The past few years, the popularity of Sochi as a destination for Christmas tours has increased significantly. Tourists are attracted here by the magnificent nature, developed infrastructure, a large amount of affordable services and entertainment, as well as a wide range of accommodation options. Winter temperature is not suitable for a beach holiday (+ 6 ... + 15), but quite comfortable for walks and excursions.
How to entertain yourself in Sochi for the New Year
Most hotels and hotels have already realized that it is absolutely not profitable to close for the winter. Therefore, they, like numerous cafes and restaurants, are preparing for the guests magnificent banquets and extensive concert programs.
There are decorations and garlands everywhere, in every empty corner and, of course, there are Christmas trees in the squares. This is the key to a festive mood. For the midnight salute on December 31, pyrotechnics were prepared in advance. All these charms are combined with an abundance of attractions and places of leisure.Here you can organize a vacation for any wallet and for every taste.
To all-so feel your stay on the coast, you can stay in a hotel with a heated salt water pool. This service is provided by many hotels, motels and resorts. Landscapes with palm trees will add some exotics to the celebration of the New Year.
Interesting can be a stay at the ski resorts of Krasnaya Polyana. The holiday itself will be enveloped in magical comfort, if you spend it in the circle of your favorite people by the fireplace of one of the excellent local hotels. Accommodation in a three-star hotel for one person will cost about 2500 rubles per day. Depending on the increase or decrease in hotel prices will vary.
Countless tour operators offer not to bother to search and organize a trip, but to choose a ready-made carefully planned tour. Accommodation in Sochi itself can be twice as expensive as a tour to a nearby village. So accommodation in a sanatorium near Sochi will cost about 17,000 rubles. This amount will include accommodation, banquet, catering for the system of the sanatorium, services of facilities located on the territory. Approximately the same conditions, but in Sochi itself will cost 25,000 rubles. And in fact, and in another case, the road will have to be paid separately. The flight from Moscow will cost from 11,000 rubles.
Accommodation and cultural program for the New Year holidays in Sochi in 2019
Among the places suitable for tourist accommodation, the most popular are:
- hotels;
- sanatoriums;
- boarding houses;
- guest houses;
- private sector.
Here you can find housing for every taste and budget. Among the nearby villages are the most popular Khosta, Matsesta and Lazarevskoye village. Here go those who do not like the crowded Sochi. You can also stay in Adler and enjoy its New Year decorations on the background of beautiful landscapes.
Tourists should visit one of the three local water parks, the so-called "Berendeev kingdom", dolphinarium, aquarium, a nursery for monkeys and a circus. Teenagers and adults will be interested in the adventure park AJ Hackett. It is also recommended to explore the local caves, waterfalls and bizarre in shape of the gorge. Interesting can be a walk on sports Olympic facilities. On the Resort Avenue, you can dissolve in a crowd of tourists. It is also worth visiting the local museums, festive performances in theaters or performances in the concert hall. All this is convenient to do on a rented car, since taxis here are expensive, and city transport takes a lot of time.
New Year 2019 in Sochi
On the eve of the holiday, the city is dressed up and shines with New Year's illumination. The parks offer attractions, towns and other entertainment complexes for children. The grand opening of the main city Christmas tree takes place on December 25 at the South Mall Square. Usually this event is celebrated with a parade of Grandfathers Frost. From this day, the mass New Year's celebrations are officially open.
On the squares and at large retail outlets all kinds of entertainment concerts, shows, quizzes and practical jokes are held. Cute souvenirs can be purchased at local Christmas markets. It is very pleasant to visit all these events and spend hours walking around the city, because guests in Sochi are not tormented by the real Russian frosty winter.
The seaside embankment begins from the very square of the Southern Mole. From here you can enjoy the New Year's fireworks. Usually on holidays there is a large crowd of people. In order for everyone to be clearly visible, the city authorities immediately install a huge screen that broadcasts everything that happens on the stage. The main New Year program starts on December 31 at 22.00. Pop stars come here, open-air disco, carnivals, costume shows and contests are held.
No less vivid performance awaits guests of the Arts Square and the Olympic Park. At the "Adler Arena" you can also become a member of the magnificent festive show program.Here acrobats perform, a light show is shown, a entertainment disco is held and everything ends with a banquet.
Children can become guests of a separate event with Santa Claus and other fairy-tale characters. Entrance to such an event will cost about 7,500 rubles, for children under 6 years old - 1,000 rubles.
Unusual will be the New Year in the aqua park AquaLoo. Here guests are entertained by animators, artists of the show program. For all those present, there are contests with prizes and gifts, a festive banquet, dancing until the morning, fireworks, opohmel-party on January 1, and much more. The venue was the beach, where you can drink wine and barbecue. It will cost along with the banquet and staying in a hotel complex room at 13,000-16,000 rubles per guest.
You should also pay attention to the following suggestions:
- entertainment program at Sochi Park - banquet, show program, disco, pranks (7,500 rubles for adults, 1,000 rubles for children);
- the program at the Radisson Hotel Rosa Khutor is a New Year's party with famous personalities, a hotel room with a banquet (from 10,000 rubles);
- a celebration at the Bogatyr Hotel in Sochi Park - a show-ballet, pop stars, carnival, dances, author’s cuisine, a night in a hotel room (from 17,000 rubles);
- a holiday at the Mercure Sochi Center SPA complex - a carnival party, live music, popular entertainers, gifts and surprises, accommodation in a hotel room (from 11,000 rubles).
A similar program offers almost every hotel. Each event is filled with laughter, jokes and good mood.
Guest reviews about holidays in Sochi
Among those who already had a similar experience, there are both satisfied with the rest, and those who noticed a lot of flaws in the New Year holidays in Sochi.
The first drawback, which all dissatisfied emit, is exorbitant, in their opinion, prices. Tourists complain that everything that offers local service for the New Year holidays requires waste. And what seemed to be free was simply paid for earlier (for example, services and entertainment at the hotel).
Also, tourists note that local service is often underdeveloped to European, although the promises of event organizers and hotel owners are quite pretentious.
Nevertheless, guests of the city remain very pleased with the scenery, the sea, the weather and the variety of entertainment. This is quite enough to get the New Year mood and keep its pleasant echoes for the whole year.
