Parking is simple in Georgia — you can park your vehicle wherever you find a vacant spot. Don’t worry that your car will be unattended in a dark yard, nobody will steal it.

Parking is allowed at any place where the vehicle does not obstruct road traffic. While local drivers may disregard this rule, you should not follow suit. Otherwise, you’ll have to pay the fine.

Free parking

You can park your vehicle free of charge at any place where parking is allowed, and there is no paid parking signage. By the way, there are paid parking facilities only in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Batumi. However, you can find free parking spaces in those cities, too:

  • Tbilisi: near the Bridge of Peace (opposite Rike Park) and near the Gabriadze Theater
  • Batumi: walking around the “tourist” centre takes no more than 15 minutes. If you like, you can leave your car in any yard outside the city centre.
  • Kutaisi: park your vehicle in the yards outside the city centre.

Your hotel with a free parking lot can easily turn out to be a hotel with a paid parking lot. You will not be charged by the hotel for parking near it, but you will still need to buy a municipal season ticket for the car park near your hotel.

To avoid such troubles, please confirm with the hotel in advance whether or not you will need to pay for parking. Some hotels with a fenced area or hotels outside the city have their own parking space where guests can park their vehicles free of charge.

Paid parking

Paid parking areas can be found can be found in Tbilisi, Batumi, and Kutaisi. They are designated by a “P” sign with the parking company logo:

  • Tbilisi — City Parking
  • Batumi — Batumi Parking
  • Kutaisi — Parking Service

There’s only one parking company in each city, and it sets the same parking rates for all its car parks. So, you can pay conveniently for a day or week and park your vehicle at any car park in the city without the risk of getting a parking ticket. The same parking fee throughout the city means that you do not need to look for a “more affordable” price.

Parking rates in Georgia

  • Day — 4 lari ($1.6)
  • Week — 10 lari ($4)
  • 6 months — 25 lari ($10.5)
  • Year — 50 lari ($21).

Where and how to pay for parking

The minimum chargeable period is one day. It means that you will not be able to pay for an hour or half-hour.
You can pay the parking fee:

  • At a bank: Tell a bank teller that you are paying for parking, e.g. for two days, and the teller will take your money and print a receipt. The teller will need your car documents. Bank names are Kor Standard Bank (KSB), TBC Bank, Liberty Bank, and Bank of Georgia.
  • From your phone or laptop: Search for the parking company website and follow the instructions. The only inconvenience is that you will need to enter your data using English letters.
  • At a terminal: To make a transaction, you will have to enter the vehicle’s license plate number and registration certificate number.

You can’t pay for parking for the whole duration of your stay and use the same payment receipt in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, and Batumi because different companies have different bank accounts.

If you pay at a terminal or cash desk, take the receipt and place it under the windshield for the parking inspector to see the date and time. You don’t need a receipt if you pay online because the vehicle’s licence plate number will be added to the unified database.

Do not pay to “parking attendants” wearing reflective vests. They can take your money, but your parking will not be actually paid.