I visited Mount Akhun in light mode, going up there on the car. The road with good coverage and markings, a bit too narrow, and the curb is completely bricked up with fencing, so park on the road will be impossible. In the end, at the very top there is a spacious parking and a small tourist infrastructure. Observation tower Akhun, cafe, souvenir shops and toilet – everything is clean, civilized and decently
The content of the article
- 1 Mount Akhun in Sochi
- 2 Historical background
- 3 Information to visit
- 4 How to get there
- 5 On the map
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Mountain Akhun in Sochi
Mount Akhun is almost the main attraction in Sochi, where people are brought en masse from all the neighborhoods. Driven as travel agencies with full buses and private guides with personal cars.
The place is really interesting and people usually like it here. I would not say that the tower itself is something unique, for what it costs to go. But in some places it is very picturesque It looks, for example, where nature has clung to the walls with leaves. In fact, it’s just beautiful, stylized as historical monument, observation deck, with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, where you can see Sochi and Adler.
It is worth to come here, especially if you have a car. And not refuse the offer of travel agencies if you are a pedestrian – here Good views and a place worth spending money and time.
Mountain and tower Akhun in Sochi
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- Inside the tower Akhun tasting and selling wine
By the way, I was here in the dark. Cool people few, but already poorly visible from the tower and the photo without the normal the camera is not done. Better to come no later sunset
History reference
According to Aunt, who conducted a tour of Stalin’s Cottage, The tower on Mount Akhun was built by order of Stalin. Allegedly, examining the territory of his new villa in Sochi, Stalin carefully looked with balcony on a mountain towering in the distance, and pointed to it with a finger – they say, there will be a great view of the city.
In 1935, they began to build a mountain road to the top of Mount Akhun, and in 1937, the construction of a small Ottoman-style tower was completed, which to this day plays the role of a viewing platform. Stalin, By the way, I never came here.
Information to visit
Entrance to the tower costs 100 rubles per person.
Open from 10 am to 9 pm
Nearby there is a paid Ferris wheel, if you have a little towers.
I would recommend to visit Mount Akhun not in a complex with neighboring attractions (Agursky waterfalls and Eagle Rocks), and how A separate trip is on the lookout. No, of course, if you’re a fan trekking, and in excellent physical condition, then you can easily walk down from the tower, to the Agursky waterfalls and, then, upwards, on neighboring mountain with Eagle Rocks. Just remember, if you are on car, then you will need to go back to her parking lot. near the tower Akhun.
How to get there
By car: I doubt that having a car, you do not use navigator, but just in case dubbed voice. You need highway A-147 in the direction of Khosta, and then on to the Novorossiysk exit highway. Then, follow the signs for the road Big Akhun, which, after 20 turns of the serpentine, ends in a dead end on the very top of Mount Akhun. In the same place, leave the car in the parking lot and walk peshochkom to the tower.
By public transport: taxi – from 600 rubles one way, excursion – about 800 rubles per person, and the classic public transport is not here. Nearest stop – “By to the requirement “on a serpentine, or the final” Small Akhun “by bus number 2. You can catch this bus at any resort stop. prospectus. Then you have to go about 11 km up the hill. Sure, What is the best option?
