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Kyoto or Tbilisi?

Kyoto and Tbilisi side by side: recommended length, best time, daily budget, highlights and which one suits whom.

Wooden houses and a pagoda in Kyoto

Japan

Kyoto

The crowd starts at eight. You leave at seven.

Country
Japan
Recommended length
3 days
Best time
Early April and November
Daily budget
120–190 €
Language
Japanese
Currency
Japanese yen (¥)

Highlights

  • Torii gates before eight
  • One night in a ryokan
  • An afternoon market

Neighbourhoods

  • Gion — People talk about it for the evening photograph. The morning is gentler.
  • Arashiyama — Take the bamboo grove early. In the afternoon the riverbank is emptier.

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The Tbilisi skyline at sunset

Georgia

Tbilisi

A hill, bathhouse steam, a long table.

Country
Georgia
Recommended length
3 days
Best time
May and October
Daily budget
70–120 €
Language
Georgian
Currency
Georgian Lari

Highlights

  • One long table
  • The walls or the funicular in the morning
  • Room to get lost in the old city

Neighbourhoods

  • Old Tbilisi — Courtyards and a hill. The walk back in the evening is short, and the night is sometimes lively.
  • Vera — Cafes, and easier mornings. Ten minutes from the center.

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Which one for whom?

Why Kyoto?

A temple path wants a morning. Keep the afternoon for a neighborhood, and end early at a ryokan table.

Kyoto pays you more clearly than most cities for an early start. You can walk the lower gates of Fushimi Inari before eight. Those same steps at noon are a different sport.

Why Tbilisi?

Three days, and you are fond of the city. Add the mountains only if a fourth day is truly free.

Tbilisi opens in the evening. By day you climb a hill, come down to the river, and maybe linger in a bathhouse courtyard. The real plan is the table.

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