Taxi in Georgia is so unusual that it will appeal to every visitor who decides to come to this charming hospitable country. Tourists who have used a taxi at least once say that this is a kind of adventure, similar to a roller coaster or other cool attraction. Taking a taxi is scary, playful and very exciting.
Features of Georgian taxi
If you want to go somewhere by taxi, then you do not need to “conjure” over your mobile phone for a long time to get through somewhere. It is enough to go outside and raise your hand. In a few minutes you will be able to get into a taxi. This completes the ritual. You are unlikely to receive an SMS message from a taxi company dispatcher that all taxis in your area are busy. This does not happen here. You don't have to ask the driver to take you wherever you want. We sat down - let's go. At the exit from the taxi, they paid exactly what was needed. Please note that the good nature of Georgian taxi drivers knows no limits. Very often they themselves can advise tourists on a hotel in which to stay. There were times when, out of the kindness of their soul, the taxi drivers did not even take money for the trip.
Many tourists are amazed at how taxi drivers manage to do several things at once:
- Smoking in the car with your left elbow out the window;
- Make a row with other drivers (this does not look like swearing, but just a cute squabble in a raised voice);
- Continuously press the signal button;
- Talk to you in the direction of travel, turning to face you.
Don't worry, taxi rides always end like the best movies: happy and wonderful. When you leave the airport in Georgia, then, naturally, dozens of taxi drivers will run up to you, who will invite you to ride in their car, because it is cheaper and faster. You can use a taxi of official companies, which can be called by phones: 511, (+995 32) 78 78 78, (+995 32) 201 201 (Tbilisi), (+995 32) 94 44 44 (Tbilisi).
The cost of a taxi in Georgia will be approximately equal to 5 lari, which is about three dollars. At night, a taxi ride will be much more expensive, so before calling a car, check how much you will be charged for the ride. Official taxis have a yellow identification mark.
Come to Georgia, a taxi in this country is one of the attractions that you need to get to know.
