Attractions and entertainments of Imereti resort or Sirius

Imereti resort, aka Sirius settlement, until 2020 was part of Adler district Sochi. But today it is an independent Resort and village. Moreover, attractions and entertainments on its territory, which used to belong to Sochi, now do not officially belong to Sochi, but are located in Sirius. Fortunately, in practice, this did not affect anything for tourists, and they can still be visited, including coming here by public transport in Sochi for a walk or with excursions.

So, Sirius itself or Imereti resort today can hardly be called the most interesting place in Greater Sochi in terms of attractions. However, the largest and most famous attraction is located here. This is the Olympic Park, where every guest of Sochi should take a walk and look at the objects of the 2014 Olympics. In the center of the Olympic Park there are beautiful singing fountains, where every evening there is a light and music show, and in some stadiums there are shows of Russian pop stars, pop music, Comedy Club performances. And in Imereti is the "Russian" Disneyland "- entertainment "Sochi Park", which is definitely worth a visit on vacation with children. There is also a beautiful botanical park "Southern cultures" and other places worth visiting. Here is a list of them, and in bold are the ones we recommend visiting first:

• Olympic Park
• Singing fountains in the Olympic Park
• Southern Cultures Park
• Sochi Park Entertainment Park
• Excursion to Abkhazia
• Excursion to the resorts of Krasnaya Polyana
• Adler Central (Indoor) Market
• Imereti embankment
• Revived Park
• Natural Ornithological park of Imereti lowland
• Adler District History Museum
• Ruins of an ancient Christian temple in Imereti
• Museum of sports and classic cars or "Sochi Auto Sport Museum"
• Tesla electric Museum
• Leonardo da Vinci Mechanical Museum
• Museum "back to the USSR"
• Recreation and entertainment park in Vesely
• Mowgli rope park
• Monkey kennels
• Karting

But it is not necessary during the rest to be limited only to the sights in the resort, because there is a big Sochi nearby. We definitely advise you to visit the center of Sochi from Sirius; go along one of the eco-trails through the gorges to the waterfalls of the Sochi National Park; visit the Vorontsov caves; go to Abkhazia; climb the mountains on the lifts in Krasnaya Polyana. See more guides to attractions:

• What to see in Adler and the surrounding area, attractions
• What to see in and around Sochi, attractions

Huge opportunities to diversify your vacation in Sirius provide group or individual excursions. With their help, you can go to all the interesting places of Greater Sochi, as well as make a trip to the neighboring state – Abkhazia. You can buy cheap excursions from hotel guides, distributors on the street or online. There are a lot of offers, and sellers compete with each other in providing discounts and luring tourists with ultra-low prices. But be careful when buying and specify what is included in the price, otherwise you can buy a very cheap tour, and then in the process pay a bunch of money for admission, food and entertainment. We advise you to use these proven sites for searching and booking excursions from Adler and Sochi:

• 📷 search for excursions in Adler on Sputnik8.com
• 📷 search for excursions in Adler on Tripster.ru
• 📷 excursions from the tour operator TEZ Tour

Now for the entertainments. As we have already mentioned, in Sirius there is a large entertainment park "Sochi Park", a must-visit on vacation with children. With small children, you can go to a smaller amusement park, visit the aquarium, Dolphinarium or water park in Adler. There is also a rope park, Dino Park, Beach Entertainments, trampolines, slides, etc.

But for adults and young people, the choice of entertainment is more modest. There are few nightclubs and noisy bars here, because Sirius is still a "science city" with educational institutions. On the embankment there are cafes and restaurants, live music, but it is worth moving away from the shore, as all the fun comes to naught. You can move on foot or by transport to the other bank of the Mzymta River in Adler to visit the Mandarin nightclub, Vovsetyazhki, FourSide cocktail bar, karoke bar.

And now a list and overview of the attractions and entertainments of the Imereti resort, indicating their opening hours, costs and ways to get to them:

Olympic Park

This is the main and largest attraction of Adler. If someone else does not know, then it was originally created for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, and around the Olympic facilities the Sochi Autodrom race track was equipped for the Royal F1 car races and others. By 2018, Fisht Stadium was converted to host FIFA 2018 matches. You can visit it yourself and for free, or with a sightseeing tour, which are sold at all resorts of Greater Sochi and beyond. Learn more about the Olympic Park and how to visit it here.

Singing fountains in the Olympic Park

The singing fountains in the Olympic Park are one of the resort's most visually impressive attractions. To watch this light and sound show, people even come here from other resorts and from the center of Sochi with excursions or on their own. The show is accompanied by modern and classical music, including Russian and foreign hits. The show lasts one hour and starts every day at the same time, but the schedule changes from season to Season (see below). Learn more about singing fountains here.

Imereti embankment

This is one of the longest and most comfortable among the Sochi resorts, its length is almost 6 kilometers. It is great for hiking and cycling, but not all over it is equally developed. The most pleasant and well-equipped part is about 4 kilometers in the central part of Sirius. There are shops for recreation, exits to the beaches, cafes and restaurants. Excursions, fast food, draft alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are sold. Learn more about Imereti embankment here.

Southern Cultures Park

This is a botanical garden and a landscaped open-air park, well equipped for walking paths and places to relax, decorated with fountains and sculptures. Its history began in 1910, when the general and mayor of St. Petersburg founded The Manor Park on this site. Therefore, a walk in the park will be not only an excursion into nature, but also into history.

It is very pleasant to come here for a walk at any time of the year, but it is best in spring or summer during flowering. Moreover, you can spend time not only with pleasure, but also with benefit, because you can get acquainted with the rich flora of the southern latitudes of Russia. It is worth allocating several hours for a visit, and preferably half a day. Learn more about the Southern cultures park here.

Revived Park

The revived Park is a unique visual entertainment project for Russia, organized on part of the territory of the Southern cultures Park. With the arrival of darkness, plants and sculptures are illuminated by LED lights and laser illumination, creating an incredible and indescribable feeling of a magical place. Lighting effects are complemented by sound, which further enhances the effect of light installations. A walk through the park is organized in the form of a circular walking route with a length of one and a half kilometers, in time it takes 1-1.5 hours,while the time spent on the route is not limited.

Natural Ornithological park of Imereti lowland

Before the appearance of the Imereti resort, the Imereti lowland was a protected natural area, declared as such in 1911. During the development of the territory and the construction of the resort, the marshland was drained, which greatly changed the ecosystem. In order to at least partially preserve the ecosystem and its inhabitants, natural Ornithological parks were formed. One of these parks stands out. Its territory is fenced and landscaped with paths and places for recreation. Here you can see typical plant species and exotic varieties for this area, and if you are lucky, then birds. There are also mini-zoos with rabbits and birds. Learn more about the Ornithological park here.

Adler District History Museum

This is a small local history museum, which rests almost entirely on the enthusiasm of its employees. His collection as of 2021 is huddled in a modest room in the building of the Department of culture and consists of only a couple of halls filled with exhibits telling about the life and history of the Adler District of the IX and XX centuries. The exhibits are few and not very spectacular, everything can be viewed in 5 minutes. But along with a tour from enthusiastic museum workers, his visit will be interesting and useful. We advise you to visit it if possible, especially since the cost of visiting is symbolic. Learn more about the Mzei of the Adler district here.

Ruins of an ancient Christian temple in Imereti

The remains of the Byzantine temple were discovered during archaeological excavations in 2011, and made a kind of furor in the historical environment. The fact is that, according to scientists, this is one of the first Christian churches on the territory of modern Russia, because the ruins date back to the IX – X century, i.e. even before the baptism of Russia. Unfortunately, now the ruins of the temple are not in such a state that they can be presented to tourists as a tourist attraction, but information about plans for its restoration sometimes appears. In the meantime, the excavation area is surrounded by a fence, behind which the "people's toilet" appeared. If you are very interested, you can look over the fence, and you will see there what is in the photo, and no more.

Sochi Park Entertainment Park

This is the most grandiose theme entertainment park in Adler and in the whole of Greater Sochi, stylized as the cultural and historical heritage of Russia, or a kind of Russian "Disneyland". On the territory there are more than 20 extreme and children's attractions, several playgrounds, a dolphinarium and Aquarium, a mini zoo, an anti-Museum, a children's play complex "country of bears", a fairy tale theater and its own 4-star hotel. And all this is visited on a single ticket and without time limits. Of course, there are cafes and restaurants on the territory, fast food, souvenirs and gifts are sold. In general, everything so that you can enjoy spending the whole day with your family. Just keep in mind that not all attractions are suitable for all ages: for example, for the youngest children there is only one attraction and a game room, and for younger children not all extreme Entertainments are suitable. Learn more about "Sochi Park" and how to visit it here.

Museum of sports and classic cars or "Sochi Auto Sport Museum"

This is a museum of cars and motorsport, collected by a private collector. The exposition presents several thousand exhibits dedicated to the history of cars and motorsport, including smaller models of cars, caps, helmets, costumes of racers and mechanics, cups, wheels, awards. But the most important thing is more than 40 sports and classic cars in the original. Among them is a real F1 car-Jaguar R5B 2004, a car for Drag Racing Dodge Viper, a super-fast Jaguar XJ220, the legendary DeLorean DMC from the movie "Back to the future" and others. There are also Russian cars, of which most have not even heard. Learn more about the Auto Museum here.

Tesla electric Museum

Informative and entertaining museum, introducing visitors to the nature of electricity and its properties. The visit is an excursion to get acquainted with the inventions of scientist Nikola Tesla, and then in an entertaining interactive form, visitors are shown a show program with lightning. The visit takes place only in the form of excursions that begin every hour.

Leonardo da Vinci Mechanical Museum

This is another informative and entertaining museum dedicated to the great artist, scientist and inventor. The exhibits are mechanisms and machines recreated according to drawings and diagrams left by Leonardo, including: perpetual motion machines, flying machines, catapult, crossbow, trebuchet (throwing machine), auxiliary mechanisms, etc. Some of them can be touched and activated, and guides tell about the purpose and principle of work.

Museum "back to the USSR"

This is a thematic museum-an exhibition of exhibits from the recent past. It consists of four sections that will be sold on one ticket: the Museum of slot machines, motto-technology, Soviet childhood and weapons. The most numerous collection is in the Soviet childhood section, where several thousand exhibits are presented. If you lived in the Times of the USSR, then surely with sentimentality you will consider toys, household items, clothes, musical instruments from your childhood. You can touch everything and even try on clothes, and in the slot machine museum you can buy tokens and play.

Adler Central (Indoor) Market

It is here that it is best to go in order to buy souvenirs and gifts home, or something tasty or hot for rest. The rows sell fresh fruits (but not all local, often imported), sweets, teas, spices, dried fruits, honey, fish, cheeses. Churchkhella alone can be counted here several dozen species, and from the variety of halva, pastille, pahvala and other types of oriental sweets, the eyes simply run away. Moreover, everyone gives a try, so you can eat without even leaving the counter. Homemade wine, Chacha and cognac are sold from under the counter. Learn more about Adler Central Market here.

Recreation and entertainment park in Vesely

If you are staying for a holiday in Adler near the Imereti resort (Sirius village) or in the village of Veseloe, then you can go with children to this small amusement park, which is also called "Ilyich Park". There is a ferris wheel and 15 more children's attractions, a crocodile farm and a mini zoo.

Mowgli rope park

This is a typical rope park of three trails of different difficulty levels at a height of 1, 3 and 6 meters, as well as a small troll (rope descent).

Monkey kennels

The nursery operates under the state "Research Institute of medical primatology". In total, more than 4 thousand monkeys live in the research institute to test drugs and vaccines on them, and a small part is kept in cages and is available for inspection by visitors, as in a zoo. Cages with primates are in the open air.

During the visit, an informative tour is conducted, the guide uses examples to tell and show the habits of monkeys. In general, the place is interesting and worth visiting, but do not expect it to be a great entertainment and variety of animals, because this is not a zoo, but a scientific institution. Therefore, it is best to plan its visit together with excursion support, which is included in the cost of entrance tickets.

Karting

In Adler there are several places where you can seriously engage in karting or just have fun for amateur tourists. You will be able to choose the route you like according to the level of difficulty and price. We will not recommend any particular one of them, it is easier to bypass them all and compare them yourself, especially since they are within walking distance of each other. Separately, we note, perhaps, the track of the Karting Club "Olympic", which is considered the most advanced and well-equipped.

Excursion to Abkhazia

Adler is the best place from where you can go on excursions to Abkhazia, because the border crossing is very close in the village of Veseloe. Sightseeing tours are offered to Gagra, New Athos and Sukhum; very popular trips to the Reserve on Lake Ritsa; there are tours on thermal springs; Extreme jeep tours. A foreign passport and insurance will not be needed, entry is made using a valid internal passport of the Russian Federation or a birth certificate for children. Read more about the visa regime of Abkhazia here.

Excursion to the resorts of Krasnaya Polyana

During your vacation in Sochi, we advise you to go on an excursion or independently to the mountain resorts of Krasnaya Polyana. There are three of these resorts in total: Rosa Khutor, Krasnaya Polyana (aka Gorki-the city or village of Estosadok) and Gazprom. Each of them has lifts to the peaks and its own attractions. The culmination of the excursions is the ascent on one of the lifts into the mountains, from where you can enjoy stunning views of the snow caps. And if you go up at the beginning of the beach season, you can even walk in the snow and play snowballs. You can choose from excursions with a review of one or all three resorts and a climb to one of the observation decks on the cable car. We advise you to choose the highest, and not limited to 900 meters:

• In the resort "Krasnaya Polyana" - 2375 meters for 1390 rubles, and 850 rubles for children.
• In the resort "Rosa Khutor" - 2320 meters for 1590 rubles, and 950 rubles for children.
• At the resort "Gazprom" - 2256 meters for 1400 rubles, and 800 rubles for children.

Also during excursions stops are made in other interesting places: Trout Farm; narzanny spring chvizhepse; Skypark suspension bridge and Extreme Park; akhshtyrskiy Canyon; glubokij-Yar waterfall; ivanovskiy waterfall, etc. In addition to standard group excursions by bus, there are tours with mountain riding on Jeeps, ATVs or horses. Learn more about Krasnaya Polyana here.