What to Expect and Is It Worth Visiting
In the drinking pump room in In the Seaside park next to the Sochi Winter Theater there is a drinking pump room where you can drink the mineral table water "Plastunskaya" for free. The source "Plastunsky" is located in the Khostinsky district of Sochi in the village of Plastunka. Water is extracted from the well from a depth of 550 meters and delivered to the pump room, while retaining all its medicinal properties. Information about the healing properties of water is posted on the stand inside the pump room. Since it is a medical canteen, there are no contraindications to use, and you can drink it in any quantities, of course, within reasonable limits.
You can come to the pump room with your own container, for which a glass or even a plastic bottle will do. You can fill it yourself and drink fresh mineral water. It doesn't make much sense to take water with you, because it is not stored for a long time and loses its taste and useful properties, becomes cloudy. In addition, according to the rules, it is impossible to collect more than 0.5 liters of water per person at a time.
🕐 Working hours
It works from 10:00 to 19:00, however, the opening hours may vary, and in winter the source is often closed without any announcements.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price
The visit and the set of water are free.
🚶 How to get there
The pump room is located in Primorsky Park on the side of the Winter Theater (pump room on the map). You can get here from anywhere in central Sochi on foot or by public transport to the Winter Theater stop. For more information about transport in Sochi and how to travel on vacation, you can read our article here.
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