Kobuleti and Around

Kobuleti is known for its long pebble beach, but the district reaches far into the mountains. On the coast at Tsikhisdziri, the walls of the Byzantine fortress of Petra stand on a hill above the sea, and next to it lies Chakvi, where the railway runs along cliffs above the beach. Higher up begin the green hills of Achkvistavi and Alambari with citrus orchards, the Chakhati and Achi gorges with Colchic forest and waterfalls, and old wooden houses on stone pillars in Khino and Didvake. The gallery also includes abandoned villas, the ruins of a mansion in Ochkhamuri and a Soviet house of culture.

Sun setting over wooded Adjarian hills with the distant Batumi skyline on the coast

Soviet slogans in relief on the wall of an abandoned house of culture in Dagva

Mountain river winding between wooded slopes near Achi village in Adjara

Huge mossy boulders beside a fast mountain stream near Achi in Adjara

Houses scattered across the green forested hills of Achkvistavi in Adjara

Wide panorama from Achkvistavi hills toward the coastal plain of Adjara

Traditional Adjarian wooden house raised on stone pillars beside an old granary in Legva

Autumn colours across wooded hills and scattered houses above Alambari in Adjara

Blossoming citrus orchard above Alambari village on the green hills of Adjara

Small forest waterfall spilling into a clear pool near Alambari village in Adjara

Mountain stream tumbling over mossy boulders through dense Colchic forest near Chaisubani

Snow dusted terraced slopes above Chaisubani with mandarin trees in the foreground

Dense Colchic forest and a rushing mountain stream in the Chakhati gorge

Village houses scattered across the Chakhati valley among golden autumn ferns

Green cliffs and coastal railway above the Black Sea near Chakvi in Adjara

Snow covered valley and forested ridges around Chakvistavi village in Adjara

Wooden suspension footbridge crossing a snowy mountain river near Chakvistavi in Adjara

Traditional Adjaran wooden house with a glazed veranda in Didvake village

Old Adjarian wooden houses on rough stone bases in Didvake hamlet near Khino

Weathered wooden barn behind a split stake fence in the hills of Adjara

Wooden house with a red tin roof among ferns in a green valley near Khino

Old wooden Adjaran houses on a green slope with clouds rolling below

Snow covered mountain village with a red school building under a blue winter sky

Forested Adjarian mountains above Khino wrapped in low summer clouds