# Tbilisi Market and Street-Food Walk — Dezerter Bazaar to the Old Town

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€85 per person3 hoursPrivate · car & English-speaking guideBased on two travellers

A three-hour walk through Dezerter Bazaar and the Old Town with eight tastings, from churchkhela and tklapi to fresh shotis puri and a chacha cellar.

The route

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Why this tour

- —Eight separate tastings built into one walk, not a buffet table

- —Starts inside Dezerter Bazaar, [Tbilisi](https://gtour.ge/georgia/tbilisi/)'s working market, among locals doing their actual shopping

- —Shotis puri watched coming out of a tone oven, still warm when you taste it

- —A stop at a bakery in the sulphur-bath quarter for lobiani, away from the main tourist row

- —Ends with chacha and a short visit to a small cellar

- —Small group with a licensed, English-speaking guide, three hours door to door

Itinerary

09:30Meet your guide at Dezerter Bazaar and walk the covered produce hall, with the spice stalls, churchkhela and dried tklapi fruit leather as the first tastings.

10:00Cheese counter inside the bazaar, tasting two or three Georgian cheeses with bread.

10:25Walk towards the Old Town, roughly fifteen minutes, past Marjanishvili and down into Abanotubani.

10:45Tone bakery stop for fresh shotis puri, pulled from the clay oven while you watch.

11:05Lobiani tasting at a bakery in the sulphur bath quarter.

11:30Short visit to a small cellar in the Old Town for a chacha tasting, with a last snack, ending near Meidan or Sioni Street around 12:30.

Included

- ✓ Licensed, English-speaking guide for the full walk

- ✓ Eight tastings as described (spices, churchkhela, tklapi, cheese, shotis puri, lobiani, chacha, cellar snack)

- ✓ All entrance and tasting fees at the stops listed

- ✓ Bottled water

- ✓ Route planning and timing around market hours

Not included

- — Hotel pickup and drop-off (walk starts and ends in the city centre)

- — Additional food or drink bought beyond the included tastings

- — Tips for the guide

- — Travel insurance

Good to know

- · Wear comfortable shoes with grip, the bazaar floor is uneven and can be wet near the fish and produce sections

- · Dezerter Bazaar is a working market, not a tourist arrangement, so stalls and crowds vary by day and hour

- · Chacha is a strong spirit, roughly 40-65% alcohol, tell your guide in advance if you prefer to skip this tasting

- · Bring a light jacket in cooler months, parts of the route are outdoors and the market hall is unheated

- · Let us know about dietary restrictions when booking, cheese, bread and nuts feature throughout and substitutions are limited

- · This is a walking tour with several stops and standing tastings, allow for roughly 2.5 km on foot over three hours

Questions

**How much does this tour cost?**
€85 per person based on two people travelling together. Solo travellers and groups of three or more are quoted a different per-person rate at booking.

**Is the tour suitable for vegetarians?**
Most of the tastings are vegetarian, including the cheese, bread, lobiani and tklapi. Checked at booking for vegan or other dietary needs, since substitutions at market stalls are limited.

**Does the tour run every day?**
Dezerter Bazaar operates daily, but some individual stall vendors and bakery hours vary. Exact stops are confirmed the day before, checked at booking.

**Can children join?**
Yes, though the chacha tasting is for adults only and the market can be busy with carts and foot traffic, worth considering for very young children.

Prices are per person for two travelling together, in euros; solo travellers and larger groups are quoted on request. Every departure is private and adjusted to you. Hotels, wineries and restaurants on our routes are [verified by GTour](/verified/).

*Image: Traditional Georgian market stall displaying hanging churchkhela, fresh fruit and vegetables. Photo: Martin Cígler / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0*

*Image: Rows of churchkhela, a traditional Georgian candy, hang above wrapped fruit leather at a market stall. Photo: Helen Owl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0*

Colorful strings of churchkhela and dried fruit hang in a Tbilisi old town street market stall. · Photo: Ekkatterrinna / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0