What to doCrimean parks: where to walk, relax and recreateCrimean parks are also the landmarks on the peninsula as its famous palaces, numerous architectural monuments and museum-reserves. They are real masterpieces of landscape art that can combine the harmony of nature, beauty and architecture.
NatureCrocodile FarmIn the town of Sudak you can see exotic reptiles and some of the most poisonous inhabitants of the fauna from different parts of the world. On the territory of the crocodile farm there are various species of crocodiles, iguanas, monitor lizards, snakes, toads, land and amphibious turtles, scorpions, agamas, as well as foxes.
NatureLake at the Shahan Kaya rockA small but stunningly picturesque lake is near Alupka right at the foot of the Shaan Kaya rock. You can get there by car or take a walk through the forest along the fantastical heaps of fallen rocks. The road takes no more than one and a half kilometres (less than 5000 ft.).
NatureRotunda of WindsIt is located on the territory of the Crimean Nature Reserve, on the edge of a rocky cliff above the Gurzuf Valley, at an altitude of more than 1.4 thousand meters (4,600 ft.) above sea level. Strong winds (up to 40 m/s) often blow there.
NatureTarkhankut LighthouseThe lighthouse is located on the westmost point of Crimea - Cape Tarkhankut. The most convenient way to it goes from Chernomorskoyeh town via the village of Olenevka.
NatureKalinovsky Park-ReserveThe regional natural park near the village of Kalinovka occupies twelve thousand hectares of the Prisivash lowland and stretches to the waters of the Sivash Bay.
Tourist routesThe Sun Trail: A path where tsars walkedThe Sun Trail, also known as the Tsar’s Trail, has several paths which run to other attractions in Greater Yalta, for example, down to the foot of The Swallow’s Nest or up to the newly-built Archistratigus Michael Chapel.
Spa and wellnessBotkinskaya Trail: Health and happiness in every stepThe Botkinskaya Trail starts at the most enchanted spot in Yalta, where Skazka (Fairytale) Zoo meets the Polyana Skazok (Fairytale Meadow) Museum and a hotel of the same name surrounded by Yalta’s amphitheatre of hills.
Spa and wellnessThe Golitsyn Trail: The wonders of Novy SvetThe most spectacular part of the Golitsyn Trail is the initial stretch. Stonemasons cut a horizontal trail into the rock above the sea. If you look down, you see a precipice into the sea, and if you look up, you see a precipice into the sky.
What to doThe world in miniature. It's all about Crimean natureWith a unique combination of the sea, the mountains and a beneficial climate, Crimea is a great place to live and work. Nature here is so diverse that the peninsula is often described as the world in miniature.
NatureKapchikKapchik is located to the South-West of the Cape Flat, on the slope of which passes Golitsyn trail. This is a former coral reef resembling a 300-meter lizard.
PhotosOpuk Nature Reserve: Martian lake with tulips in bloomOne of the most mysterious sites on the peninsula, the nature reserve has the 185-metre high Mount Opuk, Cape Opuk, Koyash Lake which is rich in therapeutic mud, and a stretch of the Black Sea coast.
NatureLake ChokrakA salty mud-treatment oval lake, its name means "natural spring" in the Crimean Tatar language.
NaturePink Lake KoyashskoeThe most salty lake on the Crimean Peninsula, it is part of the Opuksky Nature Reserve.
NatureAivazovskoye ParkAivazovskoye Park is located at the bottom of Mount Medved and is part of the Aivazovskoye health resort.
