Going to Abkhazia, tourists ask a logical question: how to get from Adler to Gagra? More precisely, everyone is interested in the road to the Abkhaz border, as well as its crossing and the further path to the destination. Let's look at all the possible options, of course, there are few of them, but still they are.
Why to Gagra from Adler?
Most often, tourists are interested in the question: how to get from Adler to Gagra? Ask why from Adler? Everything is very simple. The fact is that this resort border town, which is one of the Sochi districts, has become for travelers a kind of obligatory transit point on the way to Abkhazia.
However, not all vacationers are concerned about the question of how to get from Adler to Gagra by public transport. This applies to those tourists who travel behind the wheel of their own car. In this case, on the way to the destination, you will encounter off-road in some places.
Well, everyone else will have to think about how to get from Adler to Gagra with less loss of time, effort, and also with the least financial cost.
Transfer
For those who do not intend to save on vacation, you can book and pay for the transfer to Abkhazia ahead of time. Then, having arrived in Sochi, you will not rush around and think about how to get from Adler to Gara. You can fully relax and enjoy the southern air. If you think about it, then, choosing accommodation for the holidays, we try to choose the most suitable options in order to relax in comfort. Although it cannot be said that we are always in the room, most people come home only in the evening. Nevertheless, I want some more or less comfortable conditions to enjoy the long-awaited vacation. Therefore, if you can afford to pay for a transfer, then this will be the most acceptable option. Then you no longer need to think about how best to get from Adler to Gagra, but you took care of this in advance. Relaxing in comfort is much nicer. A transfer costs about two thousand rubles.
Local taxi
And if you do not think over the nuances of the trip, then enterprising local taxi drivers will immediately take care of you, only you will have time to enter Adler’s land. I would like to note that the Sochi "bombers", apparently, are good psychologists, because in a matter of seconds they can identify among the crowd those tourists who should direct their eloquence. They are on duty day and night on the approaches to the airport and train station. Taxi drivers will never tell you where to go in order to take one or another type of transport, since it is not profitable for them. Even after passing an obstacle course from those who want to earn extra money, it is not always possible to find the necessary transport on your route.
Possible options
So, let's discuss all the possible options that a tourist can use to get to their destination. We hope that our information will be useful to you and help you decide in advance which route to choose. Everyone has their own preferences regarding transport, that's why you decide. And our task is only to suggest all known options.
Train
How to get from Adler to Gagra? The train is perhaps the most acceptable option. The fact is that the train is most convenient to cross the border, because you do not need to go out and get luggage for passport control, crowd in queues near the transport control. Therefore, you can take the train Adler-Gagra.
On this route, you can leave from the Adler station (railway), for example, at the Moscow train 306-M (Moscow-Sukhumi). He makes only a few stops on his way. One of them is the village of Vesyoloye (for border control), and the second is Tsandripsh station. Well, the last stop is Gagra. From here it is already quite easy to get, for example, to New Athos. The journey from Adler to Gagra takes almost three hours. A ticket in a reserved seat car will cost from 500 to 600 rubles.
How to get from Adler airport to Gagra?
The railway station in Adler is the closest point in the city to the Abkhaz border. But for those tourists who prefer to get to the city by plane, you still need to get to Adler Station from the airport. To do this, you can use bus number 51 or minibus 124. In principle, the journey is no more than half an hour, but it can take an hour if traffic jams form. Then you can get to Gagra from the station by train or by train.
Bus from Adler
From Adler, the 173rd bus runs regularly from the airport. He follows to the border with Abkhazia. And in the summer there is still the 40th minibus. The fare is 20-50 rubles. The journey takes about thirty minutes.
Buses go to the stop "Cossack market" or "Psou". And then you will have to walk a couple of hundred meters to the border point. Of course, with bags this is not very convenient. After checking your documents at the border, you can take a minibus or bus that goes to Gagra.
However, it should be borne in mind that public transport from Adler does not run at night and early in the morning. In the summer, given the greater demand, the number of flights is increasing. They go from eight to twenty two hours.
How to get from Psou to Gagra
Of course, using public transport, you can save a lot. From Psou to Gagra can be reached for seventy rubles. But if you have luggage with you, it’s easier to use a taxi. But you just need to know the real fare, which is four hundred rubles. Sometimes particularly entrepreneurial taxi drivers overcharge.
At Psou Station Square, traffic is from early morning until late at night. There are intercity buses and minibuses that go to the resort cities of Abkhazia, including Gagra. An interesting fact is that these vehicles do not have serial numbers. On each bus there is a sign with the name of the settlement where it follows. So we cannot accurately indicate the route number to Gagra.
The following popular resorts are indicated on buses : Pitsunda, Alahadzi, New Athos, Sukhum, Agudzera, Dranda, etc. Wherever you decide to go, remember that before you go along the Sukhumi highway, you can expect a lot of time minutes when, finally, the minibus is filled with tourists. If you're lucky, things will go quickly. However, as a rule, the process takes no more than half an hour. The exception is intercity buses that depart from the bus station according to the schedule.
Advantages and disadvantages of buses
When thinking about how to get from Adler Station to Gagra, remember that a bus is the cheapest option. However, this method has many disadvantages in the form of a long travel time, transfers and queues. Therefore, think carefully before making your choice.