The provincial resort of Georgia is Ureki. Wellness holidays available to everyone! Informative article for tourists and visitors.

The Black Sea coast is famous for its resort towns and villages. One of these resorts will be discussed in this article.

The resort of Ureki is famous in Georgia and around the world for its extraordinary beach, the coastline of which is strewn with magnetic sand. The resort has earned fame not only due to the unusual black and gray color of the sand, but also its medicinal properties.

Calm and free from the hustle and bustle of the city, the beach attracts tourists. But along with the advantages, the beach in Ureki has its disadvantages. For example, a coniferous forest grows along the coastline, which is why a lot of natural garbage is formed. This very unpleasant phenomenon creates a kind of clutteriness of the beach. Plus, the village stands on a place that was once swampy. Now there are swamps only in the village district, but in the summer during the beach season there are a lot of mosquitoes at the resort. Also, in addition to the healing properties of magnetic sand, it also has contraindications for people with certain diseases, as mentioned above. In addition to everything else, the magnetic field of sand disables small machinery. For the same reason, there is no wildlife in the sea water near the beach.

It is worth noting that in Georgia, as in other countries, this beach with magnetic sand and its healing properties is not the only one. Treatment with such sands is referred to as magnetotherapy.

Indications for magnetic therapy:

• Cardiovascular diseases, ischemia, hypertension;
• Nervous diseases in the form of depression, neuroses and neuralgia;
• Diseases of the bone system in the form of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatism and polyarthritis in chronic form;
• diseases of the urinary system;
• congenital or acquired childhood diseases: cerebral palsy, injuries received during childbirth, rickets, polio.

For people with tuberculosis, asthma and oncology, visiting Magnetiti Beach is allowed only after consulting with a doctor. The magnetic properties of sand adversely affect these diseases.

A five-kilometer magnetic sandy zone was formed by several rivers. Small black fractions with a weak magnetic field were brought from the nearest mountains by water from two rivers. Sand has been collected on this Black Sea coast for hundreds of years and has been protected from erosion by river waters. Thus, a magnetite beach was formed, which is referred to as Magnetiti.

It is worth noting that Ureki is also famous for its clean and healing air. Along the Black Sea coast in the village of Ureki there are eucalyptus and pine groves. Ionized and saturated air creates natural aromatherapy. For the human respiratory tract, this phenomenon has a very beneficial effect. If you add therapeutic magnetic sand and clean sea water here, then you can improve your health as much as possible. That is why tourists often choose Ureki for recreation and treatment.

The resort of Ureki is considered inexpensive and has recently been gaining its tourist momentum. If earlier it was quiet and calm, now, at the height of the season, a lot of tourists gather on the beach. This is due to the development of tourist infrastructure. But for lovers of solitude, there is the quietest place near Ureki — Kobuleti beach.

Since the beginning of 2000, Ureki has been intensively developing as a tourist destination. To date, there are a sufficient number of hotels, inns and boarding houses in the coastal zone, as well as housing can be found in the private sector. Prices for accommodation here are very low compared to prices in Batumi.

Ureki is good because due to its small area, many hotels are located near the shore. Every tourist dreams of waking up in the morning and seeing the sea through the window of his room.

Ureki provides such an opportunity to almost every tourist. Although in other resort towns such rooms have a high cost and are very different in price from hotels more remote from the beach. Right there, housing, regardless of the view from the window, is very cheap.

The most recommended and popular hotels and guest houses:

From Tbilisi to Ureki

The capital of Georgia is located far enough from Ureki. The journey will take about five hours. You can get to the resort by bus, which goes from Tbilisi to Ureki itself. An alternative option is an express train. But it is passing and at the Ureki station costs only five minutes, so in order not to miss your stop, you need to be careful.

From Batumi to Ureki

Batumi, unlike Tbilisi, is much closer to Ureki, only fifty kilometers away. Here you can choose from several types of transport.

From the bus station of Batumi, buses go in many directions, including to Ureki. There are both direct flights and transfers. It will take about one hour to get there, but there is also a cheaper bus that takes an hour and a half. You can also order a taxi. It's more expensive, but faster. The most popular way to get to Ureki is by train. The high-speed train runs several times a day, which is very convenient.