Villa Reta Hotel & Spa is a four-star hotel in P'ot'i. The hotel offers a pool, a spa and a restaurant. It scores 4.2/5 across 202 guest reviews — a very good rating. In our 2026 scans, rooms ranged from US$105 to US$114 per night depending on dates and occupancy. Most rooms can be booked with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
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Rooms and rates
Across our 2026 scans we logged 1 priced stays for Villa Reta Hotel & Spa: rates ran from US$105 to US$114 a night depending on the date, how far ahead you book, and occupancy. Rates in P'ot'i move with demand: midweek stays booked a couple of weeks out are where our scans found the widest choice of free-cancellation rooms. The price you see after tapping “Check availability” is the live app.impt.io rate for your exact dates, not an estimate.
Location
Villa Reta Hotel & Spa is at Grigoleti Village, P'ot'i, Georgia. The nearest city with a bigger hotel scene is Urek'i, about 11 km away — compare Urek'i hotels too if your plans are flexible. This page's “View on map” link opens the exact spot in Google Maps, so you can measure the journeys that matter to you.
The facilities, in detail
For food and drink, the hotel lists breakfast in room, minibar, pool bar, restaurant(s) and room service. On the wellness side there's jacuzzi, massage, pool bar, sauna and spa. Practical services include 24 hour front desk, currency exchange, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage and parking. In the room itself: air conditioning, bathrobe, bathroom, free wifi, hairdryer and iron and board. The full list of 55 facilities is below; double-check the ones that are deal-breakers when you book, as hotels adjust what they offer by season.
Good to know before you book
Booking is straightforward: pick dates and guests in the widget, check the live rate on app.impt.io, and complete the reservation there. Most rooms are offered with free cancellation until a few days before arrival — the exact deadline is shown next to each rate before you pay. Every confirmed booking also removes a tonne of CO₂ through IMPT's carbon-removal projects, at no extra cost to you. When comparing, note that the four-star rating reflects the hotel's declared standard; the guest reviews on this page tell you how it actually feels to stay. Prices on this page are shown in US dollars, converted from the euro rates our scans observed; the exact total for your stay, including any taxes and fees, is confirmed in the booking funnel before you pay.
Where our data comes from
Through 2026 we ran 22 weekly scan rounds against the live IMPT booking funnel, probing one-night stays across the coming weeks for every hotel in this guide. Villa Reta Hotel & Spa returned bookable rates in 1 of the stay windows we probed, most recently in October 2026. Prices you see here are per-night room rates converted to US dollars at the single euro rate used across this site; they are a planning aid, not a quote.
About staying in P'ot'i
P'ot'i has 2 hotels in this guide; 2 of them returned live bookable prices in our 2026 scans, with rooms from US$58 a night. The selection skews upscale: 1 four-star property. Hotels with observed prices lead every list; for the rest, the widget checks the live rate in seconds. All hotels in P'ot'i →
P'ot'i for hotel guests
Georgia's main cargo harbour sits at the mouth of the Rioni, ringed by drained marsh, canals and the reedbeds of Kolkheti National Park. Most people who sleep here are moving through: crews and freight agents, drivers heading for Zugdidi and Svaneti, travellers using Kutaisi airport an hour up the road, and birdwatchers bound for Lake Paliastomi. Add a black-sand beach at Maltakva, a domed cathedral modelled on Hagia Sophia and Megrelian cooking far better than the town's reputation, and a night or two makes sense. All hotels in P'ot'i →
Facilities
Guest reviews
4.2202 reviewsThis hotel has existed for so many years already. There are no good hotels to stay nearby, so the owner of the place offers manu written this way. I asked for the cocktail menu and look what they gave me :)))) such a shame. Hope next year everything will be managed. Plus, your hotel is next to the beach and you don't have enough sun lounger? Dude...
Food and staff are great. Swimming pool with cover obstructs my beautiful view of nightly sunsets. A guick 100m walk and you are on the beach. My only complaints are only one English TV channel (BBC News). The AC could use some TLC, almost outside temperature inside the room (but that ls being worked on soon)
There is a pebble beach next to the hotel, but in the low season was not clean. So I would recommend to go to Ureki, if you want to swim. Room was spacious, clean and comfortable. The drying rack on the balcony was rusty, so we couldn’t use it. Swimming pool is not heated, so good in summer but in fall or winter is really bad. They charge extra for using the sauna 😒, why???. Their spa treatments are really great and we have a lot of fun getting a chocolate massage 💆♀️ (extra fee). Breakfast was ok, but they could offer more local products and fruits. Maybe hatchapuri or oranges. Overall a n…
Planning your trip to P'ot'i
When to go
The swimming season is narrow. Water at Maltakva is comfortable from about late June to mid-September, warmest in August, and that is also when the sand fills with Georgian families escaping inland heat. Outside those weeks the sea is grey and the beach belongs to dog-walkers and fishermen, which some travellers prefer.
Rain is the defining fact of the local climate. Poti sits among the wettest places in Georgia, well over 1,500 mm a year, with the heaviest falls from late autumn into winter. Downpours tend to be short and violent, low streets puddle fast, and waterproof shoes matter more than an umbrella in the wind off the sea.
Spring and autumn are the serious reason to come. Migration over Kolkheti National Park and Lake Paliastomi peaks roughly March to April and again October to November, and the reedbeds carry huge numbers of birds. Guides and boats are easier to arrange then, and hotel space is not a problem at all.
Winter is mild by Georgian standards, rarely freezing, but damp, grey and windy, and the town runs on port work rather than tourism. Summer brings the other caveat: mosquitoes from the surrounding marshland are genuinely aggressive from June to September, so pack repellent and check that windows have screens.
Getting there and around
Kutaisi International Airport, about 65 km east, is the practical gateway; a road transfer takes roughly an hour, and a taxi arranged in advance is usually simpler than piecing together shuttles. Alternatively, take the airport bus into Kutaisi and continue by marshrutka to Poti in around an hour and a half, typically for something near 10 GEL in 2025 prices.
Minibuses are the backbone. Batumi and Zugdidi are each about one and a half to two hours away, Kutaisi similar, Tbilisi five to six hours depending on traffic through Samtredia. The Zugdidi link is what many travellers actually use, since it feeds onward transport to Mestia and Upper Svaneti the following morning.
Trains reach Poti off the main Samtredia junction, but services are limited and timetables shift, so check on the day rather than planning around them. Poti's harbour handles ro-pax and cargo lines across the Black Sea; passenger space on them is irregular and ticketing is done through agents, so treat any ferry as a bonus, not an itinerary.
Inside town, walking works: the centre is flat, gridded on old drained marsh, and it is fifteen minutes from the cathedral to the port gates. Taxis cross Poti for a handful of lari — agree the fare or use an app. Maltakva is a short taxi ride south, and drivers will wait or return if you arrange it.
Where to stay, zone by zone
Supply is thin and that shapes everything. We had five properties in our 2026 scans, a mix of small hotels and guesthouses, with unlisted apartments filling the gaps, and no reliable nightly range, so we do not quote rates for Poti. The practical consequence is simple: message ahead, especially in August and during port and port-city events.
The centre, around the cathedral and the boulevard, is the default choice. You are near cafés, bakeries, banks, the market and the minibus stands, and you can reach everything on foot. The trade-off is traffic: streets that feed the port carry heavy trucks, so ask for a room off the main road if you are a light sleeper.
Maltakva, about 5 km south, is where you stay for pines, dark sand and the edge of Lake Paliastomi. It is quieter, more guesthouse than hotel, good for families and for anyone starting early into Kolkheti National Park, whose visitor facilities are close by. In return you lose walkable dinner options and rely on taxis after dark.
Nabada and the outer streets toward the port and the free industrial zone are functional rather than charming: cheap beds, business travellers, easy parking. If beaches are your real priority, be honest with yourself — Ureki's magnetic black sand lies about 25 km south, and Kobuleti and Batumi are within two hours, with far more rooms.
Eating and going out
This is Samegrelo, so the cooking is Megrelian and it is assertive. Look for elarji, the stretched cornmeal-and-sulguni dish, gebzhalia in mint-flecked whey, walnut-thickened kharcho and ajika hot enough to matter. Fresh sulguni and matsoni from the market make a good breakfast if your room has no kitchen, and hazelnuts here are local, not imported.
Poti also eats fish, which is not a given in Georgia. River and sea catch appear fried or grilled in modest places near the centre and along the coast in season, and the quality tracks the day's landing rather than the menu photo. Ask what came in that morning; the answer is usually short and honest.
Prices are low and portions are not small. Khinkali ran roughly 1.5 to 2.5 GEL apiece in 2025, a shop bottle of decent Georgian wine sits around 15 to 25 GEL, and a canteen lunch costs less than a coffee in Batumi. Cash is welcome everywhere; cards are normal in hotels and less certain in small kitchens.
Nightlife is limited and seasonal. A few beach bars open at Maltakva in July and August, the boulevard fills on warm evenings, and otherwise kitchens wind down by around 22:00. Plan dinner earlier than you would in Tbilisi, and buy your wine before the shops close if you are staying out of the centre.
Booking well
Treat Poti as a small-inventory town. With so few scanned properties and several unlisted apartments, walk-in luck is fine in November and poor in mid-August. Confirm your arrival time in writing: reception is not always staffed around the clock, and guesthouse owners may live off-site and need twenty minutes' notice to meet you.
Ask about the things that actually matter in this climate. Air conditioning and mosquito screens beat a sea view; damp is a real issue in older buildings, so check heating and ventilation for winter stays, and confirm hot water and whether laundry is possible if you are heading on to Svaneti.
If you are flying, line the booking up with the airport road. An early Kutaisi departure means leaving Poti in the dark, so agree the taxi the night before and ask the hotel to help arrange it rather than hoping to flag one down at 04:00. Rain can slow the drive; add a buffer.
Finally, compare honestly. If your trip is really about the coast, Batumi and Kobuleti have far deeper choice; if it is about Kolkheti, the port, cheap transit or a Kutaisi flight, Poti wins on convenience. And because our list is small, a property missing from our scans is not necessarily missing from the town.
Frequently asked about Villa Reta Hotel & Spa
How much does Villa Reta Hotel & Spa cost?
Prices we observed in 2026 started at US$105 per night. These are scan observations, not a live quote: the final rate depends on your dates. Use the check-availability widget on this page to see the current price.
Where is Villa Reta Hotel & Spa?
The address is Grigoleti Village, P'ot'i, Georgia, P'ot'i. This page's "View on map" link opens the exact spot.
What facilities does Villa Reta Hotel & Spa have?
The hotel lists 24 Hour Front Desk, Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Babysitting service, Balcony and Banquet. The full list (55 facilities) is in this page's facilities section.
How do I book Villa Reta Hotel & Spa?
Pick dates and guests in this page's check-availability widget: it takes you to the live price on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms come with free cancellation, and every booking removes a tonne of CO₂.
What currency are the prices in?
Prices on this page are in US dollars, converted from the euro rates our 2026 scans observed. When you book, the exact final total is shown before you pay.
