SOCHI is the city of XXII Olympic Winter Games (7-23 February 2014) and city of Russian Formula One (2014-2020). Luxurious Russian sea and ski resort, so called “Russian Riviera”, the favorite resort of Russian government, oligarchs, businessmen and Russian families.
Sochi is the southern city of Russia which stretches along the Black Sea coast just opposite side of Turkey (in front of Trabzon), is one of the longest cities in the world.
300 sunny days a year make Sochi one of the warmest cities in the Black Sea coast. That is why Sochi is so-called the city of three seasons (Spring-Summer-Autumn). Sochi has a unique northern subtropical climate. It is one of the very few places in the world that offers you the opportunity to get a beautiful sun tan in the morning and go skiing in the afternoon.
Sochi is a multicultural city of 400,000 inhabitants representing more than 100 nationalities. Thrilling soviet past combined with newest technologies is creating very special atmosphere with Russian flavor.
Sochi offers you exquisite Caucasian and Russian cuisine, warm sea, palms and glaciers, alpine meadows and mountain peaks, high altitude lakes and waterfalls united with good infrastructure and European service. Due to upcoming high end international sport events city infrastructure is fast developing, including new airport, railway stations, railroads, motorways, tunnels, venues, international hotel chains, restaurants etc. All that transforms Sochi to a brand new and very high positional Russian destination for high-end international events.

City is divided to 4 districts (Adler, Khosta, Sochi, Lazarevskoe) on shore coast and one in mountains Red Meadow (Krasnaya Polyana). The most popular districts for MICE are Sochi and Red Meadow. XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 will take place in mountain and shore clusters. For many years Sochi was offering it’s services for mostly Russian event participants all year around and leisure guests coming mostly during summer. To arrange events in Sochi was very prestigious all the time and only advanced companies could afford it, for the moment Sochi opens it’s doors for international MICE swiftly.
Sochi is an ideal place for international conferences, 3-4 nights incentives connected with sport activities and nature, product and press launches, especially for cars, presentations and events. Being Luxurious resort Sochi is quite costly destination.
| Best time for | | | Business trips | September-May | | | Leisure trips | End of May-end of October | | | Treatment & wellness | Autumn, winter and spring | | | Swimming | 5 months, June-October Average air temperature in summer is +26.5°C, water is +24.5°C | | | Skiing in Red Meadow resort | 6 months, December-May, active season is January-April Average temperature in mountains is +2°C...0°C Average winter temperature is +9°C...+10°C | | |
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