The DNA: The sister hotel to Georgia’s first design hotel in the Caucasus mountains, Rooms Hotel Tbilisi is located in the Georgian capital. The property is set in an industrial Soviet-era publishing house- a nostalgic remnant of Vera, the intellectual neighbourhood it inhabits. The façade has been clad in reclaimed wood, giving the post-industrial window frames – signature to the city – an appropriate update, while a new glass-walled atrium-like extension establishes a modern tract that allows light to flood into the interior. Interiors fuse 1930s New York and old-world Tbilisi charm, with rich leathers, local artwork and vintage Georgian pieces. Bohemian chic rooms feature dark wood floors, leather-upholstered bedheads, or iron bedsteads for a hip, urban, mid-century, lived-in (in a good way) post-industrial aesthetic. The hotel offers a restaurant, cocktail bar, courtyard terrace and a fitness centre.

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✅ free WiFi • size matters: 125 rooms, including 3 suites (22-97m2) (237-1,044 sq ft) • hotel opened: September 2014 • architecture & interior design: Goga Chkhetia ✅ free parking on-site • pets allowed on request • 24-hours front desk