Sights of Crimea: photo with descriptions

Peninsula Crimea - the pearl of the Black Sea coast, a true tourist dream.

To visit all the sights of the Crimea, it will take more than one year. In the first place on the list is the Black Sea, the azure waves of which are the main reason for the unprecedented popularity of the peninsula. The cleanest sea water with a temperature of +24 ^o C beckons and fascinates. The whole coast from Evpatoria to Kerch is a continuous line of beaches, sanatoriums and boarding houses. Beaches in Crimea are of two types: sand and pebble. In the northwestern part of the peninsula, from Cape Tarkhankut to Sevastopol, all the beaches are sandy, and the rest of the coastline is occupied by pebble beaches that stretch as far as Feodosia, the native city of the famous seascapes painter IK Aivazovsky. From Feodosia again begins a strip of sandy beaches.

The most famous sights of the Crimea with a description Can be found in tourist guides - you will be more convenient to navigate and navigate the travel route.

swallow's Nest

In the town of Gaspra, between Yalta and Alupka, is the famous Swallow's Nest - a medieval palace, built on the edge of the cliff and open to all winds. It can rightly be called a visiting card of the Crimea.

Ayu-Dagh

In the sights of the Crimea there is also the mountain Ayu-Dag, which resembles a huge bear, which fell to the sea. Ayu-Dag is translated as "Mountain Bear". At the foot there is a picturesque Partenitskaya valley with several sanatoriums, surrounded by cypresses and cedars.

Vorontsov's Palace

A bit to the west, next to Alupka, is the Vorontsov Palace - a masterpiece of castle architecture, built in the first half of the XIX century by the English architect Edward Blore. The palace served as Governor General to Count MS Vorontsov a summer residence.

Ai-Petri Mountain

At some distance from the coastline is the legendary mountain Ai-Petri, hanging over Alupka. Well-known one hundred meter long prongs at the top of the mountain. From the shore to Ai-Petri stretches a unique unsupported cable car. The mountain is marked in climatic reports as a zone of hurricane winds. There were attempts to use the power of the mountain wind to generate electricity, but the generators blades could not stand the pressure and broke.

Not far from Yalta at the foot of the mountain massif there is another palace built on the initiative of Crown Prince SM Vorontsov. It is the Massandra Palace, which was taken over by Emperor Alexander III in 1889. The history of the castle is sad: Vorontsov died without waiting for the end of construction, and the emperor did not have time to visit the palace, having died in 1894 in Livadia. In Soviet times, the palace was used to rest the highest party leadership of the USSR. Currently, the Massandra Palace is part of the Alupkinsky Museum-Reserve.

Rural attractions

If you move along the coastal highway from Alushta towards Feodosia, then at the 22nd kilometer, tourists will immediately discover three Crimean attractions: the villages of Solnechnogorsk, Malorechenskoye and Rybachye. At first glance, there is nothing special about the settlements, neither the palaces nor the ancient buildings. However, they embody the original nature of the peninsula, the whole history of the Crimea is concentrated in them.

Leaving on the hill, the tourist can lose the gift of speech, so beautiful is the panorama opening before him. At the bottom is a real Crimean village, neat little houses under red tile roofs, drowning in peach gardens, dark green cypresses, beaches, unique in its primordiality, in transparent sea water are huge boulders, the size of a trolley, on which you can sunbathe.

Nikitsky garden

From the dock in Solnechnogorsk there is a sea tram, on which you will sail to the next landmark of the Crimea - Nikitsky botanical garden. This is a world center for studying the flora of the southern regions, botany and fruit growing. Nikitsky garden is one of the oldest scientific centers on the planet, founded in 1812. Unique unique plants from all over the world are collected on the territory, and the layout allows you to get acquainted with the flora of not only the Crimea, but the whole world.

Genoese fortress

Closer to the eastern tip of the peninsula, you can visit another attraction of the Crimea - the city of Sudak. At the top of the mountain there is an ancient Genoese fortress, built in the XV century to protect against attacks by the enemy from the sea. On the outer perimeter of the fortress there are 14 battle towers, the entrance gate, the Consular Tower and the watchtower of St. Elijah. The internal defensive line of fortifications, the citadel, consists of four towers, united by a fortress wall.

Sudak is an ancient city

The city of Sudak is also included in the sights of the Crimea. It is famous for unique underwater pastures, starting directly from the shore and leaving for two hundred meters to the open sea. At a depth of four meters stretched vast green massifs - expanse for fish, crabs and dolphins. The Black Sea dolphins of the bottlenose dolphins visit the underwater thickets early in the morning to feed and play. Tourists-divers can take part in games of dolphins, which are rather benevolent towards people.

At 36 km from Sudak, there is a literary landmark of the Crimea - the village of Koktebel (Planer), which was visited by the most famous Russian writers. Maximilian Voloshin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Konstantin Paustovsky, Marietta Shaginyan and many others lived and worked here.

Hero City Kerch

Sights of Crimea, photos of which are presented in the article, include the city of Kerch, whose history goes back to prehistoric times. The primeval sites, discovered by archaeologists, date back to the eighth millennium BC. Currently, Kerch is the honorary title of the city-hero. From the port of Kerch ships are sent to all countries of the world, there is a ferry service through the Kerch Strait with the Krasnodar Territory.

New places of interest in Crimea

All the tourist places in the Crimea can not be described. Among the new attractions is the Miniature Park in Evpatoria, where graceful mock-ups of Crimean palaces and castles are collected. The models are made at a scale of 1:25 and exactly repeat the originals. In Evpatoria there is also a new museum "Pirates of the Black Sea", which is located in the historic quarter of the city and is an old pirate ship with chests full of looted treasures. In Sevastopol, the Ice Cream Museum was opened, and in Simferopol, on the territory of the Vernadsky University, the museum "The Handicraft Town" is located.

All The sights of the Crimea, photos describing which can be found in tourist guides, are currently available for visits around the peninsula. Palaces and natural caves, unique plants and modern exhibitions are waiting for tourists.