Things to do

Things to do in Batumi

Landmarks, museums, parks, monuments, nightlife and casinos.

Monuments & public art

Batumi Boulevard Colonnade

კოლონადები

Roman-style colonnade from the 1930s, built as the grand entrance to Batumi Boulevard.

Landmarks

Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God

ღვთისმშობლის შობის სახელობის საკათედრო ტაძარი

Gothic Revival church built 1898–1903 as a Catholic church, now Batumi's main Orthodox cathedral.

Family fun

Batumi Central Park (6 May Park)

ბათუმის ცენტრალური პარკი

Batumi's first public garden, by Lake Nurigeli, home to the zoo and dolphinarium.

Landmarks

Batumi Dancing Fountains

მოცეკვავე შადრევნები

Evening water, light and music shows at Ardagani Lake, Old Boulevard and Europe Square.

Landmarks

Batumi Ilia Chavchavadze State Drama Theatre

ბათუმის დრამატული თეატრი

Classical-style 1937 theatre in Batumi's old centre, home to Adjara's main drama company.

Landmarks

Batumi Lighthouse

ბათუმის შუქურა

Working 19th-century lighthouse in Miracle Park, rebuilt by French engineers in 1882.

Landmarks

Batumi Mosque (Orta Jame)

ბათუმის მეჩეთი

Batumi's only active mosque, a 19th-century Ottoman-style building with a golden dome.

Parks & gardens

Batumi New Boulevard

Modern 2009 extension of Batumi's seaside boulevard, with Ardagani Lake and its dancing fountain.

Landmarks

Batumi Piazza

ბათუმის პიაცა

Italian-style square in Old Batumi with cafés, a clock tower and a large marble mosaic.

Landmarks

Batumi Summer Theater

ბათუმის საზაფხულო თეატრი

Open-air theatre on Batumi Boulevard, built in 1947 and rebuilt in 2013.

Landmarks

Batumi Tower

200 m seafront skyscraper, home to Le Méridien Batumi. Its facade Ferris wheel was never put into service: it cannot be ridden.

Landmarks

Demetrius II of Georgia

დემეტრე II თავდადებული

A street-name plaque in Batumi commemorates King Demetrius II of Georgia, known as Demetre Tavdadebuli, the Self-Sacrificer, after whom the street is named.

Monuments & public art

Egnate Ninoshvili

ეგნატე ნინოშვილი

A memorial plaque at 36 Zviad Gamsakhurdia Street in Old Batumi marks the house where the Georgian writer Egnate Ninoshvili stayed in March 1894.

Landmarks

Gonio Fortress

გონიოს ციხე

A Roman-era fortress 12 km south of Batumi, with 18 towers and a museum.

Monuments & public art

Ilia II

ილია II

A plaque at Saint Nicholas Church in Batumi marks where Georgian Patriarch Ilia II began his ministry and served until 1963.

Monuments & public art

Illegal typography of the RSDLP

რსდმპ-ის არალეგალური სტამბები

A plaque in Batumi marks the house where the Batumi committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ran an illegal printing press in 1903–1904.