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Gonio, Batumi — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Gonio (გონიო) is a Black Sea resort settlement on the left bank of the Chorokhi, in the Gonio-Kvariati district of Batumi.
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Where to stay in Gonio
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Rooms here answer to the Black Sea, and the resort strip that carries them runs south from the Chorokhi through Gonio and on into neighbouring Kvariati. Batumi lies north across the Chorokhi. Little of Batumi's hotel stock reaches this far south. Choose Gonio if you want the water at the door and the Gonio-Kvariati end of the city rather than its centre.
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Gonio beachfront
The Black Sea frontage at Gonio puts the sand and the resort strip a few steps from the door.Find hotels in Gonio beachfronttravellers pairing Gonio nights with days in BatumiChorokhi end
Beds at the Chorokhi end of Gonio keep the run into Batumi short while staying clear of the city itself.Find hotels in Chorokhi endstays that want both halves of Gonio-Kvariati on footKvariati side
The southern edge of Gonio runs on into Kvariati, where the coast narrows and the two settlements share one strip.Find hotels in Kvariati sideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Gonio
What are the main landmarks in Gonio?
A radar station stands inland of the shore. Most of what marks Gonio is water rather than building work: the Black Sea along its seaward flank, and the Chorokhi closing the settlement off to the north before the river empties into the same sea. Kvariati carries the coast on southward.
The shore itself is the reason the settlement is counted among the Black Sea resorts in Georgia, and it is the shore, not any built monument, that gives Gonio its shape.
What is the history of Gonio?
Batumi's edge runs a long way south. Gonio sat on the left bank of the Chorokhi as a settlement of its own long before the city's district lines were drawn around it and Kvariati together. The joined name Gonio-Kvariati is what stuck.
In Georgian it is გონიო. The sea, not the Chorokhi, gave the settlement its later purpose, and Gonio is counted among the Black Sea resorts in Georgia.
Where is Gonio?
Gonio holds the left bank of the Chorokhi at the river's Black Sea mouth, the southern limit of Batumi's coastal reach.
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What is the best area to stay in Gonio?
Gonio beachfront: swimmers who want the Gonio shore in front of them. Chorokhi end: travellers pairing Gonio nights with days in Batumi. Kvariati side: stays that want both halves of Gonio-Kvariati on foot.
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Updated September 2026