Tbilisi

on the road with the State Ballet of Georgia

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It’s a day with an English feel – 20 degrees, a bit of sunshine, a drizzle – but my surroundings are anything but. I’m with Nina Ananiashvili, ballet star and now director of the company, in her office in the extravagant neo-Moorish Opera House in Tbilisi, and we’re talking about the Georgian State Ballet’s first … Read more

Tbilisi – Europe’s ‘most exciting city’ – is finally back on the map

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The rooftop restaurant Republic 24 puts a modern twist on traditional Georgian cuisine For the better part of a decade, the international travel press has described Tbilisi as the new Berlin, Europe’s most exciting city and an emerging fashion capital. But with no direct flights since the start of the Covid pandemic, British tourists have … Read more