Transportation Ministry of Russia announces resuming of water traffic between Russian Black Sea Resorts of Sochi and Tuapse and between Sochi and famous resort of Gagra, now Abkhazia Republic. Both routes include some stopovers and look like the following: Sochi-Lazarevskaya-Tuapse-Sochi and Sochi-Adler-Gagra.
Sea connection on these lines will be carried out on catamarans Sochi-1 and Sochi-2. These boats take on board 300 passengers, their full speed is 60 kilometers per hour.
At the moment the boats make two trips a day. Ticket Sochi-Gagra costs allegedly 500 - 550 rubles. As soon as Gagra is situated on the territory of Abkhazia, border control for passengers is carried out in Adler during the stopover.
Tickets towards Tuapse vary from 250 to 600 rubles depending on trip distance.
It is supposed that next year catamarans will make stops in Imeretinka, Kurirtny Gorodok, Dagomys and Matsesta.
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Author: Yulia Buzykina