Checking all day if there is a way to get there by train. It has to be possibleOriginally Posted by stiofain
From Wikitravel -
There are train services from Baku, Azerbaijan which stop at various places on the route and terminate in Tbilisi. Note that the "BP train" has been canceled. Construction of railroad linking Georgian town of Akhalkalaki to Turkish city of Kars is underway and will be finished somewhere in 2009. This will allow for direct link from Tbilisi to Istanbul and further to Europe.
Doesn't sound good...
Turkey - Georgia
Take a train from Istanbul or Ankara to Erzurum or Kars, then a bus or dolmus (local minibus taxi) to the Georgian border at Sarap, followed by another dolmus the 16km to Batumi, just the other side of the frontier. There is a comfortable daily overnight train from Batumi to Tblisi, with Russian-style 2-berth and 4-berth sleepers.
(from seat61.com)
try ebookers return from dublin to tblisi, thats what we did and dont intend to get the last leg to dublin. for some reason it worked out cheaper. The CSA website or their phone lines are helpful.I dont know what im doing wrong but i cantr get the one way option for Tibilisi-Prague on the Czech Airleines site nor can i get a price
Any advice Tom?
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am booked going out thurs to tblisi and back sunday morning with czech airlines..done it thru expedia..tblisi not on the czech website
From what i see airbaltic dont fly tbilisi to riga on the sunday morning as has been suggested in several posts above. From what i read they fly on the saturday morning and monday morning...or have i read this wrong??
thats what i figured too and its not too cheap anymore either
Got a decent route at affordable prices. Get some time about Dubrovnik and Tallinn as well the 2 football cities
Itinerary
Dublin–Riga Friday 5th 13:40-19:50 Air Baltic;
Riga-Tbilisi Friday 5th 22:40-03:10 Air Baltic;
2 nights in Tbilisi (no accommodation for Sunday night)
Tbilisi-Riga Monday 03:45-06:20 Air Baltic,
Riga-Tallinn Monday 10:40-11:35 Air Baltic ; Cost approx €40
1 night in Tallinn
Talinn-Dubrovnik Tuesday 07:30-09:30 Estonian Air; Cost approx €80
2 nights in Podgorica
1 night in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik-Dublin Friday 12:40-15:05 Aer Lingus;
Last edited by aidz1; 16/01/2008 at 2:07 PM.
Fair play aidz thats a pretty good route.
In Trap we trust
Good one. Best I've heard for those who don't need to come home in between.
Tom
Make sure you luggage isnt through ticketed, it probably will be, i dont know how airlines react to it eg might cost you nothing, or they might not take your luggage because you are not on the flight (beause of Lockerbie), or they might charge you to change
Air Baltic through ticket, i am trying to ascertain if i can hop off in Riga easily - has anybody ever flew with them ?
Last edited by Newryrep; 16/01/2008 at 8:33 PM.
How much did you pay for all that?
how do sir!
Czech airlines from dublin to tblisi on the 4th sept via prague
Czech airlines back from tblisi to prague on the 7th (4am)
Then this gem www.jat.com. they fly to podgorica from prague via belgrade for about €100. we have booked this for the 7th afternoon (sunday)
then back from dubrovnik to Dublin on friday the 12th at lunch time. its not an easy trip but you can do it like that reasonably well and cheaply.
about €600 and booked in full now. Five of us already paid upTom
Seriously looking at your option but wondering if you booked it omitting the home leg to Dublin - it's a lot cheaper by booking the return. It doesn't seem to have as much travel as Aidz1.I have been unable to get in to the jat site tonight so what time is the flight to Podgorica?
AidoM
Starting on the long pilgrimage to South Africa
Aido, I looked at doing Tom's Prague to Podgorica leg, and checked yesterday morning and the price on JAT had leapt to £171 (sterling) EACH!
Tact is for people who are not witty enough to be sarcastic
totaled about €580 last tuesday night (aerlingus flight home and riga-tbilisi rtn will rise quickly though)
however you could save €70 on taking the early friday morning dublin-riga flight with ryanair.
I have done this before by just asking the check in staff on the day, if there is any hassle ill lighten the bag load and take it on as hand luggage.
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Aido, booked it the whole way through and will jump ship in Prague. Another options with JAT is the fact that they fly regularly from Istanbul to Podgorica via Belgrade (about €115). There is only a one hour break in between on sunday lunchtime in Belgrade if you can afford the Turkish Airlines one way from Tbilisi to Istanbul at about 4 am on Sunday (€263 earlier in the week). Geographically this is the quickest route but price wise its not so cheap.
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Has anyone tried getting in contact with these yet? http://www.georgian-airways.com/
I've sent them an e-mail about prices etc. but haven't got a response and I've been waiting for the last 2 days. They have handy flights from Paris on Fridays, supposedly, according to the website, might be worth an inquiry
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yeah have been looking at every airline flying out of Tbilisi, it's tricky getting from there to Podgorica/nearby. Have considered via Tirana, but don't want to risk getting trafficked to the UK by local gangs
There was a great flight out of Shannon but it only goes on a Sunday
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