Sea or mountain – which holiday to choose in summer?

Rosa Khutor in Sochi has long been not just a winter resort – now it is a year-round place for outdoor activities and a complete reset with its developed infrastructure: hotels, restaurants, entertainment and events. It offers a large number of activities in summer: its own beach on the Black Sea, cable cars, hiking trails (there are now up to 24 of them!), walking and mountain biking trails, health and fitness, sports games and other entertainment.

Choosing a hotel is one of the main tasks when planning a vacation. We’ve researched all the options and found the one that works best for you. At an altitude of 1170 meters above sea level, Green Flow Rosa Khutor is located with breathtaking views of the mountains. This hotel is famous for its concept of wellness and healing, which is gaining popularity in Russia. The idea is to combine relaxation with the possibility of recovery, acquiring new good habits and transferring them to our usual life, not by force, but by love. No compulsory medical procedures and strict restrictions, only a careful approach to you, your health and your desires.

Green Flow Rosa Khutor was the first Russian hotel to join the international association Healing Hotels of the World, became the ambassador of the concept of healing in Russia and confirms this honorary title every year. The hotel helps its guests to “reboot”, recover physically and emotionally, find balance, hear themselves and their bodies. This is exactly what a person who lives in a noisy metropolis and is constantly in the flow of business and information needs.

Rest alone with nature, calm and relaxed interiors, a balanced and healthy restaurant menu with healthy and delicious cuisine and, of course, a healing center with a wide selection of treatments, massages and wellness programs. -being complete are the true benefits of Green Flow.

The hotel also wins the hearts of its guests with its own spa complex, where you can try various saunas, baths, steam rooms, contrast fountains and showers of impressions, and an all-season infinity pool, which is considered the pride and hallmark of Green Flow and, perhaps, has the best mountain views in the resort.

But that’s not all. The cost of living for each guest necessarily includes daily practices and master classes, yoga classes (in summer – outdoors with a view of the mountains!), meditation, Pilates, Nordic walking and others nice bonuses. And if you want to go to the sea, a transfer to the beach of the resort, located on the Imeritinsky plain, is also available for all hotel guests.

Within walking distance of the Green Flow Hotel, you will find a cable car that can take you to the top of Rosa Peak, at an altitude of 2320 meters above sea level. It is the highest point accessible to tourists by the ski lifts. The observation deck offers stunning views of the magnificent panorama of the Caucasus Mountains – the best place for memorable photos! It is here that the highest mountain swing in Russia and a suspension bridge on the edge of a picturesque gorge are located.

From Rosa Peak, you can go to Mendelikh Waterfalls Park, another popular place in Rosa Khutor. To do this, you have to descend from the summit by chairlift to the opposite slope, through mountains and green meadows. Below you will find a hiking route along trails through the forests.

We want to introduce you to one of the little-known places for those who do not live in Sochi, but very unusual and beautiful, worthy of everyone’s attention – the Krasnopolyanskaya Cosmetics farm. At the moment there are no full-scale excursions, but by prior arrangement with company representatives (this can be done at the Green Flow Hotel), a mini-trip can be organized especially for you. The farmhouse has a real Provencal atmosphere – fields of lavender and roses, fresh air and beautiful residential buildings nearby. You really have to see it with your own eyes!

Krasnopolyanskaya Kosmetika is a Russian brand of skin care products that has been on the market for over 15 years. The company fully adheres to an eco-friendly approach in everything it does: all products are made from natural ingredients, cosmetics production (over 80%) is solar-powered and all raw materials are grown by hand, without outside interference. So, for example, on the farm you can see roses, lavender, cacti, aloe.

But these are not the most amazing facts! The brand recently launched an innovative range of products based on snail mucin, obtained in a benevolent way. Especially for its inhabitants, the company built a special maternity ward with classical music, a spa area on the farm and created a natural habitat for them. Without exaggeration, snails live their best life here!

We have found for you one of the brightest and most delicious places on the gastronomic map of the resort – the restaurant of modern country cuisine “Pechem Apples”. In the daytime, a panorama of majestic mountain peaks and clover fields opens here, and in the evening it immerses you in the cozy atmosphere of an alpine village.

For breakfast, we recommend taking pancakes with potatoes, cheesecakes with sour cream and raspberry mousse and pancakes with baked cottage cheese. From the main menu, order without hesitation the fiery cabbage steak from the oven, tartare, spreads, green salad with shrimps, salmon steak, broccoli and ricotta pie. And for dessert, you should definitely try their signature charlotte.