One of my favorite places is the Ritsa is always beautiful, but it is especially beautiful in autumn! I have been here many times, but only now I was lucky and there was not a single cloud, all the mountains are visible and reflected in the water. If you come here, be sure to eat fish soup from lake trout in cafes - it's just a buzz. Parking a little further along the lake, 300r without time limit. So don't leave the car, traffic cops are working. To ride a catamaran 500r per person for 30min (quite enough) The fare to the territory of the national park is 700 rubles per person. By the way, if you drove a private car to Abkhazia, then insure the car. If you don't, then the good traffic cops will stop you in Gagra and willingly offer to do it. The price of the issue is 1400r for 15 days🙈
the road to this lake itself is already impressive. if you go without an excursion, where you stop at each tasting of different local delicacies, you can see many beautiful views. the entrance itself is 700 rubles per person + 200 rubles for parking, which is located far from the main observation deck. the parking itself is like at a local shopping center in the Russian Federation, but of course it is paid, but what did you think?
the lake itself is very beautiful, there are catamarans for 1000 rubles for 30 minutes for two in great accessibility.
if you want to see the beauty of the lake without crowds of people, then go further, towards the state cottage, there are areas where there are no people and beautiful shots are obtained.
The extraordinary beauty of the lake is impressive. The mountains are covered with forest, clouds descending from the mountain peaks, the clear water of the lake itself, of course, is a delight. There is a chain of restaurants on the territory, Parking spaces, but they are paid!, you can rent a catamaran (of course it is expensive), but from the outside it looks very tempting. I took off the star so that the administration would pay attention to the maintenance of the lake. Near the shore, since the water is transparent, household garbage can be seen at the bottom, it is not very pleasant, you can clean it! I would like toilets, catering, parking lots to be located a little further from the lake in order to return some mystery, cleanliness and beauty of the shores, so that people can just enjoy nature and feel part of something unknown and beautiful. I recommend you to visit.