Much of the world celebrates on 25 December. Georgia waits for its own Christmas on 7 January, then welcomes the New Year a second time on the 14th. That makes six weeks of lights, gingerbread, supra tables and fireworks, and our 37-floor tower is dressed for every one of them.
It starts on Chavchavadze Avenue and climbs all the way up: golden cones over the revolving door, reindeer on the pavement, a tree in the lobby, a red bench everyone stops to photograph and a teddy bear the children always find first. Winter in Tbilisi is short and bright, and we make the most of every week of it.
EntranceThe first thing you see after dark
Lobby, GThe lobby tree
Lobby, GA bench made for a photo
Golden trees after dark
The children find him first
Mulled wine by the treeEight moments, two months, one tower. Dates for the lights, the market and the workshop are announced in November.
Mulled wine and carols as the lobby tree is lit.
Lobby, GLocal makers, sweets and gifts in our lobby.
Lobby, GIcing and sprinkles for small hands.
Reserve on WhatsAppA long festive table at Dumas, 36th floor.
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Dumas, 36th floorGala dinnerDinner, music and the fireworks at midnight
Weather Report, 37th floorThe partyCocktails, music and the countdown on the top floor
The day of fortune: as you spend 2 January, so goes the year. Make it a good one.
Pool, spa and a long breakfastGeorgian Christmas: carols and gifts across the city.
Across TbilisiOne more table, one more toast.
Pullman TbilisiFamilies come back to it every year. A festive table that runs the length of the room, a gingerbread house among the desserts, and Tbilisi in winter outside every window. The children dress up; the adults stay for one more glass.
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Open a door. Each one hides something worth doing at the hotel or in Tbilisi this winter, from a cocktail on the 37th floor to a slice of honey and walnuts. In December, today's door glows.
Tap a door to open it
Arrive on a Friday, leave on a Sunday, and see the city at its brightest. Here is how we would spend it, from the lobby tree to the Old Town and back up to the 37th floor.
Your room is on floors 19 to 35, so the first thing you do is go to the window.
Vake Park and Chavchavadze Avenue are a few minutes away, lit and busy before the holidays.
Back in the lobby, warm up at The Junction under the lights.
Weather Report Sky Bar, the whole of Tbilisi glittering below. See the bar
On the 36th floor, served from 7 to 11 am, with the mountains on a clear winter morning.
Take a taxi to Abanotubani, warm up in the domed baths, then ride the cable car to Narikala.
Browse the city's Christmas market and the Dry Bridge stalls for something to take home.
A swim in the heated pool, then dinner at Dumas, open from 6 to 11 pm. Dumas
At midnight, Tbilisi lights up from every balcony, rooftop and square at once, and from up here you see all of it, from Vake to the Old Town. Choose your floor: a gala dinner at Dumas on the 36th, or the party at Weather Report Sky Bar on the 37th. Then take the lift down to bed.
Tap anywhere to light the sky
A Georgian New Year has its own tree, its own sweet, its own carols and its own rule about who walks through the door first. Ask our front desk and they will tell you how their family does it.
The Georgian Christmas tree: a hazel or walnut branch shaved into long white curls, like a small white beard.
Turn overLook for chichilaki at the city's Christmas stalls in December. Families keep it until the Old New Year, then burn it to send the old year's troubles away.
Turn backWalnuts cooked in honey and cut into diamonds. No New Year's table in Georgia is complete without it.
Turn overIt is eaten so the year ahead is sweet. Only two ingredients, honey and walnuts, and every family insists theirs is the best.
Turn backOn the morning of 7 January, processions walk through Tbilisi singing carols and collecting gifts for those who need them.
Turn overAnyone can walk along. Bring something to give: sweets, warm clothes or food. Ask our front desk where the procession passes that morning.
Turn backThe first guest to cross the threshold after midnight brings the house its luck for the year.
Turn overArrive with sweets, a kind wish and, ideally, a good mood. Families choose a mekvle with a light step, so a lucky year follows them in.
Turn backBetween 25 December and 14 January there are four reasons to raise a glass in Tbilisi. A room in the tower puts you a lift ride away from each of them, and back to bed when the night is over.
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Georgia celebrates Orthodox Christmas on 7 January. Many visitors and international residents also celebrate on 25 December, so the city's lights, markets and events run from early December into mid-January.
The Old New Year is the New Year by the old calendar, celebrated on the night of 13 to 14 January. Families gather for one more festive table, and it closes the holiday season.
Yes. The city runs its own Christmas market and light displays through December. At Pullman Tbilisi we also host a Christmas market in the lobby in mid-December; the date is announced in November.
At the top of our tower, two ways: a gala dinner at Dumas on the 36th floor, or the party at Weather Report Sky Bar on the 37th. Both look out over the city's fireworks at midnight.
On 25 December, Christmas Day. Families with children are welcome. Booking opens soon: pre-register here and we will contact you first.
Yes. The heated pool, spa and Power Fitness are included for hotel guests, from 7 am to 11 pm. Spa treatments are paid separately.
