Beaches in New Athos
New Athos is a city with a Greek name, located 22 km from the Abkhaz capital - Sukhumi. He took refuge on the coast of a small bay located at the foot of the Iverskaya Mountain. It is also called Anakopia, because from about the 4th century AD, a settlement called Anakopia was located here. It was the capital of the Abkhazian kingdom.
Now New Athos attracts tourists with the amazingly lush nature of the subtropics, wonderful historical and religious monuments and, of course, the noise of the Black Sea surf and luxurious beaches.
So, the beaches of New Athos.
In Novy Afon, sea beaches prevail, despite the fact that there is also a rather large river Psyrtskha. For the most part, these beaches are pebble, they consist of a mixture of pebbles of different sizes, at the same time, there are also sandy and pebble beaches. But their beauty is that they are surrounded by amazingly beautiful eucalyptus groves. In the city, free beaches are not equipped, there is practically no rental of sun loungers and umbrellas on them..
Nevertheless, many people love the beaches of New Athos due to the fact that the descent into the water here is gentle, and therefore it is good to relax here with children. It is noteworthy that the entrance to the beaches belonging to sanatoriums and boarding houses, of which there are a great many, is absolutely free for tourists. And on these beaches you can just rent all kinds of sun loungers and umbrellas, get access to showers and changing rooms.
As mentioned above, in New Athos you can stay in boarding houses, guest houses, mini-hotels and large hotels..
The price of the issue directly depends on the season; proximity to the coast also plays a role. But the distance from the passing highway will have to be assessed independently. Removed from the sea sanatoriums and boarding houses twice a day transport tourists to the coast by attached buses.
The most popular resorts and hotels in New Athos
- Pension «Near the Monastery»
- Hotel «Abkhazia»
- Pension «Waterfall»
- Resort complex «Kamarit»
- Hotel «Griffin»
- Hotel «Tsarskaya alley»
New Athos is a calm and quiet vacation without noisy water activities. There are no water parks, inflatable slides here. Nothing breaks the silence and grace, so here it is good to switch to a calm rhythm, breaking free from the frantic whirlwind of the metropolis. And here you can also take part in excursion groups, visiting the legendary New Athos cave, which stretches into several rooms. Cavers have worked hard so that visitors can walk on a flat surface, have developed a route to the start of which a small open train takes visitors. There are also excursions to the local monastery and to the high-mountainous lake Ritsa.
