The port city of Poti

A small port town, which in fact is one of the largest ports of the Black Sea. And if the port of Batumi is used for oil transportation, containers from all over the world come to Poti. 

The whole city is somehow engaged in servicing the port, so there is no one on the streets at all on working days.

And if the main street David Agmashenebeli pleases with its houses in various colors, then driving a little to the side you will no longer see any roads or beautiful houses.

From what you can see here, I can mention the Poti Cathedral, which is a copy of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul.

The majestic 38-meter lighthouse of 1862, which was built by the British. There is a museum inside. You can go upstairs and look from the observation deck at the city, the Colchis National Park. And if you look closely, you can see the skyscrapers of Batumi.

The area around the lighthouse is guarded, at the entrance you need to say that you want to visit it. The guard will take you inside, while he will make sure that you do not go for a walk around the territory.

An interesting inscription above the entrance, which indicates the authorship of the engineers, is duplicated in Russian with pre-revolutionary spelling.

The museum exhibits are related to the work of the lighthouse keeper. 

And a restaurant ship on the Rioni River.

Just south of Poti is the Colchis National Park and the beach of the same name. But its condition made a depressing impression, especially considering the presence of a magnificent sandy coastline and a smooth entrance to the sea.

That's probably all you can see here. Yes, there is more The Poti Tower, monuments in honor of the friendship of Poti and Lugansk, Taras Shevchenko and others, but limited time (in the evening, according to the plan, it was necessary to return to Vladikavkaz, and the serpentines had time to pass before sunset) left them unvisited. Well, that's fine.

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