History of the City and general information
Batumi (Georgian-Laz: ათუმი / Batumi) is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Georgia, the administrative center of the Adjara Autonomous Republic. The population is 121,806 (2002). In the summer months of Batumi, which is a tourism center, this population reaches 400,000.
BATOMI BOTANICAL PARK
Located nine kilometers north of Batumi, the park is the largest botanical garden in the world. Opened in 1912, the park contains more than two thousand plant species compiled from the geography extending from the Caucasus to Mexico and Far Asia. It is especially enjoyable to see the cliffs that merge with the sea and to visit the park with tiny golf carts.
Gonio Castle Batumi – Georgia
The most interesting story of the castle is that it was used as a marketplace in osmalida, which did not have a castle culture, during the Ottoman protection.
