The Golden Ring of the Bosporus Kingdom: a retro car rally will run around Crimea
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From July 27 to August 10, 20 rare vintage cars will run along the route of The Golden Ring of the Bosporus Kingdom. This is an inter-regional tourist project: rally Moscow − Rostov-on-Don − Gelendzhik − Krymsk (Lefkadia) − Yalta − Sevastopol − Shchyolkino, and back. This was announced by the organizers of the event.
The rally was organized by the Krasnodar regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society in cooperation with the "Mad Buckets" automobile community, with the support of the Yalta Automotive Art Museum and the M.O.S.T. Museum of Automotive Art. Its main goal is to draw attention to auto tourism and show the cars with a unique history.
As part of the route, it is planned to visit the sites of The Golden Ring of the Bosporus Kingdom project, organize joint exhibitions, excursions, and conferences.
The Crimean program of the rally includes an exhibition of iconic American cars (for example, such as Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Delivery, Dodge Charger) on the picturesque Ai-Petri plateau (August 3), a visit to Sevastopol (August 4), spectacular Russian Bonneville races and an exhibition of the cars in Shchyolkino (August 7).
All events for residents and guests of the peninsula are free of charge. They will be carried out in compliance with all the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor (Russian Consumer Protection Authority). An ecological cleanup will be organized after the rally.
A detailed daily program please find on the project website here.
The Golden Ring of the Bosporus Kingdom is an inter-regional tourist route jointly developed by the relevant departments of the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Crimea, the Rostov Region and Sevastopol. The project includes organization of expeditions and tours, conferences, photo exhibitions and festivals. The overall coordination of the project is carried out by the Russian Geographical Society with the support of the Federal Tourism Agency.
The route mission is to position Russia in the international arena as one of the unique centers of ancient culture and civilization. President Vladimir Putin cited the project as an example of demonstrating the diversity of Russian history.
At the end of 2020, over 1 million 377 thousand people visited all the places of The Golden Ring of the Bosporus Kingdom.
