Every vacationer eager to visit Abkhazia is concerned with the question: "How long to fly to Abkhazia from Moscow?" In Pitsunda, everyone will be able to photograph the Patriarchal Cathedral and relax on the Central Beach, in Gagra - see the castle of the Prince of Oldenburg and the Abaat fortress, spend time in the Seaside Park and admire the surroundings from the panoramic Mamdzyshkha mountain, in Sukhumi - stand on the Beslet bridge, visit In the monkey nursery, walk along the Makhadzhirov embankment, Mira Avenue and the Glory Park, look at the Great Abkhaz Wall and more than 800 plant species in the Arboretum, in New Athos - explore the New Athos cave and inspect the Anakopia fortress, in Gudauta - honor the Mussera temple with your presence.
How many hours to fly from Moscow to Abkhazia?
Despite the fact that Abkhazia has an airport Babushara (Sukhumi), it is used exclusively by Russian peacekeepers and the UN Mission (it is also used for helicopter flights within the country), therefore, to get from Moscow to Abkhazia, tourists will first have to fly to Sochi (the journey will take 2 hours on board Vim-Avia and Utair), since the planes fly in this direction every day (Aeroflot, S7, Belavia, Vim-Avia, GTK Russia and other carriers make about 50 flights a day). Then from the airport (those who decide to order a transfer from here to one of the Abkhaz resorts will pay about 700 rubles for the journey), you will need to get to the Psou border post by bus No. 173 or route taxis No. 57, 100, 117, 125 (the road will take about 40 minutes - 1 hour). And after crossing the border (on foot), you will be able to get to the desired point by a suitable bus.
Flight Moscow - Abkhazia
Those who decided to fly to Abkhazia on aircraft belonging to Aeroflot (flights SU1138, SU1120, SU1134, SU1112, SU1124, SU1126 usually depart from Sheremetyevo), Vim-Avia (flights NN117, NN119, NN115, NN107 are carried out from Domodedovo airport) or Yaku (the departure airport of flight R3473 - Vnukovo), will be at the Sochi airport after almost 2.5 hours (the minimum prices for air tickets vary between 1800-3000 rubles).
Those interested in connecting flights on the Moscow - Sochi route (distance - 1380 km) can make a change in Minsk, which is why the air trip will last 5 hours (3, 5-hour flight), in Saratov - 4 hours, in Yekaterinburg - for 15.5 hours (rest - 10 hours), in Krasnodar - for 13.5 hours (a break between flights - almost 9 hours), in Perm - for 8 hours, in Krasnodar and St. Petersburg - for 11 hours (flight - 8, 5 hours), in Minsk and St. Petersburg - for 19 hours (6-hour flight), in Samara - for 18 hours (13-hour break), in Lipetsk - for 4 hours (up to the 2nd flight there will be free time - 1 hour), in Simferopol - for 9 hours (rest - 4, 5 hours), in Nizhny Novgorod - for 9 hours 05 minutes (5-hour respite), in Istanbul - for 7 hours (before boarding the second flight for tourists will be free for 1.5 hours), in Yerevan - for 7.5 hours.
Sochi Adler Airport pleases passengers with: various shops, including duty free (where you can get perfumery, sportswear, luxury confectionery, mobile appliances, artistic glass products); VIP-hall (accommodates 200 people; half of the seats are designed for smoking passengers; available - toilet, shower, cafe); cafes and restaurants; lockers and a car rental point (there are offices of 6 companies, the most popular of which is Hertz); recreation areas, in particular, intended for spending time with children; ATM machines.
From Sochi airport you can get to Sukhumi by train in 1, 5 hours, to New Athos - in an hour, to Pitsunda - in 40 minutes, to Gagra - in half an hour.
