Batumi area of Europe. Europe square batumi overview
Batumi(ბათუმი) - the capital of Adjara, the most maritime and most resort town Georgia with a population of 120,000 people (10 times less than Tbilisi). This city is warm, tasty, interesting, well restored, and by 2013 the restoration was almost completed. Batumi has an unrealistic number of hotels and restaurants, and this is the place where it is easiest to spend money - which is what Turks, Azerbaijanis, Iranians and residents of the capital do here. It is customary in Georgia to love Batumi and recommend it to tourists. It is famous for its architecture, the beach, and its Botanical Garden.
History of Batumi
The history of Batumi consists of several phases. This is a very vague antiquity, then - the Turkish era, when the first buildings appeared in the city, then the era of the Russian presence, Soviet and post-Soviet. The 20th century in Batumi was especially eventful: it was shelled by the Turkish fleet, it was occupied by the British, it was recaptured from the Turks by the Georgian army, and so on. In 2011, Batumi got into the movie "Love with an Accent", where he was given a whole big story.
Around town
Batumi has a convenient grid layout and it is easy to navigate the city - it is the most logical city in the country. People enter Batumi, as a rule, along Tsereteli Street and find themselves at the beginning of Chavchavadze Street. This is a long "horizontal", which divides the city into two halves - northern and southern. South is not interesting and there is nothing to do there. I'll tell you about the northern half.
There is a square in the northern half of the city Old City- this is a square within the boundaries of which the city existed at the beginning of the century. The northern border of the square is Ninoshvili Street. This used to be a waterfront. Southern border - Chavchavadze. Eastern - port. Western - very approximately according to Vazha Pshavele. At the corner of Vazha Pshavela and Ninoshvili, there is now a clearing and a temple - this is the former territory of the British military hospital. In 1918 it was the edge of the city. The northernmost corner of the city is now being built up for some unknown reason, and until recently there was the Batumi fortress, which covered the entrance to the Batumi bay. Unfortunately, she was torn down.
Everything to the west of the mentioned square is Soviet development, and the western half of the Boulevard is a modern major new building. These areas are worth visiting already in the third and fourth place.
The square of the Old City itself is divided into two halves by Baratashvili Street. To the east of the street, almost everything has already been cultivated, restored and turned into Europe, and to the west of it, the construction has just finished. So the prettiest and most walkable part of the city is from Baratashvili to the port.
What we have in the old city: a cathedral, a synagogue, an Armenian temple, a Greek church, a Batumi mosque, a local history museum, the Batumi Piazza, a cable car and a cloud of hotels. And several consulates. Well, the Boulevard, of course. The Botanical Garden is located far from the center.
Well, now a little about some streets, starting with the famous Boulevard.
Boulevard
This is something huge. The old part of the boulevard stretches for 1500 meters, and the entire length with modern sections (with Seaside Park) runs up to 5000 meters. At the entrance, it is about 300 meters wide (excluding the beach), and gradually narrows. The boulevard is planted with palm trees, spruce trees, and even bamboo. In some places live parrots in cages, ducks and herons.
Ninoshvili Street runs along the Boulevard: it used to be the seashore. At the entrance, you can now see a strange white structure in the form of an eye, on the site of which the marker "former seashore" once stood. Next to the "eye" is a glass booth of the tourist information office. In my opinion, in Batumi it was worth making the office bigger. There's also a rental bike stand near the office.
Now the Boulevard is a popular place for recreation and walks. There is a lot of ice cream, coffee and girls. From here you have the best sea views. And the boulevard is famous for free Wi-Fi with good speed. This is a gift from Magti.
At the far end of the boulevard is the university building and the Hilton Hotel. Directly in front of the Hilton is a concrete structure with mosaics: the famous Fantasia Cafe. It is famous for the fact that two scenes of the film "Love and Doves" were filmed against its background, one during the day and one at night. The night shot was taken using a combination shot, which can be confusing.
Streets and avenues
Rustaveli Avenue. This name is usually called the most semi-official street of the city, but in Batumi this rule has been slightly abandoned. Batumi Rustaveli is also central and large, but there are not very many interesting things on it. Even "Intourist" enters it only with the back side. If you walk from the embankment, then the first building on this street is a huge theater building. In front of the theater there is an enlarged copy of the golden lion of Tsrom, and on the square there is a fountain with erotic overtones, almost an exact copy of the fountain on main square Bologna.
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Memed Abashidze Avenue(Former Mariinsky Prospekt, aka Stalin Prospekt) - one of the horizontal lines of the old city, which begins in the port area and rests with its southwestern end on the May 6 park (goes straight to the main entrance to the park). Here is the building of the old cinema "Apollo", the central post office (on the corner with Baratashvili) and several central banks. The avenue runs along southern edge European Square (where the column with Medea) and here on the avenue stands one of business cards Batumi - a newly built clock tower. Once upon a time there was the house of Ilya Chavchavadze on this avenue, but he did not live up to our time.
Prospect in 1926
| History reference. Memed Abashidze (1873 - 1937) was one of the Adjarian Muslim princes Abashidze and a relative of the future ruler of Adjara Aslan Abashidze. It is said that he personally translated The Knight in the Panther's Skin into Turkish. He participated in the revolution of 1905, and after 1917 he tried to unite Muslim Adjarians with Christian Adjarians and advocated integration with Georgia. After the Soviet conquest, he managed to negotiate with the Bolsheviks and took part in the creation of the Adzharian ASSR. He had good relations with Stalin - apparently since 1905 - but in the ominous 1937 he was nevertheless arrested and shot. | ||
Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Street(former Lenin). It goes from the entrance to the Boulevard to Tbilisi Square. The total length is 900 meters. This is one of the central streets of the Old City, until 2004 it was the residence of Aslan Abashidze and the building of the Supreme Council of Adjara, so in the era of Abashidze, movement along it was partially limited. It was on this street that the Russian traveler Grigory Kubatyan was arrested in 2000 for walking past the residence. On the same front street there is now a wine store of the Khareba company.
The building of the Armed Forces of Adjara was demolished in 2011, and the residence remained quite to itself.
General Mazniashvili street- one of the oldest streets of Batumi, which passes by Piazza. It is useful mainly as a house number 5, which houses railway ticket office You can buy a train ticket there. Otherwise, there are several hotels on the street and some simply cute houses.
King Pharnavaz Street. A long street (2 kilometers) that crosses the entire city from the Embankment to new buildings. This is a street in the old town, half renovated and cultivated. A striped Greek temple stands on this street two blocks from the waterfront. On the contrary, the most famous place of modern Batumi - Italian square in Venetian style. From here to Baratashvili, the street has the most formal view, and beyond Baratashvili it is densely planted with fir trees.
Kutaisskaya street- this is a small Batumi "vertical", passing very close to the port and slightly curved, which is rare for Batumi. This is one of the oldest streets in the city, it is on it that the Batumi mosque stands, and Turkish lokants, restaurants and shawarma houses settled in the section of the street around the mosque. The best coffee in Batumi is prepared here, and south end the street ends in a public garden, where they usually sell achma with coffee.
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Chavchavadze street. as already mentioned, Chavchavadze divides the city into two parts. The street starts from the seashore, where the obelisk stands. There are usually a bunch of suburban minibuses. Further along the street there is a Goodwill hypermarket, many good exchangers, a cheap eatery and a huge Batumi Plaza. Behind the plaza is Tbilisi Square.
500 meters from the square now stands the bank building, in the past - the building of the Batumi railway station. A railway line once ran along Chavchavadze, which is now dismantled, in its place is a lawn. The famous Batumi Cathedral stands on the same site. In the past - Catholic, now - Orthodox.
Gorgiladze street(former Gorky) - a linear street that does not reach the center. It is famous for its cafe "Laguna" in house number 18. Adjarian khachapuri is made here, one of the best in Adjara. This place is worth a visit without fail to have a sample of khachapuri for further comparison.
Vazha Pshaveli Street. Once it rested with its southern end on the Batumi railway station and, getting off the train, the passenger got on this street. Now the station has been converted into shops, and on the street you can find a synagogue, the church of St. Barbara and the monument to Vazha Pshavela. The street is wide, green, pretty.
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Khulo street. This is a short street, 260 meters long, running from the promenade to Piazza. The neighborhood of this street is a kind of "Turkish Batumi". If you walk along it from the embankment, then a minaret will flash to the right, and if you then turn left along Kutaisskaya, then the whole Batumi mosque will be there, but it is practically invisible. The facade of the mosque merges with the neighboring ones, the roof is flat, the entrance is barely distinguishable. Then we cross Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street, and almost immediately after it on the right side there will be a barely noticeable building of Turkish baths. These are real baths with round domes, but it is not clear whether they are working now or not. (under renovation in 2015)
Church of St. Nicholas
The Church of St. Nicholas on the corner of Farnavaz and Zviad Gamsakhurdia streets is the most important historical site in Batumi, if only because it is almost the oldest surviving building in the city - the Batumi mosque was built just a couple of years earlier. At one time, the Turks settled these lands with Greeks, who did a lot for the development of the city, and for these merits they were allowed to build a temple, but only without a bell. Construction began in 1865, finished in 1871, and in 1878 the Russian army came and the Turkish era ended, a bell was allowed to be installed on the temple. In the 1990s, the temple underwent repairs, and it was then that the murals that can be seen in it today appeared.
Interestingly, eyewitnesses mention bell ringing of this temple at the time of the entry of the Russian army into Batumi in August 1878: ...From the city came to us a bell ringing, for the first time, after many centuries, announcing the Muslimized land. It was called in the Greek church of St. Nicholas, and the solemn Annunciation called the people to prayer at this solemn and great moment for Christians.
In any case, this ringing made the temple a visual symbol of that historical event.
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Batumi beach
Since Batumi - seaside resort, then they come here mainly for the beaches. There are those in the vicinity of the city, but there is also a large pebble beach directly within Batumi. It is very wide and for this reason the presence of the city does not affect very much. Along the beach there are all kinds of restaurant establishments and, in particular, the Batumi Pier restaurant. It has a smart design and good sea views, but the prices are biting - 6 GEL for a cappuccino and 7 GEL for a latte.
The fashion for bathing existed in this place at the end of the 19th century. One Russian traveler wrote like this: As much as baths are visited in winter, as much as bathing in the sea is visited in spring and summer, which takes place along the entire coast, but mainly along the boulevard, where in one place, for this purpose, there is a small bathing house, of course, far from being able to accommodate everyone, and therefore, the latter undress and bathe along the entire boulevard, and, it should be noted, bathing suits are not in fashion". (What the last sentence hints at is not entirely clear)
Museums in Batumi
Batumi Archaeological Museum. It is located right on Chavchavadze Street in a large gray building. The entire museum is one hall in two floors. On the second floor - the Stone Age and early iron, below - Hellenistics, early and late Middle Ages: amphoras, coins, etc. The upper floor is more interesting: all the pebbles are arranged on the shelves, everything is numbered, explanations are in Georgian-English-Russian, everything is competent and serious.
Batumi Museum of Local Lore. It is not very easy to find. For starters, I advise you to find a synagogue. From there, go north and turn left at the first opportunity. The museum building is not very expressive.
The museum has a pleasant old, academic atmosphere, preserved from the Soviet era. There is silence here, here are heavy cabinets with insects and stuffed birds. Somewhere signed in Russian. The Black Sea fish, some vengeful minerals, samples of tea leaves and other biological things are exhibited here. The archaeological department has a lot of ceramics and several bronze Colchian axes.
Adjara Museum of Art- The least informative museum of the three. It positions itself as an exhibition of famous Georgian artists, but there are exactly four paintings by such artists, so your brain will not be enriched with anything new.
Museum of Memed Abashidze. It is located on Abashidze street, house 7. A small dark room hung with photographs. There is almost no information content, there is no point in visiting. Why it is carefully drawn on all maps, one can only guess.
Batumi ropeway
This object appeared in Batumi quite recently and immediately became famous. This is a very long cable car, along which you can drive from the embankment to the nearest mountain. A good one has been built on the mountain observation deck and an expensive restaurant. In good weather, there are good views from here. Of the minuses, only low throughput can be called.
Food in Batumi
There are several types of food in Batumi. The most common is the standard Batumi edals in the folk spirit, where nothing has changed over the past half century. They sell kebabs, lobio, khachapuri and other common items. They even pour wine, but you should not drink it here - never. It's cheap and not worth the hassle. An example of such an institution is the corner restaurant "Cafe Saamo" on Abashidze 37, corner from the street. Tavdadebuli.
Another type is pretentious restaurants, where a lot of mysterious names appear on the menu for a lot of money, and where you can spend money beautifully, but it is illogical to eat there regularly.
The third, purely Batumi option is Turkish locants, which are especially numerous on Kutaisskaya street near the mosque. They are a little more expensive than Georgian ones, but for a change they are very good.
Batumi brand is Adjarian khachapuri. Here they really do them well, although not always and not everywhere. good place is considered to be the cafe "Laguna" on Gorgiladze street.
As in all of Georgia, in Batumi there is a problem with "light" food like omelettes. However, recently this niche was filled Ukrainian coffee house on Abashidze, 13. They make light breakfasts for 5 lari each - cereals, omelettes, pancakes and so on. This is especially valuable if you are in Batumi with children. In terms of prices, it is somewhat more expensive than the average Georgian eatery (and they have cappuccino for 3.5), but there is no alternative in Batumi yet.
Coffee! This is exactly why you should come to Batumi. The best coffee place is the Turkish eateries near the mosque. For 1 lari, amazing Turkish coffee is brewed here - probably even on the sand. In the rest of Georgia, this occurs occasionally, but here - regularly.
Wine in Batumi
Batumi is a resort, so the wine issue is very important here. Until recently, things were not going well with him here, but by 2015 the situation had improved. Wine can be seen in almost any store, but - BUT! - smart people do not take wine in the markets, but look for branded ones. The highest quality point now is the Khareba company store on Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Street. "Khareba" is a proven, reliable company with a large assortment. The store offers tastings.
Another decent point is the company store of the Lagodekhi winery "Ereti Wine House" on Melashvili Street, house 11. The company is unverified and rare, but the store is well-organized. There is Kindzmarauli on tap at 6 GEL per liter. The quality is not bad. Tasting is provided, pleasant decoration and competent staff.
The third point is the Kindzmarauli Marani brand store at 45 Abashidze Street. This company is generally not bad, but they made an epic fail in the management area by placing an older woman in the store who hardly ever sold wine and can hardly conduct a competent consultation.
Consulates in Batumi
There seem to be four of them. Directly on Europe Square are the consulates of Iran and Azerbaijan. Near the beginning of Chavchavadze you can find the Armenian consulate. The consulate of Turkey settled on Kostava Street.
Infrastructure
In terms of infrastructure, everything is good in Batumi, except for overnight stays.
Transport. A city bus in Batumi costs 30 kopecks, a city minibus costs 40 kopecks. There are no trams and never have been. A taxi in Batumi is slightly cheaper than in Tbilisi, you can drive through half the city for about 4 GEL.
Exchangers. There are many, many. Change dollars, euros, rubles, manats and lira. In 2015, the ruble exchange rate is approximately the same everywhere - from 37 to 38 lari per 1000 rubles.
Internet. It occurs quite often, usually at 1 lari per hour. On the Boulevard there is a round-the-clock free Wi-Fi with good speed.
Other. From time to time there are baths, hairdressers and public toilets for 30 tetri. Tourist information works rarely and poorly.
In this article I will tell you: where is Batumi and what is Georgia, how to get to it, why you need to go to Batumi and what to do here, and I will also begin to introduce you to old Batumi.
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Batumi is the capital of Adjara.
Why Batumi.
Old Batumi.
I have already introduced you to some. Next to one of them, namely the lower station cable car, we start walking around the old town. The photo below, taken by me from the cable car, is a reminder that this attraction is a must-see.
Near the cable car there is an information point where you can take a free map of the city for convenience.
I can't resist publishing a few more photos of the city's port and its surrounding architecture.
On one of the houses there is a sign of one of the oldest football clubs in the USSR "Dynamo" Batumi.
Tbilisi Square, Batumi.
The noisiest square in Batumi is located two hundred meters from the cable car if you walk along Chavchavadze Street. Almost all buses and minibuses arriving in the city and leaving it stop here. From here begins the main street of Old Batumi - Konstantin Gamsakhurdia Street. In Soviet times, like all the main streets of our country, it was called Lenin Street.
Batumi Cathedral.
Batumi's main Orthodox cathedral is located near Tbilisi Square. Temple Holy Mother of God was built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries as a Catholic church with the money of parishioners. After the revolution, the cathedral was confiscated from the Catholics and used as an administrative building. And only in 1989 the cathedral was returned to the church. On the opening day, about 5,000 parishioners were baptized.
An interesting fact is the ongoing dispute about what kind of sculptures are on the sides of the entrance to the temple. Someone sees Joseph and St. Mary in them, and someone sees the apostles Andrew the First-Called and Simon the Zealot.
Behind the temple begins Old Batumi. Here I will not load you with the names of streets and houses, especially since I have a whole article planned for this.
I leave all the eloquence to my photo. As an epilogue, I advise you to put the map of the city aside, walk chaotically through the old quarters, look into the gates of old houses, see the restored buildings of the city, get lost, and then get a map and go swimming ......
What would we like to see while spending our holidays on the Black Sea? Lately Georgia- a state that lives in newspaper articles smelling of anxiety and frames of military videos. Rest in Georgia on the Black Sea, is it possible? Let's not guess, but collect a virtual travel bag and go to the country of lezginka and khachapuri for Batumi resort.
Geography with economy: "passport" of Batumi
Georgia is located on the border of the highlands of Western Asia and the semi-humid Mediterranean. The region is characterized by a mild subtropical climate, which contributes to the wealth flora Georgia. The landscape of the country is diverse: from plateaus, bizarre cliffs and cliffs to green plains. The length of the Black Sea coast of Georgia is only 308 km. If you wish, you can drive from the southern to the northern borders in a few hours by car.
The Georgian coast is a relatively flat line, without large peninsulas and bays. With this "short" and "non-resort" coast, Georgia can hardly compete with the resorts of neighboring Abkhazia (Sukhumi, Gagra, Pitsunda). But there is one place in this Caucasian Black Sea region that has long attracted vacationers from all over the world. The name of this paradise Adjara. Rest in Batumi, the capital of Adjara, in Soviet times was the dream of millions of tourists. The older generation remembers with nostalgia vacations on the Batumi beaches, the hospitality of the locals and the surroundings steeped in history.
Batumi located on the shore of a natural bay, in Kakhaber lowland, just 2-3 meters above the Black Sea level. It's typical Southern City- the streets are drowning in the greenery of cypresses, palms, lemon and orange trees, laurels, boxwoods, oleanders, arborvitae.
Batumi - the capital of Adjara Autonomous Republic and the No. 1 tourist center of modern Georgia. In addition, the city is the most important economic and cultural center of the country. On its territory there are numerous historical monuments and structures. Today, Batumi is home to about 180,000 residents who profess Orthodoxy (the majority), Judaism, Islam and Catholicism. The total area of the city is over 19 square kilometers.
Batumi's economy is based on:
- port, oil and container terminal;
- light industry (clothing and shoe production);
- a tobacco and tea factory, a pharmaceutical factory and a coffee factory;
- tourism industry ( hotels, entertainment centers, theaters, a museum, a large aquarium).
Nature and climate of Batumi
Batumi is dominated by a subtropical climate with high humidity. Local old-timers can count on their fingers the years when they saw snow here. Summer in the region is hot. The beginning of the swimming season is May, the end is the last weeks of October. Residents of Batumi claim that during the summer the sea warms up so that you can swim in it in November. The temperature maximum in summer is +36 degrees. Winter temperature rarely drops below +8 degrees, and ranges from +8 to +15 degrees. There is little precipitation here, most of the annual norm falls in winter.
Batumi beaches
Beach holidays in Batumi- bathing in highly mineralized waters. If within the city moving sea vessels slightly changed the color of the water, then in the "calm" surroundings of the city it retained its natural emerald hue.
Batumi is being actively rebuilt and renovated. This also applies to areas adjacent to the sea. Therefore, urban Batumi beaches"Slightly" polluted, and vacationers prefer to communicate with the sea in the areas of Sarpi and Kvariarti, located slightly south of the "central" resort of Georgia. This area is considered ecologically clean and most suitable for beach holiday .
You cannot find sand on the beaches of Batumi - they are all strewn with large pebbles. Therefore, in the summer heat, do not forget to take care of your feet and buy flip flops so as not to burn your feet.
Urban Beach, nicknamed by some optimist "Batumi Beach" - a wide pebble strip, sometimes equipped with sun loungers, umbrellas, showers, changing cabins, restaurants and cafes, stations aquatic species sports. Right behind the beach there is a park-boulevard "Batumi" with a palm alley.
Batumi Beach stretched out along the sea for less than 8 km. A promenade runs along it - favorite place evening walks citizens and vacationers. The promenade starts from the sea station, and where it ends is not yet known - construction continues today.
In search of pure sea water can be diversified rest in Batumi visiting quiet beaches in the small villages of Sarpi and Gonio. The easiest way to get to them is by minibus, which leaves from Chavchadze Street. Travel time one way is about 20 minutes.
In addition to the beach, you can see the famous historical monument - the remains of the Roman fortress Gonio. You can stay in the village for a while: right on the Black Sea coast, several hotels.
In Sarpi you will see a small pebble Beach, very clean water and ... Turkish border guards, because south of Sarpi begins Turkey Gonio and Sarpi are equipped with umbrellas and sunbeds.
Rest for the soul and entertainment in Batumi
What rest in Batumi, and, in general, a vacation on the Black Sea, without entertainment? We return from the beaches to the "sinful earth" to see what the "resort entertainment" complex in Batumi is like.
Park-Boulevard "Batumi", squeezed between the city and the beach by a narrow one and a half kilometer strip, is a real "center of wild life." With its restaurants, cafes, bars, small shops and shops, it catches vacationers returning from the sea, like fishing nets. Among its old, literally "historical" trees, there is a Batumi ferris wheel. From its upper point, a picturesque view of the sea and the city, the eternal and the transient...
Having studied the park boulevard, you can go to Europe Square and indulge in the general fun of an idle crowd walking between the famous singing fountains and a huge monument to Medea.
Speaking of monuments: Batumi many architectural masterpieces. Of these, the 19th century mosque built by Orta Jame stands out. It is decorated with beautiful Arabic calligraphy. If we continue talking about religious monuments, then it is worth mentioning Orthodox churches (of which there are many in Batumi), Catholic churches, and Armenian churches. Walking around the city, do not miss:
- Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
- church of St. Nicholas;
- Armenian Church of Surb Prkch.
While swimming in Gonio, visit the fortress ruins. These walls were once the citadel of the great Roman Empire, and later - Byzantium and the Turks. 900 meters of walls with 18 towers located on them are well preserved for their age.
If the heat drives you off the beach, hide from it in the eternal coolness of the museums. Here you will find your rest in Batumi your soul and mind: Adjara Art Museum, Nobel Museum, Stalin Museum, Batumi Archaeological Museum.
There is another place in the center of Batumi recreation- May 6 Park. Unusual for the Russian ear (accustomed to the combination "May 9"), the park got its name after the events of May 6, 2004, when the government of the former leader of the autonomy was expelled from Adjara. True, the Batumi residents themselves call the park by the old Soviet name - "Pioneer". Lake Nurigel has overflowed in the park, on the banks of which water attractions, boat stations, a dolphinarium and an aquarium have sheltered. And the guests of the park are greeted by a huge tree, planted by Alexander III during his short stay in Batumi.
Nurigel - not the only lake cities. Another, picturesque Ardagan Lake, is separated from the sea by a narrow strip of beach. This lake is decorated with light and music fountains, and along the shore the exciting smells of Caucasian and Chinese cuisines, which escaped from local restaurants, roam.
Batumi Botanical Garden- the green fairy tale of the city. To enjoy its shady expanses to its fullest, plan a walk for the whole day. Because otherwise you will see only mosaic pieces of the great creation of man and nature, created by A.N. Krasnov at the beginning of the last century. But in the garden on 111 hectares there are plants from all over the world - more than 5 thousand species, of which there are more than 2 thousand species of trees and shrubs alone.
Recently, a water park has appeared in Batumi. It is planned to open in 2015 hotels built next to it. Love water rides - here is your reason to go to the capital of Adjara!
About options and prices for meals in Batumi
Batumi is a representative of Western Georgian cuisine, which includes fish, an abundance of vegetables, fruits and herbs, dairy products with a variety of spicy snacks and sauces in its arsenal. Restaurant Batumi menus are reminiscent of a summary of the "Book of Tasty and Healthy Food" due to the abundance of offers of national dishes: kutaby, kebabs, lobio, satsivi etc. delicacies. "Crown" dish Batumi- this is "Acharuli khachapuri" - Adjarian khachapuri, puff pastry pie with egg and cheese filling. It is baked in the form of a boat, and when ready it is a tender muffin filled to the brim with a mixture of thinly sliced eggs and cheese. The best Adjarian khachapuri is cooked at Lunga, which is on the corner of Baratashvili and Gorgiladze streets. If you get hungry on the beach, then you can have a good bite to eat at Sanapiro (and at the same time admire the view of the harbor) or at Zakare (street corner Vazha Pshavela and Pushkin). Best restaurants in Batumi:
- "Ukrainochka" ( price average lunch 350-950 rubles);
- "Clouds Restaurant and Bar";
- "Neocca";
- "La Brioche";
- Grand Grill;
- Megrul-Lazuri.
Batumi Hotels
Among "our" tourists there is an opinion that rest in Batumi- expensive pleasure. In part, they are right - the capital of Adjara can "boast" hotel prices(from 1500 rubles per day). Therefore, when choosing a place of residence, first of all, remember the basic law of any Black Sea resort- The farther from the sea, the cheaper housing. No one canceled the effect of this law in Batumi either: hotels"first line" offer rooms at inflated prices, and life in private boarding house or in rented apartment accessible to the average tourist. As for hotels, according to the reviews of our compatriots, the best are:
- Radisson Blu Hotel Batumi (5,307 rubles);
- Hotel Egrisi (1,873 rubles);
- Golden Fish Hotel (1,499 rubles);
- "Elegant" (1,873 rubles);
- "Sheraton Batumi" (5,713 rubles).
So our virtual "Batumi" vacation has ended. The palm grove of the boulevard park, the lake in the park named after May 6, the fortress in Gonio remained behind ... I would like to believe that you have a real one ahead of you rest in Batumi, a real Adzharian vacation on the Black Sea. And maybe you will be able to cancel the value of the advice given out on all sites about Batumi:
“If you are in a romantic mood, and a vacation in Batumi is for you the oceans of the eyes of your companion or companion, remember that in Batumi there is a fine for kissing in a public place ...”
batumi
a city in Georgia, the capital of Adjara, a port on the Black M. Railway station. 137 thousand inhabitants (1991). Industry: oil refining, mechanical engineering (equipment for the tea industry, shipbuilding, electrical products), light (shoe, clothing); tea and tobacco factories, caffeine factory, etc. University. 2 theatres. 2 museums. Dolphinarium Aquarium. Climate resort. Known since the 11th century. like a fortress. Near Batumi - Batumi Botanical Garden.
Batumi
a city in Georgia, the capital of the Adjara ASSR. It is located on the southern coast of a deep bay in the southeastern part of the Black Sea. 101 thousand inhabitants (1970, census: 45 thousand inhabitants in 1926 and 70 thousand inhabitants in 1939). B. is an important industrial and resort town. Large port (see Batumi Commercial Sea Port). The terminus of the railway is Baku-B. Highways depart from B. at Samtredia and Akhaltsikhe.
B. arose on the site of the fortress of Tamaristsikhe, rebuilt in the 10th-13th centuries. Was known as Batomi. In the 17th century B. was captured by the Turks. According to the Berlin Treaty of 1878, it was annexed to Russia. After the construction of the Baku-Burlin railway in 1883, the re-equipment of the port, and the connection of B. with Baku by a pipeline (1897-1907), it became major port, through which Russia conducted foreign trade in petroleum products. By the end of the 19th ≈ the beginning of the 20th centuries. B. is a significant industrial center (about 2,000 workers). During this period, workers' social-democratic circles arose in the city. At the end of 1901, the Batumi Committee of the RSDLP was created, which organized the Batumi strike and the demonstration of 1902. On July 17, 1903, the workers of Byelorussia joined the general strike in Transcaucasia. On the night of November 30, 1905, an armed uprising began in Byelorussia, which was brutally suppressed. In April 1918 Byelorussia was captured by the Turks, then in December 1918 it was occupied by British troops. In July 1920, the British interventionists were forced to leave the city, but handed over power in Byelorussia to the Georgian Mensheviks, who made an agreement with Turkey. On March 11, 1921, Turkish troops entered Byelorussia. On March 18, the working people of the city raised an armed uprising. On March 19, the Red Army entered Byelorussia. Soviet power was established in the city. B. became the capital of the Adzharian ASSR.
During the years of socialist construction, large industrial enterprises were built in Byelorussia: an oil refinery (oil comes from Baku via an oil pipeline and by sea from North Caucasus), machine-building (machines and equipment for the tea and other branches of the food industry), shipyards, tea factories, citrus plant. There is a woodworking plant, factories: dairy, asphalt concrete, electrical appliances, electric cars, electrical engineering, etc. The only caffeine plant in the Soviet Union operates on the waste products of the tea industry.
During the Soviet period B. was built up according to a regular plan. The port was expanded and reconstructed, new embankment and seaside park. Among the major public buildings: the Intourist Hotel (1939, architect A. V. Shchusev), the Summer Theater (1948, architects K. I. Javakhishvili, B. M. Kirakosyan), the Drama Theater (1952, architect L. S. Teplitsky ), cinema "Tbilisi" (1964, architect N. N. Abashidze), etc.
In B. ≈ Pedagogical Institute im. Shota Rustaveli, nautical, medical, musical, cultural and educational schools, technical school of Soviet trade. Museum of Adjara and Museum of the Revolution. North of Bulgaria, near Zeleny Mys, is the Batumi Botanical Garden (founded in 1912) with a rich collection of tropical and subtropical flora.
To S.-V. from B., on a narrow (2 to 7 km wide) coastal strip 35 km long, there is a group seaside resorts: Makhinjauri, Green Cape, Tsikhisdziri and Kobuleti. The surroundings of the resorts are extremely picturesque: extensive plantations of citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, tangerines), bananas, groves of magnolias, palm trees, bamboo, eucalyptus and laurel trees. The climate of B. is warm and humid (an average annual temperature is about 14°C; annual precipitation is about 2,500 mm), winters are mild, and summers are hot. Therapeutic means - climatotherapy, sea bathing. The sea water is warm; characterized by constant temperature and high mineralization. The seashore is covered with a layer of gravel and sand, it has a gentle slope to the sea. Treatment of patients with respiratory diseases of non-tuberculous origin, functional diseases of the nervous system, anemia, diseases of the cardiovascular system, including hypertension with circulatory failure not higher than the 2nd degree. Season ≈ all year round; swimming season ≈ from May to October.
Lit .: Komakhidze D. Kh., Batumi, Batumi, 1956.
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Batumi
Batumi([Batumi], until 1936 - Batum) is a city and port in Georgia, on the Black Sea coast, the capital of Adjara and the main tourist center of modern Georgia.
Today Batumi is the most important cultural, economic and tourist center Georgia. It is famous for the historical center of the city and the modern tourist area with skyscrapers.
Batumi (airport)
Batumi- Batumi International Airport in Georgia. Alternative title: Chorokh.
It is located 2 km southwest of Batumi, 20 km north of Artvin (Turkey).
In addition to domestic and international flights, the airport serves regional flights in northeastern Turkey.
The Batumi airfield is class 2, capable of receiving Il-18, Tu-134, Yak-42, Boeing 737, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 aircraft, as well as helicopters of all types. Maximum takeoff weight aircraft 64 t.
The new airport terminal building was put into operation on May 26, 2007, its area is 3,915 square meters, the capacity is 600,000 passengers per year.
Batumi (disambiguation)
Batumi:
- Batumi is a city and port in Georgia, on the Black Sea coast, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
- Batumi - international Airport the city of Batumi.
Examples of the use of the word batumi in literature.
Batumi, Ritse, Copa Cabane, Varadero, Nice, VeniVidi Vitsi, are you a girl?
Bulgakov, together with a small production team, went to Georgia to study materials on the spot, in Batumi and Kutaisi.
In connection with this day, a second meeting was held, at which the Russians repeated what Stalin had told us, namely that 25 divisions would be allocated to defend the Caucasian mountain positions and passes on both sides and that, as they believed, they would be able to hold Batumi, Baku and the Caucasian mountain range until winter snows significantly improve their situation.
The necessary air forces will be withdrawn from Egypt as soon as the situation in the Western Desert allows these forces to be released from the front, and after that they can be concentrated in the Baku region, Batumi within two months from that moment.
Command Black Sea Fleet allowed at the end of the campaign campaigns in Batumi, Novorossiysk, Sochi.
There in Batumi I had a chance to discuss with one representative of the local popular front.
New York - Philadelphia - Washington - San Francisco - Los Angeles - Denver - Omaha - Minneapolis and Saint Paul - Paris - London - Tokyo - Singapore - Saigon - Moscow - Kharkiv - Poltava - Grayvoron - Le Havre - Yalta - Batumi- Novorossiysk - Sochi - Odessa - Peredelkino - Maleevka - farm Kalda - Koktebel.
Gonio is a Georgian fortified city on the left bank of the Chorokha, west of Batumi.
Three boats are located in Sukhumi, and a non-submersible submarine with one nuclear warhead is being overhauled in Batumi.
Laughing, rejoicing and rebelling, in their hopeless longing, in Makhinjauri, under Batumi she stood on the sand.
When they had to fight their way through the mountains, the 1st Panzer Army found itself in a disadvantageous position, because most of the experienced mountain rifle units were transferred to the 17th Army, which was trying to reach Tuapse and break through along the coastal road to Batumi.
I was six years old when my mother suddenly decided to go on vacation with me to Batumi.
Hitler was so alarmed by this double threat that he reversed his decision to attack Batumi and ordered the urgent transfer of parachute troops to railway to the north, near SmolenskPrim.
In accordance with the above, the draft protocol on the delimitation of spheres of interest, outlined by the Reich Foreign Minister, should be modified in such a way that the center of the territorial aspirations of the Soviet Union was moved south Batumi and Baku in the general direction towards the Persian Gulf.
The next task was to force an advance from the area south of Tuapse in order to open the way to Batumi.
Batumi was first mentioned in the 4th century BC in the writings of the Greek philosopher Aristotle as "Batus", located on the Black Sea coast in Colchis. The Roman writer Plinius Sr. and the Greek philosopher Flavius Arrian spoke about the city with the same name. Translated from the Greek "Batus" means "deep". Indeed, Batumi has one of the deepest and most convenient Black Sea bays. The local population actively traded with other countries.
In the Middle Ages the city was called Batomi. At first, it was part of a single Georgian state, but then it fell under the rule of the Megrelian principality (Odishi) and the Gurieli dynasty. In the middle of the XVI century Black Sea coast captured by the Ottomans. They ruled the coastal lands for three centuries.
In 1878, the seaside town was liberated by the joint army of Georgia and Russia. By agreement, he became Russian and received the name Batum. For the first nine years, Batum had the status of a free port or "free port". Thanks to this, it grew and began to look like a modern European city.
With the outbreak of the First World War, the situation in Transcaucasia completely changed. Captured territory of Georgia Ottoman Empire, and the occupation of Batumi ended only with the end of hostilities. In 1919 the city came under British control. The turbulent situation in Transcaucasia lasted until Soviet power was established in the region.
Today, Batumi has the status of the capital of Adjara - a multinational territory inhabited by Georgians, Armenians, Greeks, Russians, Ukrainians, Azerbaijanis and Jews. 154.6 thousand people live in the city, and the majority of local residents are Georgians (Adjarians).
Sights of Batumi
The central part of Old Batumi is occupied by Europe Square, which used to be called the Argonauts Square. She's built up beautiful buildings and looks especially picturesque in the evening. On Europe Square is one of the recognizable symbols of Batumi - the sculpture "Medea with the Golden Fleece", whose height reaches 130 m.
In the center of the city is the oldest temple of Batumi - the Church of St. Nicholas (Parnavaz Mepe St., 20). It was built on the initiative of the Greek community in the 60-70s of the XIX century. In the 1920s, the temple was closed, and church services in it were resumed only in 1946.
The beautiful Batumi Boulevard is considered the tourist center of the capital of Adjara. This is a well-maintained embankment, which stretches for several kilometers along the coast. There are small shops and cafes next to the seaside promenade, and there are separate paths for cyclists. There are children's rides, a high Ferris wheel and fountains. Especially a lot of people appear on the embankment in the early morning and after sunset, when there is no strong heat on the coast.
Many original sculptural compositions have been installed on Batumi Boulevard. One of the most memorable is the kinetic sculpture "Love", which was made by the famous Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze. The figures of Ali and Nino are 8 m high. They have become a symbol of eternal love and understanding.
A narrow strip of the beach separates the picturesque Argadan Lake from the sea. At night, in the middle of it, beautiful light and music fountains are turned on. To admire the bright spectacle, many tourists come to the Argadan Lake every evening. Iridescent water jets dynamically "dance" to the music. The fountains look great from all sides, but connoisseurs advise watching the performance from the sea. Then behind the water jets appear bluish contours Caucasus mountains. The show starts after 21.00 and continues until midnight.
In the "Park of Wonders" there is one of the new architectural sights of Batumi - the Alphabet Tower. The metal structure looks like a model of a DNA molecule and was designed by the Spanish architect Alberto Domingo Cabo. The openwork building, which depicts the letters of the Georgian alphabet, can be seen from afar, since the height of the tower is 130 m. Inside there is a television studio, an observatory and a restaurant, and from the top of the tower there is an excellent view of the city streets, coast and mountains.
In the evening, many residents of Batumi and tourists like to come to the picturesque Piazza. It is built in the Italian style and is somewhat similar to St. Mark's Square in Venice. The hotel is located in a tall clock tower. Restaurants and cafes are open on the square. Here you can relax, have a good time with friends, admire the artistic painting, unique stained-glass windows and mosaics, as well as listen to the performance of musicians.
Beaches
Batumi beaches are pebbly. The most popular and most equipped - Batumi Beach - has a length of 6 km and a width of 30 m. It is loved for its clear sea and good beach service. Parents with children choose this Batumi Beach because there is a very gentle entrance to the sea, and the water near the coast is always warm. There are many cafes near the main beach of Batumi. Tourists can use changing cabins, showers, toilets, as well as rent sun loungers and sun umbrellas. During the tourist season, Batumi Beach has a great choice water activities: riding on bananas and cheesecakes, parasailing behind a boat, renting catamarans and jet skis.
In the southern suburbs of Batumi, on the border with Turkey, there is Sarapi beach, which is considered the cleanest in Georgia. Its infrastructure is in no way inferior to Batumi Beach, but there are not so many people here as in the city.
In the vicinity of Batumi there are two more popular resort places- Ureki and Kvariati. People go to Ureki for the dark healing sand, and Kvariati attracts vacationers with the only diving center in Georgia.
A cult place among beach lovers is the beach near the Batumi Botanical Garden - Cape Green. It stretches for 0.5 km and is covered with medium rounded pebbles. The beach strip starts from the entrance to the Botanical Garden, and its northern end rests on a steep rock, behind which there is a small wild beach. In the summer, there are many vacationers on the Green Cape.
Dolphinarium
Dolphins are frequent guests in coastal waters, so many tourists manage to see marine animals right off the coast of Batumi. However, it is always difficult to see dolphins from afar, so vacationers like to visit the Batumi Dolphinarium. The entertainment facility is located on the territory of the May 6 park, on Rustaveli Street, 51. It was opened in 1975 and became the first dolphinarium in the USSR.
Performances with dolphins take place every day except Monday and last 30 minutes. In summer they start at 14.00, 17.00 and 21.00, and in winter - at 17.00. The amphitheater of the dolphinarium is divided into 4 sectors and can accommodate more than 700 spectators. An elegant glass dome protects the auditorium from the sun and bad weather. It is convenient that the performances are commented on in three languages - Georgian, English and Russian.
Next to the building of the dolphinarium, in the park is big lake. Near it there is a zoo, an aquarium and children's attractions. At the entrance to the park you can see a huge tree, which was planted by the Russian Emperor Alexander III during his visit to Batumi.
Museums in Batumi
Batumi museums are one of the local attractions. There are more than ten of them in the city. To learn more about the history, culture and traditions of Adjara, you should look into the Adjara Museum of Local Lore, which is located on I. Dzhincharadze Street, 4. Old manuscripts and books, archaeological artifacts, as well as exhibits telling about the nature of Georgia and the peoples inhabiting it are stored here. .
The bulk of the finds found on the territory of Adjara is located in the Batumi Archaeological Museum. These are spears, tools, ancient jewelry and a rich collection of ceramics. The museum is located on I. Chavchavadze street, 77.
You can get acquainted with the work of Georgian artists in State Museum Art Museum of Adjara, on Gorgiladze Street, 8. In its halls, paintings and graphics created by artists living in Georgia are exhibited.
Batumi is a multi-confessional city, so it is not surprising that the Museum of Religion was created here. More than 400 exhibits are presented in its halls, telling about the history of religious confessions in the capital of Adjara.
There is a place in Batumi where the features of the life and traditions of the Adjarians are presented. This ethnographical museum"Borjgalo". Here you can see more than 50 mannequins in national clothes, models of traditional dwellings and household utensils.
What is worth seeing in the vicinity of Batumi
Not far from the capital of Adjara there are several nature reserves and national parks. 55 km from Batumi is located mountain gorge Kintrishi. Created here national park spread out on the northwestern and western slopes of the Meskheti Range.
Trout, shemaya and carp are found in the Kintrishi River. Roe deer and chamois can be seen on the mountain spurs, and brown bears, wild boars, squirrels, badgers, martens and hares have found shelter in dense forests. In addition to natural attractions, decoration national park are ancient monasteries carved into the rocks, ruins of medieval bridges and churches standing on hills.
12 km south of the seaside town, at the mouth of the Chorokh River, are the ruins of the Gonio-Apsaros fortress. It was built during the Roman Empire and was used for several centuries. According to legend, the tomb of the Apostle Matthew is located on the territory of the fortress. Today you can see the ruins of stone walls, the ruins of the hippodrome, barracks, baths and the Roman theater. The fortress also houses a small museum.
Botanical Garden
The Batumi Botanical Garden extends over an area of 113 hectares. This is one of the largest gardens on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. It is located 8 km from the city, near the Zeleny Mys railway station. Today, the Batumi Botanical Garden has more than 5,000 plant species, including about 2,000 trees and shrubs.
The botanical collection was founded by the geographer and botanist Andrei Nikolaevich Krasnov in 1880 on a marshy seaside hill. Thanks to Krasnov, the wasteland by the sea was planted with beech, eucalyptus, chestnut, hornbeam, laurel cherry and Pontic rhododendron. Official opening botanical garden took place in 1912.
The specialists working in the Botanical Garden did a great job of acclimatizing subtropical crops, which are of value from an economic point of view. Since the beginning of the last century, various varieties of tea, citrus fruits, bananas, persimmons, bamboo and camphor trees have been successfully grown near Batumi. The botanical garden is divided into several floristic zones, where you can see rich collections of plants brought from Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, East Asia, from the Himalayan mountains and from the Mediterranean.
Minibus number 31 and bus number 15 go from Batumi to the Botanical Garden. Entrance to the territory is paid. The garden can be explored on foot and by electric car. In addition, there are guided tours for tourists.
Batumi Cuisine
Every resident of Georgia is proud national cuisine and has every right to do so, because delicious Georgian dishes are known far beyond the borders of this country. The cuisine of Adjara is in many ways similar to Georgian, but has its own features. Batumi stands on the seashore, so its restaurants serve a lot of fish dishes, which are not so popular in other regions of Georgia. The city is focused on receiving tourists, so bread here is often baked not from corn, but from wheat flour.
Arriving in Batumi, it is worth trying local khachapuri, which are known as the best in Georgia. Local chefs bake fragrant cakes with cheese, fish and meat. They give them the shape of a boat, and the “sun” egg becomes an indispensable attribute of Adjarian khachapuri.
All tourists like a hearty dish - ojakhuri, the name of which is translated as "family" or "home". This is a roast meat and potatoes with the addition of spicy Georgian herbs. Batumi khinkali, scrambled eggs chirbuli, mchadi corn cakes, Georgian-style chicken - chkmeruli, pkhali cold appetizer and mtsvadi barbecue are no less popular.
Fans of fish dishes should look at a small market located at the entrance to Batumi. Here they sell freshly caught mullet, red mullet, flounder and mussels. At the fish market, you can always choose what you like, and skilled chefs will immediately fry seafood in the best traditions of Adjarian cuisine.
“Coffee on the sand” or “Coffee in Batumi” gives a special flavor to the capital of Adjara. Local coffee houses are able to withstand the required temperature of the sand, which is why the drink acquires a special taste and delicate aroma. And they serve such coffee with baklava or puff achma.
It is impossible to imagine a Georgian feast or, as it is called here, “supra” without good wine. In Batumi, you should definitely try the rare wine "Usakhelauri", pink "Chkhaveri" and white "Tsolikauri".
Transport
Public transport in Batumi is represented by buses and minibuses. Buses stop at equipped stops, and in order to slow down the minibus, you just need to wave your hand to the driver. To climb from the Batumi embankment to Mount Peria, to a height of 260 m above sea level, tourists use the Argo cable car.
Taxis in Batumi are divided into two types. A minority of the cars are owned by the official taxi service. Most of the drivers involved in driving do it unofficially. Meters in cars are rare, so you need to agree on the fare in advance, even before the start of the trip.
For fans of cycling, the BatumVelo rental network has been created in the city. Green two-wheeled cars are rented for an hour, a day and 10 days.
Tourists who travel along the Black Sea coast by private car or rent a car should take into account that the traffic in Batumi is quite dense. There are often traffic jams in the city. There are many parking lots on the streets, and all of them are paid.
Souvenirs
It is no secret that most tourists, when leaving Batumi, try to take home delicious souvenirs - braided Adjarian cheese, inexpensive Georgian tea, churchkhela, tkemali sauce, spices, local wines and chacha. Silver jewelry, known far beyond the borders of Georgia, is in good demand - rings, pendants, earrings and bracelets. Smokers consider Georgian tobacco quite rare in Russia as a pleasant souvenir. It is produced in several varieties - from light to very strong.
From traditional Georgian souvenirs in Batumi, tourists willingly buy mountain hats, horns for wine and daggers. True, only copies of daggers are sold in stores, and you need to look for real ones in the markets. It should be borne in mind that Georgian daggers are expensive, and permits are required for their export.
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How to get there
Batumi can be reached by plane, train, sea and road transport. Batumi International Airport is located just 2 km southwest of the city. It receives flights from Moscow twice a week. To fly to the capital of Adjara from other cities of Russia, you need to make a transfer. You can fly to Tbilisi, and from there go to Batumi by domestic airlines, by rail or by bus. There are taxis and regular bus number 10 from Batumi Airport to the city center. The trip lasts only 15-20 minutes.
It is convenient to come to the Black Sea coast by rail from Tbilisi. Trains from the Georgian capital to Batumi run twice a day and the journey takes about 8 hours. New railroad station Batumi - Passenger is located right in the center of the city, near the highway of Queen Tamara.
From March to November, once a week, the Kometa motor ship runs from Sochi to Batumi. Depending on weather conditions, the journey by sea takes from 6 to 10 hours. It should be borne in mind that during the peak tourist season, Comets are allowed twice a week.
It is possible to get to Batumi by private vehicle. To do this, you need to drive through Vladikavkaz and cross the Russian-Georgian border near the Upper Lars checkpoint. According to motorists, passing through border control usually does not take much time. However, there are days when the queue of cars stretches for 4-8 hours.
Of some Russian cities go to Batumi intercity buses. Almost all of them follow through Tbilisi, but there are also those that go directly to the capital of Adjara. By bus you can come to Batumi from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Orenburg and Volgograd.
