Akalat

Top choice in Georgia


There's no English menu at this smart and friendly deli, which makes it a little tricky to negotiate without Russian, but it's a great spot for breakfast (R100 to R220), which includes blinis, egg dishes or syrniki (cottage cheese pancakes) along with good coffee. For lunch and dinner there is a range of Caucasian and Russian dishes, or just tasty sandwiches on offer.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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1. Alleya Slavy

0.28 MILES

This park on the north side of ulitsa Lakoba is the burial site of many Abkhaz who died in the 1992–93 fighting.

2. Council of Ministers Building

0.35 MILES

The former Council of Ministers was gutted during fighting when the Abkhaz took the city in September 1993. Its fire-scorched shell has been an open wound…

3. Makhadzhirov Embankment

0.46 MILES

Strung with pretty parks, part-derelict jetties, cafes and kitschy souvenir stalls, and fronted by stretches of stony beach, flowers and tall trees,…

4. Abkhazian State Museum

0.46 MILES

This impressively renovated, air-conditioned museum has well-lit displays including very good archaeological sections. It also has a fairly typical Soviet…

5. Botanical Gardens

0.48 MILES

With 50,000 sq metres of plants from around the world, the well-maintained botanical gardens, founded in 1840, are well worth a wander.

6. Novy Afon Train Station

10.59 MILES

This now-abandoned but elaborately decorated neoclassical train station on the main coastal road through town has some absolutely wonderful Stalinist bas…

7. Stalin's Dacha

11.35 MILES

Sitting proudly overlooking the sea and within earshot of the bells of Novy Afon Cathedral, this dacha (country cottage) regularly hosted Joseph Stalin…

8. Novy Afon Monastery

11.58 MILES

The multi-gold-domed Novy Afon Monastery, founded by Russian monks in the 1870s, stands out on the hillside, about a 15-minute walk up from the main road…