01 · The country
Georgia (საქართველო · Sakartvelo) sits between the Black Sea and the Greater Caucasus mountains, at the edge of Europe and Asia. It is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world, with a written history reaching back over fifteen centuries. The wine is older still — vinification here predates the written record by several thousand years.
The country is small (about 70,000 km²) and feels smaller. Most journeys are under five hours by road. The food is slow, the bread is fermented, the hospitality is unhurried, and the language belongs to its own family — written in a script unique to itself.
Adjara is the south-western province, on the Black Sea coast. The capital is Batumi — a subtropical city of palms and mountains, served by an international airport with direct flights from Istanbul, Dubai, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Berlin and others. BAGHI sits fifteen minutes inland from Batumi, on a road that climbs into walnut and chestnut forest.
No visa, no embassy queue. Most passports get one year stay on arrival.
Direct from Istanbul, Dubai, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Berlin, Vienna, Kyiv when operating.
A subtropical climate, real mountain air, ancient food traditions — without the price tag of the Alps.
One of the safest countries in the region. Adjarian villages are particularly hospitable to travellers.
02 · The village
Erge is a small mountain settlement in the Khelvachauri municipality of Adjara, above the Chorokhi river. Family houses stand on narrow terraces. The older generation tends gardens and small herds. The rhythm of the day is still set by the village — bread baked in the morning, prayers at midday, neighbours passing on the path.
A small mosque stands a short walk from the slope. The call to prayer carries through the trees five times a day — a soft, distant azan that becomes part of the landscape, echoing off the valley walls. Christianity and Islam have been neighbours here for centuries, both lived quietly.
A waterfall sits further up the valley, reached on foot in under an hour. Its sound is faint from the upper terrace of BAGHI, and unmistakable when the wind is right.
03 · The property
The architecture sits gently on the slope, stepping down in three terraces — the way old Georgian villages have always been built. Forest on three sides, a bamboo grove behind, the Chorokhi river below, and the Black Sea visible on clear evenings.
Two Barn Lodges and four Tent Lodges (forty-five square metres, two guests). Each with sunken herbal bath, fire pit and tropical shower on the open terrace.
A small reception with welcome drinks, the concierge desk, and the library. Each arrival is met here — never at the gate.
A small dining structure on the central terrace. Three courses, all prepared from the regional supply chain. Opens in May 2027 — meals are brought to the Lodge terrace before then.
The signature 90-minute body rituals, massages, and contrast therapy. On-site Natura Bissé inventory. In-Lodge treatments available before the cluster opens.
Mountain-view platform for yoga at sunrise and sunset, functional training, breathwork. Multimedia screen available for guided sessions.
Three wooden platforms set deeper in the forest. Used for solo and guided meditation, sound healing, four-hour silent sessions.
An intimate pool fed by mountain water, paired with a wood sauna and a cold plunge. Quiet hours, no music.
A small wooden viewing tower above the upper terrace. Star-gazing at night with a telescope; sunrise practice in the early morning.
One fire pit per Lodge, prepared every evening. A larger communal fire on the lower terrace for shared nights.
A small bath house with three carved stone tubs — Adjarian black-mud, Kakhetian wine ferment, and a clear mineral water tub.
Private car door-to-Lodge in fifteen minutes. Concierge can also pick up from anywhere in Batumi or the wider coast.
High-speed Starlink across the whole property — Lodges, forest, terraces. Remote work is comfortable. A "no-screen" stay can be requested.
04 · The programs · the reset
Each BAGHI stay is a complete experience, sold as one. The guest buys only a flight ticket — BAGHI handles the airport meeting, the Lodge, every meal, every spa treatment, every signature activity, the return car. The wellness lead refines the program on arrival, against your sleep, breath, blood markers and the body that walked in.
A reset for the nervous system. Breath, slow movement, forest hours, quiet evenings.
For guests who keep training on holiday. Functional sessions, mountain hikes, hands-on recovery.
Breath at sunrise, contrast therapy, daylight movement — a return of baseline energy.
Nutrition-led, slow-paced. Designed against blood markers shared in advance.
A standard BAGHI week looks like this — a long arrival day, a deep practice in the middle, and an unhurried departure. Each day flows naturally from the one before: sleep is followed slowly, mornings start with light, evenings close around fire.
Project map
Six lodges, three terraces, the spa cluster, the fitness arena, the reception. The way everything sits on the slope.
05 · The founder
Ilyan Vladimirov spent fifteen years in Dubai building luxury hospitality — over a thousand launches, eventually founding and owning Eleven Spa inside Marriott Al Jaddaf. The protocols, the team, the operational quietness all transfer into BAGHI. The slope is the new room.
He has been on the BAGHI land continuously for three years — first finding it, then designing it with the MESTO architectural bureau, then commissioning the first technical building and the first guest Lodge from his own funds. No outside investor capital was used to reach the operational state visible today.
The team around him — Avtandil Iremadze (managing partner, land), Zhanna Kira (infrastructure, founder of MESTO bureau and the Association of Glamping), and Hani Khenniche (operations) — has been with the project from the early years.
Continue
The four programs and the twelve signature activities.
Six questions, one personal day-by-day plan.
Single-Lodge stays before public soft opening · $350 / night.
Materials, layout, the sunken herbal bath.
Body rituals, massages, signature ceremonies.
Pets, transfers, weather, payment, dietary, accessibility.
A quieter door
For partners and prospective investors only — a quiet page with the numbers, the structure of BAGHI Collection LLC, the timeline and the entry path.
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