Tbilisi’s 7 top parks to enjoy outdoors with your family

Let’s start with Mtatsminda - or “holy mountain” in Georgian - that is overlooking Tbilisi from an altitude of 770 metres. Mtatsminda is full of great attractions, with a variety of recreational areas including the amusement park Bombora with its huge ferris wheel. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The park is divided into a kids’ area, family space and space for extreme recreation. Here you can find plenty of cafés and restaurants, attractions, entertainment centres, and even a wedding palace. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

If you love active rest or sporty life, Lisi Lake is for you. One can enjoy bicycles, sports grounds, playgrounds, the circular jogging path around the lake, and swimming areas. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Fishing lovers also often visit Lisi Lake, as it is home to various kinds of fish. The Lake is one of the favourite leisure places for Tbilisi residents. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

There are several cafés, an ice-cream booth, playground and amusement attractions for kids. People usually go there with family and friends on weekends. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Biking and jogging trails, sports grounds, and exercise areas are also arranged around the Lake. Photo: Nino ALavidze/Agenda.ge

If you want to relax in open nature, breathe fresh air and see ethnographic monuments from across Georgian regions at the same time, then you should definitely visit the Open Air Museum of Ethnography - a small and perfect model of Georgian regional diversity near Turtle Lake. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The Open Air Museum encompasses 14 ethnographic zones and typical dwellings of Georgian regions. Together with architectural monuments, the museum presents tools, textiles and ceramics made in various parts of the country. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

You can also walk the uphill from the Museum to Turtle Lake, another favourite place for taking walks, resting and enjoying sports activities for Tbilisi residents and visitors. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

There is a nicely arranged beach, cafés, playgrounds for children, sports grounds and a jogging track around the Lake. It is also a place where festivals and concerts are held. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Turtle Lake is a small and beautiful place for boat enthusiasts, while you can also take a walk along the cliffs, get a dose of extreme and enjoy spectacular overlooking views of Tbilisi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Located in the Vake district of Tbilisi, Mziuri Park - also known as a “children's town” - is one of the greenest, most attractive and calm recreational places in Tbilisi. The Park is the very place for those who are tired from the hectic and noisy environment and looking for a quick escape. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

One can find a lot of interesting events and take part in many various activities in the Park. There is an amphitheatre in the central part where performances, film shows, concerts and other events are held. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The Park also includes a social café that runs charity events, and playgrounds for children. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Mziuri Park was renovated and reopened in 2020 after it was flooded in 2015 during heavy rainfall in Tbilisi. Bicycle roads, benches, bins, drinking water fountains, and recreation areas were set up in the area. An artificial lake, a skateboarding area and children's playgrounds were also built on the territory. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Dedaena Park - named after “mother language” in Georgian - is a great recreational space along the Mtkvari River embankment, nested near a bridge linking busy downtown districts on the two banks of the River splitting the capital into two parts. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The Park was renovated recently, and has various resting spaces as well as a newly built skate park. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Tbilisi Botanical Garden is located in the historic centre of Tbilisi, at 1 Botanical Street, with the main entrance to the garden is located directly at the base of the mountain to Narikala Fortress. The Garden counts more than 3,500 species of plants, some of which unique and rare exhibits. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

The Botanical Garden is an excellent place to explore year-round. However, it is even more magical when nature comes to life and plants start to bloom. Cherry blossoms in the Garden’s Japanese Corner is one of the most visited events during the year. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Japanese Ambassador Imamura Akira attended a cherry blossom event at the Garden last week and joined a Japanese tea ceremony. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge 

There are many more parks in Tbilisi to offer you fresh air and beautiful views. Stroll down the streets of the city and discover new green areas. This particular photo shows a view from Rike Park. Photo: Badri Vadachkoria