Sochi Southern capital of Russia tour

Day

Itinerary

Day 1

Moscow

Arrival in MOW. Meet with guide. Transfer to the hotel. Check in. Dinner in the hotel.

Day 2

Moscow

Breakfast. Meet with guide. Moscow city tour (3-3,5 hrs).

Lunch in a city restaurant

Kremlin (Territory + 1 Cathedral). Armoury (optional)

Free time for shopping.

Optional:

• Optional: Gastronomic tour - Master class of making pan cakes - traditional Russian dish and the symbol of Sun in Russia.
• Moscow River cruise with dinner at Radisson Royal floating restaurant;
• Excursion tour to Bolshoi Theatre (backstage, scene, main hall and other halls). Not included ticket to the performance. Tickets to the performance - on request. This tour can be added by gastronomic tour to the Russian caviar restaurant.
• Visit of Moscow Circus with performance;

Day 3

Moscow-Sochi

Breakfast. Check out.

Transfer to the airport. Flight to Sochi.

Arrival in Sochi. Meeting with guide at Adler airport.

"Sochi the southern capital of Russia" city tour:

• moving to Sochi city center along seashore, sightseeing tour on route,
• a promenade along Primorskaya Embankment from "Fort" art gallery & Archangel Michael Church to Zimny (Winter) theater - acquaintance with the historic center of the city,
• visit to "Dendrariy" subtropical park.

Transfer to 4-star hotel: check-in. Free time. 

Day 4

Sochi

Meeting with guide in hotel's lobby. 

"Krasnaya Polyana the unique mountain resort" tour:

• moving to Krasnaya Polyana on a mountain highway,
• walk by cableway up to +2000 m - panorama sightseeing of the Caucasus Mountains and Olympic venues.

A lunch on the route.

Continuation:

• visit to the cultural and ethnographic center "My Russia" - 11 thematic pavilions representing Russia in a miniature, museum exhibits and interactive areas,
• excursion to the "AJ Hackett Skypark Sochi" - one of the longest pedestrian suspension bridges in the world.

Return to a hotel.

Day 5

Sochi

Meeting with guide in hotel's lobby.

"Welcome to Russian Tea Houses" tour:

• moving to Uch-Dere village,
• you will walk around tea plantations, learn about the history of tea cultivation in Sochi, tea harvesting and tea processing,
• visit to a pretty wooden tea house in a Caucasian forest & have a nice cup of tea and a tea party with fruit, nuts, pies, honey and jam made of tropical fruits (figs and feijoa),
• enjoy a lively music performance of a Russian folk ensemble.

Return to a hotel.

Day 6

Sochi

Meeting with guide in hotel's lobby.

"Valley of waterfalls and legends" tour:

• moving to Golovinka village,
• photostop at a legendary tulip tree (a liriodendron tulip) - 10 people with the linked hands can clasp a tree trunk,
• acquaintance with ethnography of the Caucasus, with tenor of life and life of aboriginals of the coast: visiting the ethnographic museum, tasting of honey and wine,
• a trip by jeeps around the riverbed of the Shakhe River - the largest river of Lazarevsky District,
• a walk to falls on a stream Dzhegosh - 33 falls, 13 thresholds,
• a lunch (traditional Adyghe dishes).

Return to a hotel.

Day 7

Sochi

Meeting with guide in hotel's lobby. Check-out.

"The Olympic Sochi" tour:

• moving to the Imeretian resort, a walk through the Olympic Park by golf carts - sightseeing of ice arenas and Fisht stadium, taking photos on Medals Plaza against the background of the Wall of Champions, bowls of Olympic flame, etc.
• visit to "Fisht" stadium: the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games-2014 and the landmark matches of the FIFA World Cup-2018 were held here.

A lunch on the route.

Transfer to Adler airport accompanied by the guide. Flight to Moscow.

Arrival in Moscow.

Additional services:

• transfer to the hotel or to another airport - 45 EUR car, no guide (supplement);
• hotel booking - 3-4-5* (price  - on request)