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Drink Russian tea the Russian way
Pavlik_NL Says: Russian tea tradition is already centuries old and differs a lot from other tea traditions. Here in Dagomys, the centre of Russian tea, you have the opportunity to learn about, as well as enjoy this tea tradition in a Tshainaya Domiki (Tea House). Near Dagomys, in the small...
Sun bath on the beach, swim in the Black Sea (2)
Pavlik_NL Says: The other Dagomys beach belongs to the large hotel complex baring the same name as the village. When staying in this hotel, the beach is for free, others pay a small amount to joy the relative quietness on this part of the Dagomys coast (30 Roubles in 2005). The sea here is...
Sun bath on the beach, swim in the Black Sea (1)
Pavlik_NL Says: Dagomys has two beaches. The main public beach is North of the small river that runs through the town. This beach is at the end of Armavirskaya and Festivalnii Ulitsa and offers a wide entertainment. It is often quite crowdy and salesmen and -women offer their goods: piva...
The Kozman-museum about Russian tea
Pavlik_NL Says: In the mountains of Dagomys a small village (Soloch Aool - an "Aool" is a mountain village) houses a unique museum of Russian history. Here it was that at the end of the 19th century, mister Kozman, planted tea bushes to produce the first completely Russian tea. Since then...
Pablos_new Says: From Dagomys one can order any of the standard Sochi regular tours to see different sightseeing places.- 33 waterfalls- rafting- dolphinarium- Vorontsov cavern - tours to Abkhazia: -- Lake Rizza -- Pitsunda -- New Aphon monastery and cavernsand many other...See it on my...
Pablos_new Says: I think this is the biggest hotel comlex in Big Sochi. Built in 1982 as a "reservation" for foreign tourists it can admit up to 2000 guests (even more with neighbouring hotel "Olympijskaya" and motel "Meridian") but has all the facilities needed to live without leaving its...
Dagomys: Hotel Complex Dagomys (cont..)
Pablos_new Says: This tip is no longer actual as...Starting 01/04/2010 Hotel is closed for reconstruction till December 2012! It will be opened back in 2013 before Sochi Olympic Games 2014 Personnel was very accurate and polite, we actually had no problems.Rooms are good though some of them...
Dagomys public beach: Dancing, romancing and partytime
Pavlik_NL Says: Along the public beach of Dagmoys the most nightlife is taking place. Several restaurants and dancings are present on the short lumpy boulevard. Dancing is often outdoors in the warm evening and night air. Music is mostly Russian with a Arabian (Kaukasus) flavour. Russians...
Train to Sochi, Mashootki to Dagomys
Pavlik_NL Says: Though Dagomys has a station, only few trains per day stop here (and they are terribly stuffed with people). Reaching Dagomys therefore can be done best over Sochi central station. This station connects with Adler and it’s airport as well as Krasnodar and other Russian...
Russian tea in a Russian teahouse with Russian tea
Pavlik_NL Says: In the mountain part of Dagomys: "Ooch D'ray" is a traditional Russian teahouse, surrounded with some tea fields. It can be reached by taxi in 20 minutes and is definately worth a visit. Here one tells everything about the Russian tea tradition. How it came to be and what it...
No comparison with western staying
Pavlik_NL Says: When you go to Sochi and or Dagomys, beware of making a comparison with western staying (in, for example, Spain, Italy or Greece). Maybe the hotel complex looks great and even the rooms are satisfactory, the environment will have the tendensy to disappoint the average...
Mountain monument for fallen fellowmen
Pavlik_NL Says: Dagomys itself was not in the frontline within the Great Patriottic War (the second world war). However, like all Russian villages and towns, it had to see many young men leave for the front ... never to return. The frontline shifted Southwards to the Kaukasus, but came to a...
Watersports, parasailing and diving
Pavlik_NL Says: Dagomys beaches offer a variety in watersports and against relative low prices. By speedboat one can be lifted up high in parasailing (public beach), but also diving lessons can be attended (privat beach of hotel Dagomys). Furthermore all kinds of floating devices can be...
Dagomys ... for those who watch their budget
Pavlik_NL Says: Sochi is, on average Russian terms, bloody expensive. Many Russians now-a-days choose to go to Egypt of Turkye for their holidays as that is cheaper then the Black Sea coast in their own country. But for those who want it still within Russian borders, Dagomys is a very good...
Pablos_new Says: Specially for Yumyum, to answer her questions:Beaches in Dagomys are pebbly, as almost everywhere in Sochi. Seabed is going sharply down and at 50 m from the shore it is more than 7 m depth. Hotel privat beach has many cafes and restaurants, rent of equipment and table...
Pablos_new Says: Dagomys is the motherland of the most northen tea in the world - Krasnodar or Russian Tea. Tea plantations were set up at the end of XIX c. on base of Chinees brands of tea. Top of production was in 30-s and 50-s of XX c. Now production is going down as this tea is not...
Pablos_new Says: What is the main sightseeing at the sea? Of course - SEA!!! Blach Sea in Dagomys is very clean. Water temp in July-Aug is about 24-26 'C.
Dagomys means 'Shadowed Place'
Pablos_new Says: In translation from an old Circassian language word Dagomys means 'Shadowed Place'. (frankly speaking in different sources there are different translations - Sunny, Shadowed, Chilly,... ;-)) Dagomys is places between two mountains coming close to the sea shore, so sun...
Dendro-park of Romanov's Family
Pablos_new Says: The territory of Dagomys belonged to the tsar's family before revolution. Court planned to build a palace in this place and started with laying a big dendro-park. Hotel complex of Dagomys is placed in this park now. One can walk between 100 y-o platan-trees, magnolias and...
Pablos_new Says: Pedestrian bridge across Dagomys river. You can see hotel on the hill from here. Tremendous number of frogs in the river. Each evening there is a frog concert that could be heared ever from hotel rooms - Do not afraid - it really lulls to sleep :-))
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As everywhere in Sochi there are a lot of small private Hotels, Inns, Motels and Pensions. Like this one quite near the big hotel complex.
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Dagomys - a district of the Big Sochi
Dagomys is a district of the Big Sochi. It is situated 15 km to the north from the center of the city, about 45 km from airoport Adler. As it is stand aside from crowded and loud life of Sochi it......
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Tea growing in the shade of a mega hotel
We choose Dagomys as our homebase for exploring the greater Sochi area as it is situated in the centre of the long town Sochi (170 kilometres along the coast) to which the village belongs. The name......
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