Giant magnolia flowers cover the trees along the tranquil streets and a fresh breeze from the sea moves the tops of old cypress and palm alleys in the parks. At sunset, SUPs and sailing boats take off into the pink sea. Sochi has long been the best summer destination for generations of Russians. There is hardly a better place to spend the pandemic than in its sub-tropical gardens tucked away between the Caucasus mountains and the Black Sea.
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A woman enjoys the sun on the beach at the Black Sea by the fence on the border between Russia and Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia during the Russia 2017 Confederations Cup football tournament in Sochi on June 22, 2017.
