We highly recommend a tour of  the tea plantations as a very pleasant and extraordinary half-day trip.

   

The 40 minute drive to Dagomys settlement  takes you through spectacular landscapes and enables you to explore the rural areas around Sochi; finally reaching the tea plantation terraced on the slopes 400 m above sea level.

This fine local tea, which is  called Russian tea, is misnamed, as it is actually of Chinese origin. Its history goes back to the early 20 th century when the first tea plants were brought to the vicinity of Sochi.

   

Local tea is a frost-resistant species despite growing in a subtropical climate. Nowhere else in the world tea grows so close to the North as it does here. You will learn the local tea history and the way it is processed from your informative guide.

And you will certainly drink tea in a beautiful tea-house from the authentic Russian samovars along with delicious pies, jam, fruit and hazel nuts. Live balalaika music will entertain you as you enjoy the tea ceremony.