Tbilisi shopping runs from the Dry Bridge flea market's Soviet medals and Bohemian glass to concept stores selling Georgian designers at Berlin prices. Between them sit Deserter's Bazaar spice mounds, minankari enamel workshops and cellar wine shops filling bottles from qvevri.
Open-air flea market along the Mtkvari embankment where sellers spread Soviet pins, Zenit cameras, Bohemian crystal and hand-painted icons on blankets. Daily roughly 10:00–17:00, busiest at weekends. Pins from 5 GEL, samovars 80–250 GEL.
Tbilisi's largest food market beside the central train station, stacked with churchkhela strings, blue fenugreek, svanuri marili salt, sulguni cheese and walnut sacks. Open daily 08:00–19:00. Spice bags 3–8 GEL, churchkhela 5–10 GEL each.
Cluster of cloisonné enamel studios near Meidan where artisans fuse coloured glass into silver wire cells, a Georgian technique revived from medieval icon work. Pendants start around 120 GEL, larger silver pieces run 300–800 GEL.
Vaulted brick tunnel beneath Meidan Square packed with felt shepherd hats, Tusheti wool slippers, papakhi, horn drinking vessels and enamel. Open daily until about 20:00. Wool slippers 25–45 GEL, horn kantsi 60–150 GEL.
Multi-brand concept store carrying Georgian labels alongside international streetwear, in a restored Old Town building. Open daily around 11:00–20:00. Georgian-designed tees from 150 GEL, statement outerwear 600–1,500 GEL.
Former Soviet sewing factory in Chugureti turned hostel and creative hub, its courtyard ringed with studios selling ceramics, silkscreen prints, jewellery and slow fashion. Shops generally open 12:00–20:00 around a graffiti-covered yard.
Pedestrianised nineteenth-century avenue between Marjanishvili and Fabrika lined with small ateliers, leather workshops and jewellers working in silver and Georgian motifs. Silver rings 180–400 GEL, handmade leather bags 250–600 GEL.
Courtyard bookshop off Rustaveli with the city's best English-language section on Georgian history, Caucasus travel writing and translated Georgian fiction, plus maps and postcards. Open daily to about 21:00.
Cellar wine shop and bar founded by a cooperative of natural qvevri winemakers, stocking small Kakhetian and Imeretian producers you won't find abroad. Bottles 35–90 GEL, tastings around 25–40 GEL for a flight of three.
Riverside craft stands below the Bridge of Peace selling glazed clay wine jugs, Kakhetian pitchers and hand-painted plates in the traditional dark-green and ochre glazes, alongside felt toys and woven table runners.
Steep Old Town lane above Abanotubani with dealers in Caucasian kilims, Karabakh and Kazakh rugs, plus Georgian pardagi flat-weaves. Small kilims 300–900 GEL, antique tribal pieces 2,000 GEL and up.
Glass-roofed mall built into the restored 1930s post office building at Freedom Square, with international chains, a supermarket for spice and wine gifts, and a rooftop terrace over Rustaveli. Open daily 10:00–22:00.