From Narikala (or the top cable car station), you can take a scenic walk west along the Sololaki ridge. The main landmark is the statue of Mother Georgia. This 20m-tall aluminium symbol of Tbilisi holds a sword in one hand and a cup of wine in the other – a classic metaphor for the Georgian character, warmly welcoming guests and passionately fighting off enemies.
Past Mother Georgia are the ruins of the Shahtakhti fortress , which housed an Arab observatory, and then the enormous private residence of Bidzina Ivanishvili , Georgia's richest man who was prime minister from 2012 to 2103. You can't see much of the palatial residence up close (the road discreetly passes underneath it) but from a distance it looks a bit like a space station.
