Sukhum

The Black Sea defines the setting of Sokhumi — its broad seafront, palm-lined avenues and humid subtropical climate give the city a markedly different rhythm from Georgia’s inland towns. Known in antiquity as the port of Dioscurias and later as Sebastopolis, Sokhumi has long held a strategic place on the eastern Black Sea coast. The Sukhumi Botanical Garden, founded in 1840, is among the Caucasus’s oldest botanical gardens and maintains a substantial collection of subtropical plants. Sokhumi is now the administrative centre of Abkhazia, a region internationally recognised as part of Georgia. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of the eastern Black Sea coast connects regionally.

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