Tourists planning a vacation on the Crimean peninsula often find it difficult to choose which resort to prefer. If the goal is a calm and relaxed rest in silence, then you should pay attention to the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea, Bolshaya Alushta).
How to get there?
Maly Mayak Resort (Crimea) is located on the southern coast of the peninsula, 10 kilometers from Alushta. A cone-shaped mountain Ai-Todor, at the base of which the village is located, can serve as a noticeable landmark.
Maly Mayak can be reached by public transport or taxi, following one of the most picturesque routes in the Simferopol region - Y alta. Since the village is remote from the highway, the stop of the same name, which is located right on the highway, will serve as a guide for the exit. After leaving the transport, you need to walk along the road to the sea for about 20-30 minutes.
From the history of the village
The current settlement of Maly Mayak (Crimea) was once a major port city of the peninsula and was called Biyuk-Lambat until 1945. Today it has already lost its significance, the number of its inhabitants is just over 2000 people.
As a resort, the village began to develop at the end of the 19th century, as the aristocratic strata of the population of the Russian Empire showed interest in this area. Mass construction of villas and dachas began here, which led to the restoration of existing roads and the construction of new ones, the construction of parks and gardens.
Climatic features
Maly Mayak (Crimea) is located in an ecologically clean area, in unique natural and climatic conditions. Summer days here are dry and cloudless, without dust. Rains happen, but after them everything dries out pretty quickly.
The average air temperature in the middle of summer is about 24 degrees without sudden changes. The swimming season opens in late spring and lasts until mid-autumn. During these months, the average sea temperature does not drop below 20 degrees.
Infrastructure of the village
The entire resort infrastructure has been created on the territory of the village, which allows you to provide a very worthy rest. Maly Mayak (Crimea) offers tourists accommodation in hotels, inns or cozy private houses, varied food in cafes and restaurants, entertainment facilities, parking lots, shops, pharmacies and a fruit and vegetable market. From here you can go as part of an excursion group to anywhere in the Crimea and buy souvenirs in the numerous shops of the village.
Housing and food
Maly Mayak Resort (Crimea) is known for its special microclimate that favorably affects the human nervous and respiratory systems. Hotels, boarding housesand recreational facilities of the village offer guests a variety of accommodation options: from modest economy class rooms to luxury apartments. But it is much easier to book a simple accommodation without any special claims here than to rent an elite one. Traditionally in Crimea, the private sector offers its services to tourists. Finding a free room or apartment for vacationers will not be any problem.
Maly Mayak has a small number of restaurants and cafes, most of which are located at hotels or boarding houses. All establishments are distinguished by a cozy interior and a wide selection of dishes and wines that can satisfy even the most demanding customers. Room service is also common here.
Beach and sea
Scenic surroundings and a calm, clean sea near the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea) will surprise vacationers, many tourists who have vacationed on the peninsula leave reviews of their extraordinary beauty.
The beaches are mostly covered with small pebbles, but there are also concrete platforms. They are equipped with sun loungers and umbrellas. Water activities are not numerous and are represented by a standard set: jet skis, bananas, scuba diving. The most comfortable beaches are located at hotels.
For fans of a sparsely populated holiday, there is a wild beach nearby with a natural stone shore. Here you can enjoy solitude for a long time in silence.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions
Visit local attractions to diversify your beach holiday. Of great interest to vacationers are natural monuments in the vicinity of the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea), photographs of which are available in numerous tourist booklets:
- Cape Plaka with its special scenery;
- famous Bird Rocks;
- mountain Ayu-Dag, about which many legends were composed;
- Kuchuk-Lambat stone chaos.
Recreation in the village can be full of sightseeing not only landscape monuments, but also historical and architectural:
- An old Art Nouveau mansion of the Gagarins, surrounded by a magnificent park with overgrown trees and numerous romantic paths.
- Palace and park ensemble "Karasan" in the Moorish style, once owned by General Raevsky. On its territory you can also get acquainted with rare and amazing representatives of the plant world.
- The ancient park "Karabakh", preserved from the estate of the famous geographer P. I. Koeppen.
- Ak-Chokrak spring, which never dries up in summer, with a small pool.
The favorable location of the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea) allows vacationers to make tireless trips around the southern coast of the peninsula, on their own or as part of an excursion group, to visit such popular resorts as Y alta, Massandra, Alushta, Gurzuf.
In a word, rest in the Small Lighthouse is ideal for tourists who want peace and quiet, have a small trip budget, but do not want to deprive themselvesthe opportunity to visit the famous sights and resorts of the southern coast of Crimea.
