Sukhum- Abkhaz capital, which was considered one of the most elite resorts in Soviet times. Getting into the sanatorium of the city at the height of the season, simple mortal was simply impossible. Travels there were delivered to famous athletes, artists and party workers. And ordinary workers were content with a bed in the private sector and were very happy if they managed to find such. Many just came to nowhere. And from the station with suitcases and children walked around the city and searched for a place for the night at least for one night.
And those who came from recreation often recalled him as a paradise time, despite not very convenient conditions for the current standards. But after hostilities in the early 1990s, everything was very changed and the city seemed to measure and stopped at that time. From the war, destroyed and not yet restored buildings. But now everyone can go to relax in Sukhum.Vouchers in the sanatorium and hotels are available to purchase everything. Those who rested in Sukhum in Soviet times, of course, see the changes that occurred in Sukhum. Now the rest in Sukhum has two feelings in Sukhum - one has a feeling of rejection such a holiday and they are no longer going there to come there. But there are those who fall in love with this resort. After all, in addition to the beach holiday, in spite of destruction there is something to see. Abkhaza in the tourist season organizes a lot of excursions, including in the capital.
Apery
This is one of the most famous sights of the city and attending it by many tourists.
It was created in 1927 during the Soviet Union. It was one of the largest nurseries in the country, who was well funded. There were many studies and at the same time about 3,000 pets lived in it, which were called South America, Asia and Africa. But the war negatively affected them. Now in the nursery only about 300 monkeys live. And I want to say that this is a miserable spectacle.It seems that they are fed only to tourists. They all look very unfortunate, and some very aggressive. They constantly rush out of the cage and it seems that they are still waiting from there. The entrance to this nursery costs 200 rubles. Before it can be reached by car with an excursion. But it is not difficult to do it and rising myself on the mountain. At the same time you can see a beautiful and old road with many steps. In the tourist season there are usually a lot of people. In this if you get there in March, for example, you can generally stay alone with monkeys. In general, in this nursery, all such an old and ugly, that it becomes very sorry for monkeys. And in my opinion, it would be better to distribute them to the zoos, where they would be better careful about them.
Botanical Garden
This is one of the most beautiful Sukhumi attractions and her beauty rarely leaves indifferent. The price of a ticket there also costs 200 rubles. This is a fairly old garden, his story began with the 30s of the 19th century. There are a lot of local plants in the garden, just eyes run away from diversity and many call this garden one of the wonders of the world.In total, about 1000 different varieties of plants are presented in the Botanical Garden. There is such a miracle of nature as varnishing trees, caps of a pitcher, lotuses and rare varieties of orchids. Olives grow there. Tourists love to walk there on debt, being photographed and just enjoy the views. I still really liked the bridge over the river which flows in this garden. It is called khaki dogs or just Sukhumka.Botanical Garden and Monkey Kennel can be visited as part of a sightseeing tour of the city, buying it in one of the travel agencies. But it is much more convenient to go there on your own. Any taxi driver will take you there and it will be much more convenient.
Kelasur Wall
In a different way, it is also called the Great Abkhaz Wall. The fact that she is Abkhaz, I do not argue. But the Association with Chinese calls for everyone who sees it at least a smile. Although in travel agencies, the excursion is actively offered there, I do not think that it is worth going there. The kelasur wall is better to visit the passage of excursions. She is neither ancient to be in such a deplorable state.
It was built at the turn of the 16th and 16th centuries and performed a defensive function. After the end of construction, its length was about 150 kilometers, and the height is 4 meters. The defensive towers were there, the distance between which was about 300 meters. The wall stretches from the Kelasur River to the Inhur River. I do not argue, maybe in those distant times it was a majestic and terrible structure, but now it is only a small pile of stones. Even to me, an amateur story, there was nothing to see. But I have a suspicion that there are no so many enemies or time to destroy the walls, and the locals. After all, they could use the Kelasur wall as a building material for their own homes.
Upper Escher
This excursion can also be bought in any Sukhuman travel agency. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3tmrv-dnaa In general, the upper escher is a great Abkhaz village, located a few kilometers from Sukhum. It is famous for its ancient dolmen. Locals used these stone structures. In the northeastern part of the upper escher, archaeologists and to this day lead their excavations. That preserved the walls of an ancient fortification called UAZ-Abaa. According to the description, it was a rather powerful structure. But until our time, only two walls with a height of about 18 meters are preserved.
In general, this village accounts for quite a lot of attractions. For example, there is a cottage of the famous Russian artist V. V. Vereshchagin. There, in Soviet times, there was one of the Olympic bases. A lot of athletes, including the participants of the Moscow Olympiad, arrived there on training. There were 4 good football fields.
And not far from this village there is still Lower Escher. And there are also many ancient monuments on its territory, including from the Greek period of Abkhazia.
This is not all excursions that can be visited while in Sukhum. Someone can say that they are not enough and they are not very interesting. But the connoisseurs of history and travel will always find something to rejoice during excursions. All these attractions can also be visited independently, it is not necessary to buy an organized excursion.