The Khostinskaya Tiso -Samshit Grove is a monument of ancient nature on the slope of Mount Big Akhun. Here, relict plants that once grew around the world have been preserved, and now they remained only here. Such plants appeared 30 million years ago, and the Great Akhun growing on the mountain does not differ from those ancient, from all over the rest of the space of the planet disappeared forever. The grove occupies an area of more than 300 hectares, and more recently it was used, as it should be used to use the forest, they hunted here, they collected bark for crafts from boxwoods, TIS was chopped for household needs. In total, more than 70 species of plants grow here, and all of them were at risk of destruction. And as the forest during the war, his healing ancient moss saved the wounded, so people decided to save the forest, founding a reserve here. To see this place, take care of booking a hotel in Sochi. The tourist line leading in the middle of the thickets of boxwood – the only tree drowning in the water is laid here. And this is the only boxwood forest in the world. In the middle of the thicket there are TISs that remember the great battles of the distant past – their age exceeds 1.5 thousand years. And among all these wealth, magical mineral springs.
