Around the city
Squares, parks and theatres, the cable car and the dolphinarium, where to take children and what to do in the rain.
checked in August 2026🏛 Squares
Piazza Square
An Italian quarter inside the city: mosaics, stained glass, a clock tower. Lit up with live music in the evening, quiet by day — at nine in the morning it is entirely yours.
Europe Square
The city's grand square, with the Medea statue holding the Golden Fleece and European-style buildings around it. A good place to start a walk through the centre.
🌳 Parks
6 May Park
Laid out at the end of the 19th century together with the boulevard. A swan pond, a “Geneva” fountain, funfair rides, a Ferris wheel, the dolphinarium and a zoo, all in one place. By the entrance grows a magnolia planted by Alexander III in 1888.
- With children:
- the best spot in the city
Lech and Maria Kaczyński Park
A modern park on the New Boulevard: avenues, flower beds, playgrounds and installations — stone eggs, lettering against the sea, a stone wishing labyrinth. The Metro City mall is next door.
- The beach here:
- narrow, and starts with large stones
⛲ Fountains
The Neptune fountain
A fountain on Theatre Square in front of the drama theatre, installed in 2010. It is lit up in the evening.
The dancing fountains
An evening show of water, light and music on Lake Ardagani. It runs in the warm season after dark.
🎭 Theatres
The drama theatre
The Batumi drama theatre stands on Theatre Square in the middle of the city. Europe Square and the boulevard are five to ten minutes away on foot.
The Summer Theatre
A wooden building on the boulevard, built in 1947: carved ornament, a 1,200-seat hall and a ceiling painted as a starry sky. Concerts run here in summer.
- Where:
- The seaside boulevard
🗿 Landmarks
The “Ali and Nino” sculpture
Two eight-metre figures slowly come together, pass through each other and part again. The full cycle takes about ten minutes and is worth watching to the end.
The Alphabetic Tower
A 130-metre tower with the Georgian alphabet spiralling up its facade. At the top is a viewing deck looking out over the city, the port, the mountains and the sea.
- Viewing deck:
- paid entry, ask for the current price on site
🎢 Rides and attractions
The Argo cable car
Georgia's longest cable car, rising to a hill 250 metres up. From the top the whole city, the port and the sea fit into one frame. Best an hour before sunset.
- Ticket:
- about 33 ₾ adult, 7 ₾ child
- Ride up:
- about 15 minutes
- When to go:
- an hour before sunset
🎡 Tsitsinatela
The largest amusement park in Georgia, in Kobuleti about half an hour from Batumi. Lit up in the evening, open in season.
- Journey:
- about 30 minutes, Kobuleti
- Hours:
- daily 18:00–00:00
🌧 What to do when it rains
- 1Grand Mall — the biggest and newest mall in the city.
- 2The dolphinarium — the show runs whatever the weather.
- 3The Old Town cafés: the densest concentration of coffee in the city.
- 4The spa complexes — enough to fill half a day.