Cable car · Georgia
Tkhelidze - Sanatorium
Tkhelidze - Sanatorium is a cable car near Georgia. It climbs 188 m over 843 m, from 353 m to 540 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 56 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
59/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Tkhelidze - Sanatorium is scarier than 59% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 22 in Georgia.
- Highest above the ground: about 56 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 311 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 456 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 182 m of the 843 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tkhelidze - Sanatorium is in Georgia, at 353 m above sea level (42.28990° N, 43.28563° E). From there it runs 843 m up to the top station at 540 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2019
- Capacity
- 215 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Tkhelidze - Mukhadze cable car · 0.2 km away · rises 98 m
- თხელიძე - ნაგუთი cable car · 0.7 km away · rises 155 m
- თხელიძე - ლეჟუბანი cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 68 m
- ჭიათურა – საშევარდნო (Chiatura – Sashevardno) cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 166 m
- Tsinsopeli cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 139 m
- Avarioni - Itkhvisi cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 49 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.