T'bilisi Off The Beaten Path Tips by maykal

Museum of Georgian Folk Architecture

Museum of Georgian Folk Architecture, Vake, Tbilisi. I would recommend this museum to anyone who doesn't have time to leave the city to explore the rest of Georgia for themselves...typical houses have been transported from every region of Georgia and reconstructed on a hillside on the outskirts of Tbilisi near Vake Park. An English or French speaking guide will take you on a tour of the site, which covers a huge area, opening the houses for you. In some of them, you will find artists selling their paintings...one of them, Gia or George, speaks fluent English and is absolutely crazy! He rescues street cats, and now looks after 22 at the last count. Make sure you leave a donation towards food and vets fees.

Kus Tba... Turtle Lake

Kus Tba (Turtle Lake). This can be reached via the cable car from Vake Park, if there is enough electricity to run it. If not, it is a very long and steep walk, or an expensive taxi journey. What is up there? Well, a dirty-looking lake surrounded by cafes and a makeshift beach. It would be a good place for jogging, and there are is also some scope for circuit training, albeit on rather rusty apparatus. Some mad people were swimming in the brown murky water, but I could not be tempted! Kus Tba is not far from the museum of Folk Architecture (see below) in the region of Vake.