Private tour to Sochi "The charm of the southern capital"
4 days / 3 nights (serviced all year round)
Tour program
DAY 1
Arrival to Sochi. Transfer to a hotel chosen, accommodation.
Free time, lunch (optional, for an extra charge).
14:00 - Departure for a sightseeing tour.
Tourists will see:
Sochi seaport; central seaside promenade; Sochi Art Museum; the Winter theater; the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel.
Tourist will attend:
- The "Arboretum" park - is a green Treasury of Russian subtropics. More than 1800 exotic and rare plants are brought to the park from different parts of the world.
- "Ahun" - an observation tower, located on the top of "Ahun" maintain. The spot is a magnificent panoramic view of the city and the sea.
Return to the hotel. Dinner (optional / arranged for an extra charge).
DAY 2
Breakfast at the hotel.
Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby and departure for an excursion to see the "SkyPark", the Olympic Park and the evening show known as "The Waters of the Olympic Park"; designed by California-based WET (which also designed the cauldron for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City), the fountain measures 5.3 meters in diameter with a capacity of about 700,000 gallons of water, featuring more than 250 nozzles and jet systems that can create fog and choreographed water displays set to music.
In the "SkyPark" tourists will be able to walk on the "Skybridge" - one of the longest suspension pedestrian bridges in the world (length - 439 meters), enjoy extreme entertainments such as bungy jumps, zip lines, and others (for an additional fee on the spot).
Lunch in the “Skypark” (optional / arranged for an extra charge).
Sochi Olympic Park is the main venue of the XXII Winter Olympic Games. This is where most of the stadium and sports complexes are located, as well as Sochi Autodrom - the famous track, that annually hosts the FORMULA 1 Russian Grand Prix.
Tourists will explore all the attractions of the Olympic Park by riding on silent electric cars.
Return to the hotel. Dinner (optional / arranged for an extra charge).
DAY 3
Breakfast at the hotel.
Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby and departure for an excursion to the "Krasnaya Polyana" mountain-ski resort with visiting "My Russia" ethnographic complex.
Upon arrival to Krasnaya polyana, tourists will be offered to take a lift (by cable road) to the top of the Caucasus ridge to enjoy the beauty of the mountains scenery. The highest spot is 2320 meters above the sea level.
Lunch (optional / arranged for an extra charge).
"My Russia" cultural and ethnographic complex is a family amusement park. Just a few steps separate Siberia from the Caucasus; one can see the roofs of Saint Petersburg from the Kazan tower. The Etnopark is an architectural ensemble of 11 pavilions representing Russian peculiar house constructing styles. "Moya Rossiya" is on most part a tool to promote Russian popular arts and traditional handicrafts. During the high season over 50 craftsmen from all parts of Russia open their workshops: pottery, smithcraft, woodworking, manufacture of traditional toys and painting decorations, gingerbread decoration, making of bast shoes; one can also visit Sochi’s one and only icon- painting shop, museums of handicrafts, art galleries, playing grounds for children, taste traditional food, visit a tipi and a fun-fair.
Return to the hotel. Dinner (optional / arranged for an extra charge).
DAY 4
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out. Transfer to the airport.
Cost of the tour per person.
(Accommodation type - 2 persons in a DBL room)
Summer
4 * hotel, room type DBL or Twin |
65 300 Rubles |
5 * hotel, room type DBL or Twin |
79450 Rubles |
Autumn
4 * hotel, room type DBL or Twin |
58 650 Rubles |
5 * hotel, room type DBL or Twin |
65 850 Rubles |
The tour includes:
- accommodation;
- breakfast at the hotel;
- transport and excursion services for all days, carried out on a comfortable minivan;
- guide services in English;
- entrance tickets on the routes:
- entrance to the "Arboretum" park
- entrance to the "Ahum" observation tower
- entrance to the "SkyPark" (includes entrance to the territory and walk on the bridge)
- electric car rental for riding around the Olympic Park
- tickets for the cable road in "Krasnay polyana" resort
- entrance to the cultural and ethnographic complex "My Russia"
Approximate cost of additional services:
- lunch in a cafe or a restaurant (local /European/Asian cuisine) – from 1100 RUB./person.;
- dinner at a cafe or a restaurant (local/European/Asian cuisine) – from 1500 RUB/person;
Note: during low season (October to December and mid-March to the end of April) the tour cost may be reduced. The exact price will by provided upon a request.
Check in and check out time in the hotels: 14:00 pm and 12:00 consequently.
"SPHERE Travel" reserves the right to change time and order of the excursions provided, but not the tour program.
