Tbilisi has long been recognized as one of Europe’s coolest capital cities, with bold architecture, vibrant art, fashion, and music scenes, and some of the continent’s best food and wine. This June, the city was crowned with Georgia’s very first member of the Leading Hotels of the World group: The Telegraph Hotel on Shota Rustaveli Avenue.
Originally designed in 1964 by the leading Georgian architects Lado Meskhishvili and Teimuraz Mikashavidze, this was the building of Tbilisi’s telegraph office. Some of the bold, open spaces feel as if Wes Anderson put his spin on Soviet Brutalism, but the renowned design international studio Neri & Hu has now entered the mix, too, bringing everything bang up to date. The Telegraph Hotel is a microcosm of Tbilisi itself, old, new, and completely unique. It’s rightly one of the year’s most hotly anticipated hotel openings, and the perfect excuse to take a stylish vacation in the Caucasus.
Commit yourself to revelling in luxury and book into one of The Telegraph’s utterly fabulous suites, of which there are 18 in the property. The Junior, Executive and Grand Suites have balconies, but it is well worth your while upgrading to the Telegraph Terrace Suite or the Telegraph Presidential Suite, both of which have expansive terraces which more than double your available living area. To put it in perspective, the total area of the Telegraph Presidential Suite, indoor and outside, is larger than two full size tennis courts!
Size isn’t everything, of course; style and comfort are just as important. Neri & Hu have curated a suite which sets a new standard of luxury. In the Presidential Suite, you can breeze in your robe between the two bedrooms and living room, wandering back and forth to the terrace with a cup of freshly brewed coffee in hand, and listening to your favourite vinyl playing on the record player. The sought after Parisian brand Diptyque supplies all the amenities, the faint floral notes of their fragrances lingering on your skin and in the air. The minimalist monochrome decor and design of the furniture gives a slight nod to the building’s 1960s origins, but at the same time there is no doubt that you are also in a modish contemporary space.
to spend all day and all night in your suite, you absolutely must get out and explore the rest of the hotel. The rooftop bar is branded by Rolling Stone and has epic views of the city; celebrity chef Rose Chalalai Singh brings her Bangkok-meets-Paris flair to her latest signature restaurant, Laan Thai; and the live musicians at Tatuza, Tbilisi’s newest and most sophisticated jazz club, will have you dancing into the early hours of the morning.
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