Things to Do in Batumi

Batumi is Georgia's only seaside city and sits just 15km from the Turkish border on the Black Sea coast.

The city was a major port under Ottoman rule for centuries and still retains architectural influences from that era alongside Soviet-era buildings and modern developments.

Batumi's botanical garden, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest in the Caucasus and features over 2,000 plant species from around the world.

The city experiences a humid subtropical climate, making it Georgia's wettest region with lush vegetation rare elsewhere in the country.

Batumi's Ali and Nino moving statues—two metal figures that walk toward each other and interlock daily—have become an iconic symbol of the city since 2013.

The local beach culture mixes traditional Georgian hospitality with a growing reputation as a beach resort destination popular with visitors from across the Caucasus and Middle East.