Bagrationi
A long district stretching from northeast to southwest, between the Argo cable car station and the Dinamo Stadium.
Batumi’s Bagrationi district lies between two of the city’s most important arteries — Chavchavadze Street and Bagrationi Street — extending from the old bus station and the lower station of the Argo cable car all the way to Dinamo Stadium. The district begins near the sea beside the elegant mansions of Gogebashvili Street and, without touching the Old Town, stretches deeper into the city. From here, you can clearly see the port cranes, the monument to the hydrofoil ship, and the towering Welmond
The lower station of the cable car — probably the most scenic cableway in all of Georgia. The ride lasts around 15 minutes and covers more than 2.5 kilometers in the air. At the top sits a cultural and entertainment complex with cafés, wine shops, and souvenir stores. The cable car has been operating since summer 2013 and was designed and built by the Austrian-Swiss company Doppelmayr.
Chavchavadze Street is not only one of Batumi’s main urban roads but also an important transit route. Before the completion of Batumi’s bypass road, it formed part of the main highway leading to the Sarpi border crossing between Georgia and Turkey, which is why traffic remains heavy here at almost any time of day. Tbilisi Square near the cathedral:
Modern residential towers built during the years of rapid urban growth. There are many such buildings throughout the district:
At the same time, large-scale redevelopment has barely affected the older parts of Bagrationi. As a result, the district feels highly diverse and visually contrasting: towering modern buildings rise above the low houses of past eras.
Fragments of Soviet-era panel housing can still be found here:
And even classic Khrushchyovka apartment blocks from the early days of mass industrial housing construction:
The district perfectly reflects Batumi’s broader urban development strategy — the gradual replacement of outdated housing and the push toward maximum possible density. Bagrationi already has enough skyscrapers that you often find yourself looking upward:
It may appear chaotic, but this is the path Batumi has chosen:
The massive residential complex “Chavchavadze 2”:
And construction of new high-rise buildings continues nonstop. The district is still far from reaching its final form.
