New Athos. Excursion to the cave. The impossible stuffiness while waiting for the trailer that will take you to the cave. There is not a single air conditioner. Full of hungry stray dogs!!! I was especially impressed by the "Sat-Ate" canteen on the second floor above the ticket offices in New Athos, where they sell an excursion to the cave!!! It sucks, diluted food, juice from tangerines is a cake filled with water; flies, lack of air conditioners!!! I asked for a book of complaints and suggestions - it's not there, I asked for a receipt - it's not there either!!! I was told that people have a lot of traffic, but they don't have time to cook. So they dilute it. No compliance with SanPiNs!!! It's just terrible, wild!!!A hotbed of intestinal infection!!!
A trip to the Gagra - Ritsa excursion. Of the 6 hours of the tour, you will spend at least 2 hours on insane "tastings" of Abkhazian wine / cheese / mountain honey / goat antidepressants, etc., they will try to sell you second-rate swill and products that are littered with all the counters in any city, only 3 times more expensive. At the same time, only 55 minutes were taken to the Ritz itself. They openly impose additional excursions, and during the main trip, we refused on principle - and we were simply dropped off in the parking lot and we waited an hour on the side of the road (although we could have left an extra hour on the lake) Absolutely not worth our money. And, in general, it doesn't cost any money. It is you who should be paid that you go on this shopping tour with the Rosabtur team. From "Grew" there is one name.
My wife was on a field trip. Nature is very beautiful, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, but two but negate it completely.
1) The attitude of the Abkhazians as to a bag of money that can be squeezed out and thrown into the mud. The prices are exactly the same as in Russia, and sometimes more expensive. Like you're not going anywhere.
2) Uuuuubit infrastructure. Okay, I understand, it's difficult to cut tunnels, it's difficult to pave roads, but glue the tiles on the steps near Lake Ritz. Where people are brought in droves. There are several tiles on one staircase. You step on it and almost fly with your nose. How is it?
It feels like people are sitting on the legacy of the USSR and stupidly cutting money, living one day, and at least the grass doesn't grow there.