By Mariam Lomidze, Culture & Events Reporter · 02/11/2026
The GTour desk’s weekly note for editors and travellers: what changed on Georgia’s roads in the past seven days, the events of the next fourteen, and the lari. Compiled Monday 2 November 2026, 09:30 Tbilisi time from the GTour open data; free to cite as “GTour desk, gtour.ge”.
Roads: new notices this week
- Traffic fully restored on the road at the entrance to Oni — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic Resumed on Zugdidi–Jvari–Mestia–Lasdili Road, km177–km178 Section — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic Banned on Pshaveli–Abano–Omalo Road, km22–km72 Section — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Zugdidi-Jvari-Mestia-Lasdili road, km177-km178 section: traffic temporarily closed — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Trailer and semi-trailer traffic resumed on Mugudo Gorge bridge crossing — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Temporary ban on trailer and semi-trailer traffic on the Mugudi Gorge bridge crossing — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic restored for high-clearance vehicles on the Lechuri–Omalo section (Tusheti road) — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic restored at km 26 of the Vaziani–Gombori–Telavi road (Kakheti) — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic prohibited at km 26 of the Vaziani–Gombori–Telavi road (Kakheti) — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic prohibited on km 22–72 of the Pshaveli–Abano–Omalo road (Tusheti) — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic unrestricted at km 11 of the Tsalenjikha–Obuji–Jikhaskari road (Samegrelo) — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic temporarily prohibited at km 11 of the Tsalenjikha–Obuji–Jikhaskari road — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Restrictions imposed on km 39–45 of the Pshaveli–Abano–Omalo road (Tusheti) — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic restored at km 11 of the Tsalenjikha–Obuji–Jikhaskari road — reopened (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic temporarily prohibited at km 11 of the Tsalenjikha–Obuji–Jikhaskari road — closed or restricted (first seen 26 October, still listed)
- Traffic restricted for 2 weeks on Kutaisi-Alpana-Mamisoni road, km107-km112 section — closed or restricted (first seen 27 October, still listed)
Live table, refreshed hourly: gtour.ge/road-status · statistics: closure statistics.
Events in the next fourteen days
- 3 Nov: Baghdatoba, Baghdati, Imereti
- 7 Nov: Erekleoba — Telavi's day of King Erekle II, Telavi, Kakheti
- 14 Nov–15 Nov: Egrisoba — Samegrelo's festival at Nokalakevi, Nokalakevi fortress, Senaki, Samegrelo
- 14 Nov–15 Nov: Caucasus Cheese Festival — autumn cheese and hot drinks, Tbilisi (Mtatsminda Park or Rose Square)
- 14 Nov–15 Nov: Terjoloba, Terjola, Imereti
Full calendar with sources: gtour.ge/events · subscribe: iCalendar feed.
The lari this week
Official National Bank rate on 1 November: 1 EUR = 2.9116 GEL, 1 USD = 2.5992 GEL (a week earlier 2.9082 and 2.5966). Chart and table: lari rate page.


The winding Abano–Omalo mountain road through a Georgian valley. · Photo: Draceane / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Source: Roads Department of Georgia. Reported by the GTour desk; updated 2 November 2026, 09:40 (Tbilisi).