Among Russians Sochi has long gained popularity. But among foreigners – relatively recently, thanks to the 2014 Winter Olympics. The cheerful, forever young, lovely, warm, hospitable city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast arose in 1838. Of course, people go to Sochi for the most part on vacation at sea. But there is also what to see and visit there. The programmes in Sochi might be different. The most popular sights are: Sochi arboretum, Olympic Park, Vorontsov caves, Stalin’s dacha, where the Soviet leader liked to spend vacations. It is also interesting to go outside the city and see a tea plantation with tea tasting, visit a trout farm and other farms.

Volgograd is a hero city on the Volga, founded in 1555. Foreigners know more, probably, its name during the WWII – Stalingrad in honour of the Soviet leader Josef Stalin. Most often, we offer military memorial tours to Volgograd, since in 1943 there were fierce battles there, during which the Red Army still did not allow the German fascists to reach the Volga and held the city. Our victory brought confusion to the countries that were members of the Hitlerite coalition and marked the beginning of the end of the dominance of German troops. The ‘must-see’ sight: Mamayev Kurgan – the height overlooking the city with the great city’s landmark ‘Motherland calls’ monument,  etc.