სასტუმრო "კობა" მდებარეობს ბორჯომის რაიონის, დაბა ბაკურიანში.
სასტუმროს ინტერიერს ალამაზებს ოპტიმალურად განლაგებული ფართე ოთახებისა და დერეფნების სასიამოვნო დიზაინი. ყველა ოთახში შექმნილია მაქსიმალური კომფორტი – თანამედროვე დიზაინის ავეჯით, მოხერხებულად მოწყობილი აბაზანა–ტულეტებით, მაცივრით, LCD ტელევიზორი – სატელიტური ანტენით, შიდა ქსელური ტელეფონითა და ინტერნეტით. კვალიფიციური პერსონალი კი 24 საათის განმავლობაში უზრუნველყოფს სითბოსა და სისუფთავეს.
სასტუმროში მოქმედებს ტექნიკის ბოლო სიტყვით აღჭურვილი სამზარეულო და ევროპული დიზაინით შესრულებული სასადილო დარბაზი – ბუხრით.
სასტუმროს მზარეულები დახელოვნებული არიან როგორც ქართული და ევროპული, ასევე აზიური კერძების მომზადებაში. ხოლო 3–ჯერადი კვების რაციონი გათვლილია ყველა ასაკისა და გემოვნების დამსვენებელზე.
სასტუმროს მე–3 სართულზე ფუნქციონირებს რეტრო სტილში გადაწყვეტილი ბარი "12 სკამი" – საიდანაც საუცხოო ხედი იშლება გვერდით მდებარე პარკზე.
ერთ–ერთი მნიშვნელოვანი კომპონენტი სასტუმროს კომპლექსში არის სათხილამურე აღჭურვილობის შესანახი დაცული საკნები და უზარმაზარი ეზო სადაც ავტომფლობელბს უსაფრთხოდ შეეძლებათ განათავსონ თავიანთი სატრანსპორტო საშუალებები.
დამსვენებელთა სრული კომფორტისთვის ფუნქციონირებს სარეცხ–საშრობი ოთახი და საუთოო მაგიდები.
პირველ სართულზე განლაგებულია შეხვედრების ოთახი სადაც ნებისმიერ დამსვენებელს შეეძლება საქმიანი შეხვედრის გამართვა თავის სტუმართან.
სასტუმროს ემსახურება სპრინტერის მარკის ახალი სამგზავრო 18 კაციანი თანამედროვე ელექტრო ტექნიკით აღჭურვილი მიკროავტობუსი.
Spectacular nature, excellent weather conditions, moderate snow cover, the village surrounded by a fabulous forest, with up to 240 inhabitants – this is a short description of Bakuriani in the late 19th century. Numerous such villages are found in Georgia, but a number of conditions have turned this once undistinguished village into one of the best resorts for Georgia and beyond.
Below we will try to list the reasons for this great transformation:
In the 19th century, the mineral water Borjomi comes into the limelight because of its unique curative abilities, which generated a great interest in to the Borjomi Valley. In 1871, the Russian emperor Alexander II grants the Borjomi Valley to his brother Mikhail Romanov, under whose rule a radical turn in the valley's development take place. Investments are attracted to construct facilities for bottling the mineral water, guesthouses, and a railroad in the valley. Under the Romanov rule (1898-1901), the Borjomi-Bakuriani narrow-gauge railroad is also built.
This railroad with its "cuckoo" train (small steam locomotive) becomes the main reason of breathing new life into Bakuriani.
The operation of a railroad in Bakuriani facilitates the foundation of an alpine botanical garden on a Kokhtagora slope under the direction of Rolov and Fomin in 1902-1910. The construction of the botanical garden and its hospitable manager Kozlovsky play a great role in attracting beginner skiers to Bakuriani.
These important reasons and conditions per se would not mean much if not for the crucial factor – man's tireless dream, ardor and labor, thanks to which Bakuriani has been restored to life first as a legend and then as the reality.
Fortunately, Georgia proved to have many such devotees.
At that time, Europe is under a boom of skiing and Giorgi Nikoladze, who has newly arrived in Georgia, together with his friends, dreams of promotion of skiing in Georgia. He is the first to bring first local and foreign skiers to Bakuriani.
In 1934, the Society of Proletarian Tourism and Excursions (SPTE) rents a building, later Children Sanatorium, to establish an Alpine skiing school and a winter sports club/house.
The existence of favorable conditions for breeding purebred foxes determine the creation of a game preserve covering 100 hectares and a fox breeding farm here in 1932. Initially, the farm keeps 36 couples of silver foxes, the number of which reaches 2,600 by the year 1952. The farm's staff manage under direction of G. Giorgadze achieve great successes in improving fox breeds. The breed and propagate a white fox breed having become known as Georgian white fox. According to experts, the breeding of such a fox is a very rare occasion, which both the Western Europe and the United States have failed to achieve.
1935 is the birth date of Bakuriani as a ski resort. The area becomes populous already by January. Here arrive the students of the Industrial Institute of the Caucasus (later the Polytechnic Institute and now the Technical University of Georgia) – members of the Institute-based skiing circler. With the help of Bojgua, the head of the institute, students' training camping becomes a tradition in Bakuriani. During this period, Bakuriani is also visited by the Tbilisi Medical University and the State University students.
On January 6, 1935, a solemn opening ceremony of the skiing school and the winter sports house takes place. The event is widely covered by the then mass media. Gogi Bakradze becomes the head of the school and the house. The same year, a South Caucasus team composed of Saakashvili, Geladze, Mikaberidze, Kosmachevsky, Purtseladze, Gvalia, Molovichko, Boyko, Smirnov, and Seleznyova is formed. Russian skiers were fascinated by the climate and diversity of Bakuriani. They nickname Bakuriani "the Soviet Union's skiing capital", while the then mass media call it "Soviet Davos".
In 1950, a 45-meter ski jump is built at the resort, followed shortly by a 75-meter-long jump, which attracts much more lovers of skiing.
In 1951, at the initiative of Tbilisi Branch of Tourism and Excursions under the Georgian Trade Unions, an excursion center is opened in Bakuriani. Its mission is to supervise excursions arranged for sightseeing Borjomi and its valley. For this purpose, the center is being equipped with transport means, guides, and lecturers.
In 1954, Bakuriani becomes home to the first cableway/ski lift in the Soviet Union. It is difficult to imagine from the modern perspective, but until then all skiers had to walk up the Mt. Kokhtagora top and tramp the ski-track.
Electrification of Bakuriani is completed in 1960.
By the early 1990s Bakuriani becomes almost depopulated. Some people take an opportunity of the harsh reality in the country (civil war, ethnic conflicts), and the dream turned to reality through labors of several generations - tourist centers, guest houses, tow-ways and cable-ways, etc.) – is rapidly deteriorated. Bakuriani faces a serious crisis.
Fortunately, to kill Bakuriani as an idea, as a dream is impossible. The dreamers are still alive and they have managed to revive Bakuriani.
Today Bakuriani undergoes a rebirth: new hotels, ski lifts, and ski tracks are under construction; new dream projects are being conceived and implemented; and this cannot be stopped. The only thing what we can and should do is to wish the best of luck and great success to those who stand behind these dreams and concrete projects for the welfare of Bakuriani and Georgia as a whole.
Side by side with many available hotels and services, a new youth entertainment center "Didveli", new ski tracks, ski lifts, service centers and dozens of new hotels are being built. The village does its best to provide its visitors with the best of recreation and entertainment.
The Olympic Committee of Georgia has nominated the town of Borjomi (together with its main winter resort Bakuriani) as a candidate host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The construction of an alpine skiing center of worldwide importance "Didveli" in Bakuriani is a good reason to believe that this dream will become a reality.
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Bakuriani is a community center (township) within Borjomi Municipality comprising the following villages: Didi Mitarbi, Patara Mitarbi, Patara Tsemi, and Sakochnavi. The status of a township was granted to it in 1926. It is the last point of the Borjomi-Bakuriani railway. Population – 2 thousand.
Remnants of the Megalithic culture have been discovered here. A worship building of the early feudal epoch "Pantneri Temple" has been preserved.
Bakuriani is situated on the northern slope of Trialeti Range, along the bank of the Urianistskali River (tributary of the Gujaretistskali River), at an altitude of 1,700 m above sea level, 30 km from Borjomi.
Climate - temperate, reasonably humid mountain forest. Winters are snowy, summers usually mild. Mean annual temperature 4.3 °C, in January 7.2 °C, in August 15 °C. Annual precipitation totals 800-1000 mm; around 90 days (early December through late March) with snow cover (64 cm).
Bakuriani is surrounded by a mostly coniferous (spruce) forest. A botanical garden with a unique collection of alpine plants is located in the environs of Bakuriani.
Bakuriani is a popular mountain-climatic resort and a skiing area of international significance. In 1932, the first ski center was opened here. Skiers may use the services of ski lifts on Mt. Kokhtagora (1.3 km of length) and by the Tskhratskato Pass (3.5 km) as well as of several ski. In 2005, Bakuriani was nominated as one of the candidates for hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Favorable factors of the resort include: wholesome mountain climate, durable sunshine (2,052 hours/year) with high radiation of ultra-violet rays having a positive effect on the health – the site is perfect for treating chronic diseases of the respiratory tract, other than tuberculosis, lymphadenitis, anemia, etc.
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