I visited it back in 1989 or 1990, when it still was part of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (nowadays Georgia), which was part of USSR. We were on 2-week holidays in Sukhumi. Back then it was quite nice resort town - on par with Sochi, may be even a little better. Then this happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz–Georgian_conflict Couple years of active war and 20 years of general decline turned the region in a pretty shabby state.
Anyway, currently Abkhazia is mainly non-recognized country (only Russia and 3 minor countries recognize it), so I strongly advise against visiting it, sadly. Especially to non-Russian citizens (as only Russia has some kind of formal presence there).
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Date: 2016-02-09 01:25 pm (UTC)Then this happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhaz–Georgian_conflict
Couple years of active war and 20 years of general decline turned the region in a pretty shabby state.
Anyway, currently Abkhazia is mainly non-recognized country (only Russia and 3 minor countries recognize it), so I strongly advise against visiting it, sadly. Especially to non-Russian citizens (as only Russia has some kind of formal presence there).