Sochi

Sochi is a city in Russia and will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.

 Get in

By plane

Sochi does not have a very large airport, but there are still direct flights from Moscow. Those flights are usually difficult to flight using electronic booking engines, so if you are planning to fly to Sochi your best call is to book your ticket with a travel agency specializing on travel services to Russia .  Russian authorities are planning to construct a brand new multi-billion-dollar airport as they prepare to host 2014 Olympics and one could expect that flying to Sochi will get easier.

By train

By car

From Moscow take Moscow - Voronezh - Rostov - Krasnodar - Dzhubga - Sochi route. Moscow - Voronezh part of the road is very good. Voronezh - Rostov part of the road is in really bad condition: only one lane each way, separated only by dashed white line; asphalt is pushed in and forms tracks; no safe way to pass, so you'll see many accidents even in perfect weather. Rostov - Krasnodar part of the road is good, and you can see ongoing constructions to expand the roadway. Krasnodar - Dzhubga part of the road is in good condition. The way passes over the mountains, but the road is wide. Dzhubga - Sochi part is the most beautiful (if driving during daylight), yet most difficult part of the way. It goes along the sea only over mountains. Up and down, left and right, with very few opportunities to pass trucks and buses. There are practically no straight or flat parts of this road. This shortest part of the way will take around 5 hours to complete.

From Krasnodar to Sochi takes 2-3 hours of driving.

For American drivers: your licenses are valid in Russia with an International Driving Permit, which you can obtain from AAA (even if you're not a member).

 By bus

By boat

• From Poti, Georgia — note, this border crossing is closed to all non-CIS country nationals
• From Trabzon, Turkey in the Summer

 Get around

 See

In 2014 the Olympic winter games will be held in Sochi  and Krasnaya Polyana.