Abkhaz Tsardom Museum

Abkhaz Tsardom Museum is a museum in Abkhazia, Georgia which is located on улица Эшба. Abkhaz Tsardom Museum is situated nearby to Church of St. Simon the Canaanite, as well as near New Athos Waterfall.

Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—1:00 PM and 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
Type: Museum
Address: 8 улица Эшба, ახალი ათონი - Новый Афон

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Athos Cave and New Athos Monastery.

New Athos Cave

Cave

Photo: WomEOS, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The New Athos Cave also Novoafonskaya, Novy Afon Cave, or New Afon Cave is a karst cave in the Iverian Mountain in Abkhazia near the city of New Athos. New Athos Cave is situated 520 metres west of Abkhaz Tsardom Museum.

New Athos Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Evcamp, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Athos Monastery is a monastery in New Athos, municipality of Gudauta, in a breakaway republic of Abkhazia. New Athos Monastery was founded in 1875 by monks who came from the St. Panteleimon Monastery in Mount Athos, with Mount Athos having been an important site for the Orthodox Church since 1054. New Athos Monastery is situated 460 metres southeast of Abkhaz Tsardom Museum.

Psyrdzkha

Railway stop

Photo: Yufereff, Public domain.

Psyrdzkha is a railway stop, which is situated 180 metres northwest of Abkhaz Tsardom Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Athos and Tsukwara.

New Athos

Photo: Svetlana Grechkina, CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of Abkhazia situated some 22 km from Sokhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the greek names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and later Psyrtskha. New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.