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There is so much history in Crimea that it is easy to get tired of it. And for such a case, there are nothing special, generally unremarkable villages, such as Shchebetovka, Kurortnoye and Pribrezhnoye on the picturesque coast between Karadag and Meganom, through which my last year’s route to . And I hope the road ahead will pass - I’m flying to Crimea again tomorrow.

In Liska, it is customary to hitchhike, hike through the mountains or sail a kayak by sea, but as usual, I acted uncanonically and in Simferopol took a bus ticket to the nearest village of Kurortnoye, departing twice a day from and traveling with a stop in Feodosia for almost four hours. Most passengers get off at Koktebel, from which the destination is just a stone's throw away - you just need to go around Karadag, whose sharp peaks flash on your left. This is the beginning of a terribly winding mountain road to Sudak, where at the turn to the sea you meet a small (3.6 thousand inhabitants) urban-type settlement Shchebetovka, former Tatar village of Otuzy. The turn itself is marked by a newly built church:

Most of Shchebetovka is further along the Sudak highway, and this is really not a village, but a completely serious urban settlement, even with some kind of Stalinism, and most importantly, a clearly defined city-forming enterprise. The specialization is typically Crimean: the Koktebel wine and cognac factory has been operating not in Koktbel itself, but here since 1958.

I drove through Shchebetovka several times and back again - the buses running between Feodosia and Kurortny gather people along the entire main street. Once, in search of a ride to , I walked Shchebetovka - fortunately, it’s a little more than a kilometer. Along the road there is an inactive fountain:

Sad market under the supervision of Ilyich:

The main square consists of three rather nice Stalin buildings - on one side there is a grocery store and a pharmacy:

On the other, apparently, the former House of Culture, now a winery store:

Don't be afraid, the culture in Shchebetovka was not wasted - a larger, but much more dull-looking cultural center was built in the 1970s at the Sudak exit. Ahead is Mount Papas-Tepe (309m), on which, according to legend, rests the local saint Kurd-tade - in the version of the legend that I heard, he sinned with a young maiden, and then repented so much that with prayers to the Almighty he restored the virgin’s innocence, and he himself passed away into another world. The points of Echki-Dag stick out from behind the mountain - this is a kind of Karadag-light hanging over Fox Bay.

Before Resort from the already mentioned church from frame No. 2, about 7 kilometers downhill, along the hollow between the spurs of Echki-Dag and Karadag. Actually, before it was essentially one village, the fishing village of Nizhnie Otuzy, which from the beginning of the 20th century began to be settled by holidaymakers. In today’s Crimea, it seems that every district has its own Kurortnoe, or even more than one (this always happens when all toponymy is artificially and in a short time changed), so no one calls this settlement Kurortnoye - throughout Crimea it is known as Biological station along the final line departing from the Old Cemetery PAZIK. And where our path lies is already visible on the roadside fences:

From Kurortny itself, the first feeling is that it’s out of the way! Deserted dusty street among rocky mountains. The grooves pass it down to the bottom, turning left towards that same Biostation, and the Simferopol bus stops at the entrance to the village, under the lonely Medovka rock:

It’s hot, quiet and boring here, but that’s why it’s good to relax, closing your eyes and forgetting about everything that’s going on beyond the mountains and the sea:

However, this is still a full-fledged Crimean resort, where there are decent hotels and “beds in chicken coops”:

But everything is so simple and simple...

There were no barkers shouting at the stop, but closer to the sea I easily found that very “bed in the chicken coop”, a hutch with a bed, a bedside table and a fan, which cost me less than a storage room at Russian Railways - 120 rubles per day. I used it as a storage room, and I came here to spend the night if I was going somewhere in the morning - and from Liski/Kurortny I made 4 forays: to the already shown Feodosia and Sudak and to the not yet shown Old Crimea and Belogorsk (but Koktebel proudly neglected). Among the inhabitants of the “chicken coop” there was a couple of refugees from Donbass - an elderly husband and wife, and there was a huge, three-generation, Ukrainian family from Zhitomir. Both of them communicated absolutely peacefully, exchanged news, and one evening the Zhytomyr residents treated me to barbecue. I liked it here, and it will be interesting to come here a year later - I’m afraid to discover that prices have skyrocketed and that the “chicken coop” has completely closed. This is the view of the Karadag rocks from the terrace on the second floor.

Karadag is generally everywhere here - from Kurortny it is both closer and more picturesque than from Koktebel, although it does not form the profile of Maximilian Voloshin. Karadag is not a mountain, but a whole massif with several small ridges, which a hundred years ago was considered an extinct volcano, and in any case, its origin is truly volcanic. Due to its complex shape and hourly changing shadow patterns, the view of this mountain is mesmerizing, it is as if it were a living creature:

The most beautiful way to Koktebel is on foot along Karadag, it’s only 8 kilometers... but through a nature reserve, and therefore it’s better to go with an organized group, otherwise they can be caught and fined. Nevertheless, people from Liski went. Behind the nearby hills is the center of the reserve - the same Karadag biological station (1963) with a botanical garden and dolphinarium, but I managed not to reach it even once.

And the beaches in Resort were really empty...

Near one of the breakwaters there is a strange concrete ruin. In the 1910s, in Karadag they tried to extract pozzolan - sand from a mixture of pumice, tuff and volcanic ash, which made the then cement waterproof, and was an indispensable component of ancient Roman concrete. The extracted material was supposed to be transported from the mountain to the shore, and loaded onto ships via a cable car, carried to a more or less deep place. First, however, it was necessary to tow the support of the cable car, made in a very original way - a giant concrete box, which in its final place was supposed to be weighted by throwing stones. As a result, they ran her aground near the shore, where the pozzolanic boom ended before it began. It has remained that way ever since.

There is also a boarding house "Crimean Primorye" with an impressive Stalinist building. The village itself was called Crimean Primorye (and this, although with a population of 330 people, was an entire urban-type settlement) in 1945-78.

There is also something very similar to a modern villa, about which I did not find any information, so maybe it is a remake - strangely, I forgot to photograph it. It stands on a typical Crimean white hot embankment, along which there are typical Crimean stalls with souvenirs and sundries and several disgusting cafes with the same (and half missing) assortment of typical Crimean Tatar food. One of them, however, was helped out by a stunningly handsome black-haired man in a white spacious robe, looking like a hero from Arabian fairy tales - he came here from Lugansk, a year before the start of the war, and makes a living by pouring all sorts of teas for tourists, such as pu-erh and oolong. , brewing them according to all the rules. I drank tea with him a couple of times, he didn’t take much money, but it was very interesting to talk to him.
There is also a stinking river here, at the mouth of which lies a bridge torn down either by a flood or a storm:

But the feeling cannot leave me that even if I had a lot of money, in expensive hotels I would miss such an ingenuous and slovenly way to spend a vacation. Perhaps this is why I won’t have a lot of money... If you stand with your back to Karadag, you will see a huge flat Meganom in the distance, and near Crab Cape, which looks like a fox drinking from the sea - they say it’s where the name “Fox Bay” came from. .

It takes about forty minutes to walk along the coastal stones, but the path is quite easy - I managed to get there even in slippers. Seeing off from Kurortny the abandoned KrAZ boarding house, such a familiar sight on the Crimean coast, and boathouses, as banal boat garages are called in Crimea:

This is not Liska yet, but its threshold:

Where do you come across stories like this:

A look back at Kurortnoye and Karadag, the title frame was also taken from here:

I got there once - after going to Sudak, I decided to return to Liska from the other side. I must say, like the Resort Biostation, Coastal no one calls it Coastal, preferring the slippery word Solidol - it stands for Sunny Valley, and it is famous for its wine:

Its vineyards are truly luxurious; it’s not for nothing that Sudak is considered the birthplace of Russian winemaking. Here you can simply buy fresh grapes... but many people clearly come here to get drunk. It is here that another Koktebel wine is made - the famous “Black Doctor” (although, in fact,).

SoliDol itself is a large village three kilometers from the sea and a little away from the Sudak-Koktebel highway. Previously, it was called Koz, and its landscape - believe me after traveling through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and - is absolutely Central Asian, as if somewhere near Chimkent or Osh:

Sometimes you can’t shake the feeling that the Tatars brought a little bit of Central Asia home from deportation:

And only the appearance of their mosques is invariably Turkish:

The former Koz is now a Tatar village, which is clearly visible.

We are a horde!

And we are an army!

Coastal, on the contrary, never had a Tatar name, having already arisen under the Soviets. It meets with a barbed fence some facility of the Black Sea Fleet. Under the nearest cape Ilau-Burun, crowned with some tanks, the buildings of the Solnechnaya Dolina winery stand white; from behind it Karadag peeks out, from behind Karadag - Koktebel, and from behind Koktebel the Chameleon rock (Toprak-Kaya) bordering it on the other side, which actually changes color depending on the weather.

And although the beach here is just as deserted as in Kurortny, I didn’t like Pribrezhnoye - everything seems to be the same, but the atmosphere is kind of gopish. In one place, a drunk man even tried to get to me, but a slightly more sober friend led him where they were going. Residents of Fox Bay in SoliDol go around using foul language, in a large group and with a means of self-defense... but what you won’t do for the sake of cheap wine!

Distant Resort among the rocks:

A look back at Meganom, whose desert landscapes give this corner a resemblance to Central Asia. The beautiful name is Greek, it means something like - Great Pasture. Meganom has its own branch of Fox Bay - they say it is more intelligent, without grass and wine, but with ideological hunger. However, it’s ten kilometers to get to it through the desert, and in addition, there is no fresh water anywhere on Meganom. I probably would have gone there too... but according to the inhabitants of Liska, there were literally several tents there that summer. For some reason, the annexation of Crimea to Russia hit the “Nefer” resorts the hardest, probably because the majority of informals, regardless of citizenship, consider Russia “a country without love.” And there are few of them, these informals, and fewer and fewer every year.

Under the cape are the ruins of a recreation center, from which only a wide staircase to the sea remains:

We go around Ilau-Burun. The shore here is littered with unusually regular stone slabs - it’s hard to believe that they were cut this way by water and wind:

In some places, their rubble can only be walked around by water, and the bottom near the shore is lined with the same blocks. Or maybe here stood the palace of some king of the Hyperboreans, ancient Aryans, Pagans, Vedruses or proto-Ukrains.

Seeing the tent camp, I joyfully asked:
-Is this Liska?!
-No, this is Chalka.
Another secluded bay, not informal, but simply semi-wild.

And the shore here is mostly pebbly:

From SoliDol to Liski the walk is more boring and longer than from Kurortny - an hour and a half to two hours:

But she's getting closer, closer, closer...

In general, somehow I became hippy... In the summer I went to the Belarusian “Rainbow”, now I will try to “catch the Crimean one by the tail” (it will end in a week). But like last year, I’m unlikely to be able to just relax and start exploring the surrounding lands. From the last trip, I have not yet posted Evpatoria, Saki, Bakhchisarai with Chufut-Kale, Belogorsk, Stary Krym, Yalta and the villages of the Southern Coast; Perekop, Tarkhankut, New World, Koktebel, Arabat and many points in the mountains, on the South Coast, on the seashores near Kerch have not yet been seen... I’ll go and look for answers to questions about what has changed in Crimea over the year under Russia, and talk with Ukrainians and Donetsk residents, if they are still there. Trying to continue to understand what is happening to the world, for which Crimea is one of the key points of History.

P.S.
Well, I will be glad to meet new people on the peninsula, of course.

The closer to the coast, the more picturesque the road became. Mountains appeared ahead. Here - in the southeast of Crimea, they are “bald”, not covered with forest. Finally, the road turned into a serpentine, and the sea shone behind the mountains - we were at our goal!

Our first stop is in the small village of Ordzhonikidze. First of all, we went to the beach to evaluate it and decide whether it was worth staying here. The beach was small and sandy. The bay is bordered on both sides by low mountains, and Karadag is visible a little further. We liked it and rented a two-room apartment on Lenin Street - across the street from the embankment. The apartment is quite simple, with old furniture, they say about these things “poor, but clean.” But with a balcony, from where this view opened:

I suddenly realized that I didn’t want to go anywhere else today, but wanted to sit on this little balcony, drink tea and look at the sea. And so they did.

The next morning we woke up early - we were already early birds, and there was also an hour time difference. As a result, we went to the sea at 8 am, expecting to see a completely empty beach - but that was not the case: people were already swimming with all their might. But still, there were fewer people than in the evening, and the water was clear, which completely changed our ideas about sandy beaches.

After swimming, we went to meet Ordzhonikidze (or Orjo, as he is also called).

Orjo is located on a peninsula, which is washed on one side by Dvuyakornaya Bay, and on the other by Provato Bay, onto which the main part of the village overlooks.

The embankment is small, rather nondescript - but unexpectedly comfortable: on one side there are numerous cafes, on the other there are benches. On the “promenade” itself there are no tables, kiosks, or vending machines - nothing interferes with movement. Only for some reason the benches are turned with their backs to the sea.

At both ends the embankment abuts low mountains that can be climbed. And you even need to climb - the views are worth it!

The mountains form capes that cut off small coves from the sea - in these coves tourists were seen standing with tents.

And in the distance is Karadag, which is visible from everywhere.

But it’s worth climbing the mountain on the other side of the village (I think it’s called Vasyukovka) in the evening to admire the sunset.

To summarize, Ordzhonikidze seemed to us a quiet, calm place. It may be a little boring here, but we are our own guides - and we went to Sudak to see the famous Genoese fortress.

The road from Ordzhonikidze to Sudak leads through Koktebel.

We didn’t see the city itself, but on the way back we stopped at the local beach. Here it is already pebble, and Karadag is very close.

A very picturesque serpentine road leads from Koktebel to Sudak.

Having driven through all of Sudak, we reached the Genoese fortress. Near the entrance there is paid parking: 10 hryvnia per hour (a hryvnia is a little more than 4 rubles).
I heard a lot about this fortress, saw a lot of photographs, but the reality exceeded expectations - the fortress was very impressive.

A grandiose building.

Part of the fortress wall runs along the top of the cliff, which already seems impregnable.

And what views there are from here!

Below is Sudak.

Both we and the children really liked the fortress - it was not in vain that we went there.

We spent three days in Orjo. For some reason we felt very comfortable here. And also, unlike the rest of the coast (both Russian and Crimean, as it later turned out) - here there was no feeling that every second they were trying to scam you out of money. But the time had come to move on - now our path lay not along the coast, but deep into the Crimea.

I noticed that many Russians write in the comments that they have never been to Crimea. Or they were there once - they went to Yalta (because they don’t know any other city), they didn’t like it there - it was expensive, the beaches were crowded, the service was bad at high prices, and they didn’t go again.
But in Crimea there are many other wonderful places, besides Yalta, where you can have a great vacation. I'll tell you briefly about each of them.

So, since many people go to Crimea through the Kerch crossing, let's start with Kerch.

Kerch.
Kerch is a hero city, but not a resort city at all. The sea is muddy, half-Black, half-Azov. In the center of Kerch there is not even a proper beach, everyone swims from the concrete embankment (even that is prohibited there), the beaches are slightly better in the southern part of Kerch - in Arshintsevo.
But Kerch is rich in attractions. Be sure to climb Mount Mithridates with the remains of the ancient Greek city of Panticapaeum and the Obelisk of Glory of the Great Patriotic War, overlooking mainland Russia and the island of Tuzla. Another place that deserves attention is the cute little Yeni-Kale fortress, located near the port of Crimea (ferry crossing). There is only one bastion preserved in the fortress, so there are usually few people near Yeni-Kale (which is good):

Seaside
An urban-type settlement near Feodosia. Once an industrial village, it is now actively developing as a resort. It takes no more than half an hour to get to Feodosia. The beaches are not too crowded, but there are no special attractions in Primorsk.

Beregovoe
A rural village between Primorskoye and Feodosia. Near Beregovoe there is Golden Beach with clean sand. People also go to Golden Beach and Beach 117 from Feodosia. In Beregovoe itself, housing is available for rent in the private sector. You can rent housing in Beregovoe, then the beach is nearby - across the road, and go to Feodosia for the cultural program.

Feodosia
Feodosia is one of the most beautiful places in Crimea to relax. A rich cultural program - a magnificent art gallery of the marine painter Aivazovsky, the Green Museum, the world's only hang gliding museum, a local history museum, Pushkin's grotto, the Aivazovsky fountain and many other interesting places. There is a place to walk in the evening and choose souvenirs.

Feodosia is an excellent starting point for excursions around the eastern Crimea: Sudak-New World, Koktebel, Kara-Dag (Golden Gate), Kerch. From other places (Yalta, Sevastopol) it takes much longer to get to all these beautiful places.
The only minus of Feodosia is the city beach. It is pebbly and too crowded in high season. Plus - there is a port nearby, which affects the quality of sea water. But you can go to Golden Beach and other beaches in the vicinity of Feodosia.

Koktebel
A village at the foot of the extinct Kara-Dag volcano, a party place for bohemians such as artists or musicians. There are many cafes, nightclubs, strip bars and other sacred establishments. There is also a nudist beach at the beginning of Koktebel. There is also the house-museum of Maximilian Voloshin. In Soviet times, Koktebel was called Planerskoye, and we called it that until about the end of the 90s.
Near Koktebel there is the Kara-Dag mountain range, where excursions are carried out. A nice place. You can walk from the excursion, or you can take a boat to the Golden Gate - the famous rock in the sea in the shape of an arch:

Resort
The village is on the other side of the Kara-Dag. There are not many people on the beach, but in Resort, apart from the dolphinarium and chebureks with shawarma, there is nothing interesting. From Kurortny you can go to a nudist beach called Fox Bay - there naked people live in tents.

Zander
Known for its Genoese fortress, Sudak itself is not a very good place to relax due to the crowded beaches. More precisely, I don’t know what about sanatorium beaches, but on the city beach of Sudak during the season there is nowhere for a mouse to spread an umbrella.
But the Genoese fortress is one of the main attractions of Sudak:

New World
New World is one of the most beautiful places in Crimea. Located next to Sudak. You can relax in Sudak and travel to the New World, or vice versa. And even better - relax in Feodosia, and go on an excursion to Sudak and the New World.

Consists of three bays. The first bay is Green, near the village of Novy Svet. This is a civil beach with trestle beds and umbrellas. The second bay - Blue or Razboinichya, is already in the reserve. Wild beach. The third bay is Tsarskaya Bay, also in the reserve. There are grottoes in the reserve. The through grotto, unfortunately, has been closed for several years. But you can visit Chaliapin’s grotto, where Golitsyn’s wines were stored.

Morskoye, Rybachye, Malorechenskoye, Solnechnogorskoye
Rural villages between Sudak and Alushta. Housing in the private sector. There are also campsites. The beaches are spacious, there are not many people. There are no attractions. Cheap and cheerful.

Alushta
Alushta is a city, a big city by Crimean standards. A trolleybus runs there from Simferopol. Alushta has a significant drawback - paid beaches. All beaches are divided into 2 categories:
1) beaches of sanatoriums and boarding houses - there are not as many people there as herrings in a can, but these beaches are more expensive for those who do not vacation in this boarding house, and some are not even allowed to visit for money.
2) city beach. Paid and with a huge crowd of seals.
My advice to you: if you are going to Alushta, then go to some sanatorium or boarding house, and not to an apartment, otherwise you will overpay every day to get to the beach.
Sights near Alushta: Valley of Ghosts (Demerdzhi), Marble caves, Red cave, Dzhur-Dzhur waterfall. Alushta also has a good water park and many restaurants and clubs - there are places to take a walk in the evening.

Partenit, Gurzuf
Resorts between Alushta and Yalta. They are considered thieves and expensive. Partenite is on one side of Bear Mountain, Gurzuf is on the other. Pushkin lived in Gurzuf. Two rocks in the sea near Gurzuf are called Adalary.

Yalta
A monument to the Lady with the Dog was unveiled in Yalta several years ago. In Yalta there is Franklin Roosevelt Street. There is a McDonald's in Yalta. However, no. There is no longer McDonald's.
What to say about Yalta - everyone knows about Yalta. In Yalta there is a lot of entertainment and at the same time disgusting sea and beach.

There are also many different attractions near Yalta: Nikitsky Botanical Garden, Massandra Palace, Livadia Palace, Yalta Zoo, Uchan-Su waterfall.

Gaspra, Koreiz, Miskhor
The so-called Big Yalta. Almost the entire coast between Yalta and Alupka is filled with sanatoriums and boarding houses. Once upon a time, the Grand Dukes of the Russian Empire built their palaces on this site. For example, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich built the Dulber Palace, Grand Duke Georgiy Mikhailovich built the Kharaks Palace, and Baron Steingel built the famous Swallow's Nest.

Alupka
In Alupka there is the Vorontsov Palace and a park next to it, a cable car rises from Alupka to the top of Mount Ai-Petri, there is nothing else there, and there are no beaches in Alupka.
Lions in the Vorontsov Palace:

Simeiz, Katsiveli, Foros
Villages between Alupka and Sevastopol. This is the southernmost, warmest part of Crimea.

Balaclava
Although Balaklava is part of Sevastopol, I will highlight it separately. This is a very interesting cove:

However, there is no place to swim there. To swim in the sea, you need to take a boat to the Silver or Golden beaches, or get to them on foot through the mountains.

Sevastopol
In Sevastopol itself, due to the abundance of warships, the sea is disgusting. There are beaches in the bay like Omega, but they are extremely terrible. To get to a normal beach, you need to get to Nakhimov Square, transfer to a boat, cross the bay on a boat, take a minibus there (by the way, minibuses in Sevastopol are called topics, and you pay there when you get off), and this minibus will take you to a normal beach in the open sea. You can also go through the whole city to Chersonesos or Fiolent.

But in Sevastopol there is something to see: the same Chersonesus, panorama, diorama, dolphinorama, many different museums and monuments.

Evpatoria
A nice town with a tram (one of the Evpatoria trams runs on one track - first in one direction, then back along the same track), many temples of different religions (Khan-Jami Mosque, Armenian Church, Karaite kenas, synagogue) and sandy beaches. Not for everyone. Not as expensive as on the South Coast.

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Greetings, friends!

What tourists who visit this small country of cognacs talk about!

If you want to know when in the new season you will wake up on the beach to the roar of jazz compositions and guitar songs, and are not afraid to be left alone with nudists quoting Maximilian Voloshin, read a truthful review - Koktebel Crimea reviews from vacationers.

And also – pricing policy, resort atmosphere, entertainment.

We can say that almost all tourists! The terrain here is both steppe and mountainous, and there is enough entertainment for children, lively youth, water extreme sports enthusiasts, and respected pensioners.

Koktebel is loved by creative, extraordinary people - musicians, poets, artists, naturists.

I saw negative reviews (mostly from girls) about how it’s a pity that Koktebel has pebble beaches - I want to soak up the sand!

So, you know, you really have to walk and lie on the beach areas of Koktebel on pebbles, but! There are also sandy beaches here - the protected Quiet Bay is 4 km away, where there are excellent sandy beaches.

Moreover, this summer 2019 in Tikhaya Bay the beach will be fully equipped, with sun loungers, umbrellas, and changing cabins. And, for sure, you will no longer have to stock up on water for future use, as was the case before, but you will be able to buy a bottle of a refreshing drink straight from the refrigerator.

There are also excellent climatic conditions for healing and strengthening the immune system.

Renting housing in Koktebel

I’ll say right away - for every taste! You can find housing upon arrival, walk around, look, and bargain. If you don’t want to waste time on this, then look through the offers on the Internet in advance.

Rooms without meals, with or without kitchen facilities, but with necessary household items - refrigerator, air conditioning, shower, on average cost from 1200 rubles per day .

They speak well of the recreation centers “DIM 1” and “DIM 2”, right by the sea. But the first option is more expensive and “elite”, where the cost per room ranges from 4500-6000 rubles, but the second – from 1500 rubles.

You can also find very budget options - from 500 rubles , but it will either be many, many rooms in a common yard, or a place in a tent at a campsite.

Food in Koktebel

It’s the same story as with housing – there’s a lot of choice. The dining rooms are good, there are no complaints, the cost of lunches starts from 350 rubles. In some places the prices in restaurants are steep, but it’s worth visiting a couple of times during your vacation.

The issue of prices for market products is a little controversial, although it must be admitted that in Crimea on the coast everywhere expensive fruits and vegetables. Some tourists liked the prices.

In August 2018 - watermelons from 15 to 30 rubles, potatoes from 25 to 40 rubles, pears - 150, apples - 80, figs, raspberries, peaches from 100 rubles, cucumbers, tomatoes from 40 to 80 rubles. Meat, as on the entire peninsula, costs from 250 to 500 rubles.

You can cook light summer food yourself if you choose accommodation with a kitchen, and have a snack in bistros or pizzerias on the embankment.

Transport and roads

In Koktebel, in the central “patch” there is its own small bus station. From there you can get to many resort towns in Crimea. And, if transport links with other cities are well established here, then There is practically no “inside” of it.

It’s not a problem, the village is not very big, and everyone prefers to walk, or, in extreme cases, hire a taxi.

How to have fun here

Evening Koktebel - a party place . For this reason, lovers of silence are not recommended to rent housing close to the embankment. A lot of young people gather here, music can be heard from everywhere until the morning.

Those who wish can sing karaoke, dance until they drop at parties, listen to street musicians, just make noise and enjoy their vacation.

The Koktebel embankment is more spacious and cleaner in 2019, after the ban on the placement of all kinds of trade stalls, except for catering establishments. On the embankment there are many benches, flower beds and flower beds, fountains, and sculptures.

Opportunities for beach and sea recreation

Children will definitely enjoy jumping around in an inflatable town on the beach, and together with adults you can ride on a catamaran and wonderful water taxis.

Exciting rides await you in Koktebel water park . Extreme paragliding, parachute flights, crazy skeet and banana races, diving - all this is present on the beaches.

In Koktebel there are very beautiful yachts with scarlet sails, on which you can go on a short romantic trip. You can also sign up for a boat excursion along the coast and see the Golden Gate with your own eyes.

Cultural leisure and active walks

On the embankment you will be offered various excursions and tours around Crimea. All this is expensive, but impressive. You cannot do without a guide on a walk to the Kara-Dag Nature Reserve - a long walking journey.

You can independently visit such attractions as the Voloshin house-museum, a dolphinarium, an aquarium, go to Feodosia for a day, explore the surrounding area and stroll along the grape fields.

During the season, several festivals are held here - music, creative, and sports. The most striking event remains the jazz festival; you will not find this at any other resort in Crimea. And this year, immediately after the jazz festival first starts rap festival , which will bring together famous performers and groups.

Price policy

Tourists give an average rating in terms of waste, because people of very different status vacation here. From “savages” and ordinary workers, to pop stars and owners of “factories and ships.”

Already in the second half of August, prices for housing, services, and food begin to fall.

Final opinion

A picturesque resort, with a warm, clear sea, clean beaches and pleasant residents, excellent factory wines and cognacs. Here everyone will get from their vacation what they came for.

The downside is the lack of adequate medical care. If you suddenly happen to get sick, then develop a fever or, God forbid, get hurt, you’ll have to go to Feodosia.

The territory of the village itself, especially in the park areas, could use some tweaking. Otherwise you feel a certain neglect, like “let it grow on its own.”

Well, for some tourists Koktebel seemed too noisy, and even these nudists, you always bump into them while walking along the sea.

On this note, I will leave you to ponder whether you should book tickets to Koktebel now, or immediately after you subscribe to my blog and take a look at a couple more reviews.

I wish you a good holiday, see you soon, friends!

I, my wife and my 3 year old child went to Crimea and decided to take a closer look there (by the way, it took 5.5 hours from buying a ticket to getting on the other side): Kerch didn’t want to, in Feodosia, on the city beach, the locals said to swim in this swamp , go to Beregovoe - let's go, the infrastructure is somehow mediocre, the sand on the shore is nice, but the discarded algae (were there on 06/26/15) is not very good. We went to Koktebel - the landscape immediately changed from plains to hills and mountains, in short, we liked it and decided to stop. We went looking for housing, approached a man near the side of the road, he had 200 rubles per person for a toilet, a shower on the street and an old house, they didn’t look, he called another, he rushed over, explained that we wanted something more decent and that there was hot water and clean for the child, he he said it’s super - let’s go, we come, we look at the shabby cheap renovation, the bed linen is stained, dusty and the boiler is 30 liters (and he says 1500 rubles, but will drop it to 1200), we repeat to him what we asked, he says okay, let’s go where there are mountains. water is constant (although he assured that 30 liters can easily wash 3 adults, to which we said that in our house 80 liters is not always enough when the hot water is out), we asked if there was the same condition and repairs, and then it began that you don’t like it, the room is great, and I quote “.. why the hell are you coming here at all, you’re sick of it..” apparently we are not the first. I wanted to screw him, but I had a family, a car, and went somewhere further, by the way, this HAMLO is standing at the entrance to Koktebel AT WHITE PRIOR, a sedan of a dark appearance and at first a smiling type. We decided only to go to hotels, so that it would be more peaceful (but those who don’t like to choose hotels through the Internet, they came across - the photo is beautiful, you don’t arrive very well..) We chose “The Little Prince”, the hostess is a Muscovite, demanding, judging by the cleanliness, repairs and equipment, we stopped for a day, They made a discount from 1.5 to 1.3 tr. for a 3-bed room with a balcony and a bathroom. kitchen (in the room there is a table, sink, dishes, dryer and tiles), refrigerator, air conditioning, safe, LCD TV + common pool, children's playground, barbecue with a seating area on 2 floors, the only thing is to park the car not on the territory, but nearby, but everything is great, the beach is not far away. The beach is pebble, you walk in about 3-5 meters and there is sand, I liked it, the child didn’t like the pebbles, it hurts to walk, but the Dining Room (Spoon) and Scarlet Sails (the ships were beautifully decorated), and the dolphinariums of neighboring Feodosia and Sudak don’t work, but here they work. We decided to take a ride to Sudak, there was sand there, the child liked it, in short we lived in Koktebel for 3 days, everyone climbed around and moved to Sudak, the search for housing began with an inspection of the beaches, the right side (where the fortress is) is a paid beach, then the beach for vacationers TOK Sudak, then the Base CSKA (you can’t go through it to the beach, you have to go around it. ., we decided to rent near the water park and were right, also a hotel (Admiral Nelson 1.6 thousand rubles) in Sudak, everything is a little more expensive, but it’s also more expensive and, according to the locals, for the 1800th anniversary, the treatment facilities were replaced and moved outside the city. Here. The beach has pebbles and sand, the sea is super, when there are no waves you can see your legs in water up to your chest, there is a lot of entertainment and climbing, and a fortress, and to go to the zoo in the neighboring city, but we didn’t have time, we’ll go again. The return ferry took 15 minutes. I hope the review will be useful to you, have a good holiday!