The main way from western Georgia to the capital: 3-4 hours, buses from the airport and from Kutaisi city roughly every hour
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If you fly into Kutaisi, you do not need to go into the city first. Georgian Bus, Omni Bus and Metro Georgia all run to Tbilisi and wait by the exit from the arrivals hall. Georgian Bus times its departures to the flights, and buses also meet planes landing between 02:00 and 04:00.
Buy the seat online before you fly or at the desk in the arrivals hall. Cards from any country work in the search form above.
In the city, buses and marshrutkas leave from the central bus station. In Tbilisi, marshrutkas from Kutaisi come into Didube bus station, next to Didube metro station on the red line; other carriers name the stop on the ticket.
By road it is about 220 km. From Kutaisi the road heads east through Zestafoni, climbs over the Rikoti pass that divides western and eastern Georgia, and goes on past Gori to Tbilisi. Rikoti is the slow part: fog and traffic there add time.
The Batumi - Tbilisi train stops at Kutaisi International Airport station, 1.8 km from the terminal, with a free shuttle between them; it arrives at Tbilisi Central, which has its own metro station. See our guide to trains in Georgia.
For a family or a late arrival, a car with driver meets you at the airport and takes you to your address in Tbilisi; the price is for the whole car, and the driver takes cash. Check the price of a car from Kutaisi Airport to Tbilisi (opens in a new tab) - from 300 GEL per car.
Yes. Buses to Tbilisi leave by the exit from the arrivals hall and are timed to the flights.
Buses also meet flights landing between 02:00 and 04:00. If you want to sleep first, the airport shuttle goes to Kutaisi city around the clock for 5 GEL, by card only.
Marshrutkas come into Didube bus station next to the metro. Other carriers show the stop on the ticket.
3-4 hours for about 220 km, longer when the Rikoti pass is busy.
Online, yes, with a card from any country. Marshrutka drivers take cash in lari (GEL, the Georgian currency).
Coming to the coast later in the trip? Our day trips from Batumi go to the mountains of Adjara, the canyons near Kutaisi and the wine country.