The best resorts of Abkhazia and picturesque places. Gagra resort and Gagra ridge.

The air in Gagra and the water temperature (+24 °-+26 °) during the holiday season are extremely attractive for vacationers. The amplitude of the air reaches 17 ° here, and the dryness index is 1.4. The Gagra Ridge, located parallel to the resort, easily passes moist air blowing from the sea. Thermal mineral waters and the slopes of the Gagra ridges, descending to the embankment and covered with Colchian forests, provide special efficiency to the resort. The Gagra Ridge is an offshoot of the western Caucasian ridge. It is a catchment area of the Psou and Bzyb rivers. The highest peak of the ridge, Mount Agepsta (3257 m.), is the extreme northwestern point in Georgia.

The Gagra ridge underwent icing in the Quaternary period, as evidenced by relief forms in the form of circuses, cars and throgs. On separate and small sections of the ridge there are glaciers that have survived to this day.

The calcareous structure of the Gagra Ridge led to the development of karst landforms, which are represented in the form of karst craters and the deepest precipices in Europe. In karst cracks, a large number of water flows move, which find their way into river valleys, into the coastal strip and even to the bottom of the sea. One of these streams - the Reprois River - flows directly to the seashore. The total length of the Reproa from the source to the mouth is 20 meters. It is the shortest river in the world.

The ridge adjacent to the seashore, remarkable vertical zonality, moderate precipitation distribution, broad-leaved Colchian forests and the duration of snow cover on alpine meadows create unique landscapes. Not far from Gagra is Mount Mamzishkha, on some parts of which the snow cover lies until the end of July. Such a rare natural phenomenon in the world, the "synthesis" of sun and snow in the summer months, is an excellent condition for the development of sea and mountain tourism.