SOCHI
RESORT
Sochi is called the capital of
Russian Health Resorts. It's situated in the southern part of Russia
and it spreads along the 1 50-kilometer strip between the Main Caucasus
Mountain Range and the Black Sea coastline. The city is at one
geographical breadth with a desert of Gobi , Toronto , Nice. However,
due to affinity of the Big Caucasian ridge and warm Black sea, a
climate here is subtropical. These are the most northern subtropics in
the world.
Sochi is not similar
to habitual city with infinite alternate stone buildings, the areas,
roadways and streets. It is city-park, city-reserve. It is so entered
in an environment that makes as though a part of it. More than 90 % of
the area of Sochi include mountains. The territory of Sochi completely
is a part of the State Natural National park. Tops of the Main
Caucasian ridge carefully protect city from intrusion of cold northern
winds. The combination of mountains and the sea form in this district
unique in Russia a damp subtropical climate.
There is no sharp
change of habitual four seasons in Sochi. Here two basic periods are
distinguished : warm (May - October) and cool (November - April). The
mid-annual temperature of air in Sochi is around +14 C, daily average
temperature in summer + 25 C, maximal + 35 C to + 38 C. Average
temperature of the coldest month of January is + 9C. Loss of snow is
extremely unusual occurrence in the city and snow cover rarely stays
more than two days. An average number of sunny days consist of 300 days
a year.
Sochi can be
classified as multifunctional resort: it has a contemporary
entertainment infrastructure as well as unique spa, balneological,
climatic resources.
Accommodation in
Sochi varies from casual hotels and motels to boutique and five star
hotels, including world famous Radisson chain.
International
government meetings on high level take place in the city regularly and
Sochi 's mountain ski resort Krasnaya Polyana (Red Glade) is
year-to-year visited by Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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