🚡 The Cable Car from Borjomi Park to Plateau: What It Costs and Whether the View Is Worth It
🚡 The Borjomi cable car at a glance
A lift from the central park up to the plateau, running since the 1960s. The cabins are styled as mineral water bottles, and the ride takes three minutes.
The cable car is one of the emblems of Borjomi, alongside the mineral water. It links the central park with the plateau, the highest viewpoint in town.
And it has a feature no other cable car in Georgia can claim: the cabins are styled as Borjomi bottles, complete with the lettering. A device that looked like advertising in 1962 has become the defining mark of the place.
Map points and reviews: the lower station and the upper station.
🚡 A line that was built twice
The cable car opened in the Soviet period and ran until the 1990s, when it failed along with the whole of Borjomi's spa infrastructure.
Its second life came in 2006: the line was restored with its original appearance kept intact. The new car was assembled at Tbilisi's 31st factory, so the replacement was made locally rather than bought abroad.
That is why the cable car looks Soviet but runs like a modern one. The cabin recalls an archaic design; the machinery beneath it is new.
🏞️ Two stations: Park and Plateau
The names are self-explanatory.
The lower station, 'Park', stands right at the entrance to Borjomi's central park, at 9 April Street 50. It is impossible to miss: it is the first thing you see as you approach the park.
The upper station, 'Plateau', sits at a thousand metres above sea level. It is one of the most panoramic points in the area.
At the top there is a small café and a Ferris wheel. The wheel gives a wider view than the platform does, but riding it is charged separately.
🌲 An honest word about the view
Here is something the promotional descriptions leave out, and it is confirmed by visitor reviews on our own page.
Trees block a substantial part of the panorama. The viewing area at the top is modestly arranged, and some visitors note that the view turned out less open than they had expected.
The Ferris wheel solves that: it lifts you above the canopy. But it means an extra payment and extra time.
The best shots come not from the top but on the way up. As the cabin climbs, the town in its greenery and the mountains behind it open out gradually, and those three minutes give the best photographs.
🗓️ When it runs
The cable car is seasonal. It usually opens around the middle of May and runs through the summer.
In winter Borjomi lives a different life: people go to Bakuriani to ski, and the spa side of town falls quiet. The lift is unlikely to be running then.
Check the season and the hours locally: no timetable is published officially, and the opening date shifts from year to year.
The lower station is at the central park entrance, 9 April Street 50. Exact coordinates for both stations are on the site pages.
🚗 Getting there
From Tbilisi, about two and a half hours by marshrutka from Didube station via Gori and Khashuri. There is also a train.
From Bakuriani, roughly half an hour down the gorge.
From Akhaltsikhe, around an hour along the Mtkvari gorge.
Everything in town is walkable: a few minutes from the bus station to the park entrance, and the lower cable car station is right there.
More on the journey in getting to Borjomi from Tbilisi.
🧭 What to see around it
The cable car is part of a walk through the park, and nobody takes it in isolation.
The central park, a monument of nineteenth-century landscape design with cultural heritage status. The Borjomula gorge runs for three kilometres and ends at the sulphur pools.
St Nicholas Church, the cathedral of the diocese in Kostava Square.
The Borjomi Local History Museum, if the history of the resort interests you.
The Borjomi gorge and its mineral water, on how it all began.
🧭 Where to stay and what is nearby
Borjomi is a spa town with a long reputation, and there is accommodation at every budget. Many people come for several days for the water and the treatments, with the cable car an addition to a walk in the park.
If you are coming in winter, it makes more sense to base yourself in Bakuriani: the season is there, while the spa side of Borjomi goes quiet.
🗣️ Over to you
Ridden the Borjomi cable car? Tell us which month you went, whether there was a queue and whether the Ferris wheel was worth adding. Leave a review on Madloba: neither the timetable nor the fares are published officially, and visitors' notes are the most useful thing there is.
Information is current as of August 2026. The cable car runs seasonally and fares and hours change, so check at the ticket window before you go up.
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❓Frequently Asked Questions
💬 At the entrance to Borjomi's central park, 9 April Street 50. It is hard to miss: it is the first thing you see as you approach the park.
💬 We do not quote current fares: they are revised and any figure here would go stale. What matters more is the structure: park entry, the cable car ticket and the Ferris wheel are charged separately. Check the fares on the site page or at the ticket window.
💬 Three minutes. The distance between stations is 376 metres, on a twin-rail line.
💬 The station is called 'Plateau' and stands at a thousand metres. Beside it are a small café and a Ferris wheel, which is charged separately.
💬 In 1962. The line failed in the 1990s and was restored in 2006 with its original appearance intact. The new car was assembled at Tbilisi's 31st factory.
💬 They are styled as bottles of Borjomi mineral water, lettering and all. It is a touch from the 1960s that was kept during the restoration, and it is now the cable car's defining feature.
💬 Opinions differ. Trees block a substantial part of the panorama, and the viewing area is modestly arranged. The Ferris wheel lifts you above the canopy and opens the view further. Many people find their best shots come from the cabin on the way up rather than from the top.
💬 No, it is seasonal. It usually opens around mid-May and runs through the summer. In winter the spa side of Borjomi goes quiet and the lift is unlikely to be operating.
💬 About two and a half hours from Tbilisi by marshrutka from Didube station via Gori and Khashuri; there is also a train. Roughly half an hour from Bakuriani down the gorge, and about an hour from Akhaltsikhe.
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