Batumi & Tbilisi Guides — Property and Travel in Georgia
Everything we get asked, written out properly: what foreigners can buy, how the purchase works, what the residence permit really requires, what apartments cost, and how to travel the country well.
Property and residency
Can foreigners buy property in Georgia?
Yes — foreigners buy apartments in Batumi, Tbilisi and across Georgia (the country)…
How to buy an apartment in Georgia
Buying in Batumi or Tbilisi as a foreigner: the registry check, off-plan versus finished…
The Georgian residence permit through property
Residency in Georgia (the country) through property in Batumi or Tbilisi: $150,000 since…
Tbilisi or Batumi? An honest comparison
Two different markets. Batumi is seasonal, foreign-driven and yield-led; Tbilisi is…
Is Georgia good for real estate investment?
5% rental tax, zero capital gains after two years, 17,478 Batumi sales in 2025, 8–10%…
Best areas to buy property in Batumi
New Boulevard, Old Batumi, the first and second rows back from the sea, Gonio and…
Best areas to buy property in Tbilisi
Vake, Saburtalo, Vera, Sololaki, Old Tbilisi and Didi Dighomi — the character, the…
What apartments actually cost in Georgia
Average $1,395–1,500 per square metre in Tbilisi and Batumi, plus the costs nobody…
Travel in Georgia
Georgia for first-time visitors
Tbilisi, Batumi and beyond: Georgia (the country) is visa-free for a year for 94…
The best places to visit in Georgia
Tbilisi, Kazbegi, Svaneti, Kakheti, Batumi, Mtskheta, Borjomi, Kutaisi and Gonio — what…
The best day trips from Tbilisi
Mtskheta, Kakheti, Ananuri, Gudauri and more — honest driving times, what each day…
Kakheti: Georgia's wine country
Kakheti, two hours from Tbilisi: 8,000 years of qvevri winemaking, Sighnaghi and Telavi…
Kazbegi and Gergeti Trinity Church
From Tbilisi up the Georgian Military Highway to Kazbegi and the church at 2,170 m…
Batumi: what to do and when to go
The boulevard, the botanical garden, Ali & Nino, Gonio fortress and the beaches south…
Figures checked September 2026 against Colliers Georgia, Galt & Taggart, TBC Capital and Georgian government sources. Rules change; confirm anything you are about to act on.