Winter trip to the Black Sea
New Year is a great time to travel with the whole family or relax with a loved one.
On the legal weekend, instead of lying down on the couch, we can go to the Black Sea for useful air and pleasant experiences.
Of course, you can choose the usual resorts, go to Yalta or SochiBut there are more interesting options.
Now it is fashionable to travel with a personal guide. It is safe and comfortable, besides, you do not have to scratch your head, making a special schedule for a trip and combing the sites in search of adventures that are right for you.
An individual guide will help you choose the best places to visit, because who, if not him, knows the most interesting entertainment and attractions that are ideal for adults and children, and will tell so much interesting information that the rest will not be useless!
Excluding a flight for 2 people, the price of a holiday on the Black Sea varies from 30 to 60 thousand rubles for two weeks (the cost is indicated at the time of writing - November 2020).
Of course, the cost always depends on the hotel and the place where you decide to stay. Someone needs an all-inclusive hotel, and someone just needs to find a decent hostel or even rent an apartment, they are rented by many locals around the sea coast. So we can safely say that this option is available to all residents of our country who want to know what it is, the Black Sea.
In winter, the weather on the Black Sea is not hot: +5 ... +10 ° C in the afternoon, swim, as you understand yourself, will only happen in indoor pools in the hotel, but you can enjoy mountain resorts: skiing or snowboarding, and for useful impressions you can always go to museums and archaeological parks, which are open in winter!
Interesting places on the Black Sea coast
Besides famous resorts of SochiThe real pearls of the Black Sea are unique natural and historical sights.
You can visit the Sail Rock in summer and winter. Of course, sea travel in the Black Sea is much more convenient to make in the summer, when you can see the sights, and swim in the sea. However, the rock near the city GelendzhikIt attracts with its unusual structure in winter. It rises above the sea surface for 30 meters, quadrangular and even, it really looks like a sail.
The most amazing thing is that the rock with a flat, round hole at the bottom is a natural attraction of natural origin.
The Gorgippia Archaeological Museum is the only open-air museum in Russia. In the III century AD, there was an ancient city, of which today only ruins remain. You will be amazed at the preserved roads paved with slabs, and the sidewalks on which people walked at that time. Information about the museum "Gorgippia" is on the official website of the city Anapa. There's a story here!
In Anapa you can see another monument - "Russian Gate", this attraction is the remains of the Turkish fortress of the XVIII century.
The fortress was captured by horse and dragoon regiments and Cossack troops in 1828, it was in honor of the 25th anniversary of the capture of this fortress that the monument of Russian history was named “Russian Gate”.
Dolmens of the Krasnodar Territory - quite famous landmarkedges. It is believed that if you make a wish, holding your hand on any of the dolmens, it will definitely come true! Tourists talk about their mystical impact, and their origin is still a mystery to scientists around the world.
Go to the dolmens in comfortable clothes and shoes, as a walk will take place in the mountain and forest areas.
Interesting places of Crimea
But not only the mainland part of the Black Sea coast pleases tourists. In the Crimea, you can find no less interesting places that are revealed from an unknown, winter side.
Natural parks of Crimea amaze with their diversity! Agarmysh forestBelbek Canyon, Mount Karatau, Cat MountainKarabi-Yailin basin, Karaul-Oba, Mangup, Sopka Jau-Tepe, Urochiche DemerjiKarasu-Bashi Tract, Ak-Kaya Mountain (White Rock) – here you can feel all the incredible energy of the peninsula.
White Rock is a unique natural attraction, known for its ancient origin and unusual reliefs.
It was here that for the first time in Crimea paleontologists found the skull of an adult Neanderthal and a Neanderthal child. This mountainous area was convenient for the life of ancient man: a large number of grottoes and canopies preserved to this day, where ancient people built their homes, always clean and fresh river water and a high cliff, thanks to which ancient people could hunt.
The cave at the foot of the White Rock in the first centuries of our era was the sanctuary of the Sarmatians, and in the Middle Ages it was here that the main center of the Shirin family was located, which was one of the most important political forces in the Crimean Khanate.
The White Rock is the center of not only ancient but also more modern history. In 1777, the headquarters of A. V. Suvorov was located here, and in 1783 on the plateau of the White Rock, collected by Prince G. Potemkin, representatives of the Crimean nobility swore allegiance to Russia. So, in some ways, the White Rock is the center of the Russian history of the Crimean Peninsula.
From December to March in the Crimea there is an incredible ski resort mountainIt is interesting not only for skiers, but also for ordinary visitors, for whom a high-altitude cable car to the observation deck is equipped, the longest in Europe.
The mountain itself can interest travelers with unusual teeth, which were formed due to the weathering of limestone rocks.
Mount Ai-Petri is known for its historical past. Its name in translation means “St. Peter”, which refers to the construction of a Greek monastery here in honor of the biblical Apostle Jesus Christ. On the mountain and now preserved the ruins of the ancient construction.
In Crimea you can find a huge number of museums, palaces, memorial complexes, working all year round. It is possible that visiting all these places in winter will be more productive and interesting than in summer, when we are all drawn more to the sea.
One of these places is the house-museum of A. P. Chekhov, where he wrote from 1899 to 1904 the famous works: “Three Sisters” and “The Cherry Orchard”, the story “In the ravine”, the stories “The Lady with the Dog”, “The Bishop”, “On the Saints” and “The Bride”. There are guided tours around the house-museum, where you can learn more about the life and work of the writer.
In Yalta you can visit the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, created during the Russian Empire. Here are collected the rarest plants. Of course, in its true glory it appears before its visitors in the summer and spring, but alsogardening It will make a lasting impression!
Of course, all these exciting sights on the Black Sea coast are much more interesting to visit with individual guides.
We advise you to take a closer look at the personal guides on the Black Sea coast to get the most out of an exciting trip!
Text: Anastasia Kalennikova
Photo: Free sources and wikipedia
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