{"id":47722,"date":"2022-06-07T01:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T01:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/?p=47722"},"modified":"2022-06-09T19:36:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:36:15","slug":"photo-essay-9-reasons-to-love-tbilisi-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/photo-essay-9-reasons-to-love-tbilisi-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: 9 Reasons to Love Tbilisi, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<p>With bounteous food, rivers of wine, sophisticated museums, historic architecture, and cutting-edge restaurants, Tbilisi,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/destinations\/south-caucasus\/georgia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Georgia<\/a> has most everything you could ask for in a destination. Growing more popular and \u201cdiscoverable\u201d with every travel season, Georgia\u2019s capital city is ripe for the picking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide\" style=\"min-height:250px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1308\" height=\"847\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7848\" alt=\"Dumpling\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan.jpg\" style=\"object-position:53% 2%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"53% 2%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JTC_GeorgianDumplings_070409-James-Carnehan-600x389.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1308px) 100vw, 1308px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Here are 9 reasons to discover&nbsp;Tbilisi before everyone else does&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1) Caf\u00e9s and&nbsp;<em>Khachapuri&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wandering Tbilisi\u2019s indefatigable Old Town, along sidewalks impeded by the occasional misplaced tree, followed by unbothered street cats pawing their way delicately over the curbs, you\u2019ll pass charming shops, old churches, and balconied apartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Old town cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia.\" class=\"wp-image-23470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6136-sm-600x458.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Old town cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f86489819e12-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-150x113.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Streetside cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia\"\n  height=\"384\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-150x120.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-150x120.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A Tbilisi cafe\"\n  height=\"409\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-150x101.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-150x101.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A Tbilisi cafe\"\n  height=\"344\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_5f86489819e12-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_5f86489819e12-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-2-150x113.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Streetside cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia\"\n  height=\"384\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Take time for a coffee at a streetside cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Devin Connelly<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-150x120.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-1-150x120.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A Tbilisi cafe\"\n  height=\"409\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Linger in the shade at a Tbilisi cafe. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-150x101.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/unnamed-150x101.jpg 150w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A Tbilisi cafe\"\n  height=\"344\"\n  width=\"512\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">A hip cafe in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Douglas Grimes<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>(click image to view larger photo)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few local people hurry off to work or school, queuing for the bus or striding purposefully down the streets, but others lean in doorways smoking and drinking Turkish coffee, a holdover from the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the greatest pleasures of a walk around the Old Town is the presence on every corner of a place to relax and refresh&nbsp;\u2013 a caf\u00e9 offering the aforementioned strong coffee, along with&nbsp;slices of&nbsp;<em>khachapuri<\/em>, the cheesy, salty, pizza-like snack bread that Georgians love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f8646916926a-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-132x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-530x600.jpg 530w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"700\"\n  width=\"618\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-150x95.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-600x379.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"390\"\n  width=\"618\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_5f8646916926a-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_5f8646916926a-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-132x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Ajarian-Khachapuri-John-Wurdeman-618-pixels-530x600.jpg 530w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"700\"\n  width=\"618\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Khachapuri is Georgia&#8217;s most famous cheese bread, baked into many shapes. This is the Ajarian style. Photo credit: John Wurdeman<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-150x95.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TTC2010-Martin120-khachapuri-slices-MKlimenta-618-pixels-600x379.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"390\"\n  width=\"618\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Laden with cheese, khachapuri is one of Georgia&#8217;s most famous snacks. Photo credit: Martin Klimenta<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SAM_1586-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Georgia Ajarian style Khachapuri cheese bread\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Traditional Georgian khachapuri. Photo credit: Martin Klimenta<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>(click image to view larger photo)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop for a rest, drink a glass of wine, a cold beer, or a cup of hot coffee, and celebrate the deliciously rich flavors and textures of&nbsp;Georgian comfort food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A Georgian Table feast at a winery outside Tbilisi, Georgia. \" class=\"wp-image-17901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-1350x900.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Iagos-Winery-1960-Kees-Sprengers-Mstkheta-1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A Georgian Table feast in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Kees Sprenger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2) Old Sulfur Baths<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gently steaming stone pods of Tbilisi\u2019s sulfur baths,&nbsp;<em>abanos<\/em>, pop up from the pavement in the Old Town.&nbsp;The city\u2019s earliest sulfur baths were probably built during Arab rule in the 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;or 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;centuries, when it was discovered that hot springs are just under the surface here. In the 13<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century there may have been up to 68 baths in Tbilisi; now there are five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800.jpg\" alt=\"Sulfer Baths in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Michel Behar\" class=\"wp-image-23457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/26010002-behar-800-600x387.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Sulfur Baths in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Michel Behar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can can hire a private room day or night at most of the baths, soaking to your heart\u2019s content and ordering up a&nbsp;brisk scrub or a massage.&nbsp;The oldest and most beautiful bathhouse is&nbsp;Number 5,&nbsp;its interior clad in tiles and mosaics. You\u2019ll recognize it by the holdover hammer and sickle on the sign outside. Inside is a public bath divided into men\u2019s and women\u2019s sections, as well as the more deluxe private rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365.jpg\" alt=\"Old sulfur baths in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar\" class=\"wp-image-23473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6365-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Take a good long soak in one of the old sulfur baths in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the baths in use today were built in the 17<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century. The temperatures of the different baths are between 46 and 104 degrees Fahrenheit, and are considered very therapeutic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800.jpg\" alt=\"Sulfur baths from above Tbilisi, Georgia\" class=\"wp-image-23468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0171-800-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Sulfur baths from above. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3) Modern Bridge of Peace<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Peter Guttman\" class=\"wp-image-23464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6907-800-600x293.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Peter Guttman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sinuous bow-shaped&nbsp;Bridge of Peace over Tbilisi\u2019s Mtkvari River&nbsp;connects the Old Town with the new. Completed in 2010, the pedestrian bridge is made up of thousands of interlocking steel tubes covered in transparent glazing, and lit by a constellation of LED lights that put on a show every evening from sunset to sunrise.&nbsp;The views of the Old Town are wonderful from here, especially at night, when even the river below is illuminated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f87766a440f5-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  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https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge3-1-of-1-720x1080.jpg 720w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"1620\"\n  width=\"1080\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Jered Gorman<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-100x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge1-1-of-1-720x1080.jpg 720w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"1620\"\n  width=\"1080\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Jered Gorman<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-111x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-442x600.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-663x900.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Peace-Bridge2-1-of-1-796x1080.jpg 796w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"1465\"\n  width=\"1080\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Bridge of Peace in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Jered Gorman<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>(click image to view larger photo)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the modern side of the bridge is the new&nbsp;Rike Park, a gathering place for local adults and children with lush landscaping, fountains, a climbing wall, a huge chessboard, and the starting point of a cable car system that carries riders up to&nbsp;the 4th-century&nbsp;Narikala Fortress, where the views are truly spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800.jpg\" alt=\"The view over the Old Town from Narikala Fortress. Tbilisi, Georgia\" class=\"wp-image-23466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Georgia-Tbilisi-view-800-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>The view over the Old Town from Narikala Fortress. Photo credit: Martin Klimenta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800.jpg\" alt=\"Riding cable cars from the Bridge of Peace to Narikala Fortress Tbilisi, Georgia\" class=\"wp-image-23467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0161-800-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Riding cable cars from the Bridge of Peace to Narikala Fortress. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"Overlooking the heart of Tbilisi, Georgia . Photo credit: Michel Behar\" class=\"wp-image-5787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Photo-04-05-14-10-28-56-Michel-Behar.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Overlooking Tbilisi from Narikala Fortress. Photo credit: Michel Behar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4) Art Nouveau<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC7152-640.jpg\" alt=\"Balcony architecture in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Peter Guttman\" class=\"wp-image-23465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC7152-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC7152-640-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC7152-640-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC7152-640-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Balcony architecture in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Peter Guttman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just west of Tbilisi\u2019s central Old Town is the&nbsp;art nouveau Sololaki District, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Georgian and European architects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The imaginative and decorative art nouveau style took root in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, resulting in beautifully decorated facades adorned with sculpture, iron work, and stylized motifs drawn from nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the city\u2019s most prestigious neighborhood for wealthy bourgeois families, merchants, and artists, Sololaki fell into a period of disrepair for much of the 20th century. Today, however, the district is among the city\u2019s most hip locales where Georgian fusion restaurants and natural wine bars can be found around every corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f87a0a443dd5-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Art nouveau metalwork in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Sculpture in Sololaki district, Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Art nouveau in Tbilisi, Georgia\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_5f87a0a443dd5-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_5f87a0a443dd5-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_6131-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Art nouveau metalwork in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Art nouveau metalwork in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5964-800-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Sculpture in Sololaki district, Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Striking sculpture in Sololaki district, Tbilisi. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5962-800-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Art nouveau in Tbilisi, Georgia\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Fanciful art nouveau in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sololaki\u2019s&nbsp;art nouveau facades have been largely restored, and its winding streets of traditional houses with long, decorated balconies and hidden courtyards make it a joy to explore on foot.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5) Dry Bridge Market<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0532-800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Old friends at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\" class=\"wp-image-23941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0532-800-1.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0532-800-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0532-800-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0532-800-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption>Old friends at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Browsing the big open-air Dry Bridge flea market can make for a gratifying morning outing.&nbsp;Vendors sit in the shade next to blankets and tablecloths covered with wares that run the gamut from ethnic jewelry, tchotchkes, carpets, and tableware, to car parts and greasy tools. You can find original paintings and handicrafts in a small park nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800.jpg\" alt=\"Crystalware at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filinov\" class=\"wp-image-23454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/020FleaMarketTbilisi-800-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Crystalware at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800.jpg\" alt=\"Goods for sale at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov\" class=\"wp-image-23453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/019FleaMarketTbilisi-800-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Need a fox fur? A kettle or a set of antlers? You can find it at the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f88d2f61579c-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-112x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-675x900.jpg 675w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A chic jewelry vendor at the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Adornments from around the world at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-600x399.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Original paintings and handicrafts at a park near Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"532\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_5f88d2f61579c-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_5f88d2f61579c-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-112x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0533-800-675x900.jpg 675w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A chic jewelry vendor at the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">A chic jewelry vendor at the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0527-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Adornments from around the world at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Adornments from around the world at Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/018ArtMarketTbilisi-800-600x399.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Original paintings and handicrafts at a park near Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"532\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Browse original paintings and handicrafts at a park near Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800.jpg\" alt=\"People at the small park near the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov\" class=\"wp-image-23452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/017ArtMarketTbilisi-800-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Georgian art \u2013 starring you, if you want \u2013 at the small park near the Dry Bridge Market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Ana Filonov<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6) Kebzari Jewelry Workshop and Educational Center<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_44-@Kutsna-Amirejibi-600x428.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Kebzari Jewelry by Nino Mamulashvili. Photo credit: Mirian Kiladze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-2\">Now you can visit the brainchild of Nino Mamulashvili &#8212; the workshop and educational center, Kebzari Jewelry. Nino and her team&#8217;s high-end work features beautiful pieces of jewelry that combine traditional aesthetics with modern touches. Her work is inspired by or even modeled on historical artifacts found in the Caucasus. Learn firsthand how they are manufactured in the workshop. For those really interested MIR can organize a presentation on the research, design, and history behind the jewelry and a chat with Nino about her work, inspirations, and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-body-2\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_629a72e8d1838-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-150x107.jpg\"\n  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src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-2731x2048.jpg 2731w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 2731px) 100vw, 2731px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"\"\n  height=\"2048\"\n  width=\"2731\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_629a72e8d1838-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_629a72e8d1838-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-150x107.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_65-@Mirian-Kiladze-600x428.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"\"\n  height=\"571\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Kebzari Jewelry by Nino Mamulashvili. Photo credit: Mirian Kiladze<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1-150x107.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kebzari-Jewelry-IMG_64-@Mirian-Kiladze-1-600x428.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"\"\n  height=\"571\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Kebzari Jewelry by Nino Mamulashvili. Photo credit: Mirian Kiladze<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-2731x2048.jpg 2731w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6726-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 2731px) 100vw, 2731px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"\"\n  height=\"2048\"\n  width=\"2731\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Assorted works of jewelry in progress at the Kebzari workshop. <\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7) Skulls!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800.jpg\" alt=\"One of the five 1.8-million-year-old Homo erectus georgicus skulls unearthed at Dmanisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Martin Klimenta.\" class=\"wp-image-23477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800-768x820.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-Georgia-October-2015-6-800-562x600.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>One of the five 1.8-million-year-old Homo erectus georgicus skulls unearthed at Dmanisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Martin Klimenta. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tbilisi\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/museum.ge\/?lang_id=ENG\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Georgian National Museum<\/span><\/a>, you can see replicas of five 1.8-million-year-old&nbsp;<em>Homo erectus georgicus&nbsp;<\/em>skulls that shook up the world\u2019s paleoanthropologists. Unearthed at Dmanisi, a medieval Georgian town where Silk Road caravans used to pass,&nbsp;the skulls belong to the earliest hominids found outside of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Middle Ages, townspeople dug cellars and storage pits through layers of these strange bones, but it wasn\u2019t until excavations in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;century that the bones were identified. Surprisingly, one of the skulls belonged to a toothless old person who must have needed help to stay alive, evidence that early humans looked out for each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five skulls have made the Dmanisi site crucial to the study of human evolution. David Lordkipanidze, the General Director of the museum who discovered them, believes that in spite of their varying sizes and shapes, the skulls all belong to the&nbsp;<em>H. erectus<\/em>&nbsp;species.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8) Wine and Food&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-atog-day1-mariana-1-618.jpg\" alt=\"Various appetizers at a lunchtime feast at the Black Lion Restaurant Tbilisi, Georgia Photo credit: Mariana Noble\" class=\"wp-image-23461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-atog-day1-mariana-1-618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-atog-day1-mariana-1-618-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-atog-day1-mariana-1-618-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/food-atog-day1-mariana-1-618-600x367.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption>Various appetizers at a lunchtime feast at the Black Lion Restaurant. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any article about Georgia wouldn\u2019t be complete without mentioning its fabulous food and wine. Be prepared for the local people to press you to eat and drink more of it.&nbsp;And be ready for plenty of toasts, an art form within itself that Georgians have mastered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337.jpg\" alt=\"The Vino Underground wine bar and cafe offers Tbilisi, Georgia\" class=\"wp-image-23458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0337-600x403.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>The Vino Underground wine bar and cafe offers comparative tastings of delightful natural Georgian wines paired with light snacks, cheeses and breads. Photo credit: Douglas Grimes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tbilisi, you can dip down into the cool cellar of the wine bar&nbsp;Vino Underground&nbsp;for a tasting of rare natural wines from across Georgia. Sample both reds and whites from different&nbsp;<em>terroirs<\/em>&nbsp;and regions, paired with light snacks, cheeses and breads. Vino Underground was established to introduce the new wave of all-natural Georgian wines to neophytes and aficionados alike \u2013 it was the first of its kind and remains our top pick of wine bars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f88e4641579f-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A table set at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A traveler inspecting the color and legs of a wine at Vino Underground Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Checking the label at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n          \n        <\/ul>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"previous\"\n          ><\/a>\n        <a\n          class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover\"\n          href=\"#\"\n          uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\"\n          uk-slider-item=\"next\"\n        ><\/a>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav uk-flex-center uk-margin\" ><\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      \n  <div id=\"block_5f88e4641579f-lightbox\" class=\"uk-modal-container xd-components__media-grid-lightbox uk-modal\" uk-modal=\"uk-modal\">\n    <div class=\"uk-modal-dialog uk-modal-body\">\n      <button class=\"uk-modal-close-outside\" type=\"button\" uk-close=\"uk-close\"><\/button>\n      <div id=\"block_5f88e4641579f-lightbox-slider\" uk-slider=\"uk-slider\">\n        <div class=\"uk-position-relative\">\n          <div class=\"uk-slider-container\">\n            <ul class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1\">\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSCF0057-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A table set at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">The table is set at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0290-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A traveler inspecting the color and legs of a wine at Vino Underground Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">A traveler inspects the color and legs of her wine at Vino Underground. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0296-800-600x450.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Checking the label at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble\"\n  height=\"600\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Checking the label at Vino Underground in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Mariana Noble<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;must-try dish in Georgia? Without a doubt the huge plates of&nbsp;<em>khinkali<\/em>, Georgia&#8217;s traditional savory dumplings.&nbsp;This is Georgian street food at its best.&nbsp;<em>Khinkali<\/em>&nbsp;can be filled with a variety of ingredients, from&nbsp;a mixture of ground mutton and pork, to vegetarian options including various combinations of potato, garlic, mushrooms, and cheese. In Georgia&#8217;s mountainous areas, cooks often mix in special signature spices that set their regional&nbsp;<em>khinkali<\/em>&nbsp;apart. This dish is traditionally enjoyed with cold beer, and Georgians discard the top stem of each dumpling to prove how many they can eat! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800.jpg\" alt=\"Khinkali traditional Georgian dumplings stuffed with meat and vegetables. Photo credits: Jake Smith and James Carnehan\" class=\"wp-image-23478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/XINKALI-800-600x234.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Khinkali are traditional Georgian dumplings stuffed with meat and vegetables. Photo credits: Jake Smith and James Carnehan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6432.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6432-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6432-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6432-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Craft brews from Lost Ridge Brewery. Photo credit: Annie Lucas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restaurants where you can experience a prodigious&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/how-to-eat-a-georgian-table-feast\/\">Georgian Feast<\/a>&nbsp;are plentiful in Tbilisi. One of our favorites is located in the Vake Bazaar in the Vake District. Poliphonia Tbilisi offers an inspired, rotating menu of Georgian fusion dishes in a casual environment. The focus is on highlighting the country&#8217;s distinctive culinary regions with dishes prepared with organic, local, and seasonal ingredients. The local and all natural wine list changes nightly to pair with the evening&#8217;s plates, along with SVIA craft beer from the innovative Lost Ridge Brewery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f88e6af157a0-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-150x113.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-2731x2048.jpg 2731w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_6638-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 2731px) 100vw, 2731px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"\"\n  height=\"2048\"\n  width=\"2731\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266-150x101.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC_0266-600x403.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"One corner of a full table in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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Photo credit: Douglas Grimes\"\n  height=\"537\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">One tiny corner of a full table in Tbilisi, Georgia.<\/span>\n                                                            <span class=\"photo-credit\"> Douglas Grimes<\/span>\n                                  <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800-150x100.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_5831-800-600x400.jpg 600w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Natural Georgian wine. Tbilisi, Georgia.\"\n  height=\"533\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Natural Georgian wine. Photo credit: Richard Fejfar<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The small, exclusive&nbsp;Barbarestan&nbsp;restaurant is set in an old-fashioned Georgian apartment, furnished with antiques and \u201cGrandma\u2019s old furniture.\u201d The cuisine is a fresh, local, modern take on the 19th century recipes of&nbsp;Duchess Barbara Jorjadze. The extensive wine cellar is from the 19th century as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-standardcarousel js-xd-components__carousel\">\n  <div class=\"js-xd-components__carousel\">\n    <div uk-slider  >\n      <div class=\"uk-position-relative\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n        <ul\n          id=\"block_5f88e797157a1-carousel\"\n          class=\"uk-slider-items uk-child-width-1-1 uk-child-width-1-2@s uk-child-width-1-3@m uk-grid uk-grid-small  js-xd-components__carousel-lightbox-open\">\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-112x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2028-800-675x900.jpg 675w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Delicious fare at Barbarestan Restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-112x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-675x900.jpg 675w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Fresh, local dishes fill the table at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                          <\/li>\n                      <li>\n                              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-135x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-135x150.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-542x600.jpg 542w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A modern take on 19th century recipes at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. 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Photo credit: Annie Lucas\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Delicious fare at Barbarestan Restaurant in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-112x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2029-800-675x900.jpg 675w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"Fresh, local dishes fill the table at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas\"\n  height=\"1067\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">Fresh, local dishes fill the table at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                              <li>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mir\/build\/images\/png\/lazy-loading.png\"\n  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-135x150.jpg\"\n  data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-768x851.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-135x150.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_2030-800-542x600.jpg 542w\"\n  sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\n  class=\"lazyload \"\n  alt=\"A modern take on 19th century recipes at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas\"\n  height=\"886\"\n  width=\"800\"\n\/>                    <span class=\"photo-caption\">A modern take on 19th century recipes at Barbarestan in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo credit: Annie Lucas<\/span>\n                                                        <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/div>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-left uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-previous uk-slidenav\" href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-previous=\"uk-slidenav-previous\" uk-slider-item=\"previous\"><\/a>\n          <a class=\"uk-position-center-right uk-position-small uk-hidden-hover uk-icon uk-slidenav-next uk-slidenav\"\n            href=\"#\" uk-slidenav-next=\"uk-slidenav-next\" uk-slider-item=\"next\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <ul class=\"uk-slider-nav uk-dotnav\">\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All over Tbilisi, you\u2019ll have the chance to sample some of the most&nbsp;delicious fresh-baked bread in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Tbilisi-bakery.jpg\" alt=\"Georgian baker making bread Tbilisi, Georgia. 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Photo credit: Martin Klimenta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-xd-layout \n  container\n XD-mt--sm XD-mb--sm\n undefined\n XD-h-100--sm XD-h-100--md XD-h-100--lg XD-h-100--xl\" style=\"background-size:cover;background-color:\" uk-scrollspy=\"\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\" col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 offset-sm-0 offset-md-2 offset-lg-3 offset-xl-3\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9) And Song<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mircorp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GEO_DSC6611.jpg\" alt=\"Georgian polyphonic singers pose for a photo after an outdoor concert. 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