Batumi is a quiet little city on the Georgian black sea coast and is the largest port of Georgia. Batumi is a natural harbour and is also luckily a deep one. Tankers of about 80,000 tonnes visit that port without any draft restrictions. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan all export oil through Batumi as the port. It is a very scenic port with the back drop of the Caucasian mountains and some very pretty quays. The passenger terminal quay is fairly attractive and the restaurants lining the opposite side of the harbour make ... (more)