Olympic Park in Sochi

The Olympic Park in Sochi has become one of the mostimportant objects built for the Winter Games. Until recently, in the middle of the Imeretinskaya lowland, the fields stretched, and the specialists themselves were added to the list of places where it was supposed to create an ornithological sanctuary.

Olympic Park

After the fateful decision of the IOC (with2007) everything changed dramatically. Imereti Valley has turned into the main building site for the upcoming Games. And here the so-called "coastal cluster" - the Olympic Park in Adler - began to be erected, all the tourists and participants of the Games took the photo with them.

His brother, located in Krasnaya Polyana, hosted mountain competitions. And the Olympic Park in Adler was the place where the competitions were held "under the roof".

But the main thing is that here, on the Black Sea coast, the main ceremonies were held: opening and closing.

Infrastructure

The Olympic Park has become a whole complex of buildings. It includes in its infrastructure not only sports palaces and stadiums, but also those facilities where athletes, IOC members and spectators lived. It also includes a state-of-the-art railway station.

The most magnificent sports facility,which is located in the Olympic Park - is the stadium "Fisht", seating forty-seven thousand spectators. It was the televiewers who saw him during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games of 2014.

The second largest sports facility isA large ice palace designed for twelve thousand spectators. Hockey teams competed here. Outwardly, the ice palace is very similar to a huge frozen drop, so the people called it.

Olympic Park in Sochi is a closedskating center "Adler-Arena" for eight thousand visitors, ice stadium "Iceberg", small arena "Shayba" for seven thousand spectators, and also "Ice cube" for curling and numerous training grounds for figure skating and hockey.

In the "coastal cluster" are also the main Olympic village, media center and hotel, where the IOC members lived. Around the park is laid the track for Formula 1.

The Olympic Park in Adler is not onlyathletic facilities. Around the dense circle of stadiums stands a temple complex. In the Shelter of St. John the Baptist, there is also a museum and a cultural center. Now the Orthodox can also pray in the Cathedral of the Savior's Image of Christ the Savior.

Olympic Park during the Winter Games in Sochi

The organizers have done everything to ensure that at this timethe main complex was filled with a festive atmosphere: musical shows, combined with the most beautiful awards ceremonies, gala concerts in which world-famous stars and a daily saturated program with animation and entertainment participated.

Only in open areas, which are so richThe Olympic Park, about three hundred street performers worked daily. Especially for the Sochi Games, they have prepared unique programs with the participation of clownery and pantomime theaters, acrobats and circus performers, as well as the best breakdance groups and capoeira dancers.

The audience could join the artists, for example, dance with flash mobs or interactive music bands.

Every day in the park there were costumespromenades. Performances of musical collectives from all over the country were called upon to represent the national flavor and demonstrate the cultural diversity of the vast Russia.

Fans were offered aquagrim withstate flags of all participating countries. The most successful places, which were excellent for photographing, were marked with a special icon in the park area with a hash of SOCHI 2014.

After the Winter Games

Since the beginning of the spring of 2014, all objects"Seaside cluster" began to work in the usual for the townspeople and holidaymakers rhythm. The Olympic Park is accessible to anyone who wishes. In Sochi in the summer, its alleys are used with pleasure for cycling.

Around him is a fairly wide ring road. Here there are rentals of electric cars and bicycles. The point of rent giroskutery also works.

The Imeretinskaya embankment adjoins the border of the park, the length of which is six kilometers. It stretches from the port on the Mzymta River to the border with Abkhazia, passing along the Psou River.

Opening Hours

Olympic Park, photo of which was taken with themall participants of the Olympics, open from ten in the morning to eleven in the evening. You can walk around the embankment around the clock. The city administration for tourists organizes excursions in the park. They are held under the auspices of the "Olympic heritage". There are regular tours, and evening tours, when the stunning backlight is turned on. On Mondays this huge complex is closed for visiting.

How to get to the Olympic Park?

Those who are comfortable to get to the park from Sochirailway station, it is better to use a modern electric train with the romantic name "Swallow". She departs regularly from stations "Hosta", "Matsesta", "Adler".

The station "Olympic Park" became the maintransport gates of the coastal cluster. Its project was developed by St. Petersburg architects. You can walk to any object of the coastal park in just five minutes.

On the bus, those who wish can come here from Sochiand Khosta, Matsesta and Kudepsta, as well as Adler, Esto-Sadok or Krasnaya Polyana. To the park from the station or the airport you can get there by minibus.

Russian Disneyland

Another attraction that attractshere tourists and townspeople, became the thematic "Sochi Park". Unfortunately, by the beginning of the Olympic Games the most extreme rides were not put into operation, however it was very popular and became a favorite place even for contestants.

Full-scale opening of the park in the park took place on July 1, after full testing of all the attractions of this Russian Disneyland.

New life of the park

Immediately after the end of the Olympics and the ParalympicsThe park was closed for walks. This was explained by the fact that the transfer of sports facilities to the balance of the city administration began. On the 8th of April, 2014 the complex was opened. The entrance to it is free.

However, anyone who wishes to visit the Olympic Park,should clearly realize that today this place is somewhat different from the brisk patch that the whole world observed during the Games and the athletes and spectators told about the special atmosphere with great enthusiasm.

Completely unchanged appearance of allsports facilities, especially the bowl for the Olympic flame, which is still as solemnly raised to the sky, today's visitors are given the opportunity to represent the atmosphere that was inherent in the main complex of the Games called the Olympic Park. Its site tells in detail both about today's innovations, and about the holiday that reigned here in the winter, when the most famous athletes and celebrities strolled through its territory.