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The staff at Vinotel are lovely, chatty, and attentive, always smiling. There's a pianist playing to accompany your meals, which we found verrry romantic! Breakfast is also served with champagne which feels truly decadent, not to mention the charming outdoor patio complete with a pretty pond and waterfall. Vinotel has won numerous awards and also has an incredible restaurant on-site serving delicious Georgian food. There's even a historic arched brick wine cellar where you can sample some of Georgia's finest wines, including some from the hotel's own vineyard. Vinotel is one of the most gorgeous luxury gay friendly boutique hotels we've ever seen! Located in a historic 19th-century wine merchant's home, Vinotel features 13 unique rooms that are all lavishly decorated with antique furniture and beautiful art. But otherwise, we guarantee you're in for a treat here! To learn more about the struggles faced by the LGBTQ community of modern-day Tbilisi, check out the award-winning LGBTQ Georgian movie, “And Then We Danced”: Remember that Tbilisi is part of a very conservative country, so probably best to reserve all PDAs in the safe LGBTQ spaces we set out in this guide. We strongly condemn discrimination on any basis, including towards LGBTQ people”. “Whilst we can't speak for the rest of the country, we guarantee you will be completely welcome at our hotel. “Yes, but please respect there are children around and we don't want any unnatural activities occurring in the public areas of our hotel!”īy way of comparison (and in stark contrast to most of the Bucharest hotels), almost every response we got from the hotels we reached out to in Tbilisi asking if they were ok to host a gay couple was along the lines of: To give you an example, when reaching out to hotels in Bucharest in Romania to ask if they were ok to host a gay couple, the usual response we got was along the lines of: There is not only a growing queer scene here (including the largest gay club in the Caucasus), an annual Pride event, but thanks to the rise in tourism, more and more hotels are embracing LGBTQ travelers. However, as a gay couple in Tbilisi, we were surprised by how more liberal and progressive the city is in comparison to the rest of the country. As a country, Georgia is renowned for being quite homophobic, largely because of the strong influence of the extremely conservative (and backward!) Orthodox Church. We know we will!ġ2 Gay map of Tbilisi Is Tbilisi gay friendly?Ĭompared to Barcelona, Berlin, and Amsterdam, not really, no! But compared to the rest of Georgia and most other places in East Europe, we say a big ‘hell yeah!' It's all a matter of perspective of course. This is a city you will want to return to, and for good reason. We came to Tbilisi to celebrate my birthday and quickly fell in love. To find out more about living in Tbilisi while gay, read our interview with local boy Giorgi. There is an evolving queer scene with a super active LGBTQ community, growing massively in confidence by the minute! Tbilisi's also super cheap, making it a popular base with many ex-pats, digital nomads, and property developers looking for the next big “up and coming” investment base in East Europe. This is a city with a crumbling, yet super picturesque old town – Instagram opportunities abound on every other street corner. Yet in Tbilisi, it's also a way the club bouncers and promoters monitor who comes inside in order to prevent any violent homophobic clashes from happening.įace control aside, we completely fell in love with Tbilisi, as do most travelers who visit, both gay and straight. That Soviet hangover, so prevalent amongst gay bars and clubs across East Europe and Russia: your entry based solely on a bouncer's snap decision as to whether you're cool or hip enough to enter inside. Our gay guide to Tbilisi is based on our first-hand experience and embellished with other nuggets of information passed on to us by gay locals we met along the way.