Batumi, Georgia: Exploring the “Las Vegas of the Black Sea” With Futuristic Skylines, Botanical Gardens, and Coastal Caucasus Charm Batumi is a circus of concrete and sea, where the Black Sea licks a long promenade lined with neon‑heavy towers, oddly shaped monuments, and rows of casinos that hum late into the night. The city sits on the far south‑west corner of Georgia, almost at the border with Turkey, and it feels like the world’s most theatrical beach town rather than a quiet seaside resort. The skyline mixes Orthodox‑style domes, a bizarre “Statue of Liberty”‑style monument, sleek glass hotels, and a neon‑lit flower‑shaped complex that changes colour every few minutes. For…