- southern capital
- Entertainment at the best Krasnodar resort
- Shashlik cognac
- Alternative options
Several years ago, from blue screens, they categorically declared that if there was a paradise in the world, it was the Krasnodar Territory. To test this statement in practice, millions of Russian tourists come to the Black Sea coast every year. In the rating of worthy ones, the city of Sochi is often called the best resort in the Krasnodar Territory, which bears the unofficial titles of the summer, southern and resort capital of the Russian Federation.
southern capital
Travel guides report that Sochi is the longest city in the country. It stretches along the Black Sea coast for as much as 145 kilometers. Strictly speaking, the geographical concept of Greater Sochi includes several beach resorts, including Adler and Lazarevskoye, Khosta and Matsesta.
Russian Railways and air traffic will help to get to the beaches of Sochi: the city has an international airport and a railway station.
The beaches themselves are covered with pebbles and are conventionally divided into "wild" and cultural. In the first case, vacationers can enjoy relative seclusion, and in the second, they can enjoy the benefits of resort civilization such as sun beds, fresh showers, changing rooms and toilets. If the beach belongs to a boarding house or sanatorium, you will most likely have to pay for the entrance, receiving in return cleanliness and decent infrastructure.
Entertainment at the best Krasnodar resort
Do you prefer to relax with the whole family or, on the contrary, strive to fly away on vacation in splendid isolation? Do you think the best pastime is noisy parties and hangouts with friends, or strive for quiet contemplation of the seascapes on a yoga tour at dawn? The Krasnodar resort will allow each guest to find suitable entertainment in Sochi:
- Children's rest in the city is organized for five plus. Water parks and amusement parks, aquariums and botanical gardens will not let kids and schoolchildren get bored.
- Novice divers will appreciate the opportunities offered by the local clubs. Scuba diving in the sea for the first time or obtaining a certificate of conformity for further "great" depths in Sochi can be quite inexpensive. For the pros, there are also a couple of interesting sites with underwater caves and in alpine lakes.
- The resort hosts many festivals throughout the year. Fans of Russian cinema and fashion, lovers of beer, jazz, dancing and racing on sailing ships can safely fly here.
Shashlik cognac
Gourmets in Sochi have plenty of space, because the resort has hundreds of cafes, restaurants and canteens - for every taste and budget. Aesthetics will enjoy seafood and selected wines, and lovers of live music from the repertoire of Stas Mikhailov will be able to taste hundreds of types of barbecue, washing down the meat splendor with aromatic South Russian cognacs. The price range of the menu in Sochi cafes is wide, like the soul of local merchants, and you can dine with a friend or loved one under the Sochi stars without much damage to the budget planned for entertainment.
Alternative options
Not only Sochi on the map of the Krasnodar Territory is the object of desire of Russian holidaymakers. There are other cities in the region where every summer thousands of sufferers flock to the sea and enjoy the hot sun:
- Gelendzhik will appeal to adherents of relaxation on clean rocky beaches with clear water and impressive landscapes. There are in a series of beaches of Gelendzhik and especially crowded and secluded, and the weather in this part of the Black Sea Riviera pleases vacationers until mid-October, allowing you to prolong the summer for a long time.
- Anapa has a reputation as the best children's resort in the Krasnodar Territory. Local beaches are often covered with sand, and the entrance to the water is gentle and safe. The swimming season opens at the end of May, but in the numerous sanatoriums of the resort you can meet vacationers both in summer and in winter.
- The town of Yeisk on the Sea of Azov is ready to boast of a lot of entertainment. The resort has an amusement park, an oceanarium, a dolphinarium and a water park. Yeisk has a particularly favorable microclimate and local beaches are perfect for families with kids and older tourists.
Another once popular resort destination is the Tuapse District. In the city itself, the ecological situation is now not very favorable, but in its vicinity there are more than 300 sanatoriums and boarding houses, and the pebble beaches are particularly clean. The mountains close the area of the Tuapse resorts from the north winds, and the swimming season lasts here from late May to mid-autumn. The prettiest resorts in the Tuapse region are Lermontovo with a sandy beach; Pine, surrounded by relict coniferous groves, and Dzhubga, whose water park will help to saturate children's summer vacations with vivid impressions.
