The nature and the beauty of the cities of Abkhazia.

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  New Athos

 Located on the shore of a small bay, 22 km from Sukhum. 

  New Athos is situated at the foot of the beautiful mountains of the two  the Iberian 350 m and Athos  500 m. The mountains are separated by a very beautiful gorge Psyrtsha a small river that runs through the city and originating low in the mountains, fir trees. The hills on which the resort is located, is a solid lemon, orange, tangerine and olive groves. Cypress alley stretching across its territory, and in the coastal area of palm trees, bananas, magnolia, oleander and eucalyptus. 

 In New Athos Abkhazia are Christian shrines, the city is rich in historical monuments and places of interest.

 
Gagra 

 One of the most beautiful cities in Abkhazia, Gagra fabulous, lures and attracts travelers. Situated 22 km from Adler, he stretched a narrow strip a few kilometers along the coast, and begins in the north west steep slope down to the sea, and the southern, newer part of the city, has a rather flat landscape. 

 History Gagra counts more than two thousand years the city was founded by the ancient Greeks. Since then, he has been under the authority of the Genoese, Turks, and in the end  and Russian. The resort village purposefully began to transform the Russian Prince Alexander of Oldenburg, and it happened at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.


The capital of Abkhazia, Sukhumi city

Аn ancient city founded 2,500 years ago, a very long-standing traditions of the resort, the city acquired the status of a resort in the late XIX century.

Sukhumi is located 110 km from the Russian border on the shores of the vast Gulf of Sukhumi. The city is protected by high mountain ranges of the Caucasus from the intrusion of cold air masses, the climate is subtropical, very soft.

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Красиво. Все кто был очень хвалят природу и отдых. Надеюсь побывать на следующий год.

съездите обязательно, вам там очень понравится:)!

а добирались туда каким транспортом? и где проживали?

мы ездили на машине), снимали в частном доме комнату

блин мне далековато на машине,около 2т.км)

мы еще больше ехали:)