New Athos Falls

Colorful, fascinating spectacle is created by the hands of monks New Athos waterfall in Abkhazia. The height of the creation is eight meters, and the length is more than twenty meters.

The waterfall was built in 1882 on the Abkhaz river Psyrtskha for the economic needs of the New Athos monastery. Over the water, refrigerators were built to store food. The water rotated here and the blades of the local mill. The monks used water from the New Athos Falls for watering gardens.

New Athos was visited by King Alexander III, as evidenced by the memorial plaque on the arch at the entrance to the station New Athos. The old railway station itself is connected to the New Athos waterfall by a stone staircase.

Currently, the waterfall supplies the New Athos monastery with electricity. Near it there is a cafe where you can taste good Abkhazian wines and have a hearty snack.

You can get to Novoafonsky waterfall in Abkhazia by bus (journey) from the border of Abkhazia with Russia, or on foot from the railway station for half an hour. By bus (route taxi) to get to the waterfall is easier. But if you walk from the station, you can also see the New Athos monastery along the way.