How to Reach
For foreign citizens of all countries, when entering Georgia by air or land, from June 15, 2022, all regulations regarding the need to provide documents on vaccinations PCR tests, and voluntary quarantine have been canceled.
The map for printing out and providing a taxi driver for easy reaching the hostel
Tbilisi Public Transport Usage Guide
If you take an official taxi from the airport (https://fly-taxi.ge/), it would cost you 80 GEL (lari), which you should exchange at the airport (withdraw money from a cash machine at the airport). Don't let the taxi drivers cheat you. Some will request more than 150 GEL, but some can offer about 40 GEL services till our hostel.
Another way is to take bus #337, which costs 1 GEL per person. But you should buy a travel plastic card at the airport. The bus is round-the-clock: 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. The information on the transport is here.
Georgian Lari is the currency of Georgia. ISO code is GEL. Georgian Lari is subdivided into 100 Tetri.
One metro, bus or mini-bus trip at any distance costs 1 LARI. The payment fee for additional use of the same plastic card within 1.5 hours is 0. After 1.5 hours, you pay 1 LARI again and enjoy 1.5 hours free of charge traveling. There are paperless terminals installed on all buses (see picture) and mini-buses. You should just bring your plastic card to the device and when the display is green that means your plastic card is charged. Official ticket collectors have a special device that can check your plastic card if you use a paperless terminal. One trip in a mini-bus is 1 LARI. Once you pay for any transport means, then you are eligible not to pay for 1.5 hours in any transport - metro, bus, or mini-bus within Tbilisi.
Schoolchildren use the metro and bus for free, but a zero ticket on the bus is still taken and the passage to the metro also requires a bank debit card that is tied to the bank account of one of the parents and you can transfer the amount to it there is a need to pay taxi minibusses that for children are paid as well as for adults.
If a passenger (including school children) doesn't have a ticket when checked by the collector on the bus, the one-time fine is 20 lari and his parents pay it. If the fine is not paid within a month, a new fine of 40 GEL is charged. If it is not paid, then the case goes to the court and then to the bailiffs. Students and pensioners pay 20 tetri on the metro and bus. There is a category (veterans of war, refugees, etc.) of citizens who use zero payment (but still must take a ticket).
The collectors have special technical means for identifying the person and with their help have access to the state register.
It makes sense to buy an abonnement (in any metro station) for 1 week, one month, 3 months or one year, valid for all public transport means. It will be cheaper than Metromoney and Bank card payments.
Don't attempt to travel without a ticket - the authorized inspectors are very strict and they are monitoring all the buses day and night. The fine is 20 lari and if not paid at a bank or payment terminal in the street within a month, the fine increases up to 50 lari. If you don't pay the fine, you might face problems at customs when leaving the country - you will be asked to pay fines right there, which sometimes is not fully convenient for tourists.
The Tbilisi bus routes mobile applications are available for downloading on Google Play and App Store.
Updated January 6, 2026
