Hello from Sochi!
This is the most famous beach resort in Russia
Look at this! This is the Black Sea
But at the same time, it's a very famous ski resort
Those are the Caucasus Mountains
I'm here in Sochi on a business trip
So I don't have the time to cover the city
like I normally do
But I thought it would be a shame
not to show you guys at least a little bit
First thing I learned about Sochi:
This is a huge city
And I mean really huge
In area, greater Sochi beats Moscow
by a thousand square kilometers
It has a fraction of the population though
But this goes to show how important it is
to carefully choose the hotel because you may end up
like two hours away from
what you really want to do in town
92 miles of beaches, how crazy!
This here is an urban beach at the Olympic Park
but there are also deserted beaches around
Most of them have rocks, like this, instead of sand
Not sure how comfortable it might be
to sit or lay down
but if the water is nice, who cares, right?
This area here is Adler
a lot of what you see here was built for
the Winter Olympics in 2014
Also, there are a lot of modern constructions
So actually several Russians told me
that this is the new hottest place to be in town
And, you know something else?
Sochi has a Formula One circuit
The Russian Grand Prix
happens around this Olympic complex
now also famous for the FIFA World Cup
World Cup Stadium!
It takes almost three hours to drive across the city
80% of the municipality
it's actually a protected nature reserve
I'm amazed to see all these birds. It's so beautiful!
So many houses and apartments here
seem empty
They might be like summer houses
Nice!
I know what you guys are thinking
that a beach in Russia is probably cold the whole time
But actually not really. I shot this video during low season, Wednesday afternoon
Sochi has a very similar latitude compared to
Cote d'Azur in France
So it is hot in a good part of the year
But if you're one of those that prefer skiing, snowboarding, snow in general
the mountains are just 40 minutes away
2,000 meters above sea level. There it is cold!
I was able to experience a little bit more Sochi
than I could show in the video, so if you have questions
just let me know, I might be able to help
And if I'm not that knowledgeable, I've got lots of new Russian friends who are!
Hello from Sochi