It is difficult to find something more captivating in Crimea than beaches, sea and mountains. There are many places on the peninsula that are worth visiting for every vacationer: Vorontsov and Livadia palaces, Bakhchisaray, Ai-Petri. The list of attractions is endless. And what about mysticism? After all, many vacationers want to see something special, sometimes even creepy.
Meganom: the path of Odysseus to the kingdom of Hades
Cape Meganom is located between Sudak and Koktebel. People don't live here - they don't dare. Here UFOs go astray, time stops and ghosts walk. As soon as a civilization is hidden behind the first ridge of the cape, it feels like you have fallen into prehistoric times. Tourists often see the ghost of a boy on the rocks, who calls for him into the black waters of the sea. It's dangerous here! Careless tourists from the “goat” mountain trail are then taken away by the ambulance with broken arms and legs. Often people say: I fell off a cliff because a ghost seemed to ...
Once a tourist ran up to me and shouted that he had met a lamb, a moment - and he disappeared. Local residents scared him before that - they told a story that such a meeting means imminent death. The tourist walked the whole trip as if lowered into the water, - says the guide Nelya Kritskaya.
They also say that Odysseus himself once got into the kingdom of Hades through the underground mines of the cape. Although such stories of local residents are perceived ironically, they still make deep "chasms" in the water area of the cape swim along the tenth road. Many mines have not yet been explored.
Bear mountain and magic tree
Many legends and true stories are associated with the peak, which hangs over the village of Partenit and the famous Artek camp. Some believe that Ayu-Dag is the second name of the mountain, it is a giant bear turned into stone. He wandered around the Crimea for a long time, left potholes in the ground, which have now turned into valleys, crushed mountains and scattered stones. The bear did not like anything, but one day he stumbled upon a beautiful shore. The giant liked it here so much that he decided to settle in this place. After a long journey, the bear was thirsty. Leaning towards the sea, he began to drink water greedily, so much so that he angered the sea god, who turned the bear into stone. The legend is beautiful, but still like a romantic fairy tale. And here is what the old-timers of Partenit themselves say about the present times.
Glowing balls are often seen in the sky near the mountain, it is dangerous to spend the night on Ayu-Dag, there were times when tourists who spent the night in tents had nightmares. They got out of bed and jumped down the steep slope, local historians say. - And also, according to legend, somewhere on the back of the "bear" a magic tree grows. But, since no one has yet found it, no one knows what properties it has.
Our Stonehenge
In the village of Rodnikovo, not far from Balaklava, there are mystical menhirs - huge stones. Who, why and when put them is a mystery shrouded in mist. Scientists call them a monument of megalithic culture, and our tourists call them the “Crimean Stonehenge”, but studies by dowsers have shown that the menhirs seem to be entwined with an energy ribbon extending into the sky. It is not surprising that some consider the pointed boulders to be the same age. Egyptian pyramids. Local historians of Sevastopol claim that under the place where the stones stand, two mysterious energy coils intersect, which create these energy eddies. The strangest thing is that the stones do not heat up even in the strongest heat. Animals often come to the menhirs, but the locals say that they do not stay there for a long time, and people noticed that foxes and hares begin to behave strangely near these blocks.
Tourists, after visiting the Crimean Stonehenge, noted a surge of spiritual strength, and some asked for happiness in family relationships and made their innermost desires. Many have come true! - says the guide Nelya Kritskaya.
Alimova beam - a place of secret power
On the outskirts of the village of Bashtanovka, near Bakhchisarai, there is Alimova Balka - a favorite place for esotericists, shamans and spiritual practitioners. They say it is endowed with powerful energy. Rock paintings found by archaeologists, whose age exceeds four thousand years, indicate that one of the first settlers in the Crimea lived in this place. According to the stories of local residents, the spirit of Alim lives in the caves. Therefore, only a person with a pure heart and a strong spirit is able to calmly pass the gorge.
If you walk along the path from Bashtanovka, you can meet a large stone, under which a cave-dig is dug, - the guides say. - This is Yazly-Tash - a place of worship for pagans. Women who cannot get pregnant ask for blessings for conception at the walls of this place. They came to us and said that now there is a replenishment in the family of every lady who visited this place. Apparently, there is something magical in these walls.
It is enough to walk another 50 meters to taste the unique, unforgettable taste from the “lower” Kachneje spring. Tourists on the forums note that they have never tried such tasty and healing water.
Yeni-Sala - caves of bloodthirsty gods
The Yeni-Sala cave system is located in the village of Perevalnoye, near Simferopol. It was discovered by accident by two schoolchildren and relatively recently - in 1965. If it is rather problematic to go down to two of them, then the third one is available for visiting without climbing equipment. It turned out that it was used by the ancient Tauri for sacrifices to their bloodthirsty gods. And although archaeologists and biologists have not found human bones here, but only animal bones, many tourists claim to have seen ghosts in the cave.
Many believe that the souls of the innocently killed still walk through the gloomy labyrinths, the guides say. - The locals are superstitious, they believe that being underground is dangerous. Someone believes that a person by his presence can call upon himself the curse of the ancient gods. And all due to the fact that the creatures that live there are hungry for victims.
There are places on the planet that are completely inexplicable. Like Stonehenge in England Bermuda Triangle V Atlantic Ocean. Throughout the history of the development of mankind, many paradoxical things arose in nature, manifested themselves in the creations of human hands. Sometimes the line between the worlds seems so thin in such places that you just have to touch it - and the familiar reality will be replaced by amazing scenery beyond understanding. A mystery attracts, and always attracted a person. The unknown attracts like a magnet. And a person is trying to find out what is hidden behind the mysterious veil of this or that place, to bring to light its terrible secret.
The Crimean land in terms of mysteries, perhaps, is the leader on the planet. Not surprising. The peninsula is located in such a geographically convenient place that numerous peoples tried to settle here. Many, like Krymchaks, are no longer in sight. Greeks and Slavs are still alive and well. Everyone who came here brought his own energy, which was absorbed by the fertile Crimean land.
Little by little, the peninsula was overgrown with so many legends and traditions that it became attractive to travelers and tourists by its very name. Indeed, in Crimea, almost every stone is associated, if not with the historical past, then with folk fiction. In which, as you know, there is a large share of truth. And the number of mysterious places on the peninsula just rolls over. If it is impossible to visit everything at once, it would be wise to stop at the number nine. Also mysterious in terms of numerology and magic.
Cape Meganom
southeastern tip Crimean peninsula has long become a place of a kind of pilgrimage for esotericists. They say that here you can recharge the energy of the earth itself. However, not all so simple. Meganom does not always please with a positive charge. Signals about the direction of energy lines are yellow rings on the grass. When they fade, it is better not to approach them: people during this period feel bad. When the color returns, you can come here again for health and longevity.
In Greek, Meganom means Big House. However, on the deserted rocky shore, in the nearby steppe, nothing of the kind is observed. Not like modern settlements with their civilization. Even excavations have shown that people did not settle here in ancient times. But why, because there are plenty of settlements on the rest of the coastal territory ?!
There are a couple of ghosts on Meganom. According to the testimonies of those who stayed here for the night, random travelers are visited by a boy. Persuades him to follow him, which is not worth doing. Those who succumbed to the requests of the child find themselves in the sea. Some die. And on the cliff of one of the local rocks at dusk, a lamb bleats. This is despite the fact that animals avoid this area. At all.
Crimea, who still does not know, is in the band of seismic activity. Disturbing peninsula and still. True, small fluctuations, displacement of rocks. Witness of the formation of the Crimean geokora - volcano Kara-Dag. It is not for nothing that he was nicknamed the Black Stone in translation from the language of one of the local peoples. Staying within the array is not for the faint of heart. One Roaring Grotto is worth something! Before an excursion to it, tourists are warned about the loud sounds made by water in an underwater cave. To a tourist who is not aware of the peculiarities of the area, it may seem that some kind of sea monster lives in the grotto.
Or maybe he really lives. Have you heard of the Karadag sea serpent? It is quite possible that this is not a story from those told by the night fire. In the vicinity of Kara-Dag, dolphin carcasses were repeatedly found with wounds inflicted by powerful huge jaws. This is despite the fact that local sharks - katrans - do not grow more than a meter! And in the documentary evidence of the times civil war there is a recorded fact that an armed detachment constantly patrolled near Kara-Dag in order to protect the population from a monster supposedly coming out of the water and attacking people.
Kara-Dag. Author: Insider - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36231809 Is it true - Kara-Dag reliably hides its secret in the depths of the Black Sea. Scaring away those who want to dive for the truth with a loud roar of water in the grotto. Be that as it may, the “relative of the Loch Ness monster” has not yet been discovered, and since ancient times people have settled at the foot of the Crimean volcano.
But the anomalies of the magnetic field (most likely due to deposits of magnetic ore in the mountains) - found undoubted evidence. One of the rocks is called Magnetic. And in some places, the compass needle rotates around the axis of the mount, not intending to point to the North.
Valley of Ghosts
There are no deserts in Crimea, but mirages are a common occurrence here. Especially - in the Valley of Ghosts near Demerdzhi. Why exactly this name? So you can see anything on the mountain. Plus, the features of a warm, humid climate that causes frequent fog - and a lot of things can be seen in a heap of rocks. Sometimes the pictures are beautiful, sometimes they take on a frightening shape. Yes, and without fog in the Valley of Ghosts, you can easily imagine anything in the rocks that pleases human imagination. These are not just stones. They seem to be deformed, taking their own, special forms for everyone who wants to get an impression.
Valley of ghosts in Demerdzhi. Author: Dmitry Sklyarenko, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54026115
There are many legends about the rocks among the local population. Like, these are the silhouettes of people killed by the evil Blacksmith. And the Blacksmith himself, turned to stone, stands in the valley. One has only to look closely - and you can see the acting characters of the legend with your own eyes.
Another feature of the place is that it loses its orientation in time. It seems that he entered the Valley of Ghosts about 10 minutes ago, and half an hour has already passed.
white rock
Ancient people, close to nature, knew where to establish their settlements. In the Crimea, the site of primitive people turned out to be in the Belogorsk region. On White Rock. The convenient location, on a hill, above the valley of the Ak-Kaya River, made it possible to protect oneself from enemies and helped in hunting. A mammoth or other large animal driven onto a “plateau” fell off a cliff. Here is a glorious booty with small losses.
White Rock. Author: Aydar Daminov - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58876030 Yes, yes, in ancient times mammoths lived in the Crimea - in the museums of the peninsula, one often comes across either a tusk or a skull of this fossil animal. And large boulders scattered in the foothills, according to research, were brought here by a glacier.
Today in beautiful place They don't hunt, they shoot movies. The decoration is very chic.
Mangup
People also settled in the southern part of the Bakhchisarai region. Only from III to V century. Later, there is no evidence of Mangup as a prosperous city. People left, leaving rocks and houses carved in stone. The silence of the place is amazing. According to eyewitnesses in the winter in dead city glowing neon balls appear from time to time. Soar for 10 minutes in the air - and dissolve without a trace.
Mangup. Author: Kaira - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25642651 And at night, tourists, archaeologists excavating Mangup are disturbed by a local ghost. The boy, whose parents died during the invasion of the Turkish army, asked the rocks for help. They hid the child. And now he wanders around the city crying, trying to find his parents. With the first rays of the sun, vision evaporates. Returning again at night.
Most of Crimea is steppes. And they were occupied by the steppe nomadic peoples. They left mounds, mounds, Scythian stone women and menhirs behind them. The latter are considered places of power. And not in vain. You can check it by visiting near Sevastopol in the village of Rodnikovsky.
Skelsky menhirs. Photo: https://gazetacrimea.ru True, only 2 vertical stone pillars remained from the Crimean "Stonehenge". They, according to esotericists, stand in an unfavorable energy zone, transforming it into a positive one. Touching the stone with your fingertips, you will definitely feel a tingle and feel warm.
Crimean dolmens
Places of power, as they are called, arose in different regions of the planet. In Crimea, at the place where positive energy came out of the earth, a dolmen was erected: a kind of construction of four almost square slabs with a transverse stone crossbar on top. If you want to feel its beneficial power, you are welcome to Mount Koshka. There is only one such in Crimea. With the outlines of an animal lying down by the water. With a double top like ears.
Crimean dolmen. Photo: http://yourguide.at.ua It is believed that dolmens are built to facilitate the transition to other worlds. Possibly parallel. The dream of modern science fiction. An ordinary person, not even fond of esotericism, feels a surge of strength at a dolmen, finds reasonable solutions to problems that have long tormented him, answers to vital questions.
In addition to Mount Cats, Mount Bear is known in Crimea. Ayu-Dag, which is not far from Artek, is known to tourists according to legend. Do you know that semi-mythical events are also associated with the mountain, for which historians are still looking for explanations?
Ayu-Dag in the evening. Author: AnnaPerederiy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32967140 Allegedly, here, on Cape Partenit, there was a temple of the cruel goddess Virgo, who was worshiped in the Crimea by the Scythians and Taurians. The place of stay of Iphigenia in Taurida is described by many writers of antiquity and retold by modern ones. There's just no evidence yet. The location of the temple is covered in darkness, and this mystery has not yet been solved.
Ai-Petri
Lucky Crimea with extraordinary mountains. Ai-Petri- not an exception. At first glance, the mountain is the most ordinary. Just separates South coast from the foothills. Well, it still stops cold westerly and northerly winds from hitting the peninsula, keeping it warm Mediterranean climate. Looking more closely, the tourist discovers another mystery. The mountain conducts the energy currents of the earth through itself, preventing them from mixing from the side of the sea and the steppe.
Mount Ai-Petri, Author: Anetta.an - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25601274 Abnormal phenomena in the mountain range - more than enough. For example, in the valley of the Wuchang-Su waterfall, you will definitely feel dizzy. Is it only from a change in pressure, to which far from all people are subject? In the Drunken Grove, where the trees are bent in the most unthinkable way, it is dangerous to stay for a long time. It all starts with a feeling of discomfort, ends with a mental disorder. If you climb to the top of Ayu-Dag and face the sea, you can make a wish. If the Crimean land deigns to condescend to a request, then it will fulfill it.
This is Crimea: every step is a mystery. Perhaps you will be able to lift the veil over another Crimean secret. So it's up to you to decide whether to take the next step.
In Crimea, there are amazing, truly unique, mysterious places that amaze with their beauty.
All travel lovers should definitely visit these places.
Tulip fields
In the village of Yantarnoye there is an agricultural workshop number 55, which is engaged in the cultivation of tulips. To get into it amazing place you must first go to the office of this enterprise, and obtain a special permit there. In the fields, which are only three kilometers from the village, scarlet, yellow, pale blue and pink tulips grow. This place especially attracts the attention of couples in love.
Temple of Laki village
The Greek settlement of Laki is located in the Bakhchisarai region. Once this village was completely burned, and the inhabitants were destroyed. The only building that has survived to our time is the church named after St. Luke. It is half destroyed, but even in this state it is used for the service.
Taraktash trail
It originates in the Crimean Observatory on Mount Ai-Petri and is not in vain recognized as the most beautiful trail of the entire Crimean peninsula. The Taraktash trail reaches Yalta. The descent along it can not be called difficult. Interestingly, in some places of the trail there are steps. There are beautiful views all along the way.
Chufui-Kale
This name is given to the stone city, spread over the expanses of Bakhchisaray. In the fifth century given city considered religious and shopping center Today only ruins remain. But even they were able to save the energy of well-being and prosperity.
Near the Crimean mountain Ai-Petri is the Vorontsov Palace built in the first half of the 19th century. This is an amazing monument of history and culture, built from diabase and perfectly fitting into the natural landscape. IN this moment this palace is used as a museum for permanent and temporary exhibitions. Today, prices for holidays in Alupka are quite affordable, and a visit to this place will allow you to see not only the Vorontsov Palace, but also have a great rest on the sea.
Cemetery Balta-Tiymez
This unusual place which not every tourist dares to visit. It is located in an oak grove. It is filled with ancient monuments that have been covered with moss over the years. By old legends, the roots of oaks are associated with the dead, and only when the crown rises high up, the soul of the deceased leaves the earth.
Crimean nuclear power plant
This is an unfinished nuclear power plant in the village of Shchelkino. Its construction began actively, but the work was completely stopped after the disaster that occurred in Chernobyl. This is a mysterious place that among the locals has received a bad reputation. It turns out that the directors did not stay here for a long time. Not more than six months later, they left their high post and went to the "yellow house".
Ghost Valley
There are many in Crimea mysterious places. A few kilometers from Alushta, on the southern ridge of Demerdzhi, there is the Valley of Ghosts. There are many legends about this place. In bad weather, in the fog, you can see a lot of things here, and therefore visiting this valley is not recommended for travelers with a weak psyche.
Date Rock
In the eastern part of the Crimean peninsula, towards Sudak, you can visit the Dating Rock. This place is one of the most romantic places in Crimea. There is a rock, the height of which is 782 meters, above the Panan Uzen gorge.
Skelsky menhirs
In the Baidarskaya Valley, not far from the village of Rodnikovoe, there are ancient places of worship. They were made a very long time ago from marble-like limestone.
Valley of the Sotera River
To see the amazing stone mushrooms and other beauties of this valley, you will need to drive 16 kilometers east of Alushta. Many scientists believe that these mushrooms, whose height is 4-6 meters, are a work of art of nature itself.
bay of love
This name is given to a small bay, which is located in the Alushta region, or rather in the village of Rybachye. There will be no difficulty in finding it, since it is located right under the lighthouse. This name was given to the bay for its remoteness from the beaches, which makes it possible to be in love alone with each other.
Satanists gather at the Simferopol cemetery, and Stalker is played at an abandoned nuclear power plant in Shchelkino
Many people, as psychologists say, in order to recharge with adrenaline, you need to go through some kind of psychological test and feel fear. This explains, for example, a passion for horror films or an attraction to visiting scary mysterious places. There are a lot of such people in Crimea, and they are overgrown with deep secrets and legends. KT ranked the most creepy places peninsulas, where an atmosphere of fear and mystery reigns.
No. 1. Abandoned nuclear power plant in Shchelkino
Dark corridors, stairs, a giant rusty crane that was supposed to install a nuclear reactor in the building. The nuclear power plant in Shchelkino (on the Kerch Peninsula) makes an indelible impression. The nuclear power plant in Shchelkino was supposed to be launched in 1989, three years after the accident in Pripyat. But the echoes of the tragedy spread around the world and sowed seeds of doubt about the need for nuclear energy. So, the Crimean NPP, with almost 80% readiness of the first power unit, was decided not to be launched. And we inherited the reactor building, in the turbine section of which enterprising youth began to hold discos of the Kazantip festival. And some airsoft clubs arrange shootouts based on the popular computer game Stalker in the dark corridors of nuclear power plants.
No. 2. Old Russian cemetery in Simferopol
The old cemetery, located in the area of the Central Market, is one of the few that have survived after many reconstructions of the city over the past two centuries. It is recognizable by the Church of All Saints, built and consecrated in 1864. Immediately behind it is the entrance to the cemetery, where many are buried. famous people late XIX- the beginning of the 20th century: Archbishop Gury, Crimean artist Nikolai Samokish, commissar of the brigade of the 51st Army Ivan Gekalo, underground workers Viktor Efremov, Zoya Rukhadze, Evgenia Deryugina and many others. Some graves have been dug up - this was done by grave diggers, treasure hunters. And at the very end of the cemetery there is a Gothic temple, which is covered with black and red paints. They say that satanic inscriptions and pentagrams are left here by occultists during night rituals.
No. 3. Children's room in the Adzhimushkay quarries
During the Great Patriotic War, tens of thousands of people died in the dungeons of Kerch. Most of them - 13 thousand - remained forever in the Adzhimushkay quarries (only 48 of them survived). In addition to ordinary fighters of the Soviet army and partisans, among the inhabitants of the quarries were local residents, including women and children. Most of them also died here, without waiting for release. A rusty crib and charred dolls are all that now reminds of the terrible death of hundreds of boys and girls of all ages who were forced to hide from the Nazis in the dungeons of Kerch.
No. 4. Bunker "Alsu"
Many kilometers of mines, densely closing the passages of metal hatches, everywhere on the walls - an image of a radiation sign. Four floors underground, tunnels going down 200 meters, and a huge room for a nuclear reactor... side of their enemies - mainly the United States as a nuclear power. It was planned to evacuate the command of the Black Sea Fleet to the bunker in case of a nuclear strike.
No. 5. Sleepy cemetery
Destroyed stone fence, broken tombstones and holes in the ground at the site of the graves... In fact, the contents of the graves were barbarously looted by marauders, and the bones of soldiers and officers who fell in the Chernorechensk battle of the Crimean War in 1855 are lying next to the tombstones. The Crimean authorities have not yet taken care of putting in order the Sleepy, or, as it is also called, Gorchakovsky, cemetery (by the name of the battle commander), so when visiting, you should be careful - you can easily fall into the graves overgrown with grass and shrubs, and therefore not everywhere visible graves.
No. 6. Bagerovsky ditch
In the anti-tank ditch near the village of Bagerovo in 1941, about seven thousand residents of Kerch were shot, including 245 children. Now there is a monument to the dead on this place. Announcements appeared on the streets of Kerch, according to which Jews registered with the Gestapo were to appear on Sennaya Square on November 28, 1941, from 8 to 12 o'clock. Failure to comply with the order was followed by execution. The bitter irony of fate turned into the fact that they were shot just after they appeared at the prison commandant's office. From December 2, the anti-tank ditch began to fill with bloodied naked bodies of people. The eerie atmosphere of death still, after more than 70 years, hovers over this place.
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No. 7. Roaring Grotto
Underwater caves of Mount Karadag on the southeastern coast of Crimea, according to geologists, lead to the bowels extinct volcano. The largest grotto, crashing into the body of the rock for almost 70 meters, is simply striking in its gloominess and mystery, and the waves create their own unique ominous roar in it. Many Crimean local historians claim that the entrance to the kingdom of the dead located in Cimmeria, which Homer mentions, was localized by the Greeks on Karadag, in a place that today is called the Roaring Grotto.
No. 8. Object "Sotka"
Another echo of the Cold War, in addition to the Alsu bunker, is located in the mountains near Balaklava - this is the Utes Coastal Stationary Missile System, or, as it is called, object-100 (or simply Sotka). Since Soviet times, it has been abandoned and is being scrapped. Nevertheless, two huge silos located right in the rocks are still striking in scale. Next to the rectangular mouths, the remains of metal guide rails have been preserved, along which massive gates once drove off, and formidable rockets rose from the mine on special platforms.
No. 9. Cape Meganom
This place is famous for mysterious "power rings" (they appear in the grass in annular stripes up to half a meter wide and are clearly visible from a bird's eye view) and unhealthy interest in it from UFOs. It is said that some kind of magnetic anomaly is the cause of the "ring" phenomenon. Perhaps these are the consequences of an underwater nuclear bomb test that allegedly took place here in 1960. As for flying saucers, they are regularly observed at the Cape. Crimean ufologists believe that one of the saucers was shot down just above Meganom. The military found a fragment in which cold thermonuclear fusion allegedly took place before their eyes.
No. 10. Petrovskaya beam
If the old civil cemetery is located in the area of the Central Market, then the largest military churchyard of Simferopol was located in the area of Petrovsky Balka. Soldiers who died from illnesses and wounds received during the battles of the Crimean War were buried there. More than 36 thousand Russian soldiers rested in the cemetery, but in the 30s of the last century the graves were razed to the ground, and on the newly formed hill, local residents began to bury their pets, not even suspecting that they could stumble upon the remains of their ancestors.
The land of the ancient peninsula seems to be intended for lovers of everything mysterious
People come to Crimea to enjoy beach holiday, nature, clean air, but there are also tourists for whom thrills come first; who want to penetrate the mystery of mystical places. And there are many of them in Crimea.
Cape Meganom: in the kingdom of Hades
wikimediaIf you get to Sudak and turn left, then after a while you will see a completely mystical landscape: a deserted sandy steep bank along which the wind is walking. This is Cape Meganom, behind the first ridge of which you find yourself as if cut off from civilization, in some ancient times.
No one lives here, although the space is huge. People generally try to stay here less, despite the cleanest sea and spacious beaches. At least the locals. Tourists come here mainly to take a break from the noise and crowds of resort towns and villages. And also - to touch the unknown.
Time here flows in a special way - sometimes it seems to freeze, stop. Flying over Meganom, planes sometimes go astray.
On the rocks, they say, you can see a boy who beckons to a cliff. Beware, it's a ghost! He has already forced more than one gullible tourist to throw himself off a cliff into the abyss. Those who survived, with a tremor in their voice, repeat the same thing: the boy called.
One day, as the tour guide recalls Nelya, the tourist ran up to her and shouted excitedly that he saw a lamb, which appeared only for a moment, and then disappeared. Before that, the tourist heard local stories about ghosts on Meganom. He never recovered from a strong impression - the rest of the vacation went pale and repeated that to meet a lamb on a cape means to die soon.
In the depths of Cape Meganom are unexplored mines, it is not known how they arose. They say - through them you can get into that very kingdom Aida where he descended Odysseus.
Bear Mountain: a wonderful tree
No less mysterious rumors circulate about the famous Bear Mountain - Ayu-Dag. None of the locals in their right mind will dare to climb the mountain after sunset, and even more so to spend the night here - almost every night luminous balls hang over the ridge, an incomprehensible rumble is heard from inside the mountain.
The few tourists who did spend the night here said the next morning that they had nightmares. There are cases when, after a terrible night, travelers rushed down a cliff.
At the top of the Bear Mountain, according to rumors, a wonderful tree grows - it is able to restore youth. But no one knows which of the thousands of trees is the one.
Crimean Stonehenge: energy tapes
Not far from Foros, from the town of Laspi, there is the so-called "Crimean Stonehenge", which is formed by huge stones - menhirs. Studies of ufologists, dowsers and other adherents of esotericism have shown that each of these vertical pointed stones, set by no one knows who and for no one knows why, is as if braided with energy ribbons that are lost high in the sky.
Reference: This attraction has other names: Tyshlar rock (translated from Turkic - "teeth"): Nine monks, Chamomile, Five fingers, Dragon's teeth, Flower of power, Keban-Kaya (from the Turkic "stack-rock"), Devil's fingers , Temple of the Sun.
It is surprising that blocks of stone never heat up - even on the hottest summer days, when everything else is literally heated from the sun's rays, the menhirs remain cold.
However, there is nothing sinister here. On the contrary: many tourists say that they made wishes here, and the "Crimean Stonehenge" fulfilled them. Ancient stones are especially favorable to requests to help strengthen family relationships.
Alimova Balka: a favorite place for shamans
wikimedia Not far from Bakhchisaray you will find the village of Bashtanovka, and behind it - Alimova beam. All kinds of shamans, sorcerers and healers flock here like flies to honey to gain strength: they are convinced that this place gives powerful energy. If you believe the rock paintings discovered by archaeologists, it was here that the first settlers on the peninsula lived.
In the caves, as legends say, the spirit of a rebellious robber roams Alima - Crimean Robin Hood. To pass through these caves, you need to have a strong spirit and a clear conscience.
If you move along the path from Bashtanovka, you will see a huge stone, and under it - a tunnel leading to a cave. Having touched the walls of this cave - Yazly-Tash, barren women get a chance to get pregnant - so the legends say. Many tourists then return here with small children and thank the holy places for their help.
Yeni-Sala: bloodthirsty gods
wikimedia The village of Perevalnoye near Simferopol is known for a whole system of caves called Yeni-Sala. These caves were discovered in 1965 by two adventurous local truant teenagers, quite by accident.
After examining the caves, archaeologists came to the conclusion that the ancient Taurians made sacrifices to pagan gods here - whole warehouses of bones were discovered. True, they say that they all belong to animals, not people, but still it’s scary to be here - it seems as if underground, in long galleries, the groans of innocent victims are heard. Be careful - if you believe the legends, the evil spirits living in gloomy dungeons are hungry for fresh victims and are just waiting for the right moment to lure a gullible tourist to a dangerous place!
These are just some of the most famous mystical places Crimea. On the ancient peninsula, every grotto is a mystery, every rock is a legend, every stone is an echo of the events that took place here a long time ago.
