Location: Crimean Peninsula Map
Sudak is a climatic seaside resort, the only city in Crimea
that has beaches made of quartz sand. The main streets are
Cypress Alley and Lenin Street.
In ancient times, the
city was called differently: the Byzantines - Sidagios and
Sugdea, the Italians - Soldaya, in ancient Russian sources -
Surozh. In Ottoman times, the city received the name Sudak,
which it bears to this day. Once it was quite an important city:
it is mentioned by Marco Polo and the Arab traveler Ibn Batuta,
who named it in the early 1300s one of the world's four great
ports.
Sudak is located in the middle part of the
southeastern coast of the Crimean Peninsula, 47 km northeast of
Alushta and 42 km southwest of Feodosia. The city is located in
the valley of the Sudak River, on the shores of the Sudak Bay,
bounded from the west by Mount Fortress, and from the east by
Cape Alchak. The city is closed from the north by a mountain
range covered with beech and oak forests, as well as numerous
pine forest belts of artificial origin. To the east is the arid
Kapsel Valley. To the west is a typical Mediterranean area. The
climate of Sudak is close to the southern coast - mild, without
sharp fluctuations in temperature, arid. There is little
precipitation - an average of 318 mm per year (in Yalta - 635
mm).
By plane
The nearest airports are in
Simferopol,
Anapa, Krasnodar.
By train
There is no direct rail link to the
city. The nearest railway stations are in Simferopol and
Feodosia.
By car
On the highway E97 from Simferopol or along the same
highway from Feodosia, turn to Sudak in the village of Grushevka.
Or along the P29 highway running along the coast from
Alushta to
Feodosia.
Distance to the cities of Crimea
Alushta 93 km
Old Crimea 36 km
Feodosia 55 km
Kerch 153 km
By bus
By bus, Sudak is connected with Alushta, Kerch, Simferopol (2 hours,
about 150 rubles), Feodosia and the surrounding villages.
Bus
station, st. Guards, 34. ☎ +7 (36566) 3-46-15. in winter 05:30 -
18:00, in summer 05:00 - 22:00. A fairly spacious building, inside
there is a waiting room, a left-luggage office (operating during the
hours of the bus station), Genbank and RNKB ATMs, there is a snack
bar with free Wi-Fi nearby. There is also a ticket office AS "Bereg"
selling tickets, located in the city center (Molodezhnaya Square,
8), open from 08:00 to 18:00 from May to September. E-tickets can be
purchased on the carrier's website gosbus.ru.
Next to the bus
station - the final minibuses, following to the New World.
On
the ship
It is possible to get to the cities of Crimea: Feodosia,
Alushta, Yalta.
City buses run around the city. Lots of annoying taxi drivers.
1 Genoese fortress. Wikidata element 150 rub. A well-preserved
Genoese fortress of the 11th-14th centuries: walls and a dozen and a
half towers have been preserved. Various cultural events and festivals
are held on the territory of the fortress. The issue of entering the
fortress into the UNESCO cultural heritage list is being considered.
2 Cypress Alley (Kipariska). The center of the resort life of the city.
Local Arbat. It has many souvenir and other shops, cafes, restaurants
and canteens. Aug 2016
3 Embankment. The second after the Cypress
Alley is a place of accumulation of cafes and restaurants, at the
intersection with which there is a fountain and a monument to the
amphibious assault 4, who landed at this place in 1942 behind enemy
lines.
5 Seaside fortification, Primorskaya street, 25-b (by the sea
under the Fortress Hill). Ruins of buildings of the former port area.
The defense tower of Frederico Astagver (Portovaya) has been preserved.
Next to it is a small domed Armenian church of the Twelve Apostles. It
rises on top of a hill above the highway and is clearly visible from the
road. An Armenian inscription carved above the entrance says that the
temple was "rebuilt from the ground" in 1702 in the name of St.
Paraskeva by the labors of masons Gregory and Danakan. Initially, the
church was Greek-Byzantine, but restored as Armenian. The walls of the
temple were decorated with frescoes depicting the Last Supper, but now
the outlines of the figures are already indistinguishable.
6 Church
of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos , st. Lenina, 27. It was
built in 1819-29, during the heyday of the classicism style in temple
architecture. It is a cross-domed building. Entrances are made from the
north, south and west, decorated with four columns and triangular
pediments. The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos in
Sudak was repeatedly visited by representatives of the imperial family;
Nicholas II donated funds for its repair after the earthquake of 1869.
7 Cape Alchak (Alchak-Kaya rock). Cape Alchak limits the Sudak beach
from the east and is also an ancient coral reef about 152 m high. A
tourist path has been cut along the entire cliff, which runs along the
entire perimeter of the cape, either rising 50 meters from the sea, or
descending to the sea.
8 Rock "Aeolian harp". A large through hole
to Cape Alchak, formed as a result of limestone weathering.
9 Sugar
Loaf Rock. A small coral reef on the outskirts of the city, next to the
fortress. On the northwestern part of the mountain, three crosses are
clearly visible, at which the shooting of the television series The
Master and Margarita took place.
10 Anniversary gazebo. Arbor-rotunda
overlooking the city, the fortress and the bay. Created for the
millennium of the city in 2012, on the observation deck under the
fortress. Inside there is a memorial plaque with the history of the
city.
✦ Funk Mansion. 19th century building. The former owner of the
dacha, Baron Funka, a German by birth, was a well-known scientist and
philanthropist, a significant part of whose activities are connected
with Sudak. The building now houses the local history museum.
11
German Lutheran church and lapidarium. The church was built in 1887 for
the German colonists who arrived at the invitation of Catherine II.
Behind the iron fence, next to the church, there is a small lapidarium,
where tombstones from the graves of prominent citizens of Sudak of the
late 19th - early 20th centuries are collected. Nearby is the Byzantine
basilica of Paraskeva of the 12th-12th centuries
12 Park TOK
"Sudak". Monument of garden and park art. More than 100 species of flora
are represented in the park, of which about 30 species are rare; many
mediterranean plants. Among the floristic rarities are Vilomorena fir,
maple-leaved plane tree, Spanish fir, short-coniferous cedar, Lawson's
cypress. The park is mainly represented by Pitsunda pine communities.
The park contains the original sculpture "The Abduction of Europa" and a
landscaped pond with a grotto.
13 City garden. Landscaped park in
2014.
14 Bust of twice Hero of Socialist Labor M. D. Knyazeva.
15 Monument "Hill of Glory". It is a mass grave of the soldiers of the
Great Patriotic War who died during the liberation of Sudak.
16 Zemstvo hospital building, Gvardeyskaya street, 1, letter "A".
Building from the second half of the 19th century. Aug 2016 edit
17
Mansion, Lenin Street, 28. Early 20th century.
18 Monument to the
liberators of Sudak.
19 Park of the Sokol sanatorium. Monument of
garden and park art. The park is a valuable example of park construction
on the southeastern coast of Crimea. The scientific significance of the
park lies in the high species richness of its woody plants. This is one
of the richest in number and condition of exotic species of trees and
shrubs located in the South-Eastern Crimea. About 100 species and
decorative forms of trees and shrubs grow here, forming various types of
park compositions. 15 species of coniferous species, 31 species of
deciduous species, 24 species of shrubs and 3 species of vines are
undergoing successful introduced testing in the park. According to the
richness of the species composition of plants, the park of the
sanatorium "Sokol" is equated to the best parks-monuments of landscape
gardening art of the South Coast.
20 Perchem forest park. Monument
of garden and park art. The park-monument is located in the northwestern
part of Sudak on the slope of Mount Perchem-Kaya. Plantations of Sudak
and Crimean pines, cedars, cypresses, ailanthus and other species aged
60-70 years.
Sudak is aimed at young people, so the city has an abundance of
entertainment venues: restaurants, nightclubs, disco bars, cinemas, etc.
Often Ukrainian and Russian pop stars are invited to Sudak. You can take
an excursion to any point of the Crimea. One of the most fascinating
spectacles is a trip to the dolphinarium.
Excursion boat trip.
You can go to the Novy Svet green, blue, and blue bays, as well as past
Cape Kapchik and Cape Koba-Kaya, past the Galitsin Grotto with sunset
and swimming in Tsarskaya Bay. Also walks to Cape Meganom, to Yalta and
Alushta.
1 Water park "Sudak", st. Gagarin, 79 (on the shore at
the foot of Alchak Mountain). ✉ ☎ +7 (978) 096-26-96, +7 (36566)
3-38-81. 10:00-18:00. 10:00 - 18:00 - 1500 rubles (for children at the
children's complex - 1000 rubles); 14:00 - 18:00 - 1300 rubles, (for
children for a children's complex - 900 rubles); discount for Crimeans;
children up to 100 cm - free of charge. One of the largest and best
water parks in Crimea.
2 Historical Museum, st. Ushakova, 1. It is
located in the building of the former dacha of the
scientist-philanthropist, the Russified German baron I. Funk, whose
scientific activity was closely connected with Sudak. The beautiful
two-story Funk mansion is made in a romantic style with neo-Gothic
elements. Currently, there are 13 expositions in 4 halls of the museum,
telling about the ancient history of the region, the era of the early
Middle Ages, the economic and cultural development of Sudak after the
annexation of Crimea to the Russian Empire, as well as the more modern
period.
3 Winemaking enterprise "Sudak" (winery "Massandra") ,
Feodosiyskoe shosse, 4. ☎ +7 (978) 799-52-93. Guided tours and tastings
are held from Monday to Saturday by appointment. There is a tasting
room. In addition, the oldest wine cellar in Crimea, part of the former
Potemkin economy, has been preserved on the territory. On the territory
of the winery (vintsekh No. 2 on the Feodosia highway) there is a small
Wine Museum, it contains exhibits on the history of viticulture and
winemaking in Sudak.
4 Amusement park (at the end of Cypress Alley).
Many children's and not so attractions.
5 Concert Hall TOK Sudak.
Throughout the summer season, pop stars of the CIS countries perform.
6 People's Theater "Aparte", Lenin Street, 47 (in the building of the
Sudak House of Culture).
beaches
The entire coast of Sudak is
a large sandy beach. In summer it can be quite noisy and crowded.
7 Central beach.
8 Healing beach.
9 Collective farm beach.
10 Mojito Beach (At the foot of the Fortress Mountain in the westernmost
part of the Sudak Bay). paid entrance. The only paid beach in Sudak. It
is positioned as an elite beach complex. Near a good cafe, which in the
evening turns into a nightclub. There is also one of the Sudak dive
clubs, rental of mattresses, masks and fins. Among the shortcomings: the
beach is artificial, with imported sand and a concrete descent to the
water. Opposite lies Crab Island 11 A large rock 70 meters from the
shore, sometimes used as a place for swimming. You can get there by
swimming, on a mattress / catamaran, or wade, because. the depth of the
sea does not exceed 1-1.5 meters.
12 Fortified beaches. Behind the
Fortress Mountain there are the beaches of the Sokol and Crimean Spring
sanatoriums, as well as the wild beach Na Kamakh13
14 Turtle Beach.
Large-pebble nudist beach with clear water.
Leisure
15 Bowling club "New City", Cypress alley, 12. ☎ +7 (978) 058-54-36.
from 700 rubles
✦ Tennis courts. Five tennis courts in the
sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense and one - in the boarding house
"Star". Rent and training game.
16 Diving club "Nautilus" (in the
center of the Embankment, at the rescue station in Sudak, opposite the
disco club "Priboy".).
17 Dive center "Captain", st. Embankment, 1
(under the Fortress Hill). ✉ ☎ +7 (978) 7006081, +7 (978) 7392032.
Diving training, including the PADI system. Diving training both with a
personal trainer and in a group. Diving equipment is provided. Also
excursions and dives from Goering's yacht.
12 Parasailing behind a
boat (parasailing), renting catamarans, riding a banana boat and a jet
ski are commonplace. The most powerful boats are located on the central
beach.
18 Horseback riding (Sosnovy Bor center), st. Sosnovy
Bor, 10 (2 km from the city).
✦ Rock climbing. Routes of different
difficulties for beginners and professionals. Mount Sokol is a favorite
place for training and competitions of mountaineers and rock climbers.
Festivals
✦ Genoese helmet, held in the Sudak fortress. ✉ ☎ +7
(3652) 49-30-90. 400 rub. The International Knights Festival "Genoese
Helmet" is held annually in late July - early August. The
exhibition-fair of folk crafts "City of Masters" is jointly held.
Brand store of the factory of champagne wines "New World". 17 brands
of champagnes and sparkling wines are produced. The following grape
varieties are used in production: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Riesling,
Aligote, Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine aging takes place at temperatures of
+10…...+15 °C from 3 to 16 years (“New World. Coronation” champagne).
The range of products includes brut cuvée, extrabrut, brut, semi-dry,
dry and semi-sweet wines.
st. Lenina, 66a (crossroads of Lenina and
Gagarin streets).
st. Lenina, 88 (hotel "Forum").
st. Guards, 2
(opposite the central market).
In the city, payment is made in
Russian rubles. In addition to the banks listed below, Verkhnevolzhsky
and ChBRR also operate.
✦ Bank "RNKB". ☎ 8 800 100-90-85.
Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00.
st. Gagarin, 2. There is an ATM.
st. Lenina,
40. In addition, it works on Sat 9-17.
st. October, 4.
Genbank”, st. Lenina, 40 (in the same building as the RNCB bank). ☎ 8
800 333-55-45. Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00. An ATM has been installed.
Bank Rossiya ATM, st. Lenina, 88 (hotel "Forum").
Cheap
At the central market 6 you can buy all the products typical
for the Crimea, but the prices are typical only for the southern coast
of Crimea. Also, two small food markets (Primorsky 7 and Kiparisovy 8)
are located near the Youth Square.
Canteen "Geon", st.
Spendiarova, 8. 08:00-22:00. Small diner with reasonable prices and
quality food.
Average cost
Cafe-dining room "Coolness".
Dining room "Home-style", Cypress alley, 14.
Dining room
"Home-style".
Expensive
More than 10 restaurants are located
on the cypress alley.
Crimean courtyard.
Khan's courtyard.
Lounge cafe "Brigantine". The restaurant is surrounded by the sea on
three sides.
Restaurant "Parus".
The center of the city's nightlife is Cypress Alley. Almost all
nightclubs are located on it or in its immediate vicinity, most of them
with free admission.
1 Discoclub "Asia". Open air club. There
are foam parties.
2 Bar "Cowboy". Bar in cowboy style. There is a
dance floor, well-known DJs come.
3 Discoclub "Dostluk". Open air
club.
4 Discoclub "Ferrari". Club from the owners of the legendary,
but now closed club "Egoist". It is located indoors, which is especially
convenient in rainy weather. Temporarily not working.
5 Discoclub
"Priboy".
6 Discoclub Gurman , Cypress Alley, 6. ☎ +7 (978)
813-18-65. The most sophisticated club in the city. Famous DJs often
come. It is located indoors, which is especially convenient in rainy
weather.
In Sudak, most of the population specializes in providing housing.
The whole Sudak is hung with advertisements for the offer of housing.
The largest choice is at the bus station, you can find an option for
almost any budget.
Cheap
1 Sudak International Hostel, 19
Tankistov Street.
Average cost
2 CURRENT "Sudak", Lenin
street, 89. ☎ +7 (978) 017-45-50. from 1500 rub.
3 Pension "Crimean
Spring" (former "Lviv railwayman"), Primorskaya street, 46. ☎ +7(36566)
3-17-00. from 1000 rub.
4 CURRENT “Horizon”, Highway Tourists,
8. from 1900 rub.
5 Zvezdny boarding house, Lenina street, 81. from
1100 rub.
6 Aquamarine hotel. from 1200 rub. Located on the
promenade 10 meters from the sea. Suitable for nightlife lovers.
7 Brigantina Hotel. It is notable for being located on the pier, right
above the water. It will not suit lovers of a relaxing holiday, because
it is constantly noisy on the embankment.
8 Mini-boarding house
Kunesh, st. Yuzhnoberezhnaya, 76. The guest house is located 1 km from
the beach and 1.5 km from the city center. Free Wi-Fi, tour desk.
9 Sanatorium "Sokol", st. Primorskaya, 23. ☎ +7 (36566) 31852. from
1700 rubles.
10 Military sanatorium of the Ministry of Defense of
Russia.
11 Hotel "Forum", st. Lenina, 88. ✉ ☎ +7-978-870-83-63. from
1600 rub.
Expensive
12 Soldaya Grand Hotel & Resort, st.
Morskaya, 23. from 4300 rub.
13 Hotel "Bastion", st. Ushakova,
3. from 3000 rub.
14 Parus boarding house. Located on the embankment
in the epicenter of the tourist life of the city, just 30 meters from
the sea. The pension has an excellent open-air restaurant.
Around
the city
15 Autocamping "Kapsel", between capes Meganom and Alchak.
☎ +7 (978) 726-51-07. In summer, 200 rubles per car and 50 rubles per
person. A popular guarded town of 3-4 local wooden houses for relaxing
by the sea and 350 tent-car places, as well as comfortable junior suites
for 2 and 3 people. Water, toilet, wi-fi, electricity. In summer there
are a lot of people.
16 Parking in Coastal. Poorly equipped guarded
tent city. Nearby are many cafes and the Solnechnaya Dolina winery with
a company store. Great view of Karadag.
17 Tourist station
"Eski-Yurt". For free. There is a source of water, firewood.
18 Solnechnaya Dolina Camping. Wooden sleeping huts equipped with
electricity (light, sockets) are designed to accommodate up to 3 people.
Shower and toilet on site. Free WiFi.
The best way to communicate in the city is the MTS network; SIM cards, which can be bought in various stores.
In general, the city is quite safe. At the same time, do not forget about the usual precautions. There are frequent cases of thefts on the beaches, grabbing the alarms of parked cars.
Novy Svet is a small popular resort near Sudak, famous
for its national park and champagne factory. You can even get to the
village on foot (3.5 km along a mountain road).
Mount Sokol
(Kush-Kaya) (on the western outskirts of the city). The mountain is
the largest coral reef in Europe - in prehistoric times, the top of the
mountain was the bottom of the sea. It offers a gorgeous view of Sudak,
Novy Svet and the surrounding area. Kush-Kaya in translation from the
Crimean Tatar - a bird's rock. About a dozen different species of birds
of prey are found in the area of the rock itself and in the
surrounding environs - eagles, falcons, kites, ospreys, hawks, owls,
etc.
Rock Frog (Baka-Tash) (Near the road leading from the village of
Grushevki to Sudak. 0.8 km north-west of Dachnoye.). A rock, on the
eastern cliff of which a stone stands out, similar to a frog crawling
up. In the Middle Ages, a narrow section of the valley between the
mountains Taraktash and Bakatash was protected by a defensive wall. The
remains of the wall at the end of the last century were still visible on
the slopes of these mountains. The frog is one of the symbols of Sudak
and is featured on its brand. The Crimean Tatar name Baka-Tash literally
translates as a stone frog.
Mount Ai-Georgy (St. George). It
rises 500 meters above the Sudak valley and is clearly visible from
anywhere in the city. There is a trail leading up the mountain with
great views. There is also a water source.
River ship "Prince
Bagration" ("Memory of Comrade Markin"). The last surviving
representative of the first large series of river diesel
propeller-driven passenger ships built in Russia from 1911 to 1917.
There were 11 such ships in total. Since 1994, it has been towed to
Sudak and is in an abandoned state.
Cape Meganom, between the city of
Sudak and the village of Koktebel. Mountainous peninsula with several
capes, valleys. It has a working lighthouse, which is clearly visible
from the New World. Meganom has Fishing Beach and a wild beach in Gravel
Bay
Winery "Solnechnaya Dolina" Winery of the Sun Valley, merged
three settlements, Tokluk - now Bogatovka, Arkhaderesse - Almond and Sun
Valley. It produces vintage wines "Black Doctor", "Meganom",
"Solnechnaya Dolina", "Black Colonel". Founded by Prince Lev Golitsyn in
1888.
Fortress Kutlak (Asandra). Remains of an ancient fortress.
Church of St. Elijah, Sun Valley.