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Here and there I've seen some ATMs in Georgia (the country) which give a choice of currency rather than just offering Georgian lari (GEL) like the majority of ATMs.

In fact I can no longer remember whether the ones I saw offered also Euro (EUR) or American dollars (USD), only that I've been offered a choice sometimes and always just wanted the local currency.

But now I'm about to make my final withdrawal in the country and as the Turkish visa-on-arrival must be paid in either EUR or USD I'd like to get some in advance since I'm heading that way soon.

So what I need is a website that tells me where the ATMs that give out either foreign currency are located. I know about ATM locators for Visa or Cirrus, etc. But is there also a resource for ATMs in Georgia with the further details I need?

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    Out of pure coincidence, the first ATM I tried here in Borjomi offered me all three currencies! I don't think I'd seen that before. I got the impression it was out of the two foreign ones or I was asking for more than the limit... but it also turned out by complete coincidence that my ATM card has gone missing and I didn't notice until today \-:
    – hippietrail
    Jun 24, 2012 at 15:37
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    Don't have a website for you, but I know for a fact that the few (all?) ATMs on Tbilisi's Leselidze street offer you the choice of Lari, USD and Euro. I was there just a few weeks ago.
    – MastaBaba
    Jun 24, 2012 at 18:51
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    Most if not all Bank of Georgia ATMs (yellow ones) offer USD (not sure about euro)
    – Giorgi
    Jun 25, 2012 at 14:00
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    Given @Giorgi's comment, atm.ge/eng could be an answer.
    – dlanod
    Jul 6, 2012 at 5:53
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    @hippietrail: I just asked Banked of Georgia about it (you can also ask online at contact.bog.ge/client in english) and she said that every ATM can dispense USD but none of them can dispense EURO
    – Giorgi
    Jul 12, 2012 at 13:18

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According to some forums on the Caucuses on Thorn Tree:

in Tbilisi I know for a fact that TBC Bank and VTB have ATMs dispensing dollars because I use them all the time.

So going with that, we have VTB's English website, which conveniently has an ATM locator!

So based on that, it should give a pretty good basis for finding them.

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If you withdraw US dollars, almost all banks allow their ATMs to withdraw USD (except for VTB bank, which allows it only to their customers).

Very few banks and ATMs allow withdrawing EUR (€) with foreign bank cards. There are only 2 banks (as of November 2020): ProCredit and TBC. I have added more detailed info about withdrawing euro in Georgia to WikiVoyage.

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