Until recently, the city of Sochi was associated only with summer holidays on the seashore, but now another concept is firmly associated with it - Krasnaya Polyana, a new ski resort. Thanks to the sporting events of 2014, from a small, unknown village, this area has turned into a real town in the mountains with well-developed logistics and infrastructure. There are ski slopes of all difficulty levels, a bobsleigh complex, cable cars, shopping and entertainment centers with water parks, a variety of food outlets - from the popular McDonald's to elite restaurants with gourmet cuisine and picturesque views.
Thanks to the new roads and railways, the question of how to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Sochi, Adler or more remote areas has ceased to be difficult, because now you can do it easily and quickly!
Where does Greater Sochi begin?
Tourists from other cities often get lost in geographical names (especially intricate Caucasian ones), have an erroneous idea of the boundaries of the city of Sochi and the location of the ski resort. Let's try to sketch a small scheme of the city.
Greater Sochi starts from the village of Magri and ends with the village of Psou, stretching along the sea coast for almost 145 km. The city includes 4 administrative parts, which are located, starting from Magri, in the following sequence: Lazarevsky district, Central, Khostinsky and Adler. In other words, Adler and Khosta are not separate cities at all, as many resort guests think, but only settlements within the city. If you carefully study the map of the city, you won’t have to think much about how to get to Krasnaya Polyana on your own.
Where is Krasnaya Polyana located?
Our destination is in the Adler district, 42 kilometers from the coastal part of the city, at an altitude of 560 m above sea level. How to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Sochi, Adler, will be described in detail below.
Greater Sochi itself can be reached by car, by train, and by plane. Note that there is only one airport in Sochi, it is located in Adler. But there are railway stations and railway stations in each of the administrative regions. For those who decide to get to the city by car, a small warning: to get to the city, you need to overcome a rather difficult serpentine with sharp turns, sharp ups and downs. But the beauty of nature compensates for all the inconvenience in full!
Let's go to Krasnaya Polyana: train
When asked how to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Adler, most locals will answer: "By train!" By 2014, to the ski slopes was laida branch of the railway, and for two years now a comfortable electric train "Lastochka" has been running along it. What could be more pleasant than climbing the mountains to the rhythmic sound of wheels in a cozy brand new carriage? And at the same time admire the amazing nature of the Caucasus Mountains!
"Swallows" are sent here not only from Adler. You can take them at any station in the city (after looking at the schedule), and recently routes from Tuapse and even from Krasnodar have also been added. Traffic intensity depends on the season: there are fewer flights in summer, more in winter. But it should be noted that the cost of such a comfortable journey is constantly growing.
Let's go to Krasnaya Polyana: bus
If a few years ago, at the thought of getting from one part of the city to another by bus, Sochi residents were terrified due to numerous traffic jams, but now this problem has been completely solved. Thanks to new interchanges, traffic jams have ceased to be a global problem. And now buses run freely along the Krasnaya Polyana - Sochi route, getting from Adler by bus is also not a problem. Let's navigate the routes.
You can get to Krasnaya Polyana from Sochi by buses No. 105 and 105С. Buses depart from the train station.
From Adler (also from the railway station) bus number 135 follows to the mountains.
How to get to Krasnaya Polyana from the airport?
If you need to get to the mountains right from the airport, you can wait for the Lastochka electric train or a bus withone of the numbers - 105, 105С or 136. All of them follow the route "Airport (Adler) - Krasnaya Polyana", how to get to the stop from the airport building - diagrams or signs will tell you. The journey will take about an hour.
Unfortunately, there is no bus that leaves directly from the airport to Krasnaya Polyana: they all start in Adler or Sochi. A more expensive but convenient alternative is a taxi. All taxi services in Sochi have passed mandatory accreditation, they have comfortable cars and experienced drivers.
So, Krasnaya Polyana is not difficult to find. The easiest way to go there is from railway stations, railway stations or the airport. If you suddenly happen to get confused in the location of these objects, any resident of the city will tell you how to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Adler or from any other settlement. Sochi is a fairly simple city, and besides, there are signs or diagrams at almost every step.
How not to get lost in Krasnaya Polyana itself?
So, we have successfully figured out how to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Adler, Sochi, Lazarevsky or any other area. We arrived at the destination. Where to go next?
Earlier on the site of the present ski resort there were two small villages: one was called Krasnaya Polyana, the other - Esto-Sadok. They still exist with the same names, but new resorts have appeared next to them.
The village of Krasnaya Polyana is the first on the wayfollowing, then - the new resort of Gorki, a town with its own cable car "Mountain Carousel". A little further there is a turn into the gorge - there are hotels of the Gazprom SRC and the Laura cable car. Well, when driving straight, you can get to the Rosa Khutor resort with the cable car of the same name.
There are two railway stations near the mountain slopes. One is closer to Krasnaya Polyana, but is called Esto-Sadok, the other is near the Rosa Khutor resort, but is called Krasnaya Polyana. Here is such a small inaccuracy that you should pay attention to.
Bus number 63 runs to all resorts, Krasnaya Polyana also has its own taxi service with quite reasonable prices.
For those who prefer a private car, it should be noted that the resort's parking spaces are not always enough for everyone, and in such cases, entry to Krasnaya Polyana by cars is limited (traffic signs and the media inform about this).
Here, perhaps, are all the tips on how to get to Krasnaya Polyana from Adler and any part of the city of Sochi and how to navigate the many attractions of the renovated ski resort.
