Sokhumi
Sukhum is the capital and principal city of Abkhazia. It has for the better part of the last century been famous throughout the former Soviet Union as a prominent subtropical beach resort, complete with palm trees, botanical gardens, and citrus plantations, backed by the high alpine peaks of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. Wikivoyage
Population 65,146 (Wikidata)
Before you go
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Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Сухумская крепость Archaeological site · 450 m -
Abkhazian State Museum Museum · 670 m - Литературно-мемориальный музей Д. Гулиа Museum · 330 m
- Hovhannes Tumanyan Memorial · 140 m
- Дмитрий Гулиа Memorial · 340 m
- Георгий Гулиа Memorial · 340 m
- Yakhont Castle · 350 m
- Monument to the "Bayonet stuck into the ground" Memorial · 370 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.