BAGHI · Wellness Resort
Erge · Adjara · Georgia
Pre-reservation open · Programs May 2027
BAGHI
A small wellness retreat on the highest slope of Erge.
Six lodges · Twelve guests · Four programs · 15 min from Batumi airport
A small wellness retreat on the highest slope of Erge.
Six lodges · Twelve guests · Four programs · 15 min from Batumi airport
BAGHI is a Georgian word — baghi, the word for garden. The same word in Persian, Hindi, Urdu. The slope holds three hectares of walnut, chestnut and laurel above the village of Erge, in Adjara — fifteen minutes by car from Batumi airport, an hour from the Turkish border, looking south to the Black Sea.
Six lodges. Twelve guests. Four restorative programs. One signature gesture — a sunken herbal bath on every terrace, lit by walnut-wood fire. Quiet, here, is the operating system.
A small valley that holds the sun until late. Forest on three sides, bamboo grove behind, the Chorokhi river below, the Black Sea visible from the upper terrace at dusk.
The slope sounds different at dawn than at dusk. By the second day, you start to notice the difference. By the third, you forget your phone at breakfast.
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Four Tent Lodges and two Barn Lodges, set apart on the slope so no two see each other. A king bed, a writing desk, a small library shelf, a wood stove, a sunken herbal bath on the terrace — open to the forest, lit at dusk by housekeeping.
Phase-two construction begins August 2026. Until then, one Tent Lodge is operational — the soft-opening Lodge.
See the Lodge →The wellness lead writes the schedule with you at check-in. The body in the chair decides the program — not the brochure.
Twelve treatments on the menu. Couples' suites with open-air windows to the canopy. Cold plunge by the river. Sauna with walnut-wood smoke. Hammam with mountain spring water. Built after May 2027 — until then, treatments come to your terrace.
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Forest meditation. Mountain hike to the upper waterfall. Mountain biking through the bamboo grove. Quad-bike trail to the higher villages. Star-gazing at the upper deck. Handpan sound journey at dusk. Sunken herbal bath. Tea station.
A guest may pick none, all, or one a day. The wellness lead writes the rhythm on arrival; the guest can rewrite it that evening.
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"I moved to the UAE in the early 2010s and spent fifteen years inside the largest hospitality groups in the region — eventually founding Eleven Spa at Marriott Al Jaddaf, sold in 2023. What I learned there was the discipline behind polish: how a 4 PM treatment starts at 3:58 because the therapist has been ready for ten minutes."
"What I am building here is the opposite of Dubai's polish — and the same discipline behind it. Quiet, here, is the operating system. The slope is the room. The forest is the wall. I'm on it every day."
No piped music in the public areas. Soundproofed lodge interiors so wind and water are heard but the neighbour is never heard. Outdoor seating placed to face the river, not the path. A no-phone rhythm at meals — suggested gently, never enforced.
By the third morning, the resting heart rate is two to six beats lower than the airport baseline. The slope does the work. The team's job is to not interrupt it.
Read the field note →A long way of being made. The slope is patient. The team is patient. The work is to keep both, and let the place arrive on its own time.
Land held, Tent Lodge 01 operational, team in residence.
First guests in the single operational Lodge.
All six lodges, all four programs live.
Steady-state · the Collection extends.
Today the slope can be reached in three ways. Each opens a different conversation. Each is reversible.
A single Tent Lodge, held in stillness for one guest party. $350/night. Stays Aug 2026 → May 2027.
For the four wellness programs. First emails the day the doors open — at protected founders'-list pricing.
Seven long letters from the founder. The longer thoughts that don't fit on a brochure.
