A resident of St. Petersburg who wants to spend a vacation by the sea may consider Sochi as an option for such a vacation. After all, the distance between these two cities is not as great as it might seem at first glance.
Shortest distance
The most optimistic way to measure the distance from St. Petersburg to Sochi is to find the path length between them as the shortest distance between two points, as was done in the school geometry course. The result of such a measurement will show that the distance between these settlements in a straight line is about 1900 kilometers.
Obviously, it is impossible to drive this distance on the earth's surface, since the road is not perfectly flat. However, if it is decided to cover the route from St. Petersburg to Sochi by plane, it can be assumed that it will fly along this route. At the same time, the travel time in such a situation will be a little more than 3 hours.
Ground distance
If it was decided to get from St. Petersburg to Sochi by land transport, it is worth preparing for a much longer journey. Thus, the length of the land route from one city to another along the shortest road route will be about 2300 kilometers. So it can be stated that the motorist does not lose so much due to the terrain, bends of the road and other factors that lengthen the actual path compared to the shortest: the difference between these two routes is only about 400 kilometers. In addition, the positive aspect of such a trip is that it all passes through the territory of the Russian Federation, which means that you will not have to waste time crossing the border.
However, it is obvious that it will hardly be possible to overcome this distance in one day. Experienced drivers estimate that taking into account road traffic jams, traffic jams, speed limits and other circumstances that occur on any trip, the total travel time from St. Petersburg to Sochi by car will take about 34 hours. Therefore, it will be better if not one, but two or even three people act as the driver of the vehicle on this journey: this will allow you to move for a longer time, but at the same time each of the drivers will not get so tired.
At the same time, the optimal route from St. Petersburg to Sochi will pass through several large cities, where it will be interesting to stop in order to take a break from traffic and take a walk. So, in most cases, motorists drive along the M10 highway to Moscow, and then during the trip they pass Tula, Voronezh and Rostov-on-Don. Some time after that, they enter the Krasnodar Territory, where the views from the car window will be, perhaps, the most picturesque. So, the last section of the road - from Dzhubga to Sochi - runs right along the Black Sea coast.
