Mysterious, magical, amazingly beautiful Crimea has many faces, it is not without reason that it is called “the world in miniature”, because it has everything: steppe and mountains, green valleys and healing lakes, protected forests and beautiful parks, beautiful palaces, noble estates and amazing natural monuments, mysterious caves and cultural monuments of long-vanished peoples, the sea with its beaches and underwater caves.
Look at the map of Crimea: the inner part of the peninsula is occupied by the steppe, mountain ranges are concentrated in its southern part, and all this is surrounded on all sides by the sea. Many of the most beautiful places Crimea is located on the coast, but there are many that lie away from the tourist trails and cannot be reached by transport.
This wild peninsula, one of the most beautiful places in Crimea, is located at its westernmost point and will probably remain the place with which people will never do anything. It just can't. The steep cliffs are too formidable, its underwater caves are too deep.
The sea here is so clear that standing high on a cliff, you can see the stones at the bottom. But the most amazing sight will be seen from the sea: huge through grottoes cut right through the rocks, caves are hidden behind high arches, and the rocks are twisted into the most unimaginable shapes. From time to time, the tireless surf and wind collapse part of the rocky coast, and then a new cliff of a fantastic appearance appears in this beautiful place of Crimea.
Atlesh, the protected area of Tarkhankut, is made up of white limestone rocks, the processing of which has been worked on for centuries by a brilliant sculptor - nature. He cut up the coastline in a fantasy way, giving the rocks of this beautiful place in Crimea amazing shapes:
- Turtle - a large rock jutting out into the sea, really resembles a giant turtle looking out to sea.
- The Cup of Love is a rock in the shape of a round pool. Its depth is 6 meters, and it can only be reached through an underwater tunnel.
- A 150-meter, completely unexplored cave, which can only be reached in one way: by swimming under a rock hanging over the sea.
Ak-Kaya (White Rock)
A huge white cliff is located in the Belogorsk region of Crimea, in the valley of the Biyuk Kara-Su River. The huge stone plateau ends with a sheer wall 150 meters high. The rock, hanging over the valley, is especially beautiful in the rays of the setting sun. It was once the seabed, and its layers are a kind of chronicle of the past 70 million years. A careful eye will definitely notice fossilized mollusks, sea urchins, crabs, and in the youngest layers that are on the surface of the plateau, shark teeth, whale and seal bones are found.
Koyashskoye Lake
This is amazingly beautiful and the most salt Lake in Crimea lies in the south of the Kerch Peninsula. In summer, algae living in the lake color its water pink color, and the higher the temperature, the more intense the color becomes. The shores of this beautiful place in Crimea are covered with salt crystals that smell like violets, and on the water surface there are bizarre salt icebergs. Just a narrow strip sandy beach separates the pink from the Black Sea.
Balaklava Bay
You will not find another such beautiful place in Crimea as this bay. It is sandwiched between two mountains and protrudes into the land to a depth of 1.5 kilometers. The entrance to it is not only very narrow, but also invisible from the sea. The unique shape of the bay in the form of the English letter S makes it the quietest harbor even during a strong storm at sea. You can admire this beautiful place in Crimea from the top of the mountain on the eastern bank, where the ruins of the ancient Genoese fortress Chembalo have been preserved.
New World
This is the name of a small village near Sudak. When the car passes the last turn, an unusually beautiful place opens up before your eyes, provocatively beautiful even for Crimea itself. Mountains Orel and Sokol protect the New World from the winds, and the air is saturated with phytoncides of pine and juniper. The three bays of this beautiful place in Crimea - Green, Blue and Blue - fascinate with the purity and transparency of their waters, and the mountain paths and grottoes add a unique charm.
Demerdzhi
Among the most beautiful places in Crimea and amazing mountain range, which was once the seabed. When a stone ridge rose from the sea, the sun and wind created strangely shaped stone sculptures from it. In the setting rays of the sun, it seems that the figures really look like running people. Hence the name of the valley with stone sculptures -. Of course, there are many legends explaining the appearance of stone idols in this beautiful place in Crimea, and who knows, maybe something described in them actually happened.
Taraktash trail
You can follow this trail from Yalta to Ai-Petri and in the opposite direction. Of course, it's easier to go down. The views that open to your eyes during the descent are beautiful, but the crazy delight will be caused by one of the most beautiful places in Crimea - the Taraktash tract itself and its main attraction - an arched rock several tens of meters high. It’s amazing that with thin walls and quite high altitude a lonely rock does not collapse. The path will take you along a ravine, then through a narrow passage between the rocks it will lead you out. This passage is called the Taraktash Gate, it’s scary to walk along it, but the delight of this beautiful place in Crimea makes you forget about fear.
If you are lucky enough to be near the rock at noon, when the sun is high, you can see how the rock shimmers in all shades of yellow and brown. The height is breathtaking, but the beauty is such that you don’t notice anything else. Continuing the descent, you find yourself at another fantastically beautiful place in Crimea - “flying water”.
Wuchang-Su
Wuchang-Su - “flying” or “hanging water” in the old days called this two-cascade stream of water falling from Ai-Petri. It appears in all its power only in the spring, when the snow melts. In winter, the water freezes, and its frozen streams become like organ pipes, and this sight is almost more beautiful than the one in April.
Nature is capable of creating monuments of amazing beauty. But the creations of human hands are sometimes no less beautiful. Talented architects wrote history beautiful Crimea beautiful palaces and magnificent parks.
Karaite kenas in Evpatoria
Among the beautiful places of Crimea and snow-white temple complex Crimean Karaites, consisting of two halls, two-story buildings with lancet and semicircular windows. In the courtyard of this beautiful place in Crimea you can see arched galleries and a fountain. The building is not only an architectural monument, but also of historical value.
bird home
In the village of Gaspra, which lies on the beautiful southern coast of Crimea, on the very edge of the Aurora cliff, there is a tiny building made of white stone. The crenellated walls, tall lancet windows and round tower with spiers make it look medieval knight's castle. It was once a country house with fireplaces and thick ceiling beams, but it doesn't matter what it is now. , like an elegant toy, seems to float between the sea and the sky, attracting the gaze of every guest to this amazingly beautiful place in Crimea.
Livadia Palace
Known as the summer residence of the last Russian emperor and the site of the Yalta Conference. But it’s not so much that makes him attractive historical facts How beautiful is the palace and the park that was laid out around.
The snow-white building in the Renaissance style with four courtyards, luxurious chambers and a unique interior fit perfectly into the landscape of the Crimean coast and became one of the most beautiful places in Crimea. The park, laid out on 40 hectares of land, was developed and preserved to this day: winding paths go around beautiful flowers and rare trees, green lawns are decorated with sculptures and fountains, shady alleys lead to the sea, and observation platforms An endless sea opens up to the horizon.
Palace in Massandra
Emperor Alexander III is considered one of the most amazing and beautiful places in Crimea. The palace is small, but incredibly beautiful and elegant. The architect, having decorated the facades with balconies, ornaments and sculptures, gave it the appearance of a fairy-tale, simply gingerbread castle. On the spacious terraces and in the park, according to the fashion of that time, sculptures of satyrs and chimeras were installed. The building was erected right in the forest, and it formed the basis of a beautiful park. Paths were laid out throughout the park and flower beds were laid out, additional junipers and conifers were planted along the alleys, and exotic plants were brought from abroad.
Foros Church
Between Sevastopol and Yalta, between the sea and the mountain range, the Red Rock rises, and at its very edge, like a fragile toy in the palm of a giant, stands the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. It is clearly visible from the highway, and everyone who drives past involuntarily turns their head to see this beautiful place in Crimea once again. The legend tells about miraculous salvation the daughter of a rich merchant on the edge of this cliff. There was salvation, but it was about Emperor Alexander III. Built in the Byzantine style, it has survived four restorations, and services are still held there.
Vorontsov Palace
Among the most beautiful places in Crimea is the beautiful palace in Alupka, which was created by order of Count Vorontsov, who was then the Governor-General of the Novorossiysk Territory. The Count wanted the palace to combine English austerity and the luxury of Indian palaces. Such luxury was suitable for these beautiful places in Crimea: from the windows of the palace one could see the sea, on the other side the Ai-Petri massif hung over the palace, and numerous springs would help grow a beautiful garden. This is how it turned out: the heavy English style is diluted with elements of luxurious oriental style, and the battlements of watchtowers are adjacent to openwork decorations and arches.
Palace Park deserves a special place among all the beautiful places in Crimea. Both of its parts – the Upper and Lower parks – are amazingly beautiful. There are three meadows in Verkhny (Chestnut, Solnechnaya and Contrast), and on each of them separate types of trees grow. There is also Swan Lake, where these beautiful birds live, and Mirror Lake, there is even a waterfall. Lower Park decorated in Italian style, many unique plants grow there. Anyone who has been there claims that this beautiful place in Crimea is always in a festive mood.
Yusupov Palace
The magnificent Yusupov Palace is located in one of the most beautiful places in Crimea - in Koreiz, on a steep rocky seashore. It was built in the style of the Italian Renaissance, and its interior is simply luxurious: Viennese sofas and chairs skillfully made by Austrian furniture craftsmen, porcelain and bronze figurines. But the palace park is even more beautiful! It is decorated with trees aged from 100 to 500 years, and in total there are 7.5 thousand species of plants. The entire territory of this beautiful place in Crimea is decorated with fountains and small pools with figures of goddesses, naiads and mermaids. All entrances to the park, all niches are “guarded” by marble lions.
Nikitsky Botanical Garden
The garden was founded more than two hundred years ago. Its director, Christian Steven, conceived the idea of creating a nursery for plants that had never grown in Crimea, in order to acclimatize them to the Crimean soil. And he did it very well. But the main goal was to collect on the territory of this beautiful place in Crimea all the plants that could benefit not only Crimea, but also the whole of Russia. Within three years, the botanical garden’s collection included 50 varieties of pear trees and almost a hundred varieties of apple trees. Gradually, the collection grew with Italian and French grape varieties, magnolias, palm trees, and plane trees. Plants unique to this beautiful place in Crimea have appeared: Californian sequoia, Caucasian fir, cedar, eastern pine, strawberry tree, bamboo, and it’s hard to even count the types of flowers. Today the collection consists of 30 thousand plants from all over the world globe. And no matter what month you visit this garden, you will always see flowering plants: in the spring it is the “Tulip Parade”, in the summer – the “Rose Ball”, in the autumn – the “Chrysanthemum Ball”. The Botanical Garden, a wonderful creation of human hands, is still considered one of the most beautiful places in Crimea.
The first place was taken by the most beautiful and most recognizable castle of the Crimean Peninsula - Swallow's Nest. Even people who have never been to Crimea can easily recognize this landmark. The castle was built at the beginning of the 20th century on Aurora Rock in the village of Gaspra. It was made in the neo-Gothic style, with loopholes and spiers, commissioned by the German oil industrialist Baron von Stengel.
Today the castle is one of the most visited attractions of the Crimean peninsula. Near the Swallow's Nest there are several observation platforms, a wishing tree, and painting exhibitions are held inside the castle itself.
The most visited place in Crimea. More than 1.5 million people visit it throughout the year. The length of the embankment is more than 1.5 kilometers. The embankment was founded at the end of the 19th century and was constantly expanded. First, it was raised several meters, then stone fences were built. The Yalta embankment combines almost all the accumulated experience of a park structure: here you can see ancient trees, rose gardens, shady alleys, palm trees, fountains, comfortable benches, landscape design and beautiful views of the sea.
One of the oldest trees on the embankment is the Sycamore, about 200 years old, 32 meters high, with a girth of 5.5 meters. The biggest admirers of the Yalta embankment were Yesenin and Chekhov. The latter, impressed by a walk along the embankment, wrote the work “Lady with a Dog.”
Vorontsov Palace is located in the city of Alupka. The palace was built in the mid-19th century by order of Count Vorontsov by the English architect Edward Blore. The palace is made in different styles: from Gothic to Moorish. Each side of the palace has its own style and theme. Also on the territory of the palace is one of the best parks in Crimea. Now the Vorontsov Palace operates as a museum, it conducts excursions both in the palace itself and in the courtyard.
Livadia Palace was built at the beginning of the 20th century for the Romanov imperial family as a summer residence. Nicholas II was in love with this picturesque place on the Crimean Peninsula. The Livadia Palace is also famous for the Yalta Conference of 1945, at which Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt decided on the arrangement of the post-war world and the borders of European states. The conference marked the beginning of the United Nations.
Massandra Palace is located near Yalta, in the village of Massandra. Construction of the palace began in 1881 and was completed only in 1902. During construction, not only the architects changed, but also several rulers of the country. The palace was not destined to become inhabitable. After construction was completed, it was used several times as a country house, but they never stayed overnight, giving preference to the Livadia Palace. Massandra Palace, in addition to its amazing mountain location, has a wonderful park and a beautiful park area.
Perhaps one of the most picturesque corners of the Crimean peninsula. Balaklava is notable for its Balaklava Bay. In addition to its inner beauty, it also has very practical applications. In the harshest weather at sea, when a storm is raging and the sea level reaches 5-6 points, Balaklava Bay is practically calm. Therefore, one of the most convenient and safe anchorages for yachts and boats is located in Balaklava, and this is why the secret facility GTS 825, intended for the repair, maintenance and shelter of submarines, was located in the USSR in Balaklava. The facility was able to survive a direct hit from a nuclear warhead, and after some time release submarines for a retaliatory strike.
Balaklava is also famous for the Genoese fortress of Chambalo, built by the Genoese in 1343 to defend the city.
The most famous mountain Crimea. The tourist popularity of the mountain was influenced by its close location to Yalta and the construction of one of the largest cable cars in Europe. The height of the mountain is 1234 meters. The visit is usually divided into two stages up the mountain: along cable car, ascending to the Ai-Petrinsky teeth, or walking along the Ai-Petrinsky plateau with mandatory visit a cafe with ethnic cuisine and a descent along the serpentine road to the Silver Gazebo and the largest waterfall in Europe, Wuchang-Su.
Chufut-Kale is located 2.5 km from the city of Bakhchisarai. The cave city of Chufut-Kale was inhabited even before our era. In the 6th century the city was fortified and made one of impregnable fortresses Crimean peninsula. Handicrafts are developing in the city, books are being printed and coins are being minted. In the 16th century, not far from the fortress, the city of Bakhchisarai grew with the residence of the Crimean khans in Khan's Palace. Chufut-Kale fades into the background. In the fortress I am making a prison in which noble prisoners are kept, for whom a ransom could be obtained. After the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Empire, prisoners are no longer kept in the fortress and Chufut-Kale gradually begins to die. Today Chufut-Kale is a monument to the history of Crimea and one of the most amazing attractions of Central Crimea.
It is located in the vicinity of the city of Sevastopol and is one of the first Greek settlements on the Crimean peninsula. The first buildings in Chersonesus date back to the 5th century BC. It was Chersonesus that became the starting point for the settlement of the Crimean peninsula by the Greeks, in the east and west. Chersonesus also went down in history as the city from which the Baptism of Rus' began. It was here that Vladimir the Great was baptized and ten years later he baptized all of Rus'. Today, the Vladimir Cathedral was erected at the supposed site of baptism. Now Chersonesos operates as an open-air museum. You can walk around Chersonesus either independently or with a guide who will tell you about the life and customs of the ancient Greeks, as well as many amazing stories and legends about the arrangement of the city.
It is located on the rise to Mount Ai-Petri (St. Peter), from the side of the city of Yalta. The name of the Uchan-Su waterfall is literally translated from the Turkic language as “flying water”. The height of the waterfall is about 90 meters, and today it is the most big waterfall Europe. The peak activity of the waterfall occurs in the spring, when the snow on Mount Ai-Petri begins to melt. IN summer time The waterfall is almost dry. A visit to the waterfall is usually combined with a visit to Mount Ai-Petri.
A lot of places, which deserve a position in the list of the most beautiful sights of Crimea, were not included in the top 10, for example in the city of Sudak, and many others. Most likely this happened due to low coverage among tourists and guests of Crimea. Most of the attractions that made it to the top ten are located on, which was massively popularized in the Soviet Union.
Today Crimea has become very popular among tourists. Perhaps this was due to joining Russia. Either way, there's a lot to see. Agree, it would be stupid to just lie on the sand near the sea for your entire vacation when there are so many unique and interesting things around. Many compare Crimea with Greece, due to the fact that there is almost everything here, from noble estates and palaces, to wonderful large museums and galleries, but let’s talk about everything in turn. Here you will learn about them and their stories.
The most beautiful places in Crimea. top 10
So, we have selected the 10 most interesting and visited places on the Crimean peninsula. Of course, there are many more attractions here, but we’ll limit ourselves to ten. And here you can explore the resorts of Crimea.
Valley of Ghosts
This place is located on the western slope of the Demerdzhi Mountains. Nature has done a wonderful job here, creating natural mountain slopes, cornices and niches. The Valley of Ghosts is of particular interest at sunset and dawn. In person it looks very interesting and beautiful.
Balaclava Bay
It is located near the city of Sevastopol. Many years ago, the path for tourists here was completely closed, because... there was a submarine base here. Here you can also look at the ancient fortress, which is called Chembalo. A visit to Balaclava Bay will be interesting for any tourist. In principle, it is not empty today, and is visited by numerous tourists from all over the world.
Cape Tarkhankut
This place attracts many divers and windsurfers. It is worth noting that this is where the most pure water in Crimea. There are excellent natural paintings here that you can admire for hours.
New World
This place in Crimea is one of the most visited by tourists. Glory New World received for many reasons. Here is the "Tsar's Beach". It was named so because Nicholas II loved to relax here. The shore on the beach is sandy, and the water washing it is warm and clean. It is noteworthy that you risk visiting the filming location of the films “Pirates of the 20th Century”, “Amphibian Man”, as well as the famous comedy “Three Plus Two”. This place is very interesting, and over the years it has become more and more visited.
Cape Meganom
This unusual place Local residents call it “Crimean Tunisia”. It received this name because it is always very hot and sunny here. Also, it is worth noting that this cape is a small separate peninsula. Despite the fact that this place is popular in Crimea, the beaches here are empty, and most of The territory is still not inhabited by people.
Vorontsov Palace
This place is a kind of park, where a large number of architectural monuments are collected. Walking here is a pleasure. There are fountains all around, ducks and swans swim in the lakes, fresh fresh air. Yes, this place is very visited by tourists. It is worth remembering the chief architect of the palace, Edouard Blore. He later took part in the design of Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. IN Vorontsov Palace The large library is worth a visit. Rare historical books, documents and much more are stored here.
Chersonese Tauride
This is an ancient ancient city that has survived to this day, quite well compared to others ancient cities. Here every tourist will see with his own eyes the tower of Zeno, the chapel, crypts, city gates, etc. You can walk around the quarter where people lived several centuries ago. It's really very interesting here. This ancient city located in Sevastopol, namely, in Kamysheva Bay.
Khan's Palace. Bakhchisaray
This palace is very remarkable and beautiful. You won't waste your time. Also here in local restaurants You can taste traditional Tatar dishes. After your meal, you can take a walk to the lavender plantations, where you will enjoy the most beautiful fields of Kazanlak roses and lavender.
Koktebel
This place is very beautiful. Mostly creative people gather here - artists, poets, musicians. You can spend a lot of time admiring the local natural scenes. It is also worth noting that a jazz festival takes place here every year. This is also a very interesting event.
Livadia Palace
This huge palace was built a long time ago especially for members royal family. Today this place attracts many tourists. Majestic building very beautiful and unusual
These are not all the most beautiful places in Crimea. There are many of them, and it is worth choosing time for each of them. Don't forget to take your camera with you, because... There will be something for you to capture. Yes, the Crimean peninsula is very beautiful and unique. Why go abroad when we have such beauty close by?
