We went for free to the beach and the promenade through the cypress alley, and at the exit we met the checkpoint. Paid entrance to the beach and the promenade!!! That's crazy!!! We were very surprised by this. A beautiful street, many retail outlets, we are vacationers and so we take our money there, and they are still trying to force us to pay for passage to the sea.
It's banal, there is a concert hall behind the barrier, do you also have to pay to get into it?! Or go "vegetable gardens"?!
We were in Pitsunda for the first time and only 1 day, we really liked the beaches, the sea, the atmosphere. But this checkpoint = incomprehensible extortion left an unpleasant impression.
A place where locals rip off tourists for passing to the city's waterfront! They don't give you checks, only pieces of paper with dates! There are boors at the barrier and at the ticket office. The cashier was forced to pay for the child, although children under 12 years old are free! She demanded money without change, although I told her that there was only 1000. No change- let it go for free! The boor stands at the barrier and smokes at those who stand in line, and when asked not to smoke at us, he expressed "his perplexity." I consider this attitude to the guests unacceptable. The attitude of such locals to the tourists who feed them has completely spoiled the impression. We will not come again!
PS. entrance from Cypress Street is free, you just need to walk a little longer.
It is not clear what the paid entrance is for, the sidewalk is dead, there is no embankment, everything is unkempt, the benches are broken, the pier is rusty and barely alive.We have never been there, we went there once and never set foot again!