Sochi

• International airport in Sochi
• How to get to the airport
• Useful phones
• Interesting places to visit
• Day of the city

International airport in Sochi

www.airport.sochi.ru

• Address: 354355, Sochi, Airport
• Telephone: +7(8622)44-00-25
• Inquiry desk at the airport: +7(8622)44-00-88

How to get to the airport

Buses on route
¹51 Airport – Commercial center in Adler (market);
¹124 Airport - Sochi (railway station);
¹130 Adler - Airport – Trout breeding farm (village Moldovka);
¹131 Adler - Airport – village Galitcino;
¹131 Adler - Airport – village Lipniki;
¹135 Airport – locality Krasnaya Polyana.
Route taxi
¹51/130 Trout breeding farm (village Moldovka) - Airport - Commercial center in Adler (market);
¹105 Trout breeding farm (village Moldovka) - Airport - Sochi (railway station);
¹124 Airport - Sochi (railway station);
¹144 Airport - Dagomys.

Useful phones

Order of taxi	058
City inquiry desk in Sochi	09
Long-distance line in Sochi	812
City fee-paying inquiry desk in Sochi	009 (not from mobiles)
Sochi city inquiry desk	+7(8622)62-06-46
Fee-paying inquiry	069
Exact time (telephone answering machine)	060
Currency exchange in Sochi	+7(8622)62-29-24
Inquiry desk of railway station in Sochi	+7(8622)92-30-44
Inquiry desk of railway station in Lazarevskoe	+7(8622)72-21-82
Inquiry desk of railway station in Adler	+7(8622)45-06-06
Inquiry desk of railway station in Dagomys	+7(8622)32-11-13
Inquiry desk of Sochi seaport buildings	+7(8622)99-72-03
Inquiry desk of bus service station in Sochi	+7(8622)99-65-69
Inquiry desk of airport in Sochi (Adler)	+7(8622)44-00-88
Receiving of telegraphic message	066
Call for TV repairer in Sochi	067
Delivery of pizza in Sochi	+7(8622)98-09-58
Delivery of flowers	+7(8622)62-30-65
Consumers’ protection committee in Sochi	+7(8622)64-43-10
Order of long-distance calls in Sochi	8-11
Water line, Duty Center in Sochi	+7(8622)94-26-43
Common City SochiGorCaz in Sochi	04
Duty Center SochiGorCaz in Sochi	+7(8622)92-35-04
Power network, Sochi center	+7(8622)92-22-38
SochiTeploEnergo, Duty Center in Sochi and Hosta	+7(8622)92-14-07
Common city Southlift	0-71
Southlift Duty Center in Sochi	+7(8622)98-59-21
City militia in Sochi	02
City prosecutor's office in Sochi	+7(8622)62-45-45
Civil defense and dire emergency on-line duty attendant in Sochi	+7(8622)92-22-81
Militia – hot line	+7(8622)99-29-76
Integrated rescue service Adler – Lazarevskoe	01
Ambulance service in Sochi	03
Hot line in Sochi	+7(8622)99-70-66
Emergency station for adults in Sochi	+7(8622)91-44-31
Emergency station for children in Soch	+7(8622)91-42-17

Interesting places to visit

1. Recreation and entertainment park "Riviera"

   ”Riviera” park has an ancient history, it is an object of historical and cultural heritage, natural historical monument of local character. It was founded by Vasiliy Alekseevich Hludov; his bower is one of the oldest buildings in Sochi (1896), a monument of construction and architecture. More than 240 species and shapes of trees and bushes are grown on the territory of the park. The park has sports facilities, leisure-time entertainments, Green theatre, musical platform with cinemachinery, an exhibition room, a museum and a library. During holiday season numerous exhibitions are arranged here, famous pop groups and singers give performance on a tour here. Amateur painter society “Sochinskaya palitra” work on the basis of the park; picture, arts and crafts exhibitions are held here. There are 7 summer cafes on the territory of the park. The park is open for visitors round-the-clock.

2. Sochi Art museum

   The museum has unique collections, which include works of masters of national art of the XIX-XX centuries, which give an opportunity to see different sides of their oeuvres (4.5 thousand of stored works). Constant museum expositions: “Russian art at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries”, “Native art of the soviet period 1930-1970” count more than 700 exhibits. Mass events, monthly temporary exhibitions of museum collections, of local artists’ oeuvres and of private collections are held in the museum. There is a stationary exhibition of plastic works “Iconographic scenes. Christ’s life” in the museum. The museum offers lectures for tourists.

3. Stalin’s bower

   The place where Stalin’s bower was founded in 1937 was and still is one of the most popular places. The bower is situated on the top of a mountain chain between Metcesta valley and Agurskoe canyon. There is a breathtaking, magnificent view on the fabulous snowy mountain peaks of the Main Caucasian Mountain Chain. Sea, mountains, intricate landscape, infinite opportunity to enjoy mountain air, to watch how flame-coloured sun disc is slowly setting behind mountains, how sun rays glance on sea water – all this will certainly make an indelible impression on you.

4. Krasnaya Polyana

   Krasnaya Polyana is an original resort settlement with an ancient history, which attracts thousands of tourists today. They are beckoned by fabulous mountain sceneries, hyaline water, air, mineral sources, as well as by breath-taking views… Once it was a mountainous Circassian settlement which was situated in a picturesque river valley 40 kilometers away from Black sea and now it claims to become the most modern and popular ski resort in Russia. Today large-scale building of new hotels, ropeways, ski slopes, objects of tourists infrastructure and leisure time is held.

5. 33 waterfalls

   Remarkably beautiful canyon Dzhegosh with numerous cascades of waterfalls which height is up to 12 meters is situated in river valley Shakhe, which is located 4 km away from settlement Bolshoi Kichmay in Sochi. This place is called “33 waterfalls”, actually their number is greater. All of a lump they form a large stone ladder which is washed by the purest upland water. There are tourists’ paths along both side of the canyon. Broadleaf trees are grown along it, and there is a relict endemic closer to water – Colchis boxtree, which is registered in Red Data Book. Incident water created a small lake on the fifth waterfall. Dip in a wonderful vivifying lake, swim in it and you’ll feel how weariness leaves you and your feelings become harmonized. During the excursion you’ll see a famous whitewood, which was planted in 1840, Museum of Circassian culture, where hospitable hosts will offer you tea, tell you about traditions of the Adygeis-shapsugs, tell you legends which came to us from ancient times. You’ll touch ancient things, make photos in national clothes.

6. Ostrich farm “Three Sophias”

   Farm “Three Sophias” is situated near the entrance to Akhshtirskiy canyon and has been functioning for a year and now it is the biggest and the best equipped farm in Sochi. Don’t lose an opportunity to see the biggest bird in the world – black African ostrich that has been living on Earth for 60 million years, keeping a lot of peculiarities ever since dinosaurs times. Besides 17 African ostriches on the farm there are also their nearest congeners, but from another continent – Australian Emu. This ostrich is an Australian pride – it is noble and unusual. It is big but it does not come close as African ostrich does, that is why you should come to aviary carefully not to frighten the bird away. There is an individual recreational space on the farm – an arbour near a pond with waterfowls, mute swans and whooping swans. These beautiful and graceful birds pose with pleasure, stretching wings and curving their neck as letter “S”, and take food from visitors’ hands with pleasure. There are also ducks here – mandarins and mallards. Furthermore a rare bird, which is widespread in Nilsk valley and mostly in tropical Africa – “Egypt goose” – lives on the bank of the pond,. There is an arbour with blue “Indian peacocks” opposite aviaries. This bird poses with pleasure, stretching its wonderfully gorgeous tail and coat in which blue, green and orange shades are combined, and this makes him a fame of the most beautiful bird. Riding on “Scotch-pony” is organized on the territory of the farm, here you’ll have an opportunity to make photos with tame Caucasian vulture in a felt with a real dagger, which was used only by Hillman-warriors.

7. Ruins of medieval temple (Deep Yar)

   Route to ruins of medieval temple on remains of ancient fortress, which was built of limestone, begins in the same way as to waterfall “Dragon’s chaps” (Deep Yar). You can climb to the temple on the blind path of the left side slope of canyon. Firstly it is hard to see the path. Tourists come here seldom. The route is not easy, and sometimes even dangerous, especially in rainy weather. The path starts from the piled spalls of limestone, probably, ancient builders took constructional material for temple here. Then the path plunges up, sometimes you need to scramble. There is a beautiful scenery on mountains and river Mzimta from here. After half an hour (approximately) climb the path leads to ruins of ancient temple. Only fragments of walls remained from the temple, the roof, as it seems, collapsed long time ago and partially fell from the hill. Here and there you may see brushwoods of wild rose. These are, most probably, the remainders of the temple garden.

8. Park “Arboretum”

   "Arboretum" in Sochi was founded in 1892 by publisher and editor of "Petersburg newspaper", Sergey Nikolaevich Khudekov. That is a sample of high landscape art, where more than 2500 types of plants from all over the world are grown on the territory of 50 hectares: from North America and Asia Minor, Australia and Eastern Africa, from Mediterranean, Mexico, the Himalaya, Japan and China. Incredible combination of incompatible, as it seems, plants conquers imagination: ancient cycads, marvelous date-palms, big taguas and wonderfully gracile "washingponies". Graceful peacocks and Australian ostriches walk on the territory of the park, haughty white European, black Australian and New Zealand swans row in ponds of "Arboretum". Tenderly weeping willows touch water with their branches, and near them there are impenetrable brushwoods of bamboo. Here there is peace and beauty, luxury of nature and the fragrance of flowers. “Arboretum” consists of two parts – lower part which is flat and upper part which is situated on the mountain slope – which are connected by a ropeway and a tunnel.

9. Aquarium-terrarium

   Sochi aquarium-terrarium was opened in September, 9, 1989. Its overall area is 340 m2. There are more than 200 kinds of fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians – lizards, snakes, crocodiles. In June, 20, 2002, a branch of aquarium-terrarium – “House of birds”, in which more than 60 kinds of birds are represented, was opened on the territory of Sochi arboretum. Its square is 300 m2. There are such unique animal species as blacktailed rattlesnake (snake), corned iguana (lizard), black piranhas (fish) which can be found on the territory of Russia only in Sochi aquarium-terrarium. The biggest snake in terrarium is reticulated python. It is 5 years old, its length is 4 meters, its weight is 52 kg. In the wild the length of this species can be up to 8-10 m. Every year up to 60 thousand excursionists visit aquarium-terrarium.

10. Zimniy theatre (Winter theater)

    The building of Zimniy theatre in Sochi was built in 1937 by architect K.N.Chernopyatov in consultation with architects V.A.Shuko and Golfreih. Pursuant to Resolution of Council of ministers of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic the building of Zimniy theatre is protected by state as a monument of architecture of republic character. In May, 15, 1938, first performance of “Tzar’s bride” written by N.Rimskiy-Korsakov and staged by Moscow musical theatre named after K.S Stanislavskogo and N.V.Nemirovich-Danchenko opened solemnly Sochi State theatre. There are 900 seats in audience hall of Zimniy theatre. Building’s architecture is surrounded by 88 columns. Main terrace of the central porch is an open crush-room of the theatre, which is connected with galleries by the created piazzas. A huge toreutic luster is decorated with bright luminous crystals. A master of crystal production from Moscow region was the first in the Soviet Union who decorated a big luster of Sochi theatre with native crystals. Big hall is decorated with 20 big columns with Corinthian capitals, encased in artificial marble.