18/09/2026
Chugureti, Tbilisi - one of the neighborhoods you MUST visit in Georgia. 🇬🇪
Looking for things to do in Tbilisi beyond the usual tourist spots? Add Chugureti to your Tbilisi travel guide. 📍
In 1818, Swabian Germans founded a colony here called Neu-Tiflis. Unlike the agricultural German colonies elsewhere in Georgia, Neu-Tiflis was built by craftsmen, engineers, doctors, and entrepreneurs.
The neighborhood soon became one of the most European parts of Tbilisi, with some of the city’s first watchmakers’ workshops, pharmacies, European-style bakeries, breweries - and even its first cinema.
Later, Chugureti attracted wealthy merchants, industrialists, architects, and foreign émigrés. Persian Prince Bahman Mirza Qajar lived here, as did the Pitoev family and architect Albert Salzmann, who designed many buildings in the neighborhood.
✨ What to see in Chugureti?
📍 Deserter’s Bazaar
📍 Aghmashenebeli Avenue
📍 The “One Night Palace”
📍 Marjanishvili Square
📍 Pirosmani House Museum
📍 Dry Bridge Market
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