Gagra - one of the most beautiful resorts in Abkhazia - is located 22 km from the airport city of Adler.

Modern Gagra - cozy resort, known for its picturesque parks and embankments, drowning in green, palm and cypress. Gagra delicious feature is that the mountains here podstupayut close to the coast, surrounded by beaches bright vegetation. A particularly beautiful area of Old Gagra, where the shore offer a view of the mountains, ravines and bay. The mountains, crowned with snow bashlykami create a microclimate, protecting the city from cold winds and keeping warm sea breath. Because of the contrast Heights, mountain gorges ventilated and update the air in the city. Sea water is crystal clear and transparent. At quiet cozy beaches you can disconnect from the bustle of big cities.

Gagra keeps many historical monuments, reflecting its destiny: the remains of the legendary fortress Abaata IV-V centuries AD, Christian VI century temple, the ruins of sentinel tower of the imperial garrison in 1841 - Bestuzheva-Marlinskogo tower, the palace of Prince Oldenburgskogo, restaurant "Gagripsh", delivered from Norway in 1903, gagrskaya colonnade in 1951 - and much more. The history of Gagra as the resort connected with the name Prince Oldenburgskogo - a relative of Nicholas II visited here in 1899 and thought to turn in Gagra Russian Monte Carlo. Prince founded Gagrskuyu climate station was launched under the guns fireworks took place on January 9, 1903 in the restaurant "Gagripsh". This day and is considered the founding date velikosvetskogo newfangled resort.

Improvement resort and erection of the massive health was continued in Soviet times, when Gagra became one of the best and most popular health USSR. During its century of Gagra resort remains a place where people find desirable privacy with nature, where time and again move people away from the bustle of civilization to the sea, sun, mountains and hospitable people.