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- these are perhaps the most anticipated holidays, which both children and adults look forward to every year. To create a truly festive atmosphere in all cities and regions of the republic dress up Christmas trees and are held holiday matinees, solemn philharmonic and pop concerts, theatrical performances and performances, as well as a number of mass festive events - Exhibitions, movie screenings and other cultural events.

About how Abkhazia will celebrate the New Year 2018 and Christmas

In the capital in the city, New Year's Eve concerts for both children and adults have already begun on the eve of the New Year and Christmas from the 2nd decade of December. Festive pre-New Year's start with a concert with the participation of the Abkhaz stage in the outgoing year on December 22, 2017 at 18:00 was given by the Abkhaz State Philharmonic named after Rajden Gumba. On the same day, New Year's interactive with fairy-tale characters, organized by the Department of Culture of the capital, took place on Freedom Square.

The program of New Year's events in the capital:

• 25.12 at 11:00 and at 13:00 will delight the children of Abkhazia with the production of "How the Hedgehog met the New Year."
• 25.12 at 16:00 at the Abkhaz State Philharmonic Musical New Year's performance.
• 26.12 at 11:00 in the Children's and Youth Sports School with New Year's greetings will be held festive competitions in gymnastics and acrobatics.
• 26.12 at 16:00 in the Kinoprokat district, a festive New Year event.
• 26.12 at 18:00 at the Abkhaz State Philharmonic named after R. Gumba performance of the laureates of international competitions and festivals - the ensemble "Sharatyn".
• 26 and 27.12.2017 at 18:00 on Freedom Square in Sukhum, the Arlekino studio will show a musical performance "Visiting Snow White".
• 27.12 at 18:00 performance of the laureates of international competitions and festivals - the ensemble "Kadans" (venue - Abkhaz State Philharmonic named after R. Gumba).
• On 27.12 at 11:00 and 13:00, the Fazil Iskander Russian Drama Theater will give young viewers a New Year's performance "The Snow Princess".
• 27.12 at 16:00 in the Mayak area, a festive New Year's event.
• 28.12 at 16:00 in the "New District" festive New Year's performance.
• 28.12.2017 at 17:30; 29.12.2017 at 17:00; On December 30 and 31, from 13:00 to 16:00, a festive carnival of life-size puppets organized by the Arlekino studio will be held on Freedom Square in Sukhum near the Main Christmas Tree.
• On 29.12 at 13:00 at the Center for Children's Creativity a Christmas educational and entertainment program will take place, and at 16:00 in the Turbazy area a festive New Year's event will take place.
• On December 30, at 16:00, a festive New Year's event will take place in the Sinop district. At the same time at 16:00 on Freedom Square in Sukhum, the LED laser show “Santa Claus is our super-hero!”, Organized by the Committee on Youth and Sports, is waiting for you.
• New Year's Eve 2017-2018 from 01:00 on Freedom Square near the main Christmas tree of Abkhazia, a festive event will take place, where choreographic groups and groups of the Abkhazian stage will take part (show groups "Amtsa" and "Apsny", the ensemble "Adaul", the break group "Apsny", artists - animators-walkers). And there will also be: a flash mob, incendiary pyrotechnic fountains and a very beautiful festive New Year's fireworks!
• January 5 and 6, 2018 at 18:00 at Freedom Square New Year's interactive with the participation of fairy-tale characters (organizer - Department of Culture).
• On January 7, at 18:00, an LED fairy-tale performance "The Princess and the Butterfly" will be shown on Freedom Square (organized by the Committee for Youth and Sports).

It is worth noting that Home Tree of Abkhazia This year is much more colorful than last year. As Ruslan Gablia, the Chief Artist of the Administration of the Sukhum Resort City, told our correspondent, Freedom Park and the Main Christmas Tree of the country will look special during the New Year and Christmas holidays. Freedom Park will become more colorful and lively during the holidays. In addition to the Main Christmas Tree of Abkhazia, several more Christmas trees of different sizes will be installed. Adjacent trees and shrubs will be decorated with garlands, and a Christmas Market will be organized around Freedom Square, where you can sell or buy New Year's toys and sweets. The concert holiday program promises to be more interesting and entertaining.

Ready for the New Year 2018! A laser show, a kindness relay race and concerts, performances and New Year's parties - Gagra has prepared all this for residents and guests of the resort. Moreover, in the Gagra district, the city administration decided to organize a "fabulous work" of 5 Santa Clauses at once, who will congratulate the townspeople and guests of Gagra on New Year's holidays.

December 31, 2017 at 20:00, a citywide concert "New Year Tree" will take place, and during the New Year and Christmas holidays from January 2 to 15, festive concerts will be held at the Gagra House of Culture with the participation of schoolchildren from the Gagra district.

New Year in Pitsunda

In the New Year and Christmas, the residents and guests of the resort will be pleased with various festive events:

• Santa Claus with the Snow Maiden at the New Year Tree on the main street of the city
• A grandiose laser show and a festive concert with the participation of the ensemble of folk instruments "Apkhyartsa", Abkhaz pop stars and the children's choreographic studio "Pitsunda"
• City park decorated for the holidays with small architectural forms and much more

Pitsunda cordially prepared all these New Year's events for residents and guests of the resort.

New Year in New Athos

New Year's events are planned in the last days of the outgoing 2017 and in the first days of 2018. This is a festive concert, New Year's children's morning performances, and folk festivals on the street, and worship in the temple, and much more.

New Year in Gudauta

This time, the New Year tree, 9 meters high, is not in the city center, but in the park named after V.I. Lenin. Festive events organized by the Department of Culture of the Gudauta District Administration will be held on December 29, 30 and 31.

• On 29.12 at 15:00 in the Gudauta region it is planned to hold a children's theatrical festival and a festive concert in the House of Culture.
• On December 30 at 18:00, a concert will be held within the walls of the Palace of Culture with the participation of the stars of the Abkhazian stage, young and talented performers, as well as invited guests - a new choreographic group led by the People's Artist of Abkhazia and Karachay-Cherkessia Valery Tania and the youth folklore group "Akhyshtra".
• December 31, 2017 after midnight in the city park of Gudauta, it is planned to hold a New Year's disco and launch fireworks on the first New Year's Eve.

New Year in Tkuarchal

• On December 29, 3 events will be held at the regional Palace of Culture in Tkuarchala: at 11:00 - New Year's party for children, at 18:00 - Carnival for adults, and then at 19:00 a KVN game will be held, organized by the local team "Rainblow" .
• On December 30, there will be animators and a festive event with competitions, draws and a lottery, and at 18:00 at the Tkuarchal Palace of Culture, a laser show.
• December 31 after midnight - a citywide disco, which is planned to end with a festive fireworks display.

New Year in Ochamchira

New Year in Gala

On December 29 at 20:00, a New Year's festive concert will take place on the main square of the city in Gale.

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New Athos, city

New Athos, city New Athos, city New Athos, city New Athos, city 10 average price: 1 350 rubles. Rest on the sea Available rooms New Athos, city Rest on the sea resort hotel Available rooms New Athos, city New Athos, city Rest on the sea Available rooms New Athos, city average price: 1 375 rubles. Rest on the sea Available rooms New Athos, city average price: 600 r. Rest on the sea Available rooms New Athos- a climatic resort in the central part of the coast of Abkhazia, at the very edge of the Black Sea. The streets of the city come in tiers to mountain ranges covered with dense broad-leaved forests. From anywhere in the city you can see the peak of the Iberian Mountain, crowned with the ruins of the ancient fortress of Anakopia and the New Athos cave, the golden domes of the New Athos monastery surrounded by a park. New Athos is a place for a calm and measured holiday at sea. Boarding houses and hotels facing a wide strip of small-pebble beach, Seaside Park with swan lakes, cypress and eucalyptus alleys, pacifying natural landscapes - all this contributes to finding inner peace, and hospitable cafes and restaurants, excursions to the most famous sights of Abkhazia can fill the rest with vivid impressions . Geographical position New Athos is a climatic resort located in the central part of the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, 21 km north of the capital of the republic - Sukhum, and 80 km from the Russian-Abkhazian border. New Athos lies on a hilly coastal strip, which is limited from the north by the spurs of the Caucasus Range. The relief of the resort is unique in many ways - three plateaus gradually replace each other - a low seaside plain, foothills and a mountainous area at an altitude of 600 m above sea level. A small mountain river Psyrtsha runs through the whole city. Above the streets of the resort rises the array of Iverskaya Mountain, on top of which are the ruins of the ancient Anakopia fortress, in the depths - the famous New Athos cave with an underground lake and bizarrely shaped stalactites and stalagmites. The flora of New Athos is changing as the resort rises. The strip of small-pebble beach is framed by palm trees, magnolias and oleanders, cypress alleys, weeping willows lean over the surface of the swan lake in the Seaside Park, the surrounding hills are dressed in caps of tangerine and olive groves, broad-leaved forests stretch along the slopes of the ridges, in which hornbeam and beech grow. Climate The climate of New Athos is mild subtropical. The mountains protect the resort from northern winds, and the south-facing city itself is treated by the sun. In general, weather conditions in New Athos are favorable throughout the year. Winter in New Athos is warm and short, lasting from late December to February. Even in the coldest month, January, daily temperatures do not drop below 0°C. The average January temperature is 2-4 °С. Spring is early and swift, sunny weather sets in early March. April is the time for flowering. Summer in New Athos is hot and long - from the last decade of May to September-early October. The average daily temperature of the hottest month, August, is 25°C. The heat is somewhat moderated by sea breezes. Precipitation is about 1400 mm per year. The number of hours of sunshine - an average of about 22,000 per year The swimming season in New Athos lasts from late May to October. The water temperature during this period fluctuates between 19-26 °C. September is traditionally the best time to relax on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia. At this time, daytime temperatures are more comfortable, and the water temperature in the sea is kept at around 25 ° C. Connection Cellular communication services in Novy Afon, as in other cities of Abkhazia, are offered by mobile operators A-Mobile and Aquaphone. SIM cards of these operators can be purchased on the road - at the airport or railway station, as well as in communication shops directly at the resort. In hotels, guest houses, sanatoriums of the resort, wireless Internet access points are equipped. Wi-Fi hotspots are also available in some cafes and restaurants. The telephone code of New Athos is 84024. When calling from Russia, dial 8-84024-subscriber's number. Population The population of New Athos is 1500 people. The vast majority of the population is Abkhaz, Russians, Armenians, Ukrainians, Greeks and Georgians also live in the city. Transport component Air transport. The closest international airport to Abkhazia is Adler Airport, which is connected by direct flights to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Tashkent and Yerevan. The airport is located 96 km from New Athos. There are several ways to overcome this distance. The fastest and most convenient way to get to the resort is by using a transfer. Also, buses and fixed-route taxis run directly from the airport to the Russian-Abkhazian border, and fixed-route taxis to the main resorts of Abkhazia, including New Athos, are located right at the border. Travel time to the border is approximately 20 minutes. In addition, electric trains run from Adler to Gagra several times a day. Railway transport. On the outskirts of New Athos there is a railway station of the same name. Long-distance trains and electric trains make a stop on the platform. In the upper part of the resort there is the Psyrtsha station, where only electric trains stop. In summer, trains run daily from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Sukhum with a stop in Novy Afon. Customs and passport control is carried out directly on the train at Veseloe (on the Russian side) and Tsandripsh (on the Abkhaz side) stations. Suburban electric trains connect New Athos with Pitsunda, Gagra, Gudauta and Sukhum. Motor transport. From the Russian-Abkhazian border and from the Sukhum bus station to New Athos, there are intercity buses and fixed-route taxis. There are suburban routes to the nearest settlements. City land transport of New Athos - fixed-route taxis. In summer, minibuses run every 20 minutes. In addition, day and night taxi services operate in the city. Unofficial and official taxi drivers are on duty in places of mass congestion of tourists - at railway stations. Tourism Beach vacation. The leading tourist destination of New Athos is a beach holiday. Most of the boarding houses, resort complexes and hotels are located in close proximity to the sea. The distance from the hotel buildings to the edge of the Black Sea sometimes does not exceed several tens of meters. The beach strip of New Athos is composed of sand and small multi-colored pebbles, the entrance to the water is convenient and gentle, and the sea water is clean. The strip of the beach is divided into separate sections by breakwaters. The city beach has practically no infrastructure, only a few changing cabins are equipped. There are areas belonging to boarding houses and hotels, commercial beaches with rental of sun loungers and beach umbrellas. Behind the central beach is Seaside Park with cafes and recreation areas. Health tourism. New Athos is a climatic resort. The air here is saturated with such trace elements as magnesium, bromine and iodine, and is also rich in medicinal plant phytoncides. Such climatic conditions have a pronounced therapeutic effect on people with diseases of the nervous system, heart and blood vessels and respiratory organs. Near New Athos, in the village of Primorskoye, highly mineralized hydrogen sulfide waters were brought to the surface. There is a balneological bath at the springs, where you can take therapeutic baths. Such procedures are especially effective in diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Excursion and pilgrimage tourism. In New Athos there are historical and natural attractions that attract tourists from all over the world. Guests of the city are offered walking, bus and sea excursions. On the territory of the resort there is one of the spiritual centers of Orthodoxy - the New Athos Monastery, which is visited annually by several thousand pilgrims. Leisure. In New Athos, tourists are offered horseback riding, caving tours to the New Athos cave, sea and river fishing, and rafting. Important Phones Emergency phone numbers in New Athos: Fire Department - 01; Police - 02; Ambulance - 03 Attractions New Athos is a real treasury of ancient monuments and shrines, places of amazing beauty. Here, like nowhere else in Abkhazia, man-made sights and natural landscapes complement each other. An example of such a symbiosis is the grotto of the Holy Great Martyr Simon the Zealot. The path to the cave runs past a waterfall and a small dammed lake. On the way to the cell, you can see a source of holy water, which, according to legend, cures diseases, a granite stone with the footprint of Simon the Zealot. The grotto itself is located in the gorge of the Psyrtsha River - in the cave, pilgrims can see the faces of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God and Simon the Zealot himself lined with mosaics. For the lion's share of tourists, New Athos is not just a resort, but also a spiritual center, the core of which is undoubtedly the New Athos Monastery. The parish traces its history back to 1874, when the government of the Russian Empire in New Athos allocated a plot for construction. The New Athos Monastery unites six temples, in the center of the quadrangle formed by the buildings of the monastery is the Panteleimon Cathedral in the neo-Byzantine style, crowned with five golden domes. The vaults of the cathedral are painted by Palekh masters. An interesting painting has been preserved in the refectory, over which a bell tower rises. It is noteworthy that on the territory of the monastery there is a dacha of I.V. Stalin. The mansion, surrounded by rose bushes, can only be visited as part of a guided tour. Relatively close to the monastery there is a cave railway station - it is through a tunnel laid in the thickness of the mountain that tourists enter the famous New Athos cave. The cave railway is an attraction in itself - the tracks unite three stations - "New Athos Cave", "Anakopia Hall" and "Apsny Hall", the lobbies of which look like reduced metro lobbies. Acquaintance with the New Athos cave begins from the Anakopiya hall, the tourist route also follows the Speleologists' halls, Narta, Corallite Gallery, Apkhertsa, Ayukhaa Gallery and Apsny Hall. Throughout the route, tourists are presented with stalactites and stalagmites, underground lakes and streaks. On the top of the Iverskaya mountain there is another tourist attraction - the ruins of the Anakopia fortress. The massive structure, dating back to the 2nd-4th centuries, is made of hewn stone blocks. Fragments of the fortress wall with a gate, a tower and a temple have survived to our time. Exceptionally natural sights in the vicinity of New Athos - the grotto of Agts and the place "Three boilers" - three natural stone bowls-baths filled with the waters of a mountain river. In addition, guests of New Athos can get acquainted with the sights of the neighboring resorts of Gudauta, Pitsunda, Gagra and Sukhum. Leisure at the resort Restaurants. There are restaurants, cafes, canteens and culinary establishments in New Athos. At the peak of the season, the resort offers beach bars and cafes, fast food outlets. In the establishments of the resort, preference is given to traditional Abkhazian dishes, as well as dishes of Russian and European cuisines. The most modern and perhaps the most attractive restaurant in New Athos is Guada. The institution opened in 2014 and has already managed to gain popularity. Guada serves Italian cuisine ranging from pizza, risotto and pasta to arugula soup, creamy asparagus and beef togliatto. The restaurant has its own tasting room where you can taste the best Abkhazian wines. In summer, a spacious veranda is open for guests of Guada. In the southern part of the city, on the main thoroughfare of the resort, Lakoba Street, there is a cuisine restaurant "Nikofa". The institution is stylized as apatskhu - a wicker Abkhazian dwelling. In the courtyard of the restaurant there are clay jugs, carts and other attributes of peasant life. Guests of "Nikofa" are offered dishes of Abkhazian cuisine - hominy, Abkhazian barbecue, chikhirtma. On the territory of the Primorsky Park, near the surface of the Swan Lake, there is a restaurant "Three Plane Trees". Barbecue, smoked meat, Abkhaz-style hodgepodge, hominy and homemade wine are served here. A small open area adjoins the restaurant, in the hollow of one of the trees there is an aviary in which owls live. At the other end of the lake is the Swan Cafe, which occupies a man-made island. There are also several coffee shops in the park. Parks. In the lower part of the city, near the central beach, there is Seaside Park, founded more than 100 years ago by the monks of the New Athos Monastery. The monks created a system of connected ponds and lakes lined with stone. Weeping willows, plane trees, cypresses and palm trees were planted along the banks of the reservoirs. Today, Seaside Park is one of the main decorations of New Athos - a network of walking paths connected fragrant flower beds and flower beds, sculptures and rotunda arbors, swans and ducks glide along the surface of park lakes. The park of the New Athos Monastery is also an extensive walking area. Alleys are laid along the hilly terrain, uniting places of rest and fountains. In some areas of the park, the monks cultivate crops. Museums. New Athos delights guests with interesting museum collections. Near the temple of Simon Kananit is the Museum of the Abkhazian Kingdom. A relatively small hall of the museum is presented to archaeological and ethnographic expositions. Visitors can see ancient tools and household items, jewelry and weapons, learn about the history of the ancient Abkhazian kingdom from antiquity to Turkish rule and the entry of Abkhazia into the Russian Empire, the economic structure of local residents, and the natural features of the region. Among the most interesting exhibits are the Abkhazian boat and the stand "Old Views", illustrating New Athos and its environs during the heyday of the New Athos Simono-Kananitsky Monastery. In 2004, the Museum of Ethnography was opened in New Athos, represented by an exhibition of works and a personal collection of folk master K. K. Lakrba. In a very small hall of the museum there are tools and utensils of villagers, national costumes, shoes and musical instruments, models of Abkhaz dwellings. In the lower part of the city, on the Heroes' Square, there is the Museum of Military Glory. The memorial museum is dedicated to the events of 1992-1993. The two-level building is crowned by a belfry, portraits of people who died during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, and front-line photographs hang on the walls of the hall. Entrance to the museum is free. Entertainment and shopping centers. There are no large shopping and entertainment centers in New Athos. Everything you need for a holiday can be purchased in small shops, souvenir shops and beach markets. Evening entertainment programs are offered by restaurants and cafes of New Athos, as a rule, this is live music. In some cafes there are discos, parties, there are billiard tables. Many resort hotels and boarding houses have their own leisure centers. Poster New Athos is one of the quietest and most peaceful corners of Abkhazia, while it cannot be said that cultural life bypasses the resort. The city stadium regularly hosts concerts with the participation of folk song and dance ensembles, guest artists. Guests of New Athos can become spectators of an amazing concert - from time to time, artists of the Abkhaz State Choir and Philharmonic perform under the karst vaults of the Apkhertsa Hall of the New Athos Cave. The Energy Drive car festival has become an annual event for New Athos. The event includes the Moscow-New Athos rally, a parade and an exhibition of retro cars.

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New Athos (Abkhazia) 2019

New Athos is a wonderful resort town located in the Gudauta region of the Republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast, just 80 km from the border with Russia.

The city of New Athos has an ancient history dating back to the third century AD. As early as the beginning of the fifth century, the Abkhaz peoples built a fortress on the Anakop mountain. In those days, New Athos (Abkhazia) was one of the most profitable trading points, and the locals had high prosperity and lived in luxury, as evidenced not only by numerous legends and stories of indigenous peoples, but also by data obtained by scientists as a result of excavations. From ancient times to this day, treasures with jewelry and artifacts left by distant ancestors have been found here. Some architectural sights have also been preserved.

The name of the settlement has changed many times. Initially, the place was called Anakopia, in accordance with the name of the mountain where the fortress itself was located. Several centuries later, the local peoples renamed the city and named it after the Pskhyrtsha River, which flows at the foot of the mountain. After several more centuries, New Athos lost its commercial and economic importance. Gradually, monks from the Greek monastery located near Mount Athos began to come here. This was the beginning of a "new life" and the renaming of the ancient Abkhazian city to New Athos.

New Athos today

Despite the small number and small extent, Abkhazia, including the city of New Athos, is an attractive place for tourists. Only about 2,000 people live here, if we take into account the statistics for recent years.

The mild climate and favorable territorial position contribute to favorable rest and health improvement. Every year, tourists and pilgrims come here from all over the world to enjoy the beauty of local attractions and get to know history.

Mountains today. New Athos in Abkhazia is one of the most beautiful old resorts located in a small and very cozy bay on the picturesque Black Sea coast. The local population is represented by several nationalities at once, living peacefully side by side with each other: Abkhazians, Georgians, Russians, Armenians, Greeks, Ukrainians, etc. Despite the multinationality, the population of New Athos is quite small.

New Athos provides a quiet vacation, without a large number of entertainment venues. By the way, the latter are not here at all. From the public institutions of the New

Athos can only be distinguished:

a cozy pizzeria

dining room

confectionery;

restaurant "Kamarit";

· several cafes offering visitors mainly dishes of Caucasian cuisine.

New Athos is a city of shrines and staying here will give you peace and tranquility. The absence of nightlife does not mean that the rest in the resort area will seem boring and monotonous to you. A worthy alternative for tourists will be fascinating excursions to famous places and acquaintance with the sights of Athos. In addition, wonderful nature, wholesome food from natural products, clean air and picturesque spaces will allow you to recharge your vital energy and gain strength. Wherever you can relax not only with your body, but also with your soul.

Relax on the beach

Rest in New Athos 2017 You can plan in advance by buying a ticket now. The cultural and extremely clean beaches of New Athos are covered with small pebbles, and the water bottom near the coast is covered with sea sand. There are no pitfalls and sharp fragments of rocky rocks. This will especially please young parents who decide to spend time with young children. The air temperature during the holiday season ranges from + 25-30 during the day and + 19-22 at night. The water temperature in the sea can reach +22-26 degrees. September is considered to be the most favorable month for relaxation, when the sun is no longer so hot, and the water in the sea is still warm.

Sports in the form of diving, surfing, jet skiing, etc. here it is not particularly developed and only amateurs who decide to bring all the equipment with them personally are engaged in it. This may disappoint lovers of noisy water sports. But this is a great place to relax with the whole family, along with the kids, who will certainly be completely safe on beaches that are calm and devoid of all sorts of emergencies. That is why only those for whom peace, tranquility and harmony are above worldly fuss, the noise of nighttime festivities and drunken gatherings with friends go to rest in New Athos. Here you can not only fully relax, but also put your thoughts in order.

Trips, hiking and exciting excursions

What to do with yourself when you arrive in New Athos? Such a question is unlikely to arise from a tourist who has set foot on these lands. After all, during your stay here, a lot of ideas appear that you just want to quickly bring to life. The first thing that tourists who have already rested in New Athos mention is the picturesque nature, which amazes with its beauty from the very first minutes of acquaintance with the city. That is why all sorts of excursions and trips to sights and natural monuments are so popular here. You can also get acquainted with local shrines by visiting the village of Lykhny, the Assumption Church, the highland village of Hual with its ostrich farm.

Those who vacationed in New Athos last season will surely tell you about the famous natural attraction - the New Athos Cave. To see it, you will have to make an independent trip to the mountains, crossing hiking trails. Some instructors offer tourists to try their hand at climbing the mountain on horseback. For beginners, simple routes are selected, and for experienced riders - more complex and interesting ones.

There are many exciting excursions and trips for the guests of the city:

· Conquest of the top of the Iverskaya mountain;

a trip to the place of the Iversky waterfalls;

· Excursion to the Museum of the Abkhazian Kingdom;

· a trip to the lakes Ritsa and Goluboe;

· horse rides;

· sightseeing trips to Sukhum, etc.

Another activity that attracts hundreds of tourists is swimming in natural karst baths, which allows you to gain strength and vigor. Such baths are formed by nature itself, and therefore are truly priceless for their benefits to the body. They are located in the middle of a boxwood forest near the river, shimmering with pearly brilliance. Getting here, tourists will have to sweat a lot and expend energy. No problem. Prudent guides will offer to have a picnic right in the middle of green thickets, where you can taste a real shish kebab, fragrant with smoke, made on hot coals.

Attractions and entertainment

As you already understood, New Athos is far from the place where you will find a vibrant nightlife, many clubs and bars with exotic drinks. However, local cafes and restaurants are always happy to receive their guests and feed them with dishes of Caucasian and European cuisine. These are extraordinarily tasty and fragrant meat delicacies, lamb shish kebab, coffee cooked on the sand.

However, you are probably going to come here not only for this. Local attractions attract tourists much more than culinary delights and pleasant pastime at a table in a cafe. Having plunged into the atmosphere of these places, you will have an irresistible desire to get to know the natural monuments and historical heritage of New Athos.

Tourists like to visit other places:

· ruins of the destroyed Anakopia fortress;

· karst caves, as well as the famous New Athos cave;

· Genoa tower and Church of the Intercession;

· museum of military glory, the foundation of which was laid in memory of the events of 1992;

Museum of the Abkhazian kingdom;

· New Athos Ethnic Museum.

Cultural rest in New Athos

So, the first thing you will be invited to visit upon arrival in the city is the Simono-Kananitsky Monastery, founded by Russian monks from Greece back in 1875 and located at the foot of Mount Athos. Here you can see several ancient temples at once with their bell towers, cells and refectories.

One of the most grandiose structures of New Athos is the Panteleimon Cathedral decorated with frescoes and domes. Here you will get acquainted with the main shrine of the monastery - the miraculous cross. Tourists can visit the monastery on any day between 12 noon and 7 pm. It is mandatory for women to wear appropriate clothing: a long skirt, a head covering covering their hair, etc. Another notable place in the city is the famous New Athos Waterfall, formed on the basis of a hydraulic engineering complex built by ancient monks and belonging to the New Athos Monastery. Initially, its function was to protect against floods during high water. The monks made an effort to build an arched slab, on which a picturesque waterfall has settled today.

These are not all the sights of these places. Arriving here, do not forget to take a walk in the evening along the most beautiful embankment of New Athos, from where you will see stunning sea views. Visit the railway station Psyrtsha, located above the river with the same name and two tunnels, as well as the famous seaside park, walk along the paths of sinners. Rest in New Athos will leave many pleasant memories in your memory, which you will certainly share with your children and grandchildren.

How to get there?

Many tourists, especially those who decide to visit New Athos for the first time, are concerned about a rather important question: how to get here and where can I buy a ticket to this wonderful Abkhazian city?

It is worth saying that getting to the village is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. There are no special problems with transport accessibility. You can come here by buying a train ticket or a fixed-route taxi. Minibuses from Adler and Psou run with enviable regularity. There are also bus routes from Psou, Adler and other cities (Krasnodar, Rostov, Nalchik).

If you wish, you can get to New Athos from the border towns by taxi or private car, using a map, or more modern means of communication. As a last resort, use the services of passing transport, being on the territory of Adler or Sukhum. Here you are unlikely to surprise anyone with such a bold decision.

You can get to New Athos from Sukhum by regular bus - the line with the route was put into operation quite recently. In addition, while in Sukhum, you will surely stumble upon guides offering exciting trips to New Athos in cars or gazelles. If you are interested in this or that offer, you can safely pay for a sightseeing tour and go on an interesting journey through picturesque places with a rich historical heritage. As a rule, the cost of such excursions is not at all high and is affordable for vacationers from different cities with very different levels of income.

Rest in New Athos 2019

Abkhazia is an amazing land with a gentle sea, an abundance of bright sun and picturesque nature. The subtropical climate, due to the optimal location, is extremely favorable, so many vacationers come here again.

New Athos is considered the pearl of these places. A huge number of historical and religious attractions are collected on the territory of one small corner. The very architecture of buildings, houses and the private sector, as well as temples, fits well into the mountain landscape of the gorge, creating a single picturesque picture of a cozy village. The purest sea water with pebble beaches and a sandy-pebble shore at the exit from the city on the road to Sukhumi. Fascinating natural landscapes and fresh mountain air. All this annually attracts tourists to come to rest on the sea in this place.

You can stay in numerous guest houses, recreation centers and boarding houses. Travelers will definitely find a suitable inexpensive option for living in a large company or family with children.
Once visiting this country and especially the wonderful town - New Athos, you will get unshakable memories and a lot of positive impressions that will last until your next vacation. Mountains, exotic plants: palms, magnolias, eucalyptus and laurels, citrus and olive trees, as well as cypress alleys of incomparable beauty. All this is mixed in the form of smells and makes you forget about problems and worries.