The Telegraph Hotel

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The Telegraph occupies the former Central Post and Telegraph building at 31 Rustaveli Avenue. It was conceived in 1964 by the architects Lado Alexi-Meskhishvili and Teimuraz Mikashavidze, and in Soviet times it was Tbilisi's main communications hub, the place letters, telegrams and calls went out from. In 1983 the building won the State Prize: its monumental cornices, double atriums and the way it settles into the slope and steps from level to level with the streets made it one of the landmarks of the avenue.

In 2025 a Silk Road Group hotel opened here, and the group's founder George Ramishvili set out to keep the building's soul rather than hide it. The interiors are by the Shanghai studio Neri&Hu: the stern concrete of the mid twentieth century meets soft wood, pale fabrics and green upholstery. There are 239 rooms, from classic rooms of thirty square metres to a presidential suite of two hundred and sixty.

Under one roof are six restaurants and bars: Philosophico for Italian cuisine, Laan Thai for Thai cuisine, Bell & Gray for fresh, healthy food and drinks at the bar, The Grill for high-quality meat and seafood, and the Grand Café for fine dining with Georgian and European cuisine. The Tatuza Jazz Club hosts live performances on one of the best sound setups in the city, with L-Acoustics and Meyer Sound systems. At the very top is the Rolling Stone Rooftop Bar, the world's first bar to carry the Rolling Stone name, with views over the whole city, live music and long evenings on the terrace. The hotel also has a wellness studio with a gym and a Pilates room, and Telegraph guests can use the pool at the neighbouring Radisson Blu Iveria free of charge.