The best place. Sea, mountains and peace. Even the columns of trucks at customs do not interfere, they stand quietly along the road, calm, like local dogs. The purest sea. We were in early October - the summer continued, it was so warm
I didn't know that the black sea could be so clean! A great beach, there are changing cabins (50 tetris). Most importantly, there are not as many people here as on other beaches (I swam near the border).
The only drawback is a pile of stones at the exit from the sea, it hurts my legs very much)
The queues are not long. We quickly went through customs, spent about an hour on everything about everything. There is a beach with very clean water right next to the checkpoint! It can be problematic to leave for Batumi by minibus due to the large number of people
It is a very beautiful place, but the roads in the area of the crossing require repair, in your case, the customs officers were polite and worked quickly
The cleanest sea on the Georgian coast. Peace, the fragrance of flowers and pure pleasure. I recommend it for relaxation. For moving to the center of Batumi.
Parking near the customs (on the embankment, if I may say so) is paid, and there is a pretzel in a vest and demands money from you, even if you only went to the store for 5 minutes. Enumeration...
No way will they arrange a decent passage. Driving across the Georgian border, get ready for "how lucky". You can walk in an hour and a half, you can walk in half a day and this is not the limit
Everything is fast and organized for cars. Passengers sometimes walk along the pedestrian corridor for a long time. And on the Turkish side there is no parking at the exit from the checkpoint, so you have to wait in the distance.
The transition is bad, everyone is angry and businesslike.If you are from Russia, then you need to carry an internal passport with you. They may not be allowed out of Turkey without him.
The wonderful Aqua area is filled with sun beds and umbrellas, Germans predominate on retirement holidays and not only, Turkish sellers strive to cheat, sell without price tags, set their own price and prices are astronomical, there are a lot of people, prices are high evenings, noises and crowded
Turkish customs for five, Georgian -1. Georgians love only those who rest with them. If you decide to walk around Turkey and buy something, you will be ready for inspection before the goal
The Georgia-Russia checkpoint. There are also two queues here: trucks and cars. They are gradually allowed to enter the territory. The corridors are checked for cars and drivers, passengers are checked in a separate building. They are checked in parallel streams. After the neutral zone and the border of the Russian Federation. There are no ATMs. You can connect to Georgian mobile operators (for those who enter Georgia).
The crossing itself is excellent, the customs staff is gorgeous, there were dogs crossing the border on a motorcycle, one dog bit the raincoat, so I give this assessment.
One of the best beaches near Batumi, the border with Turkey. For the second year in a row, we drive to Batumi and to the beach only there. Very clean water, few people, you can always park the car there is always a place.
The Turkish side is tactful, culturally, everything is fine. The Georgian side is rude, not tactful, rude. Although there were no actions on our part for such an attitude.
A very strange system of crossing the border. They let people in groups of ~ 20 people and close the doors in front of their noses to wait. It doesn't even save that you are together) my companion had to wait for me for 15 minutes until they missed me.
A nice little border crossing from Georgia to Turkey. Georgia passes quickly, the Turks take a long time, it takes at least an hour and a half to pass the Turkish border. Minus the border crossing, passengers pass it separately from the driver.
After the repair, it became much better, there is duty free on the Georgian side and the Turkish side. The Georgian side checks the documents longer, and the Turks stamp and that's it.
You pass the border quickly, but there are long transition tunnels with broken escalators. I do not recommend going into the bathrooms, it is very dirty, there is no paper and towel. It feels like a homeless shelter, where no one ever wants to clean up, but these places are judged by the country
A normal border crossing. Slow staff, it is unrealistic to get free taxis, you will be convinced that it is long and difficult until you give up this idea yourself. It's on the Turkish side, I don't know how it is on the Georgian side. Turks do not speak Russian from the word at all. English every other time.
Not the most pleasant customs)) you go through long corridors, you don't know where. I personally did not find any pointers. I didn't find any toilets either, only there was a dirty toilet at the exit to Georgia, where the doors wouldn't close. Therefore, if you are with children, keep in mind that you can hang in queues for a long time at this crossing. I liked the customs on the Val a lot more.
It is better not to cross the border on weekends - there are a lot of so-called shuttles. To enter Turkey, the owner of the car must be driving, or a power of attorney with a notarized translation
The crossing point from Turkey to Georgia is on the Georgian side. There is only one line for passenger cars, the queue is decent, most cars are sent to check all luggage. Passport control is fast.
We quickly walked back there a little longer. And so there is a reconstruction going on from the Turkish side and from the fraternal Georgian side . Salam Alaikum is the brother of the Georgians from the Ingush .
A normal checkpoint. There are a lot of local shuttles, because of this there are quite long queues. But the customs officers are competent, they don't dig in.
Everything was organized there and back, a large flow, document verification and check-out/check-out.
There is a slight congestion in the building with passengers.