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 vacation in silence, then you should pay attention to the village of Small Mayak (Crimea, Big Alushta).
How to get there
The Small Lighthouse resort (Crimea) is located on the southern coast of the peninsula 10 kilometers from Alushta. The cone-shaped Ai-Todor mountain, at the base of which the village is located, can serve as a landmark.
The Small Lighthouse can be reached by public transport or taxi, following one of the most picturesque routes in the region of Simferopol - Yalta. Since the village is remote from the highway, the exit stop will serve as the stop of the same name, which is located directly on the highway. After leaving the transport, you need to walk on the road to the sea for about 20-30 minutes.
From the history of the village
The current settlement Maly Mayak (Crimea) was once a major port city of the peninsula and until 1945 was called Biyuk-Lambat. 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 aristocratic layers of the population of the Russian Empire showed interest in this area. Mass construction of villas and cottages began here, which led to the restoration of existing roads and the construction of new ones, the construction of parks and gardens.
Climatic features
Small Lighthouse (Crimea) is located in an ecologically clean area, in unique natural and climatic conditions. Summer days are dry and cloudless, dust free. Rains happen, but after them everything dries out quickly enough.
The average air temperature in mid-summer is about 24 degrees without sharp changes. The swimming season opens in late spring and lasts until mid-autumn. In these months, the average sea temperature does not fall below 20 degrees.
Infrastructure of the village
The entire resort infrastructure has been created on the territory of the village, which allows for a very decent vacation. Maly Mayak (Crimea) offers tourists accommodation in hotels, hotels or cozy private houses, various meals 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 purchase souvenirs for memory in 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, pensions and health facilities of the village offer guests a variety of accommodation options: from modest rooms of economy class to luxury apartments. But booking simple housing without any complaints is much easier than renting an elite one. Traditionally, in the Crimea, the private sector offers its services to tourists. Finding a vacant room or apartment for vacationers will not be any problem.
There are a small number of restaurants and cafes in the Small Lighthouse, most of which are located at hotels or pensions. All establishments have 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
The picturesque surroundings and the calm clear sea in the vicinity of the Small Mayak village (Crimea) will surprise vacationers, many tourists who rested on the peninsula leave reviews about their unusual beauty.
The beaches are mostly covered with small pebbles, but there are also on 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 small vacations, there is a wild beach with a natural stone coast nearby. Here you can enjoy loneliness for a long time in silence.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions
A variety of beach vacations will help visiting local attractions. Of great interest to vacationers are the natural monuments of the surroundings of the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea), photos of which are available in numerous tourist booklets:
- Cape Plaka with its special landscape;
- famous Bird Rocks;
- Ayu-Dag mountain, about which many legends were composed;
- Kuchuk-Lambatsky stone chaos.
Rest in the village can be saturated with inspection of not only landscape monuments, but also historical and architectural:
- The old Gagarin mansion in the Art Nouveau style, surrounded by a magnificent park with overgrown trees and numerous romantic paths.
- The 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 scientist-geographer P. I. Keppen.
- The endless summer source is the Ak-Chokrak fountain with a small pool.
The advantageous location of the village of Maly Mayak (Crimea) allows vacationers to independently or as part of an excursion group make non-fatiguing trips all over the southern coast of the peninsula and visit such popular resorts as Yalta, Massandra, Alushta, Gurzuf.
In short, a holiday in the Small Lighthouse is ideal for tourists who want peace and quiet, have a small trip budget, but do not want to deprive themselves of the opportunity to visit famous sights and resorts of the Southern Coast of Crimea.