ecology, wildlife, scientific expeditions, youth camps, 4x4 safaris, agricultural and wine tours, cruises, hotel reservations, guide service, car rental... A reliable and professional agency, one of the market leaders.

Turkish Airlines offers competitively priced flights via Istanbul. The only snag is that the flights arrive between 3 and 4 am in Tbilisi.

As this airline is not the only one to offer very cheap flights arriving in the middle of the night, the airport, open 24 hours a day, is as lively at night as in the middle of the day, or almost! Turkish Airlines serves a very large number of destinations, offering a good service, better than in some competing airlines. The only problem is that flights are sometimes delayed.

Like its competitors, this agency offers many tours with cultural, religious, gastronomic and oenological themes, and treks in the Caucasus. The agency combines tours including Armenia and Azerbaijan, and has a branch in Armenia. The agency is also dedicated to business tourism and offers companies to organize event tours, conferences dedicated to VIPs. A multitude of options, so make your choice. Historical tours for groups but also for individuals. Very varied circuits.

Turn to the Consular section of the Embassy in case of problems: loss of documents, health, need for repatriation, etc. Do you register if you intend to go to the separatist territories. 

Offers rental of various types of vehicles. This company also has offices in Batumi and Kutaisi. The minimum age for driving a vehicle is 21 years. Bicycle rental, but beware, the Georgian version of driving is rather sporty! There is no bicycle path. For cycling, it is better to choose really isolated regions. We also offer car rentals with driver. Between the airport or train station and Tbilisi, minibuses and even buses with a capacity of 45 people for groups are also available.

Cheap flights but with one or two stopovers in Frankfurt and/or Munich. Lufthansa connects Tbilisi from most European cities at very moderate fares. Departures from Paris and German cities, such as Cologne and Berlin, to Tbilisi. The service is reliable, flights leave on time. The airline even offers flights from provincial cities in France, such as Toulouse, Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseille. Daily flights from Paris. Flights also depart from Geneva, with stopovers. Lufthansa has a branch at Tbilisi airport.

A branch of Concord Motors, a company that specializes in chauffeured car rentals, Concord Travel provides good guides to automotive services. The agency offers a very wide range of tours, with themes such as culture, archaeology, ecology, trekking, oenology, gastronomy and many others. Among others, an "extreme tour" of sport and nature or an "aerial tourism" in a Cessna or helicopter: this way you can fly over Georgia. Seen from the sky, the country is even more sumptuous!

A small, friendly family agency that can take care of the day trips from Tbilisi, for very low prices.

Far from Jeeps and tourist tours, Nika will take you to public transport at the bottom of Central Georgia and will be a perfect guide to meeting the Georgian village. A specialist - he has guided French oenologists across the country - he speaks English fluently.

The port of Batumi serves Sochi in Russia (where the 2014 Winter Olympics were held), Ilitcheyevsk in Ukraine, Trabzon in Turkey and Burgas in Bulgaria. The terminal is just past Portis Chesakhevi on Goguebashvili (where all the flags are displayed). A stroll along the quays is quite pleasant, as is the observation of the different boats.

On the cargo port side, a project was launched in 2019 to enlarge the port and allow it to store up to 60,000 tons of mineral fertilizers transiting between Asia and Europe.

Flights from or to Europe, all year round, with stopovers in Kiev. The company can offer really interesting fares (but always via Kiev) to Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Amsterdam, Rome, Vienna, Istanbul, Prague, Milan, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Zurich, Düsseldorf... You can even link your trip, from Tbilisi, to New York, Cairo or Toronto. Flights to Odessa, Warsaw, Prague, Munich or Budapest are also available.

The shipping company is also present in Georgia and is a safer value than the national post. 

A wide range of vehicles to be taken out of town or at the airport. 

Avis has two car rental offices, one inside the Mariott by Courtyard Hotel, a second one open at the airport. Remember to bring your international driving licence. In addition to the official, international car rental agencies, local agencies also offer car rentals, including Khote Abkhazis Street, which is the lane leaving Liberty Square and leading to the Old City. On the way, be particularly careful: vehicles may come unexpectedly. On secondary roads, beware of animals.

Oficinas abiertas en la avenida Rustaveli delunesaviernesde10a18h, yenla calle Metheki, los domingos de 10 a 13 h. Aeropuerto abierto las 24 horas.

Adventure and arts are the two themes of this travel agency. Hans-Heiner Buhr, a German artist and entrepreneur, has a very large network of contacts in the Greater Caucasus, Touchetia, Khevsourétie and Kakhétie. The agency has specialized in regions that are difficult to access, for walking, horse riding, skiing, mountain biking, climbing. Thematic stays (fauna, flora, culture, arts, architecture taking up the stages of the Silk Road). We also organize circuits centred around art. Suitable for small groups. English spoken, French possible.

To ship letters and parcels; more effective than Georgian post.

Good prices, especially for airport trips.

It was indeed the first Internet café in Georgia!

The Hertz agency has two other rental offices in addition to the one in the Radisson. There is also a branch at the airport, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Finally, there is another one on Abkhazi street, open from 9.30 am to 6.30 pm from Monday to Friday but closed at weekends. Good to know: you can drive to Azerbaijan or Armenia. Rates vary, as always, according to the standing of the chosen vehicle and the rental time. Baby seats can be provided. Don't forget to bring your international driving licence.

The "official" company of the airport: they are all parked at the drop-off. Always remember to agree with the driver on the price of the trip. Taxis do not accept credit cards, so change a small amount before leaving (the exchange offices at the airport generally offer a rate that is always less interesting than in the city centre). If you arrive at the airport around 6pm, you will probably be caught in traffic jams, it is rush hour in Tbilisi, so the journey time will be much longer.

The Association of tourism professionals in Koutaïssi. May be useful; the website gathers a number of addresses in English. 

Because you don't leave without experience in the mountains, for beautiful hikes in complete safety, contact these guides :

Micha Mchedliani (+995 91 13 80 22) and his brother Mérabi (+995 95 400 311) are excellent mountain guides of Mestia. They will take you where you want for a reasonable rate to be negotiated according to the duration and difficulty of the route. They speak some English and have a great knowledge of the mountains, nature and the region.

Guiorgui Kherguiani (+995 58 38 00 06) is another excellent guide to Mestia

A professional and efficient travel agency that embodies Georgian hospitality. It covers practically all possible tours in the overall good hotel network and quality services. Transfers to Armenia or Azerbaijan are insured. The agency offers a very wide range of tours, of all kinds, from a high mountain excursion (has Jeeps and experienced drivers) to a cultural stay. Program à la carte. In Kakhetia, the agency offers interesting wine tours. Good value for money and good service.

The bus station of Batumi is located on a square south of the port, just before the entrance to the centre when arriving from Makhindjauri or Tbilisi. The Tbilisi-Batumi marchroutkas, from the station of Didoubé, are very frequent. This is the fastest mode of travel (5 hours, 15 lari). Batumi is very well connected by bus and marchroutkas to Kutaisi, Poti, Zugdidi, Ozurguéti. There is one departure per day to Akhaltsikhe via the Adjar mountains. In summer, it is a good idea to discover the landscapes of the hinterland, grandiose.

Café Internet. 

In the country's English bookshop, where you will find the most books on the Caucasus in European languages. There are some computers, Wi-Fi and English speaking staff.

Tourism association that syndicates most of the high mountain guides in the region. The center organizes tours, guided hikes, mountaineering outings. Possibility to obtain maps; also to book a tour online. The site in English is very well done: you can choose the language of your guide, the number of days of hiking, walking or horseback riding... A must if you want to do seriously mountain climbing as it is being prepared.

An absolutely vertiginous cable car takes you over 100 metres above the valley to reach Tago, the village on the opposite side of the valley. This village is exclusively made of traditional wooden houses, and also has a wooden mosque. Although the Soviet cable car may seem unsafe, it works well and you will be shuttling back and forth with the villagers and the actuator for opening and closing the doors. It's a guaranteed spectacle. You take the cable car right next to the marchrutka stop on the main square.

Iberogeorgia is the project of a group of Spanish-speaking Georgians working in the tourism sector who want to make known the virtues of their country. Their website is, from the outset, a good place to get first-hand information and sensations. Their great knowledge of the destination allows them to prepare any kind of trip. Moreover, they only work with local guides. From there, they will be happy to prepare a tailor-made trip for you.

Great or terrible for the environment? You will always be able to cut the pear in half by climbing these virgin, grandiose mountains of absolutely exceptional beauty in the unique setting of the Caucasus mountains. Specialising in heli-skiing and heli-boarding (skiing and snowboarding in helicopters), Heliksir offers all-inclusive stays in the resort of Gudauri. This young and developing resort is located at an altitude of more than 2 kilometres on the magnificent snowy expanses of the Jvari (Cross) pass, and is only 2 hours from Tbilisi.

Georgian Holidays proposes you to organize your stay on the Black Sea, in the Caucasus, in the wine-growing areas, in forest or in national parks. A multitude of solutions are offered from trekking to cultural visits through your ski stay!

Two modern day trains and one night train in both directions to Tbilisi-Batumi. On the outward journey, a night train with couchette (from 20 lari) can be a very good solution to pay one night less in Batumi. They stop at the terminal station of Makhindjaouri, 5 km from Batumi centre. Coastal markets and buses constantly connect the town to Batoumi (5 to 10 min). In summer, buy your ticket at least two days in advance.

A recently opened agency in Tbilisi. Offers a wide variety of vehicles for rent from $ 40 per day. 

Adventurer, poet, artist, also manager of a travel agency, based in Tiblisi, Hans Heiner Buhr can be an excellent contact for you to explore Lagodekhi National Park. He runs a guest house in Ninigori and offers explorations of the park on horseback or on foot. If you do not wish to participate in an organized tour, you can always stop off at the guesthouse. His travel agency also offers a wide range of trips, either independently or in groups: horseback riding, cycling, mountain treks, Jeeps.

The funicular of Batoumi gives the tourist the possibility to take in the field, to grasp the beauty of the site of Batoumi and the whole of coastal Adjaria. During a long journey that first flies over the city, then the orange groves, mandarin trees and tea plantations that populate the steep and lush hills that dominate Batoumi, this Turkish construction offers an unbelievable panorama of the sea, the city, the mountains. On arrival, an observation platform on which Georgians love to be photographed. What about you?

Held by Helene and Kate, who speaks English and Russian, this new agency (opened in July 2011) offers various formulas at very reasonable prices. Very warm welcome. 

The low-cost emanation of Turkish Airlines offers fairly cheap flights from Istanbul to Tbilisi, but also to Kutaisi and Batumi. This company serves most European cities with one stopover via Istanbul. This company offers air tickets at unbeatable prices. The only snag: all flights arrive between 3 and 4 am. Tbilisi airport is therefore particularly busy in the middle of the night. You will always find a taxi that will take you to the city centre, even at this hour!