Planet Earth is huge. You won't be everywhere. But outlandish areas are sometimes very close. And we don't know about it. About one such unique edge in this article.
No taxes
Experienced tourists who have explored the entire Crimea, of course, are well aware that if you move to the extreme west, you will find yourself on the Tarkhankut peninsula. This is, in fact, the end of the Crimea. Next is the sea. Translated from the Crimean Tatar, the name means "a place exempt from taxes." Indeed, for a long time (XV-XVIII centuries) the population of this part of the Crimea did not pay taxes. So it was said in the "tarkhan letters".
Once upon a time there were ancient Greek settlements on the territory of the Tarkhankut Peninsula. There are still traces of this.
Cleanest water and wild rocks
If you want to know what the earth looked like millions of years ago, then you are here. It seems that civilization got a little lost and did not get to Tarkhankut (Crimea). Not only is this a sparsely populated area, but there are always few travelers here. But there is no evil without good. As a result, it was possible not to spoil the pristine beauty of Tarkhankutskypeninsulas. Today it is the cleanest part of the Black Sea coast.
The cape of the same name is the very point beyond which further to the west there is only the sea. Namely, it is a great attraction. For you will not see such clear water anywhere on the coast. If you ever come here, don't forget your scuba gear or snorkel. You can see for yourself the inhabitants of the sea. Or, for a small fee, experienced divers will show you what's happening at depth.
The transparency of the sea here is such that underwater photography competitions are held.
Fabulously beautiful vertical limestone cliffs near the Tarkhankut Peninsula, they break off near the sea.
Movie place
There is another attraction that the Tarkhankut Peninsula is famous for. Olenevka is a village near which there are such beauties that many filmmakers chose these rocks, caves and bays for their amazing shots.
If you drive from the village by car along the sea (the road is unpaved), then in a quarter of an hour you will find yourself at Cape Bolshoi Atlesh. And the panorama - as if from some kind of magic. The cliffs here are snow-white. Their height is as much as 40-60 meters. Clean yellow beaches hid behind such small coves. The sea and the sky itself are deep blue. Caves with grottoes are both green and white. The shore meanders capriciously in an arc.
But the Turtle is the name of one rock. Not far from another. In it, the wind, together with the waves, pierced the Arch of enormous size. She is like a symbol of this cape.
They lead to the Archmetal steps. The staircase was recently built. But who cut down another ladder in the same limestone is unknown. But it was along it that the heroine from the film "Taman" walked to the boat. It was filmed based on the novel by M. Yu. Lermontov. And near the Arch there is an unusually shaped grotto. He attracted the attention of the creators of two films at once - Amphibian Man (1961) and Pirates of the 20th Century (1979).
But beauty is beauty, and in general the rocks of this Tarkhankut Peninsula are very insidious for those who are at sea. The number of ships that sank here is decent. Almost like in the waters of Kerch or Sevastopol. For a long time, only pirates and smugglers have been calm in these bays. The entire coast is pitted with caves, grottoes, bizarre boulders. That's where they hid.
There is a giant tunnel (98 m long) on Cape Maly Atlesh. This is also the "work" of the waves. Its height is from 8.5 meters to 10.7 (at different points). It takes the breath away even from the most desperate daredevils. Such is this extraordinary natural structure. The protagonist of the movie "Pirates of the 20th century" makes his way along this very passage to the island to the pirates.
Cup of Love
We convinced you how unusual and attractive the Tarkhankut Peninsula is? Holidays here will be unforgettable.
So you've come here. Let me give you one more piece of advice. Be sure to swim in the bay with the original name "Bowl of Love". It is also a purely natural pool. Nature took care to surround it with boulders. And the name will immediately become clear if you look closely. After all, the pond is in the shape of a heart! True, a very big one…
To the bottom in the bay - six meters. The Chasha is connected to the sea itself by a relatively small underwater tunnel. Ichthyander in the film exactly like that went to his father's house.
Well, the local people were not slow to come up with a ritual. Before young people sign in the registry office, they must make sure whether their family will be durable. How to do it? But simply. Holding hands, both the girl and the boy must jump into this huge “cup”. If under water their hands disperse, then not far from a divorce. But no - together for centuries.
Museum at the Bottom
Are you an avid fisherman? Then don't pass by. Along these shores, every spring and autumn, mullet and mackerel are more than enough. At Cape Bolshoy Atlesh there is a fishing camp. So welcome. And don't forget to repeat: "Catch, fish, big and small."
But the fish that live in the sea is a natural thing. But listen to what people have created with their own hands. This is incredible!
In the Atlesha area, the water is very clean and unusually clear. Almost distilled! You look from above - and the bottom is visible. Pranksters-scuba divers made the "Alley of Leaders" there. Here and Lenin, and Dzerzhinsky, and Kirov. More precisely, their busts, embedded in stones. Next to it is a sign. She explains that in August 1992, a certain V. Borumensky opened this alley. Sail about 100 meters from the shore - and you will see everything for yourself. Moreover, over time, sculptures of Beethoven with Pushkin, Yesenin with Blok, Pyotr Tchaikovsky and others joined the politicians. And they stand among the stones overgrown with algae and mussels!
Filmmakers from Simferopol realized that the film about this wonderful museum would be of interest to many. Moreover, there is nothing similar anywhere in the world.
Scientific discoveries
Not only do people come here, to the Tarkhankut peninsula (Crimea), but also to work. It will be interesting here for such professionals as a biologist or archaeologist, hydrologist and paleontologist. Somehow, scientists saw the imprint of a fish on a limestone. She had obviously been swimming here for a very long time. And it was not small - more than a meter long.
Another sensation - when they found a colony of limestone concretions. It’s just right to open a museum of paleontology in the depths of the sea.
Jangul
So briefly the locals call the rocky limestone reserve. In fact, this is a landslide coast. Also a miracle of miracles! It is spread over an area of 10 hectares. It looks like this: steps go along the coast for 5 km, and pyramids and pillars rise above them.
And the Tarkhankut Peninsula (Crimea) is also famous for this. And the plateau itself has become attractive for many tourists. And is it really possible not to fall in love with this sea, unusually transparent? Weird shores? Beautiful steppe? We add that marvelous flowers grow in small gorges, juicy grass turns green.
Ghost Valley
It happened a long time ago. In 1933, in the summer, local villagers heard an incomprehensible roar. What happened? Later it turned out that near one beam (Ternovskaya) a huge limestone (length - 500 m, width - 200 and 35 - height) simply slid down to the sea.
And again it can be notedcreative work of nature. As a result of a landslide, the "Valley of Ghosts" was formed on the shore. How else can you call these marvelous figures from the fragments of rocks? Some see towers and pyramids. In others, statues of giant animals.
But it's not over yet. Waves continue to polish these sculptures. Or they create new ones, never stopping eroding piles of limestone.
