Our second museum of the day was the Museum of the State of Adjara, a wide ranging affair which had this interesting map of how the city looked in 1899. The seafront area is only half developed here, with the old city and port being the most built up at the time.
The current railway station, of which more soon, is currently located around two miles outside of the city. In this map, the original railway station is visible, in a more convenient central location. It reminds me a little of the early maps of Las Vegas that were split up into these smaller plots.
I get the impression that in twenty years the city of Batumi will be hard to recognise because of all of the residential and commercial developments being built. The residents of Batumi live in interesting times (which may be good or bad)……