Things to do in Batumi

Monuments & public art

Memed Abashidze

მემედ აბაშიძე

Sculpture of Memed Abashidze, the Georgian writer and politician, at 25 Memed Abashidze Avenue in Batumi.

Landmarks

Fantasy

ფანტაზია

Café Fantasy, also called the Octopus, is a mosaic-clad coffeehouse on the Batumi seafront boulevard, opened in 1975 and restored in 2019.

Monuments & public art

Fadiko Gogitidze

ფადიკო გოგიტიძე

Monument to Fadiko Gogitidze, the first woman pilot from Adjara, on Petre Melikishvili Street in Batumi.

Monuments & public art

Kupata

კიპატა

A mural on Memed Abashidze Street portrays Kupata, the Batumi street dog who became famous in 2020 for helping children cross the road.

Museums & galleries

Batumi Ilia Chavchavadze Museum

ილია ჩავჩავაძის სახელობის მუზეუმი

Museum at 5 Griboedov Street in Batumi, open daily from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Monuments & public art

Zurab Gorgiladze

ზურაბ გორგილაძე

The monument to Zurab Gorgiladze is a sculpture in central Batumi, a short walk from the Love sculpture.

Museums & galleries

Ajara Art Museum

ხელოვნების მუზეუმი

Batumi's state art museum, showing 19th–20th-century Georgian and European painting in a 1949 building.

Monuments & public art

Aleksandr Shatilov

ალექსანდრე შატილოვი

A memorial plaque in Old Batumi marks the house where the Georgian ophthalmologist and public figure Aleksandr Shatilov lived from 1913 to 1918.

Monuments & public art

Aleksandre Tkhilaishvili

ალექსანდრე თხილაიშვილი

A black memorial plaque in Batumi marks the house where the Adjaran Soviet statesman Aleksandre Tkhilaishvili lived from 1956 to 2003.

Monuments & public art

Ali and Nino

ნინო და ალი

Kinetic steel sculpture by Tamara Kvesitadze: two lovers who slowly move together and pass through each other.

Landmarks

Astronomical Clock

ასტრონომიული საათი

Astronomical clock in Old Batumi showing the sun, moon phases, zodiac signs and planets.

Museums & galleries

Batumi Aquarium

აკვარიუმი

Historic public aquarium opened in 1966, showing Black Sea and exotic fish species.

Parks & gardens

Batumi Beach

Batumi's main pebble beach, running about 7 km along the Black Sea beside Batumi Boulevard.

Parks & gardens

Batumi Boulevard

ბათუმის ბულვარი

The seafront promenade that runs along the Black Sea for kilometres.

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

ბათუმის ღვთისმშობლის სახელობის ეკლესია

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 შადრევანი

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.