Route: Batumi City tour and Gonio Fortress
Rate includes: high qualified guide service, transport service during the tour, entrance tickets Gonio fortress
Duration: 6-7 hours
Batumi is located in a convenient natural Black Sea bay and is not only an important seaport for entire Georgia but also a tourism capital of the country. The romantic picture of ships departure from the harbour is better seen from Batumi Quay. Also we will see The “Ali and Nino” moving sculpture, which is definitely one of the most amazing and memorable sights in this Georgian Black Sea resort. Batumi is the city with so nice walking area, long boulevard, new glass and fashionable and old 19th century buildings and elegant squares which will make you feel in Europe, green parks – nice relaxation areas with lakes, fountains and lots of more!
Gonio’s fortress, an impressive piece of Roman-Byzantine military architecture, covers 47,000 sq metres within a rectangle of high stone walls with 18 towers. Built by the Romans in the 1st century AD, it was occupied by the Byzantines in the 6th century and by the Ottomans in the 16th century. An interesting little museum sits in the middle of the site with a cross outside marking what’s believed to be the grave of the Apostle Matthias.