Excursion to the Abrau-Durso winery (Novorossiysk) - reviews

Updated 07/17/2021

People come to the resort village of Abrau-Durso for the famous champagne factory, delicious food and natural attractions. From the article you will learn how to get to Abrau-Durso from Novorossiysk, what to see, where to stay and where to eat.

I spent a few hours in Abrau-Durso, but you can also spend a couple of nights here. The setting of one of the few resorts in the Krasnodar region not located on the sea is conducive to this. In the high season it is crowded and noisy, but in April, when I visited, there were few people.

How to get to Abrau-Durso?

The distance between Novorossiysk and Abrau-Durso is 13 kilometers in a straight line and 19 kilometers along roads. To get there by bus, you need to take route No. 102. The bus leaves from the Kutuzovskaya Street stop and goes to the village of Bolshie Khutora, both through Abrau and Dyurso. Departure times from Novorossiysk are 5:00, 7:00, 9:55, 15:00 and 17:20.

Minibuses No. 102 run much more frequently than buses. On average, the interval is 15-25 minutes. Departure from the square opposite the bus station. The journey will take you 20 minutes. Minibuses go only to the Winzavod stop in the center of Abrau, i.e. if you need to go to Durso, you will have to walk a few more kilometers or pay about 300 rubles for a taxi.

Bus and minibus tickets cost 40 rubles. Payment is only in cash to the driver. If you go by taxi, the average price from the center of Novorossiysk is 800-1,000 rubles.

Why Lake Abrau is attractive

Lake Abrau is the largest freshwater lake in the Krasnodar Territory, it is located on the low-mountain Abrau Peninsula, 18 km from the center of Novorossiysk and 2 km from the Black Sea coast.

Lake Abrau is the second largest mountain lake in the Greater Caucasus in terms of surface area, after Lake Kazenoyam in Dagestan. The greatest depth of Lake Abrau is 11 meters, the average depth is 5.8 meters. The length of Lake Abrau is more than 3100 m, the greatest width is 630 m.

Lake Abrau does not freeze in winter and can be visited all year round. The winery and almost all tourist sites are open regardless of the season.

On the shore of Lake Abrau there is a small village with a population of 3,500 people - Abrau-Durso. Notable in the village is the Church of St. Xenia of Petersburg, located not far from the shore of the lake.

View of Lake Abrau and the hills around it from Novaya Street

Sights of Abrau-Durso

Abrau-Durso has beaches, picturesque folk routes, a stunningly beautiful lake and many attractions that deserve attention.

Temple of St. Xenia of Petersburg

In 2000, with the blessing of Metropolitan Isidor of Kuban and Ekaterinodar, construction began on a church complex in honor of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in a beautiful picturesque place above Lake Abrau itself.

Despite the fact that the temple was built not so long ago, today it is the spiritual and cultural center of the village of Abrau-Durso. Every Sunday, Sunday school classes are held in the temple building, and classes in handicrafts, drawing and music are held for children.

Address: st. Industrial, 18.

Fountain "Tsar Bottle"

The five-meter fountain with its outline resembles a bottle of champagne at the moment of uncorking it. To create it, 1,954 bottles of champagne were used with a total weight of 343 kilograms. The design also assumes that, if desired, a person can enter inside the fountain under refreshing streams of water.

The most remarkable and beautiful thing is that at night the bottle rotates around its axis, while the illumination changes with multi-colored colors, and streams of water are thrown out of the bottle like splashes of champagne.

Address: Abrau-Durso, Alexander Square.

Monument to L. Utesov

In the village there is a monument to the great artist L.O. Utesov. It is located on an alley leading from the factory to the lake. The actor is presented in the image of a shepherd from the famous film.

The monument to Utesov is located on a low marble monument. Behind it is a structure consisting of balusters arranged in the shape of a semicircle. Not far from this place there is a cozy gazebo where you can relax and enjoy the view of Lake Abrau.

Fountain with a monkey

In the park near the wine house, you can hear the splashes of a fountain with a monkey sitting on a bottle of sparkling drink. Here you can also find out that the founder of the Champagne House, Prince Galitsyn, had a pet monkey. He taught her how to open bottles and entertained his many guests with this trick.

Address: Abrau-Durso, st. Industrial.

Other attractions

In addition, the following interesting sights are worth seeing in Abrau-Durso:

1. Gallery of Light. The quantum room and scanner are presented here.

2. Thermal SPA resort "Rasputin". There is a SPA, a sauna, a restaurant, billiards, and swimming pools with thermal water.

3. Fair of handicrafts "Art Bazaar". This place can be compared to a museum tour. Every Sunday, historians, designers, writers, antique collectors, connoisseurs of antiquity and simply romantics gather at the art bazaar.

4. Tree of Happiness, where everyone can tie ribbons and make a wish.

5. Walk of Fame of winemakers – a beautiful green alley where you can relax. It is called so because grape vines are planted on it.

6. Art park. All the exhibits in it are unusual and original: various statues, wooden figures, sometimes funny and absurd. There is even an ordinary wooden barrel. You can not only look at them, but also photograph them or touch them with your hands.

7. Petting Zoo "Funny Farm" ‒ this is a mini-zoo where a large number of different animals live: rabbits, raccoons, ponies, horses, chinchillas, ferrets and guinea pigs.
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8. Yoga House – a two-story gazebo that stands on the edge of a cliff. During the warmer months, yoga master classes are held there.

Prices

Depending on the level of the hotel or boarding house, a place per person per season costs from 1 to 6 thousand rubles per day. In the off-season, the cost almost does not decrease, because... People come to Abrau all year round, not just for a beach holiday..

Sanatoriums and boarding houses

There are no medical institutions in Abrau-Durso. To the north of Durso beach there is the boarding house “Sailor”. A holiday here is recommended for those who want to improve the condition of their respiratory system. “Sailor” is located in a virgin cypress-juniper forest with healing air.

To the south of the Durso beach, in the secluded Maly Liman tract, the Zvezdny boarding house is located. On its territory there is an indoor swimming pool and a developed sports complex. Therefore, in addition to vacationers, football teams often come to Zvezdny for training camps.

To visit sanatoriums, consult your doctor. Possible contraindications. Reservations for sanatoriums are made through the website of the Expert Medical Center.

• Book a trip to the boarding houses of Abrau-Durso

Hotels

Abrau has an excellent selection of hotels of all levels of comfort and service. A week of accommodation during the season will cost from 7 thousand rubles (2-star Sport Hotel) to 70 thousand rubles (4-star Imperial Hotel) per person.

In Durso, accommodation costs from 7 thousand rubles (hotels Laguna, Durso) to 42 thousand rubles (new castle hotel Durso Tower) per person per week.

It is convenient to check prices and book rooms in Abrau-Durso through the Booking.com website.

The Avianity hotel search offers a large selection of accommodation options and shows interesting offers with discounts of up to 60%.

Rental of property

In Abrau-Durso, rooms are available for rent in the private sector, at prices starting from 800 rubles per night. But there are few offers. The local rental market is dominated by mini-hotels and guest houses. You can stay in them from 1 thousand rubles per person per day.

You can get acquainted with the current prices for housing in Abrau-Durso and book it on Sutochno.ru. The service shows 60 offers from homeowners.

You can use Airbnb to rent accommodation. If you haven’t used this service yet, get a discount of up to 4,000 rubles after registering using the promotional link.

Food

In Abrau-Durso there are establishments of any level: canteens, cafes, bars, restaurants. For example, the winery’s dining room is decorated in a vintage “USSR” style, where the average bill for a set lunch starts at 250 rubles. There are cozy beach cafes on the Durso and Abrau Beach beaches.

Popular establishments of Abrau-Durso:

• Petit Cafe
• Dining room No. 1
• BBQ bar Aqua
• 1870 Wine & Food Bar
• Family cafe Abrau Junior
• Restaurant "Imperial"
• Restaurant "Villa Rose"
• "Grand Cafe Abrau-Durso"
• Cafe "Round Lake"
• Cafe "Bufet"
• Confectionery "Abrau-Durso"
• Food court in Abrau-Durso

In Abrau there is a Magnit supermarket, Grotto and Wine Cellar stores and a fair (food market).

Address of the fair in Abrau: st. Promyshlennaya, 18 (Yandex Maps | Google Maps)

Entertainment in Abrau-Durso and its surroundings

The resort village is a fashionable holiday destination with developed infrastructure. Here you can organize an eventful leisure time as comfortably as possible. Vivid and unforgettable impressions are guaranteed to you.

Russian wine house

In 1870, by decree of Emperor Alexander II, the specific estate of Abrau-Durso was founded on the shore of Lake Abrau. The sparkling wine of the same name became a symbol of luxury and the favorite drink of Tsarist Russia.

The plant has a wine tourism center that organizes excursions. Here you can choose one of the programs, including a visit to the Russian wine house Abrau-Durso with tasting and inspection of the vineyards, a visit to the winery, cellars and a master class on making white sangria.

Cultural and tourist complex "Russia"

Located in a beautiful place, surrounded by forest in an ecologically clean area on the Black Sea coast. The complex offers a concert and sports arena, a cafe, a hotel, a hidden arena, show programs and entertainment events, banquets, weddings and corporate events with the participation of an equestrian theater, equestrian sports tournaments, and a riding club.

The complex is also unique in that within walking distance is the only high-mountain lake Abrau in the foothills of the North Caucasus with a picturesque embankment.

The basis of the Rossiya CTC is a unique indoor arena in our country with a theater arena of more than 1,500 square meters. m and modern light and sound infrastructure, built according to an original design and designed to receive up to 2,000 guests at a time.

Center address: st. Korolenko, 16A.

Ticket prices: 700 rub. – adult, 500 rub. - children's.

Opening hours: from 10:00 to 18:00 seven days a week.

Center for Media Arts "MARS"

The MARS gallery of contemporary art operates in the historical complex of the Abrau-Durso wine house. Here are presented audiovisual installations of the multimedia laboratory Kufleх, combining video, sound, light and even dance. At the same time, the viewer is given the role of an accomplice and co-creator of the artists - one can interact with certain objects, as if traveling through parallel worlds.

Address: st. Industrial, 13.

Prices: adult ticket - 500 rubles, children's ticket (5-7 years old) - 300 rubles, schoolchildren, students and pensioners receive a 50 rubles discount.

Bringing Down the House"

It is located on the territory of the Rossiya complex. This is a neat wooden house with a blue tiled roof and a car parked upside down next to the house. Everything is upside down - the car, the bright roof, the windows, and the flowers on the windowsill.

Tables and chairs, a snow-white bathtub and shampoos on the shelf, a toilet and plates of fruit, a bed and a TV, an armchair and slippers - everything is upside down. It’s not possible to stay here for a long time, because my head starts to feel a little dizzy. But there is enough time to take a photo and laugh.

Other interesting places

In addition to those listed, there are other interesting entertainments in Abrau-Durso:

1. The Voice of the City is a federal network of promenade performances “Hear Your City.” This is an amazing combination of learning something new, rethinking the familiar, establishing personal growth and motivation, elegantly packaged in a theatrical format and taken to the streets of the city.
2. On the adjacent territory to Abrau beach there is a sports and entertainment complex with the same name “Abrau”, where you can have a great time with friends and family. A pleasant, calm environment will allow you to take a breath and hide from the scorching sun. Address: Abrau-Durso, st. Primorskaya.
3. Traditional Russian bathhouse, made in the best style of the Russian old spirit. Has a large spacious steam room. There is also a bar where you can order tea with organic honey and herbs. Entertainment options include billiards, a relaxation room, and a small pool with cold water. If you don’t have bath accessories with you, you can buy everything you need right here. Address: st. Shkolnaya, 2.

What to do on Lake Abrau

Walk along the lake, Art Park and the Church of St. Xenia of Petersburg

On the shore of the lake there is a park with an embankment for walking. The distance from the bus stop to the beginning of the park is 170 meters. There are amazing art objects throughout the park.

The park is not large in size, its length is about 300 meters and width 100 meters, but the impression from it remains pleasant. In the summer, you can see a singing fountain here, the height of its jets reaches 30 meters, with wonderful evening illumination.

On the embankment at the end of Art Park

Art object “Symphony of the Wind” - a Circassian woman running along a lunar path to her lover

Monument to Leonid Utesov in the Abrau-Durso Art Park

After visiting the Art Park, the journey can be continued with a walk along the lake along Novaya Street; this 300-meter path is marked in green on the map. Here along the way there are wild exits among the trees to the edge of the lake and beautiful views of the hills surrounding the lake.

If you go in the other direction from the park, you can visit the Church of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg. The path from the Art Park to the temple, 485 meters, is drawn on the map in purple. On the shore opposite the temple you can relax on a bench overlooking the lake.

View from the embankment in Art Park to Lake Abrau and the Church of St. Xenia of Petersburg

View of Lake Abrau from a bench opposite the temple

After walking 286 meters behind the building of the wine tourism center (orange mark on the map with No. 3), you will find yourself on Alexander II Square with beautiful fountains. This path is marked in red on the map. A fountain in the shape of a champagne bottle with the name “Splash of Champagne” and a fountain with a monkey will not leave anyone indifferent.

Excursions at the Abrau-Durso winery

The Abrau-Durso wine tourism center offers several excursion options.

A tour of the Abrau-Durso Wine House without wine tasting is possible with children. The duration of this excursion is 1 hour 20 minutes, the cost for adults is 750 rubles, for children 6-9 years old - 350 rubles, under 6 years old - free. On this excursion, the guide walks through the corridors of champagne production and talks about the technology of its creation. Also, tourists are shown a film about the history of Abrau-Durso.

There are 3 types of excursions with wine tasting - champagne tasting, still wine tasting and a wine and gastronomic excursion with the preparation of mulled wine. They all cost the same - 950 rubles per person and last 1 hour 30 minutes.

On an excursion with champagne tasting, you can find out what the mysterious French words mean: “Cuvée”, “Remuage”, “Dégorgage”, what is the difference between the classical method of production and Charmat, get acquainted with the modern production of champagne and try 5 of its varieties.

On an excursion with a tasting of 6 samples of still wine, the story is told, which began precisely with the production of still wines, they show ancient tunnels built at the end of the 19th century under Alexander II, and introduce the technology of making still wines.

On a wine and gastronomic excursion with the preparation of mulled wine, you can taste locally produced cheeses and learn how to prepare a hot, spicy drink from red wine - mulled wine.

In the Abrau-Durso wine tourism center there is a children's room where you can leave your child during the excursion under the supervision of teachers.

You can get detailed information about excursions and sign up for them by phone or on the tourist website.

Wine cellar at the Abrau-Durso plant

Camping

Places for outdoor recreation in Abrau-Durso are rare green corners for useful and fun pastime with family or friends.

Lake Abrau

Those who prefer to relax in tents are provided with specially designated places right next to Lake Abrau. There are tables, barbecues and fish in the lake.

On the shore, among the relict forests, there is also the Ivanhoe guest house. There you can stay in comfortable double and triple rooms of standard and luxury categories, equipped with modern furniture and appliances. There is Internet access and satellite TV. Self catering. There is a shared kitchen equipped with everything you need. Room prices: standard - from 1,500 rubles, luxury - from 3,000 rubles.

Lake Maly Liman

Lake Maly Liman, or as it is also called, Sweet Limanchik, is one of the natural monuments of the Krasnodar region. Near the reserve there are several recreation centers and car camping.

Autocamping on Liman is located between South Ozereyka and Abrau-Durso beach. This calm place in a small bay will appeal to lovers of a quiet family holiday. Here you can fish both on the sea and on the lake itself. The beach is equipped with everything you need: pantons, a wide pier with anti-slip coating, sun loungers under canopies, changing rooms, toilets.

Also on the shore of this lake there is a hotel-chalet “Liman”, which is located near the beach. There is a special place for barbecue cooking. Parking spaces are provided. Guests can go on walks and arrange excursions.

Tourists are offered spacious family rooms that can accommodate two or more people. The rooms include air conditioning and a work desk. To provide food and drinks, you can use an electric kettle and microwave. For those relaxing in the fresh air there is a dining area. A special feature of the chalet is a fireplace.

Beaches of Abrau-Durso

Abrau-Durso has many sea beaches. Here are some of them:

1. Central beach. This pebble beach stretches for 350 meters. Its width in some places reaches 40 meters. This is the most popular beach in the village, and every year it receives hundreds of tourists.

   
   There are several paid car parks near the beach, but at the height of the season it is difficult to find a place for a car. The beach infrastructure is well developed. Shade canopies and bends protect from the sun. Sun loungers and deck chairs are available for rent. There are several cafes, shops, sports equipment rentals and a rescue post on the territory. There are changing rooms, toilets and showers. Near the beach there are hotels, guest houses and campsites.

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2. Wild beaches of Durso. You can get to them by car. There are tent camps on each beach in the summer. There is a beach for nudists.

3. Limanchik Beach. This is a pebble beach that stretches 350 meters between the sea and the estuary. Access to it is free, but the infrastructure is in its infancy.

Other natural attractions

Also worth a visit in Abrau-Durso:

1. Rocky shore of Lake Abrau. The length of the reservoir is more than 3,100 meters, width – 630 meters, depth – about 10 m. The water has a wonderful emerald color. This natural monument is protected by UNESCO.

2. Underwater bays of Durso. Daredevils love to dive and snorkel, as there is a unique underwater world here.

Where to relax

The main part of the village of Abrau-Durso occupies a picturesque valley in the mountains along the shore of Lake Abrau. There are most accommodation options here, from the luxurious Imperial and Wings hotels to modest economy class hotels and rooms in the private sector.

The smaller part of the resort is the Durso village, located on the Black Sea coast. Hotels have appeared here recently, they are all new. In the private sector, the choice of housing is small.

Beaches

(Photo: Pavel Spirin | Lori Photobank)

In Abrau-Durso you can swim both in the sea and in the lake. The bottom of Lake Abrau is flat, the entrance to the water is mostly flat. But there are no equipped beaches, but you can take a ride on a boat, boat or catamaran.

The beaches on the sea coast delight with crystal clear water. The main beach of Durso is covered with small pebbles, in other places there are larger pebbles.

Beaches of Abrau-Durso

• Wild beach "Diana"
• Beach "Abrau Beach" (landscaped part of the beach "Sweet Limanchik")
• Beach of the boarding house "Sailor"

Best routes

Despite the fact that the village is one of the most popular resorts in Russia, there are quite a few excursions to Abrau-Durso. The most popular is the demonstration of the museum-factory of champagne wines.

On one's own

You can get to Abrau-Durso from almost any city on the Black Sea coast. It’s better to get there on your own from Novorossiysk or Anapa.

Abrau-Durso is a small village 15 km from the city with its main attraction - a champagne wine factory. The minibus stops almost opposite the entrance to it. Next to the factory there is a wine company store where you can buy something from an extensive range of sparkling wines.

Not far from the plant, right on the shore of the lake, there is a recreation area. A 5-minute walk from the plant there is also a small park on the embankment, where there is a heart-shaped stele dedicated to all lovers. Here you can take a walk, relax, and just look at the surrounding beauty.

About a 10-minute walk (450 m away) is the Church of Xenia of St. Petersburg. It was built quite recently, at the beginning of this century. You need to go along the street. Industrial - it will lead to the temple.

Another main attraction of Abrau-Durso, which you can walk to on your own, is the fountain. It opened recently and is considered the largest in the Krasnodar region. A light and musical show takes place here every evening. And if you want to swim, you can go back 100 meters and walk to the wooden deck. There you can also sunbathe on the shore of the lake.

If you want to get to know the wine museum in more detail and in depth, its history and wine production, as well as other attractions, you can use the services of a guide. An individual guide costs 800-1,500 rubles.

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As part of the excursion

The Abrau-Durso Valley is located in the vicinity of the hero city of Novorossiysk, among mountains covered with relict forests and a beautiful lake. Tourists are offered excursion programs for every taste here:

1. Excursion to the terroir. Cost – 10,000 rubles for a group of 4 people. Duration is 2 hours.
2. Voice of the City – a flash mob walk through local attractions using an audio guide. Duration – 2 hours, cost – 700 rubles for adults, for children – 350 rubles.
3. Champagne wine factory. Champagne tasting – 400 rubles, a bottle of champagne – 350-1,800 rubles.

Vacation with children

Abrau-Durso is well suited for families with children. There are many cozy places and entertainment for children on the embankment. On the square in front of the winery, on weekends and holidays, entertainment programs for children are held - with animators, life-size puppets, and fun competitions. It is interesting to spend time at the Rossiya entertainment complex or while hiking in the mountains.

Let us note that the Black Sea beach “Durso” is small-pebble, with a gentle shore and a smooth entrance into the water, ideal for relaxing and swimming for children.

Reviews about holidays in Abrau-Durso

Tatyana, 43 years old. Abrau-Durso has everything for an interesting, eventful holiday for adults and children. Beauty is everywhere, interesting excursions, clean air. This beautiful village has something interesting for everyone.

Ekaterina, 24 years old. The most vivid impressions of the splendor of local landscapes can only be obtained here – in Abrau-Durso.

Sergey, 32 years old. I myself did not visit Abrau-Durso, but they brought me wine from the wineries there. I was delighted! So I’m thinking about a trip to this famous plant.

Valentina, 34 years old. Lake Abrau is stunning, and it was precisely because of it that we went with the whole family. Crystal deep water, picturesque alpine landscapes. This is not forgotten. And the children are delighted.

A holiday at sea would not be complete without cultural leisure. Visiting the sights of Abrau-Durso not only provides additional interesting knowledge, but also provides pleasant and unforgettable memories.

Where in Gelendzhik to drink or buy Abrau-Durso champagne from the factory

In the center of Gelendzhik on the embankment there is a company store and restaurant from the Abrau-Durso champagne wine factory. Here you can sit beautifully overlooking the sea and drink Abrau-Durso champagne - dry, sweet, semi-sweet, white, pink or red. The cost of a glass of champagne starts from 150 rubles, a bottle - from 320 rubles. The Abrau-Durso restaurant is open all year round; it is marked on the map in red with No. 3.

You can also buy still wines from the Abrau-Durso factory and their cheeses.

Champagne at the Abrau-Durso restaurant on the Gelendzhik embankment

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