The Sochi Marathon, or Two Wonders of the Shahe River Valley

Excursion to the Lazarevsky district of Greater Sochi with a visit to two unique sites located in different places of the valley of the beauty of the Shakhe mountain river, the first tea plantation in the history of Russia in Solokh-Aul and the famous natural cascade of 33 waterfalls.

Unique in its composition, number of objects and duration of the tour with a visit to two interesting places located in the valley of the river Shahe, in different parts of its flow. The tour begins from your hotel, sanatorium, guest house, regardless of their location and location in Greater Sochi. Further, aside from the federal highway near the resort village of Dagomys at a distance of 28 km, along the picturesque mountain serpentine, there is a high-mountain observation deck to the valley of the Shahe River, in the area of its middle current.

Then a sightseeing visit to the first tea plantation in Russia, the estate house of I. A. Koshman, a tea party with Russian pancakes and mountain Caucasian honey. A visit to the holy source of the healer Panteleimon and (if desired) the monastery of the Cross Desert. Then follows the return to Dagomys and on the federal highway to the resort village of Golovinka, almost at the mouth of the Shakhe River, and then along its channel to the Adyghe mountain village of Big Kichmai (translated from the Adyghe “Valley of blacksmiths”). Visit the Adyghe national private cheese factory, where tourists get acquainted with the traditions of cheese making and production of the famous Adyghe cheese. Further, already on military trucks GAZ-66 transfer to a unique natural object in the Sochi National Park, the famous cascade of waterfalls and rollers, nicknamed in the excursion world “33 waterfalls”. On the way back, visit the legendary Tulip tree in the village of Golovinka.

This is a route for real romantics who love nature, roads and travel!