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'''Tbilisi''' (or Tblisi, Tiflis) is the capital of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and the country's largest city.

The M27 motorway goes through the city.Hitchhiking within the city is fairly easy if you don't mind waving away hoards of taxis.  <map lat='41.69' lng='44.802' zoom='10' view='3' float='right' />

=== Northwest towards [[Gori]], [[Kutaisi]], [[Samtredia]] or North towards [[MtskhetaGudauri]], [[Russia]] and , [[BatumiVladikavkaz]] ===

One The best way out of Tbilisi depends where you currently are in the city. Basically anywhere along the road north from Tbilisi will work well for hitchhiking point is . Bus routes are on google maps but marshrutkas are not , so if you haven't learned how to read Georgian yet, you might find it easiest to take a bus to the spot. Not far from Tbilisi, the road splits, with one direction going towards Kutaisi and Batumi and the other way towards Gudauri and Russia. Georgian drivers often seem to think that if they're not going all the way to your destination, taking you won'Didube'' bus stationt help. Of course, as hitchhikers, we know that any distance helps as long as it gets you to a decent spot to continue hitchhiking. So, if the driver is going the other way at the Russia/Kutaisi intersection, near just make it clear that you want them to take you to the statue of David intersection before they drive off. Asking "do pa-ve-rot?" (Russian for to the Builder on horsebackturn) and signaling a cross with your hands usually works.

However1. A great hitchhiking spot is about 200 meters after Tbilisi Mall. Look for the hitchwiki sticker on a sign post just before the gas station. There's plenty of space for a car to pull over and everybody driving past that point is going out of the city. It's quite common to encounter other hitchhikers here but even so, it's Georgia, you won't wait long. Several marshrutkas go to Tbilisi Mall and it's even possible to hitchhike there from in the city. Look for marshrutkas 44, 51, 87, hitchhiking north might be easier if 60, 116, 117, or bus 121 to Tbilisi Mall. If you 're really in a hurry, taxis to the mall are 10-15 lari from the city center. You can take Marshrutka 121 for example from Didube metro station. Its very easy from all over the city. 2. Another spot is accessible by bus 14 from the center (Rustaveli metro station, among others). The bus is very slow but also very cheap (50 tetri in 2017). Get off at the stop Agmashenebeli Ave #12 (stop ID 1179), continue walking forward across the big intersection, and hitchhike anywhere. There is still some local traffic at this point but nearly everyone going out of the city also drives by here, so you won't wait long. Make sure not to miss the stop or else the bus will turn around and you'll be faced with the choice to walk quite a ways or run across the quite busy highway (well, sometimes standing in the median of the highway with no clear way to the other side is a good way to get cars to stop for you....your choice).  3. One hitchhiking point is about 2km from the ''marshrutkaDidube'' metro/bus station, near the statue of David the Builder on horseback. This spot is along the same road as the previous two, just closer to the city (meaning you have more taxis and city traffic, but it's very easy to get to Didube from anywhere in the city).  4. If you' re going to Didube anyways, you can reduce the walking distance to 0 by taking a marshrutka towards Mtskheta and tell the driver to let you out when the S1 national road splits off from the Mtshketa road (see photo). Or take marshrutka 11, which goes all the way from Tsereteli metro station to the end of the city, near where the highway joins the Tbilisi Bypass. Get off at the last stop, by the turn to Jvari monastery. Both of these routes also pass spot #1 (above), so it may be easier to get off there if you don't have GPS and/or don't speak Georgian/Russian (just tell the driver to stop when you're passing the Tbilisi Mall, which you can't miss).

The hitchhiking point is directly next Take bus or minibus to the metro station 'Lilo' market, from 'Samgori'metro station. From there it's quite easy to hitchhike.Also you can take airport bus from the "Station Square" (main station) and leave it before airport turn (you will see big statue and bridge). Bus turns to the right and if you missed the turn it is no problem, you will walk about 50 m. back to the road. Second option:Take bus 37 towards the Airport. The bus leaves the city and goes east on the Kakheti highway. After some time on the highway the bus will turn right onto Europe Street (the road to the Airport). At the highway intersection there is a big statue on a column on the left window of the bus. Get out at the first stop and walk back to the Kakheti Highway (about 500 metres). You can hitch there or walk for 5 mins to the traffic light and a gas station. This highway is quite busy with cars. Waiting time could be long, because of the volume of traffic, with many cars not going directly east. The further down the Highway you get/walk the better.

The hitchhiking point Hitching out towards the South is near easy as pie. Hitch from anywhere in the city center or take a Marshrutka to the ''Ortachala'' bus station. Several kilometers after You might have to take another short ride to where the end roads to Rustavi and Merneuli, Armenia, Azerbaijan split up. Don't listen to anybody who tells you that you cannot hitch out of the city, in this direction or out of Merneuli. It's very very easy! Marshrutka #118 (1 Lari in 2016) is a good option. You can take it in Marjanishvili square or in Baratashvili street. It goes to Ponitchala where the road divides, one way going towards roads to Rustavi and (direction to Azerbaijan ([[Baku]]), the other towards and Merneuli and (to Armenia ([[Yerevan]])split up.If you head for the armenian border be sure to get out at the tank stop where the roads split!

Tbilisi has March 2019 update Minibus (marshrutka) 118 does exist! (0.80 Lari). There’s construction works happening on the highway but the hitchhiking spot at the roundabout where the road splits (as mentioned before) is still a good place to hitchhike to Armenia. Drumroots waited 5 minutes before getting a direct lift to Yerevan. September 2019 updatehow to do it as cheap as possible and without Busses or Maschrutkas. Take metro system till Isani. When you leave the metro cross the street and head right to the south. Follow this road until a big round about after maybe 10 minutes. Cross the street from the right and follow the street which leads over the river with two linesthe bride. To enter itAt the traffic light you cross the the street to the left and than to your right side of the traffic, that you reach the beginning of the highway. You see on the right side the green highway sign. There after the crossroad about 100 meters it's possible to stop cars. The street is S4 and don't give the huge sign attention before the bride. You must get a car at the highway next to the river. If you are not lucky and get an direct ride after 6 or 7 kilometers there is the first buy round about which spilts the way to Azerbaijan border to the left (Rustavi) and to the right (Marneuli) to the Armenian border. Both borsercrossings are walkable, you don't need a smart card from ride which crosses the borders. To Armenia it is the road S6. I got an ride to Marneuli. There in the central round about I continued on S7 to Sadakhlo. After this village is the border.After the ticket office border I got a direct ride to Yerevan with a bit waiting for 20 minutes. (2 lari as The streetnames S4,6,7 is only for your orientation on the map, locals probably don't know them. The names of October 2010the bigger city's/ village's on the way are better to mention to the driver's)  === Southwest towards Manglisi, Tsalka === In June 2015, there was a big landslide about 2km down the road from Tskneti, which completely destroyed a part of the road and then load value onto wiped away the forest around it. Swipe As of September 2015, nothing has been repaired. From Tbilisi, take the road towards Kojori instead. To get out of the city center, you can take any of the smart card at buses going to Mtatsminda Park and get off where the turnstilesroad splits to Kojori. From metro stations one can reach further parts  If the Tskneti road is repaired, which should take a long time considering the extent of the city by city destruction, you can get on buses 34 or ''marshrutkas''82 to get you from the city center to Tskneti.  == Resources =={{nomadwiki}} {{IsIn|Georgia (country)}}