The capital of Adjara and the main Black Sea resort of the country, Batumi is like a young wine: carefree, fragrant, free and intoxicating .This international city-sun is like a playful (and adored) younger child in a respectable family - and it is necessary to chide for leprosy, but well it does not turn out to be angry at the charming face .Batumi - the embodiment of modern Georgia .Its beautiful beaches are equally flooded with Europeans, Russians and neighbors in the Caucasus, nightclubs accept the best DJs of the planet, in hotels offer quality service, and in restaurants - delicious dishes of national cuisine..Among other things, they still love and wait for our brother, regardless of any political games .
Contents
|
How to get to Batumi
Georgian Airways and S7 fly on the route Moscow (Domodedovo) - Batumi on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Travel time is 2, 5 hours. Other cities of Russia, as well as CIS countries, will have to get to Batumi with a transfer. Another option is to fly to Tbilisi, from where domestic flights of Georgian Airlines depart daily to Batumi. Time in flight - only 40 min.
Batumi Airport is located 2 km from the city center. To overcome this distance is most convenient for a taxi (10-15 minutes on the road). If you want to save, it makes sense to wait for bus number 10, which connects the airport to the center of Batumi. The stop is located at the exit from the arrival hall. The road will take about 20 minutes, the trip will cost 0, 40 GEL.
In Batumi, you can also arrive via the Georgian Railways. Two trains run daily from Tbilisi: at night, around 11:00 pm, and at 9:00 in the morning. The journey takes about 8 hours. For a place in a double NE with linen and tea, 40 GEL are requested, a trip "three in a boat, not counting ..." in the second class will cost 23 GEL. From Makhinjauri station, which is 5 km from the center of Batumi, regular buses and "samarhutto" go to the city.
Among other things, it is easy to get to buses and minibuses from other cities of Georgia to Batumi. The road from Tbilisi, for example, will take about 6 hours and will cost around 18 GEL.
Three times a week, ferries leave from Sochi to Batumi - the notorious "Mikhail Svetlov" and an express hydrofoil vessel (en route 4, 5 hrs). An adult ticket for Svetlova will cost 3000 rubles, a children's ticket at 1500 RUR, for a journey on an express train they will ask 3500 RUR and 1750 RUR, respectively.
- How to get to Batumi from Aktobe and can I get tickets to the sanatorium upon arrival
- How much is a ticket from Baku to Batumi and accommodation at the hotel in Batumi?
Search air tickets in Batumi
Transport in the city
The city transport Batumi is represented by buses, minibuses and taxis. The first has certain routes and designated stops (the inscriptions on which are duplicated in English - though it does not belong to the working suburbs of the city), while the latter are scurrying fast along most of the most important streets in Malmo. To stop the minibus, it's enough to give up the approaching car. The destination is better to sound before landing. Travel by buses and minibuses costs about 0, 4-0, 5 GEL.
Batumi taxis are divided into official (minority) and unofficial (majority). In fact, everything is "bombed" here and willingly: almost to any driver you can approach with the phrase "Commander, will you take? ". Counters in a taxi are a rarity, it is necessary to agree on payment in advance.
Answer Batumi Europe - the BatumVelo system, where you can rent a nice two-wheeled friend of green colors and travel along boulevards and embankments.
Beaches of Batumi
The main city beach, often called the western style of Batumi Beach - a place where in the summer the apple has nowhere to fall. Nevertheless, there is a good infrastructure, a lot of cafes and restaurants, water sports stations. In some places umbrellas and sunbeds are offered, otherwise they will have to be arranged on pebbles. Despite the abundance of holidaymakers, the beach is quite clean. Booths for changing clothes and showers, again, are not located everywhere.
If the sea does not have access to swimming, it makes sense to go to the water park - there are 5 swimming pools, including various waves, a lot of slides and toboggan, as well as spa treatments and a real Turkish soap massage (with a specialist from Turkey). $
| Monument to Russian-Georgian Friendship |
| Batumi in winter |
| Streets of Batumi |
Kitchen and restaurants of Batumi
Western, seaside Georgia pleases guests with a variety of fish cuisine, an abundance of vegetables, herbs and fruits, as well as dairy products and all kinds of sauces and hot snacks. In the restaurants that are located along the embankment of Batumi, all of the above is abundant. Actually, here you can try not only the dishes of local cuisine, but also the "general Georgian" specialties, of which first of all it is necessary to distinguish shish kebabs, lobio, kutaby, satsivi and other delicious Russian delicacies.
What is so famous about Batumi is the "Acharyuli khachapuri" - Adzharian khachapuri, that is, the national pie made of puff pastry with cheese-and-egg stuffing. The Batumi variant is baked in the form of a boat, and thanks to the true Kartvelian generosity, the output turns into an ark filled with a delicious melted mixture of finely chopped cheese and eggs. Some of the best Ajarian khachapuri are cooked in Lunga on the corner of Gorgiladze and Baratashvili (from 2 to 3, 5 GEL per serving); they can also be tried in a mass of skittles on the streets of Batumi.
You can dine with a view directly in front of the picturesque harbor Sanapiro, and the most delicious khinkali, according to reviews, are served in Zakar, at the corner of Pushkin Street and Vazha Pshavela (at 0, 50 GEL per piece). Soak up a meal is one of the many varieties of local beer.
Shopping and shopping
Souvenirs for the memory of Batumi can be bought in shops along the embankment, as well as in several specialized shops in the city center .For fresh fruits and vegetables, aromatic seasonings and herbs, as well as other kinds of food, go to the Batumi market (the greatest variety is observed from early morning until about noon) .Well, of course, the Creator himself ordered (after all, he gave the man a grapevine) to wrap in one of the wine shops along the way to buy a couple of bottles of "Saperavi" and "Kindzmarauli", and also grab a few liters of delicious home wine .
Batumi hotels
Most of all in Batumi small family hotels and guest houses, where tourists are provided with a minimum set of services for the hotel service. But even the most demanding tourists, accustomed to the highest standards, have plenty to choose from: in Batumi, guests are accepted by several five-star hotels, including Sheraton and Intourist.
Book popular hotels in Batumi at the best prices
| Divan Suites Batumi from 6 555 rubles Batumi Kostava / Gamsakhurdia Kucha 5/13 | Radisson Blu Hotel Batumi from 8 019 rubles Batumi Ninoshvili Street 1 | Sheraton Batumi Hotel from 12 342 rubles Batumi Rustaveli Street 28 |
| Golden Palace Batumi Hotel & Casino from 4 254 rubles Batumi K. Gamsakhurdia Street 8/10 | The Admiral Hotel from 4 289 rubles Batumi Gogebashvili Street 20 | Piazza Four Colors from 2 441 rubles Batumi Vakhtang Gorgasali Str. 16 |
| Plaza Hotel from 2 511 rubles Batumi Chavchavadze Street 5 | Piazza Inn from 2 790 rubles Batumi Vakhtang Gorgasali Str. 20 | Hotel Mgzavrebi Batumi from 3 313 rubles Batumi Mazniashvili Street 1 |
| 3 Bedroom Apartament from 3 487 rubles Batumi Sherif Khimshiashvili 15a | Hotel Verona from 1 395 rubles Batumi Noe Zhordania Street 17 | Eiffel Hotel from 3 138 rubles Batumi Gorgiladze Street 39/4 |
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Batumi
The "idler" center of Batumi is the one and a half-kilometer long boulevard stretching along the beach. This is not only the center of the bustling life - the mass of cafes and restaurants, pretty shops, cozy shops and bars "on the go", but also a historical attraction: some trees are unique, and others are in very venerable age. Here you can view Batumi from the Ferris wheel (0, 50 GEL).
Another attraction of the merry public is the square of Europe with singing fountains and imposing monument and height Medea, depicting a slender girl and lifeless dangling golden lamb in her hand.
From architectural monuments it is worth paying attention to the oldest (and only today) mosque of Orta Jama (19th century), adorned with beautiful examples of Arabic calligraphy. Also interesting are the numerous Orthodox, Catholic and Armenian churches of the city, the most famous of which are the Church of St. Nicholas, the Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin and the Armenian church with the unusual name Surb Prch.
The ruins of the Gonio fortress (12 km south of Batumi), once the citadel of the Roman Empire, and then of Byzantium, are compulsory to visit. Today, you can see 900 m of fortress walls and 18 towers on their length. Among other things, according to legend, it is here that the grave of the apostle Matthew is located.
To escape from the summer heat with benefit for the mind and soul can be in the museums of Batumi .The Adjarian Art Museum has a collection of works of European and Russian masters of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as an impressive collection of paintings by Pirosmani and Akhvlediani .In the Nobel Museum you can immerse yourself in the glorious history of Batumi late 19 - early 20 centuries, when the city was the object of close attention (and generous injections) Nobel and Rothschild .The Stalin Museum offers to read the personal belongings of the leader, including a towel and a bed .Batumi Archaeological Museum presents an extensive collection of artifacts, household items and jewelry art from different eras found in southwestern Georgia..
Sightseeing in the open air - Lake Nurigel and the park on May 6. On the shores of the lake there are boat stations and water attractions, as well as a dolphinarium and an aquarium.
Another picturesque lake - Ardaganskoe - is separated from the sea only by a narrow strip of beach. There are light-music fountains on the lake, there are restaurants of Adjara and Chinese cuisine.
Certainly worth visiting Batumi Botanical Garden, on the green expanses of which grows a lot of plants from around the globe.
Prices are in March 2012. Photo by Batumi (18)