Hotel Old Metekhi

Tbilisi


Perched on a rocky cliff above the Mtkvari, this delightfully renovated hotel offers contemporary carpeted rooms with well-equipped bathrooms. About half the 21 rooms have spectacular views over the river, and this is the main reason to stay here, even if the rooms themselves aren't particularly atmospheric.


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Nearby Tbilisi attractions

1. Metekhi Church

0.09 MILES

The landmark Metekhi Church, and the 1960s equestrian statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali beside it, occupy the strategic rocky outcrop above the Metekhi…

2. Abanotubani

0.15 MILES

The brick domes rising here are the roofs of subterranean bathhouses, the Abanotubani. Alexanders Dumas and Pushkin both bathed in these sulphurous waters…

3. Cable Car

0.17 MILES

Tbilisi's most exhilarating ride is its massively popular cable car, which swings from the south end of Rike Park high over the Mtkvari River and the Old…

4. Meidan

0.19 MILES

In tsarist times Meidan was the site of Tbilisi’s bustling main bazaar. Today it's busy with traffic but opens to the Metekhi Bridge over the Mtkvari –…

5. Armenian Cathedral of St George

0.22 MILES

This large cathedral just above Meidan was founded in 1251, though the current structure dates mainly from the 18th century. Its interior has colourful…

6. Mosque

0.22 MILES

On the short walk up to the Botanical Gardens you pass the only mosque in Tbilisi that survived Lavrenty Beria’s purges of the 1930s. It's a red-brick…

7. Narikala Fortress

0.24 MILES

Dominating the Old Town skyline, Narikala dates right back to the 4th century, when it was a Persian citadel. Most of the walls were built in the 8th…

8. Rike Park

0.28 MILES

This green expanse along the eastern riverbank, with its winding paths, pools and fountains, is joined to the west side of the Mtkvari by the Bridge of…