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2014 Saga Pearl II
What a stunning place, the highlight of the cruise! We were supposed to visit Georgia on our 2008 Black Sea Melodies trip but because Russia had invaded this was cancelled. Worth waiting for.
We didn't book an organised tour but the town was excellent just walking around AND there is a cable car, very reasonable price (€5 for the two of us), and, of course well worth the trip. Just a step off the ship and there are palm trees, lawns, flower beds and most attractive buildings. We were bowled over, no graffitti, no litter and a nice blend of old and modern. We kept coming across other people from the ship (all smiling) and the greeting was always "What a lovely place". However, they are obviously having problems attracting the tourists as there was an unfinished Holiday Inn bearing a sign "Opening May 2013". what happened there?

Leaving Batumi - and I wished we weren't!

 

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