Destinations · Portugal · Lisbon
Things to Do in Lisbon, According to Travelers Who Went
Aggregated from six of our interviewees, most on the D8 digital-nomad visa route.
Travel Dialog editors · Updated July 2026
Destinations · Georgia · Tbilisi
Last verified: July 2026 · Next review: January 2027
Four of our interviewees moved to Tbilisi in the last three years, most on the Remotely from Georgia one-year residency route. They agreed on Vera as the neighborhood, disagreed on the marshrutka, and all mentioned the same wine bar.
Getting there
Fly into Tbilisi (TBS). Bolt from the airport to the city center runs 25 to 35 GEL (about $9 to $13 USD), 20 minutes off-peak. Two of our interviewees took the 337 bus for 1 GEL and 45 minutes; both said it was fine at 2pm and unpleasant at midnight.
Bolt at night, bus in the day. The airport is 17 kilometers and the bus stops five times.
Elif D., product manager, Tbilisi, one-year residency
Staying
Vera and Vake were the two neighborhoods that came up in every interview. Vera is walkable to Rustaveli and the old town, and rents ran $500 to $850 USD a month for a one-bedroom on a six-month lease in 2025 to 2026. Vake is quieter, greener, and about 15% more expensive.
Vera in an old building with a balcony over Kiacheli Street. $650 a month, walking distance to everything I wanted.
Yusuf B., backend engineer, Tbilisi, eight-month stay
Eating
Shavi Lomi in Vera for a first-night sit-down khinkali dinner. Cafe Stamba for the pastry counter at breakfast. g.Vino on Erekle II street for a natural wine list that runs deep; three of our interviewees mentioned it by name and one went back three times in a week.
g.Vino is where I learned to drink orange wine on purpose. Ask for the pet-nats from Kakheti.
Anders J., journalist, Tbilisi, three-week visit
Practical tips from our interviewees
- Skip the cable car to Narikala at midday; the queue is 40 minutes. Walk up from Meidan Square instead, 25 minutes and quieter.
- SIM: Magti prepaid, 30 GEL for 15GB. The kiosk at the airport arrivals hall opens 24 hours; two of our interviewees said the city-center Magti stores were slower.
- Coworking: Impact Hub Tbilisi on Ingorokva Street runs 550 GEL a month. Three of our interviewees used it; one moved to Terminal after a month for the quieter phone booths.
Related reading
- How Elif D. moved her SaaS from Berlin to Tbilisi
- First nomad visa application, step by step
- Lisbon guide, from six of our interviewees
The editorial team
Named editors, real bylines.
Elena Martz
Editor in chief
Ten years at Roads and Kingdoms and Afar. Runs interviewing cadence. Based Brooklyn, New York.
Priya Bhandari
Destinations editor
Former Lonely Planet contributing writer. Writes the destination deep-dives that cite our interviews. Lisbon-based.
Jonas Reid
Planning editor
Digital-nomad visas and practical planning. Filed the Portugal D8 himself in 2024. Verifies every visa page every six months.
