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Faded Black Sea port putting on a fresh faceTamer region bolsters Georgian resort
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Andrew E. Kramer
International Herald Tribune
05-30-2006
Welcome to Georgia's new beach town.Two years after this city was wrested from a separatist leader in one of the former Soviet Union's obscure little conflicts, Batumi is on a crash development program as a resort.The 19th-century port built by French architects is a place where the palm and grapevine covered foothills of the Caucasus Mountains cascade onto gray pebble beaches, where stately hotels like the London are getting a fresh coat of paint, and where the coffee is served in the Turkish style, mixed with grounds.But try getting ...
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