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Best neighborhoods in Tbilisi and five Georgian towns, by address

Best neighborhoods in Tbilisi, tested door by door: eighteen addresses in six towns, three in each. The same calculation ranks them all.

Addresses we scored

Each row is one front door, not a district: the house across the railway would score differently.

ScoreAddressCityStrongestLoses to
92.8Everything on footearlier method6 May Park, BatumiRustaveliBatumi Health Cafes and cultureAir −0.5
88.7Most errands on footearlier method12 Shota Rustaveli Avenue, TbilisiMtatsmindaTbilisi Cafes and culture Services nearbyNoise −0.2, Air −0.9
87.7Most errands on footearlier method78 Ilia Chavchavadze Street, BatumiBagrationiBatumi Education and children HealthNoise −4.3, Air −0.5
84.4Most errands on footearlier method20 Stalin Avenue, GoriCentreGori Health Cafes and cultureNoise −2.9, Air −0.4
84.1Most errands on footearlier methodMarjanishvili Square, TbilisiChughuretiTbilisi Health Cafes and cultureNoise −4.7, Air −0.9
81.9Most errands on footearlier method22 Pekini Avenue, TbilisiSaburtaloTbilisi Health Services nearbyNoise −6.5, Air −0.9
81.4Most errands on footearlier methodGori Public Service HallOld GoriGori Parks and sport Public transportNoise −2.9, Air −0.4, Industry −0.3
81.1Most errands on footearlier methodWhite Bridge, KutaisiCentreKutaisi Parks and sport Services nearbyIndustry −1.9
67.0The basics on footearlier methodMeskhishvili Street, Rustavi14th microdistrictRustavi Health GroceriesNoise −2.7, Air −1.3
62.7The basics on footearlier methodSherif Khimshiashvili Street, BatumiNew BoulevardBatumi Parks and sport Services nearbyNoise −7.5, Air −0.5
59.0Half on footearlier methodMegobroba Avenue, RustaviShota Rustaveli districtRustavi Street network Parks and sportNoise −6.7, Air −1.3, Industry −0.4
55.3Half on footearlier methodSukhishvili Street, GoriVerkhvebiGori Parks and sport Street networkNoise −4.7, Air −0.4, Industry −3.5
54.1Half on footearlier methodTbilisi Street, RustaviVakhtang Gorgasali districtRustavi Street network Parks and sportNoise −4.7, Air −1.6
52.9Half on footearlier method141 Rustaveli Street, KobuletiCentre, northKobuleti Parks and sport GroceriesNoise −1, Air −0.4
51.6Half on footearlier methodDavit Aghmashenebeli Avenue, KobuletiPichvnariKobuleti Parks and sport Services nearbyNoise −4.7, Air −0.4
48.7Half on footearlier methodBagrati Cathedral, KutaisiUkimerioniKutaisi Parks and sport Cafes and culturenothing
27.9Mostly by transportearlier methodAvtomshenebeli Avenue, KutaisiAvtokarkhanaKutaisi Parks and sport Street networkNoise −6.7, Industry −3.9
14.1Hard without a carearlier methodTavisupleba Street, KobuletiCentreKobuleti Parks and sport Street networkNoise −4.7, Air −0.4, Industry −2.3

The same calculation ranks them all.

Score your own address

By city

Batumi

  1. Rustaveli92.8
  2. Bagrationi87.7
  3. New Boulevard62.7
About Batumi

Rustavi

  1. 14th microdistrict67.0
  2. Shota Rustaveli district59.0
  3. Vakhtang Gorgasali district54.1
About Rustavi

How to read the table

The three addresses in each town come from different districts. In Tbilisi that makes the point by itself: a building near Vake Park, one by the metro in Saburtalo and one on the Sololaki slope score differently and for different reasons. All rows use the general profile. Open any of them, change the profile, and add your own address beside it.

Tbilisi districts explained by what you can walk to

Tbilisi is a long, narrow city in the valley of the Mtkvari, with hills on both sides. Vake is leafy and well supplied along Chavchavadze Avenue, with Vake Park at its far end and no metro station. Saburtalo is plainer, a mix of Soviet-era blocks and new towers, with a metro line under it and dense everyday shopping around Pekini and Vazha-Pshavela avenues.

Vera sits on the slope between Rustaveli Avenue and Vake, all old houses and steep streets. Sololaki, below Mtatsminda and next to Freedom Square, is the old merchant quarter with narrow sidewalks. A Tbilisi neighborhoods map shows these four close together. On foot they are separated by hills and by the road junction at Heroes' Square.

What the table leaves out

People who search for the safest areas in Tbilisi are often asking about lighting, traffic and the walk home. The score covers the walk and the traffic and leaves crime out. Rents are left out too. The best place to live in Tbilisi for you is the row whose strong categories match your week, at a rent you accept.

Questions

Which Tbilisi neighborhood ranks first?

The table ranks buildings. The top rows are addresses with the metro, food and a park a few level minutes away and no loud avenue next door. You find them in Saburtalo, in Vake and on the left bank near Marjanishvili.

Why do Batumi and Kobuleti get credit for the sea?

A beach within a walk adds to the parks category. The credit depends on the minutes to the water, so a building behind the railway with no crossing gets very little. Tbilisi and Gori lose nothing for being inland.

Are the small towns scored as reliably as Tbilisi?

The map is thinner in Gori and Kobuleti. Addresses whose report came back with low confidence are kept out of the table, so every row you see passed that check.