P. Miskhor, p. Gaspra

Miskhor, Gaspra and Koreiz - these three medieval towns 12 km west of Yalta have long merged into a single whole. Moreover, formally there are only two village councils - Gasprinsky and Koreizsky, and for some reason the most popular name is Miskhor.

Miskhor is the warmest place in Crimea, with the mildest winter, so the local parks are especially luxurious. In their greenery, villas and palaces are bizarrely scattered, reminiscent of feudal castles of the Middle Ages. The princes Golitsyn, Naryshkin, Meshchersky invited European architects for their construction.
The climate of Gaspra and Koreiz is much drier due to the proximity to the mountains and is salubrious for lung diseases.

The Miskhor coast stretches for 7 km along the seashore. You can get here by boat directly from the embankment in Yalta or from the bus station by bus number 27, going to Alupka along the lower road (Alupkinskoe highway), and to the upper quarters and sanatoriums by bus number 26, going to Simeiz along the upper road (Sevastopol highway) .

Beaches of Miskhor

Picturesque South Shore Crimea bears the features of the eternal struggle of land and sea: the destruction of the coast by waves and surf, landslides, landslides, talus, earthquakes.


If we compare the old artificial beaches with the new ones, it is easy to see that now designers and builders are trying to preserve the picturesque rocks and boulders, organically incorporate them into reinforced concrete structures. Previously, it was believed that they interfere with the approach of technology and they were blown up. Now it is forbidden, and from an annoying hindrance, the rocks have turned into the main "highlight", and the water around them is noticeably cleaner, thanks to marine orderlies - organisms that filter the water.

A good example of an artificial beach can be found in Miskhor. Miskhor beach and park is the warmest place in Crimea. Compared to Yalta, winter here is, on average, warmer by 1-2 degrees, and with Simferopol - by all 4.
The beach was created by building a concrete embankment and breakwaters, between which crushed igneous rock was poured. Now it has been turned by the sea into well-rounded, pleasant fine gravel. Among it, as well as in the sea and on the concrete walls of the embankment, separate blocks rise picturesquely. The most remarkable of them is called Bagel Rock. In the hole from this donut, you can walk with a small company.

Sea water in Miskhor is so transparent that even from the upper floors of high-rise buildings, the bizarre play of sunlight on bottom algae is perfectly visible.

Sights and excursions in Miskhor

The aristocratic seclusion of Miskhor, Gaspra, Koreiz, but at the same time the accessibility of Yalta with its entertainment and vibrant nightlife, preserve the style of local recreation that developed in the 19th century. Many beautiful parks, palaces and other monuments of nature and architecture provide an excellent opportunity for educational excursions.

The romantic castle "Swallow's Nest" on the Aurora rock of Cape Ai-Todor dominates the entire coast. It was built in 1912 by architect A.V. Sherwood for Baron V. Schneigel, a Baku oilman. Soon it was purchased and rebuilt into a romantic restaurant by Moscow merchants, the Shelaputin brothers. It was thanks to their imagination and the work of an unknown architect that the building acquired fabulous battlements and sharp conical domes. Now it houses an expensive Italian restaurant.

Cape Ai-Todor protrudes into the sea like a Neptune trident. Its southernmost tooth - the Ai-Todor spur itself - is the highest part of the cape. Since ancient times, it served as a guide on the way of navigators. Returning from his "walking beyond the three seas", on the way from Balaklava to Feodosia, the famous traveler Athanasius Nikitin rounded this cape in the 15th century.
There is now a lighthouse at the top of the spur; more than 50 miles away, his blinking eye is visible at sea. Not far from the lighthouse, the remains of the centuries-old southern coastal forest have been preserved: thickets of juniper, pistachio, and downy oak. Of greatest interest is growing at the very top, near the lighthouse, a giant thousand-year-old pistachio, included in the Red Book. This is one of the oldest trees in Crimea.

It is interesting to look at the cape from the sea, from the Ai-Todor bay, where regular boats moor. The rocky islet Parus is picturesque, pushed out into the sea. There are always a lot of seagulls, cormorants and other birds on the Parus rock.

On the tops of Limen-Burun, one of the ledges of Ai-Todor, there is a viewing platform, which is called the "captain's bridge", an unforgettable landscape opens from there: a majestic and bizarre line of mountains seems to sprout here and there with luxurious flowers of the southern coast palaces.

From the Ai-Todor lighthouse begins the territory of the Dnepr sanatorium, which carefully preserves the unique old park and the buildings of the Kharaks estate, created in 1904 for the uncle of Emperor Nicholas II, Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich Romanov, the creator of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.

The palace in Charax was built in the style of Swiss chalets, it is distinguished by its simplicity and convenience. The name of the estate was given by the Roman fortress, which protected the distant approaches to Kherson (on the site of Sevastopol) in the 1st-3rd centuries. Little remains of the fortress: fragments of the fortress walls, pools for collecting rainwater. Most of the finds, which gave a fairly complete picture of the appearance of the fortress and the life of the Roman legionnaires, were covered back with earth. In addition to excellent views and wonderful powerful trees, Haraksky Park is interesting with a pavilion in the style of the courtyard of an ancient Roman villa. It was built for the prince's wife, the Greek princess Maria Georgievna.

In Gaspra, the "romantic Alexandria" of Prince A.N. Golitsyn (a friend of Alexander I) - now it houses the sanatorium "Yasnaya Polyana".

"Roses are blooming in the Chair Chair..." - this is about the local dacha "Chair", built by one of the Romanovs.

Palace "Dulber" (beautiful), built in Koreiz for Grand Duke Peter Nikolayevich in 1895-1897. according to the project of N.P. Krasnov. More than a hundred rooms with silvery domes, carved stone inserts and mosaic compositions on the walls are reminiscent of Arab Egypt of the 15th century. Now the palace is located on the territory of the sanatorium "Dulber"

The largest estate is the estate of Princess A.S. Golitsyna. Later, the estate became part of the large estate of the Yusupov princes. In 1904, the Koreiz (former Yusupov) Palace in the Art Nouveau style was built here according to the project of the Yalta architect Ashliman. Shortly before the revolution, the palace was rebuilt according to the project of the Yalta architect N.P. Krasnov.

In February 1945, during the Yalta Conference of the Heads of the Three Great Powers, it housed the Soviet delegation headed by I.V. Stalin.

On the territory of the sanatorium "Miskhor" you can see a noble mansion - the estate of L.A. Naryshkin "Sofiyivka", called "Small Alupka".

Next to the estates of aristocrats in Miskhor, over time, the estates of the wealthy Siberian merchant Tokmakov and the Moscow bigwig Shelaputin appeared. Koreiz becomes the property of one of the largest rich men in Russia - Prince Yusupov, who was in family ties with the Romanovs.

On the Miskhor beach, one of the cleanest in the Crimea, many generations of vacationers admire the sculptures. This is a bronze "Mermaid", rising from the sea with a child in her arms, and on the embankment there is a fountain "Arza's girl and the robber Ali Baba". They were made by the first Estonian sculptor Amandus Adamson, who first glorified his name with a monument in honor of Russian fleet in Tallinn, and then the Monument to the Scuttled Ships in Sevastopol.

In Miskhor there is the Lower station of the cable car on Ai-Petri.
Ai-Petri (St. Peter, Greek) is a mountain that has become one of the generally accepted and beloved symbols of Crimea. Its height is 1234 meters, far from the highest, but the silhouette of the mountain completes the most beautiful

the line of the amphitheater from the sea itself - from Cape Ai-Todor with the Swallow's Nest - to the famous white teeth.

The cable car went into operation in 1987. Its length is 3 km, the ascent time is 20 minutes. Not far from the Upper Station of the cable car there is a large and constantly growing bazaar with all conceivable attractions for tourists. Nearby is the Three-Eyed Cave, equipped for excursions.

The teeth of Ai-Petri form four large (12-15 m high) and a number of small sheer peaks. Near the Zubtsov, the reserved Beech Grove grows, the largest area of ​​the old beech-hornbeam forest in the Crimean yayla. At the very edge of the yayla there is a shaggy pear tree and a pine tree - "Airplane", the age of the latter is about 300 years. Of exceptional interest are several very old specimens of the European yew. The oldest of these giants is over a thousand years old.

There are many interesting and unusual things on Ai-Petri - local landscapes are sometimes recognizable in science fiction films. Ai-Petrinsky meridian - a globe on a granite base with accurate geodetic data, a viewing platform on the Shishko rock, a weather station, Mount Bedene-Kyr with white domes of a space satellite control station - a traditional set that you can expand.

Celebrities vacationing in Miskhor

In September 1901, after a serious illness, the great Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy. In the Crimea, he met with A.P. Chekhov, A.M. Gorky, F.I. Chaliapin and others.

Koreiz was the property of one of the richest people in Russia - Prince Yusupov, who was in family ties with the Romanovs. Therefore, it is difficult to say which of the offspring of the loudest surnames Russian Empire and the royal houses of Europe did not visit him. Naturally, the best artists, musicians, singers, architects, and gardeners also worked here.

The main feature of the rest in Miskhor is the relative solitude and silence and at the same time the availability of Yalta with all its entertainment and parties.

General information (Gaspra, Miskhor, Koreiz)
All three resort villages are located one after the other, if you go along the old Sevastopol highway. Gaspra and Koreiz have the official status of urban-type settlements, Miskhor is administratively part of Koreiz (formerly also an urban-type settlement), but by tradition it is customary to consider it as a separate resort area. In the past, in the pre-revolutionary years, Gaspra, Koreiz and Miskhor were villages and summer cottages. After the Great October Revolution, they turned into resorts in Big Yalta. Now there are numerous general therapeutic sanatoriums, rest houses and boarding houses, most of them are located near the so-called lower south coast highway, on which there are stops for regular buses from Yalta. In Miskhor, there is a resort polyclinic for course students and vacationers without vouchers, as well as for foreign tourists. It has many treatment and diagnostic rooms and a hydropathic facility, and performs thousands of different procedures every day.

History (Gaspra, Miskhor, Koreiz)
Most health resorts were built in Soviet times, they are comfortable and built with the latest achievements in the resort business. Some - a minority of them - settled in palaces formerly owned by grand dukes and aristocrats. Acquaintance with the architecture of modern and pre-revolutionary buildings is included in the program of all scheduled excursions. Not a single excursion will pass by the Swallow's Nest, which has become a kind of emblem of the South Coast. This mini-castle on a sheer cliff of Cape Ai-Todor was built in 1912 by architect A. V. Sherwood. Nearby is hoary antiquity: one can see the ruins of the Roman fortress of the 1st-3rd centuries of our era Charax, traces of the defensive walls of an even earlier - Taurus time. The remains of Roman thermae (baths) adjoin directly to the territory of the Ai-Todor lighthouse. Its head Yuri Ivanovich Tyurin, an enthusiast for the preservation of historical and cultural monuments, has collected an interesting collection of lighthouse bells. With the permission of the administration of the lighthouse, it is possible to view the collection.



As in Yalta, here many places keep the memory of outstanding figures. In Gaspra in 1901-1902 L. N. Tolstoy lived and was treated. Many writers visited him, including V. G. Korolenko, A. P. Chekhov, A. M. Gorky. In Miskhor at the dacha "Nyura" A. M. Gorky rested. He was visited by I. A. Bunin, F. I. Chaliapin, L. N. Tolstoy, composer A. B. Goldenweiser, poet K. D. Balmont.



A characteristic feature of this entire part of the coast: new and old palaces are usually surrounded by parks where you can find many types of Crimean and exotic plants.

The Miskhor Park, an outstanding monument of landscape art, deserves special mention. At the site of the dacha where A. M. Gorky lived, a monument to the writer was erected (the authors of the project are I. P. Shmagun, V. S. Sergeev).



Attractions (Gaspra, Miskhor, Koreiz)
* Palace "Swallow's Nest" - the castle of Baron V. Schneigel
* Miskhor Park
* cable car Ai-Petri



On the seashore, the sculptural group “The Girl of Arza and the Robber Ali Baba” attract attention, and in the sea – the sculpture “Mermaid”, created by the Estonian master academician A. G. Adamsok based on the Crimean legend. ("Mermaid" after storms was repeatedly restored.)

Climate
Mild Mediterranean climate. This resort is the warmest place on the southern coast of Crimea, the average January temperature here is +4.3°C, which is as much as 0.5° higher than in Yalta.



Natural healing factors
Favorable climatic conditions foothill resort of the Mediterranean type. The resort has a balneary, sanatoriums for adults, children, teenagers, a resort polyclinic.

Indications for referral to the resort
Specific and nonspecific diseases of the respiratory organs.



Our offers in this region:
Sanatorium Miskhor
Sanatorium Ai-Petri
Sanatorium Ukraine
Sanatorium Dnipro
Boarding house Ai-Todor-South

The warmest place in the Crimea is rightfully given south coast, where the recognized resort city of Yalta is located. 12 km west of it, less than famous resorts: Gaspra settlement, followed by Miskhor, formally included in the village of Koreiz, forming one common coastal zone. These are small but cozy urban-type settlements where you can relax with children of any age, and everyone here will find entertainment to their liking.

2013 prices
(Spring Summer Autumn)

Sanatoriums, boarding houses and rest houses

Name	Removed. from the sea	Pool	Nutrition	Treatment	Ticket price from	Vacation with children
Sanatorium "Ai-Petri"	by the sea	indoor 196 sq.m fresh water	4 times buffet	There is	1480 rub	from 4 years old
Sanatorium "Miskhor"	by the sea	indoor swimming pool with heated sea water	4-time custom	There is	1345 rub	from 4 years old
Sanatorium complex "Dyulber"	by the sea	heated swimming pool	3 times for extra fee	There is	2200 rub	from 0 years old
MRC "Pearl"	by the sea	indoor pool with sea water		There is	2260 rub	from 4 years old
Rest house "Vorontsovo"	800 m	No	3 times a day - "Swedish table"	for additional fee in the sanatorium "Miskhor"	1350 rub	from 2 years old

Hotels, inns, cottages

In the table you can find all possible accommodation options in the village. Gaspra, Koreiz, Miskhor for 2013 offered by the 7-Tour company. All sanatoriums, boarding houses and hotels are located by the sea, but there is also a swimming pool on the territory of the facilities. Meals are included in the ticket price. Each accommodation offers its own catering option: custom, buffet or all inclusive. If food is not included in the tour price, you can order it on the spot for an additional fee.

For several years now, the Gaspra sanatorium has been welcoming visitors both in winter and summer, providing inexpensive services for the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract. By the way, prices for holidays in Gaspra in 2013 remained at the level of last year, which will allow even families with an average income to enjoy the charm of hospitable Ukraine. Modern hotels on the sea coast of Miskhor have transformed the appearance of a small village so much that the houses of the indigenous people may not be noticed among them. Surrounded by greenery, sanatoriums and hotels in the village. Koreiz are protected from winds and temperature extremes by Mount Ai-Petri, because of this the sea here is always the warmest and most gentle, and the air is filled with the aromas of exotic mountain plants. Located higher in the mountains, the Yalta Mountain and Forest Reserve allows you to combine rest in Koreiz with a beneficial effect on patients with bronchitis and asthma, and a powerful medical base of sanatoriums and qualified doctors will help improve the body. Many boarding houses and hotels prepared their own beaches for holidays in Miskhor in 2013, equipped with sunbeds and awnings, many interesting entertainment and water attractions.

Resort Attractions

Not only for treatment come to rest in the village of Gaspra in the Crimea from all over our country. In this part of Crimea there are a lot of various historical and architectural monuments. History lovers can see the sights of the Tatar village of Gaspra starting from the Taurus necropolises V-I century BC e., or from the Swallow's Nest castle, built in the early 19th century, or from the Roman fortress of Kharaks on Cape Ai-Todor. A photo of a person against the background of any of them will give an unforgettable flavor and will impress anyone viewing the pictures. There are palaces and estates in the village of Gaspra, which were visited by the kings, and now they are hotels and boarding houses. Combining rest in Miskhor with walks around the surroundings, you can ride the longest cable car "Miskhor - Ai-Petri", and on the beach admire the sculpture of a mermaid with a baby emerging from the depths of the sea, the fountain "Arza's Girl and the Robber Ali Baba", created based on fairy tales and legends. You can not pass by the main attraction of the small resort village of Miskhor - a park with rocks and glades, numbering about 300 species of various ornamental plants.

The branch of the Livadia winery, which produces port wine and wine, and has a tasting room for everyone who wants to taste the local primary processing of grapes for a small price, will fit into the sights of the cozy village of Koreiz. You can also see the interesting old estate of Princess Golitsyna, the Yusupov Palace in the form of a horseshoe and with sculptures of mythological characters decorating it.

By contacting the company "7-Tour", you can get rid of the worries of organizing a holiday. We will select for you the best boarding houses, sanatoriums and hotels, as well as help you organize your vacation so that you remember it for a long time. We will be happy to help make your vacation unforgettable!

Miskhor, Koreiz, Gaspra

Behind the Dnepr sanatorium, the steep shores of Cape Ai-Todor gradually turn into a strip of beaches. Here you start” the seven-kilometer coast of Miskhor. Parks spread like an emerald carpet along the entire Miskhor coast. Snow-white buildings of numerous health resorts rise in greenery - there are about twenty of them here. Above the parks lies Pine forest.

The resort villages of Gaspra and Koreiz adjoin Miskhor. They "practically merged, forming a single resort area.

Miskhor with options Missochor, Myskhor, Myushor means "middle village" or "middle village".
Koreiz with variants Kureiz, Kurene, Horeiz, Khureiz, Khurizy, Kyuriz means "populated place", "village".

The name Gaspra, Gaspara (from the Greek aspro - white) should be considered as an epithet with a missed toponymic object - a village, a fortification, a fortress.

Of the three described settlements the oldest is Koreiz. Behind him are twelve centuries. The first mention of Koreiz refers to the early Middle Ages - the end of the VIII century. It was then called, according to the assumptions of scientists, the marketplace of Kurasaites. In the XV century. referred to under the name Curiz. By the time the Crimea was annexed to Russia, this village was so insignificant that it was not included in any of the lists of settlements and only in early XIX V. finally received official recognition.

Miskhor and Gaspra are believed to have emerged a little later than Koreiz, also in the Middle Ages.

The first mention of Miskhor, Koreiz and Gaspra in Russian printed literature belongs to the remarkable traveler and naturalist Academician P.S. Pallas, who left interesting notes about his travels in the Crimea in 1793-1794. Later Academician P.I. Sumarokov.

In 1865, as can be seen from the official "Lists populated areas of the Russian Empire", the village of Gaspra "with a nameless mole" had 37 households, 201 inhabitants and a mosque, the village of Koreiz "by the river Uzen-Cheshme" - 25 households, 131 inhabitants and a mosque, the Miskhor postal station "at the fountain" - 2 courtyards and 15 residents.

Soon, Koreiz began to play the role of a kind of center of three settlements and surrounding summer cottages. As noted in the Universal Description of the Crimea (1873) by V.Kh. Kondaraki, it was the busiest village on the southern coast, which had several shops and an inn, where the traveler, without any requests or difficulties, could get bread, tea and a piece of fried meat. And the guidebook "Crimea" for 1914 recorded that in Koreiz there was a post office, a telegraph office, a telephone exchange, a pharmacy, a bakery, coffee houses, wine shops; an outpatient clinic of the Tuberculosis League was opened at the Korean hospital; performances and concerts were held in the Korean folk reading room.

Today Koreiz and Gaspra are urban-type settlements with 17 thousand inhabitants.

In Koreiz, Gaspra and their environs, ancient palaces and villas are still preserved - architectural monuments of the first half of the last century, very reminiscent of medieval feudal castles. It was these samples that were chosen for their dachas by their former owners - the princes Golitsyn, Naryshkin, Meshchersky. The palaces were built according to the designs of invited foreign architects and served as suburban rural residences for Russian landlords, the same as in the 18th century estates near Moscow were for them.

The first and largest estate that arose among the Korean rocks was the estate of a relative of the then influential nobleman A.N. Golitsyna Princess A.S. Golitsyna.

Almost simultaneously with it, the estate of L.A. was erected. Naryshkin "Sofiyivka" (or "Malaya Alupka") in Miskhor, where the first building of the Kommunary sanatorium is now located. Somewhat later, the so-called “romantic Alexandria” of Prince A.N. began to be built up in Gaspra. Golitsyn (friend of Alexander I, Chief Prosecutor of the Synod and Minister of Education in 1816-1824). This mansion with lancet windows and two octagonal towers on the sides has survived to this day - now it houses the Yasnaya Polyana sanatorium.

The Gasprinsky Castle was built according to the project of the first government architect of the South Bank F. Elson and, according to experts, is the most solid and harmonious creation of the Crimean manor "Gothic". The construction of the house was led by the Englishman V. Gunt, who took part in the construction Vorontsov Palace in Alupka. By the autumn of 1833, the construction was completed only in the rough. The arrangement of the estate was completed by the laying out of the park.

In September 1901, the great Russian writer L.N. came to Yasnaya Polyana after a serious illness. Tolstoy. “It was a rich, well-decorated and equipped house, one of those palazzos that every wealthy European considers it a duty to have on the shore mediterranean sea or another resort, - wrote an employee of the board of the Moscow-Kursk railway, an acquaintance of Tolstoy P.A. Boulanger, who accompanied the writer to the Crimea. “He was placed on the lower floor to the right, in a room adjacent to the hall and with windows overlooking the west and south, but from the south there was a covered terrace that protected from the sun ...”.

In the Crimea, L.N. Tolstoy met with A.P. Chekhov, A.M. Gorky, V.G. Korolenko, A.I. Kuprin, S.Ya. Elpatevsky, S.G. Wanderer, artist G. G. Myasoedov, singer F.I. Chaliapin, pianist A.B. Goldenweiser, publisher M.I. Vodovozova.

Today Yasnaya Polyana is a health resort for mother and child. It treats diseases of the upper respiratory tract of a non-tuberculous nature. In recent years, several buildings have been built, a cable car to the beach, which significantly increased the capacity of the sanatorium, improved the quality and culture of service.

In the former "Tolstoy" living room, a permanent exhibition of documents and photographs about the life and literary activities of the writer during his three visits to the Crimea - in 1854-1855 and 1901-1902 - was launched. At the entrance to the palace there is a bust of Tolstoy by the Yalta sculptor D.M. Zhuravlev.

Beginning in 1785, the favorite of the Empress, Potemkin, began to invite winegrowers to the Crimea, prescribe the best varieties of vines, and in every possible way encourage those landowners who planted orchards and vineyards. They were given state lands for free use and even for personal “hereditary possession”.

The coast after the Crimean War became a particularly alluring corner of the Russian state. Here, to the south, the court nobility, the highest royal officials, landowners,

The southern coast turns into an aristocratic resort. Hotels and private boarding houses, restaurants, gambling houses and baths are being built. Prominent architects and engineers are involved in the development of the coast.

Koreiz becomes the property of one of the richest people in Russia - Prince Yusupov, who was related to the Romanovs.

The climate of Koreiz and Gaspra is much drier than Miskhor. Relative humidity ranges here from 52 to 70 percent.

The dryness of the air in Koreiz and Gaspra is explained by the close proximity of the yayla, which changes the direction of humid western winds, and the fact that the stony soil does not retain moisture for a long time. Thanks to this, as well as to the sea breezes in Koreiz and Gaspra, despite high temperature air in July and August, you usually do not feel stuffy.

In 1875, one of the English travelers, comparing the Russian Riviera, as it was fashionable at that time to call the southern coast of Crimea, with the Mediterranean, wrote: “I allow myself to doubt that any part of Southern Italy could compete with this area in the Crimea. Throughout more than a hundred miles, the Crimean coast presents one continuous picture, containing all the charm and tenderness of the Italian climate ... ".

Behind Gaspra is located resort village Koreiz. The Koreizsky (former Yusupov) Palace is of interest here. On its territory there was one of the first landlord estates of the South Bank, back in the 20s of the XIX century. built up by Princess A. S. Golitsyna. Later, the estate became part of the large estate of the Yusupov princes. In 1904, a palace in the Art Nouveau style was built here according to the project of the Yalta architect Ashliman. The building has the shape of a horseshoe, the convex part facing the sea. In February 1945, during the Yalta Conference of the Heads of the Three Great Powers, the Soviet government delegation was accommodated in the Koreiz Palace.

Resort Miskhor considered one of the best on the Crimean coast. Warm, moderately humid climate with an average temperature in July and August of +25, in September up to +21, in October and May up to +16°C, refreshing sea breezes with a cloudless sky make it great place where diseases of the nervous system, respiratory and circulatory organs are treated.

If you look at the Miskhor coast from above, for example, from a tourist trail winding at an altitude of 150-200 m, you can understand the meaning of the name Miskhor. In the east, above Cape Ai-Todor, lies the resort village of Gaspra, next to it is Koreiz. Ahead behind the green hills - Alupka, and further to the west - Simeiz. Miskhor (“middle village”) is located in the middle between them.

Here is the most famous and popular health resort "Ukraine" among foreigners. “A snow-white antique temple against the backdrop of the blue sea and Ai-Petri, surrounded by a romantic grove of dark cypresses,” is how the English writer James Aldridge captured the sanatorium in the romance “Prisoner of a Foreign Country”. In the warm season, vacationers from many countries visit the sanatorium. Memorable for "Ukraine" was a visit to her in 1955 by an outstanding statesman of the Republic of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

“Marat” is the name of Jean Paul Marat, an outstanding figure of the French bourgeois revolution, and is owned by the trade union health resort of the pulmonology profile, where, with the help of physiotherapy exercises, medical rehabilitation of patients with chronic diseases: pneumonia, bronchitis, inflammation of the upper respiratory tract is organized.

Nearby are the Pine Grove sanatorium and the Chair cottage, which are located in a magnificent park where roses bloom until late autumn, which were once sung about in the forgotten romance “Roses bloom in Chair Chair.,”.

At one of the turns you can see the silvery domes of the Moorish construction. This is the oldest rest house "Dyulber" ("Red Banner"), leading its history since 1922.

Many prominent figures of the international labor movement rested in Dulber. His guests were the leader of the Vietnamese people Ho Chi Minh, the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet.

Nearby is Miskhorsky Park - a monument of gardening art, founded at the end of the 18th century. About 100 species and garden forms of exotic trees and shrubs are concentrated on an area of ​​21.3 hectares. There is a color-music fountain here.

The history of the park is rich. Many writers, poets, composers and artists have been here. In 1984, a monument to A.M. Gorky, depicting the writer during his stay in Miskhor in 1901-1902, when he worked on the play "At the Bottom", notes about L.N. Tolstoy, which later formed the basis of his memoirs "Leo Tolstoy", which became a generalized literary portrait of the patriarch of Russian literature.

In the park area there is the largest boarding house "Miskhor" on the coast for the rest of parents with children, the house of creativity of the Union of Theater Workers, the cottage "Miskhor", the sanatorium "Kommunary".

Sculptural groups stand out on the Miskhor coast - the bronze "Mermaid", rising from the sea with a child in her arms, and the fountain "Arza's Girl and the Robber Ali Baba" built on the embankment. These sculptures are connected with the legend of the beautiful Arza, who was kidnapped by the robber Ali Baba and sold into the harem of the Turkish Sultan...

She yearned, Arzy cried, could not find a place for herself in the harem and melted by leaps and bounds. She gave birth to a boy, but he did not bring relief to her soul. Exactly one year after the robbers seized her on the distant Crimean coast near her favorite fountain, Arzy and her child threw herself into the abyss of the Bosphorus.

That same evening, a sad mermaid with a baby swam for the first time to the fountain off the coast of Miskhor. Since then, once a year, on the day when Arzy was abducted, the fountain began to flow more strongly, and at the same hour, a mermaid with a baby in her arms appeared from the quiet waves.

The legend reflects actual cases of young women being kidnapped by Turkish pirates and sold into the harems of Istanbul pashas and beys. Such a “fishery” existed until the 19th century.

The sculpture "Mermaid" and the fountain were made at the beginning of this century according to the project of the famous Estonian sculptor, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts A.G. Adamson, the author of the monument to the sunken ships in Sevastopol.

The picturesque coast stretches for 7 kilometers. This Miskhor- one of the best resorts The southern coast of Crimea, located 10-12 km from. Next to it are two fairly large resort towns: And . The word "mishor" in translation from the Crimean Tatar language means the middle area.

The village got its name due to its location - in the middle between Gasproy And Koreiz. Formally, since 1958 it has been part of the village of Koreiz, however, the word "Miskhor" continues to serve to designate the resort coastal zone.

Rest in Miskhor attracts with its mild climate and salubrious air. The resort is considered the warmest place in the zone: in January average temperature- +4.3 ° C. In summer - + 25-27 ° С, and with the onset velvet season- +21 °С.

A bit of history.

The official geographical "debut" of Miskhor dates back to 1793-94, when the first mention of him appears in the travel notes of the naturalist P. S. Pallas. The favorable location and favorable climate quickly made this part of the coast the summer residence of many grand dukes and the Russian nobility. With the advent of Soviet power, palaces and parks were nationalized, becoming a place for the Black Sea health resorts. Today, several estates and palaces remain as a memory from the “aristocratic” Miskhor, most of them are sanatoriums.

The resort is favorably located in a windproof zone - it is covered from cold air from the north Mount Ai-Petri And Cape Ai-Todor. Health resorts are located right on the coast, the mountains are covered with relic pine forest.

When visiting Miskhor, don't forget to see:

• Miskhorsky park. Created at the end of the 18th century, it is considered a unique example of garden and park art. More than 100 species grow here: from familiar oaks to bamboo and pistachios. There is also an unusual color and musical fountain in the park.
• Cableway to Ai-Petri. Works all year round. When climbing the plateau, fascinating panoramas of the coast, views of Ai-Petri open up.
• Sculptural groups "Girl Arza and robber Ali Baba" and "Mermaid". These two statues are inextricably linked by an old legend about the beautiful Arza, who could not bear to be separated from her home.
• The Dyulber Palace and Park Ensemble is a cultural historical and architectural monument. Was built in late XIX century and belonged to Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich Romanov.
• Villa Barbo. Belonged to Karl Kramarzh - Czech politician. Used as a summer residence.
• Yusupov Palace. One of the best architectural monuments of the Italian Renaissance, preserved on the South Bank.

The swimming season is from June to November. The mild climate is perfect for families with children, even with the onset of autumn. You can swim as a savage or on equipped beaches:

• Mermaid Beach named after the sculpture of the same name. During the high season (July-August) it is quite crowded. The entrance is free.
• Free beach resort "Miskhor". Located between the park and the waterfront. It consists of 2 beaches equipped with sun loungers, a swimming pool for children, a first aid station and a "wild" zone.
• Free beach resort "Ai-Petri". It consists of three well-appointed areas: showers, sun loungers, a play area for children, several cafes.
• Dulber Palace Beach. You can get through picturesque park. For adults, the price of a ticket to the beach is about 200 rubles, children are free. On the territory there are sun loungers, a cafe and a phytobar.
• Beach for children in Mihorsky park. The cost for adults is about 80 rubles, for children - about 40 rubles. Equipped with children's attractions and sunbeds.

Accommodation in Miskhor.

There are many options for travelers to stay:

nearest big city buses run constantly and fixed-route taxis. Buses run to, or to with stops in Miskhor. You can also get there by car or taxi. In addition to land transport, there is also water transport. Daily from the Yalta embankment to them. Lenin's boat goes to Miskhor. Ticket price: adult - 160 rubles, children - 120 rubles. Regular buses and fixed-route taxis also run from and.