Professor's Corner, Alushta: reviews of vacationers

Professor’s Corner (Alushta), reviews of which are in this article, is one of the most favorite vacation spots on the Crimean coast. Thousands of tourists come here annually, including from Russia and the CIS countries.

Professor's Corner

About the Professor’s Corner in Alushta, tourists leave reviews, as a rule, positive. This is usually called the western part of this resort city. It was built up in the middle of the XIX century and was originally called Ternak. It got its current name at the end of the 19th century, and after the October Revolution it was renamed the Work Area. This part of the city regained its original name only in 2001.

The professor’s corner is famous for a large number of cottages and boarding houses located on its territory. And the coast itself, which bears the same name, is one comfortable beach.

A comfortable embankment runs from Alushta to Kasteli through the entire Professor’s Corner, and its highways are equipped with a highway.

Before the revolution, a tram line ran between the town of Alushta and the Professors' Corner. That was the name of the horse-drawn city road. The cost of a trip from one end to the other was 10 kopecks. Now from the city center to the promenade you can walk or take minibuses and a trolley bus.

Beach paradise

Reviews about the beach Professor's Corner in Alushta vacationers leave positive. It is a series of beaches, each of which is separated from the other by a breakwater. However, most of them can be visited only for money. Only the right side of the Professor’s Corner in Alushta remains free. In reviews, tourists write about an affordable price, which in recent years has not exceeded 100 rubles per visit.

For this money you will get a comfortable deck chair for rent, you won’t need to pay for other amenities. The beaches in these places are covered with pebbles, there are very few sandy ones. As a rule, such comfortable and gentle beaches are located near the sanatoriums "Dnieper", "Alushta" and the resort complex "Sea".

Well-maintained beaches

The Professor’s Corner in Alushta is very well-maintained. In the reviews, vacationers mention that on this coast you do not have to worry about anything. You definitely don’t need to take sandwiches with you. There are many cafes open, there is a water park, stalls with spa products.

Cafe "Mary" stands out especially on the coast. It is ready all year round to please guests who love exotic. There is a very unusual surroundings. Everywhere figures of boats, gnomes, pirates and many other unusual elements of marine life.

Once on the beach itself, you will be protected by sunshades, in addition, you can always rent a convenient umbrella. In this case, you do not have to make any effort to fix your folding umbrella in pebbles. Also on the beach you can find beauty salons, water rides, massage rooms.

The water here is very clean and almost transparent. And the length of the resort area is about 2.5 km. The width in different sections varies from 10 to 40 meters.

Two free beaches in the Professor’s Corner are located in the Buna No. 65 area and on the edge of the promenade, right on the boulders. It is the last of them that is practically not popular with vacationers. After all, between the boulders there is even nowhere to lay a towel. However, access to free beaches is limited. You can get to them only from the sea. By land you have to go through the private territory of hotels and pensions.

History of the Professor's Corner

In recent years, Crimea has become increasingly popular with Russian tourists. Alushta, the Professors' Corner reviews are getting quite good, which is why many choose them for a good rest. The only minus that many tourists complain about is too crowded. Sometimes so many people get crowded that finding a free place on the beach can be very difficult.

Initially, this part of the city was a suburban area located near Mount Kastel. Translated from Greek, “castel” is “fortress”. There is a widespread legend that it was this fortification that served as the last refuge of Tsarina Theodora, a famous character of Crimean legends. Here she took refuge after the Genoese captured the capital of her principality. She tried to hide and save her life, but her brother betrayed her. As a result, the queen died in an open battle with enemies.

These places were described in detail and colorfully by the Russian traveler and ethnographer Yevgeny Markov in the series of essays "Crimean essays."

Favorite vacation spot of the Russian nobility

The professors' corner in Alushta in 2016 already collected positive reviews from most tourists who managed to visit it. This place has been popular among holidaymakers since the 19th century. For example, in 1886, Russian geologist Nikolai Golovkinsky settled here. After that, many other well-known and honored scientists began to build their summer cottages near his house, who were imbued with the beauty of the local places. Over time, many well-known academicians spent almost the entire summer here, for which reason these places were called the Professor’s Corner. Here was the maximum concentration of representatives of the Russian intelligentsia.

For example, after going on a well-deserved rest, this place for quiet old age was chosen by Nadezhda Suslova, who is considered the first female doctor in Russia. It was she who initiated the opening in Alushta of a school for village children, which the children could attend absolutely free.

Today, Suslova and Golovkinsky in the vicinity of these places are monuments. They are located in the village of Lazurny on the Black Sea coast.

Twentieth Century Professorship

In the XX century, the popularity of this place among the representatives of the Russian intelligentsia did not weaken. The life of the Russian writer Sergei Sergeev-Tsensky, the author of the novel "Babaev" and the epic "Sevastopol Strada" is closely connected with this resort.

In 1944, by decision of the city council of Alushta, a summer residence was provided to the writer. He settled in the house of academician of architecture Alexei Beketov, the author of masterpieces in the tradition of the Russian classical architectural school, who died three years earlier.

It is to the Crimean period of creativity that the novel of Sergeyev-Tsensky, "The Guns Talked," belongs. This work, on which he worked for several years, he managed to complete only on the Black Sea coast. Here Sergeyev-Tsensky wrote literary memoirs "My acquaintance with I. E. Repin." Today , a memorial plaque is installed on the house in which he lived and worked.

Pension "Professor's Corner"

There is a boarding house "Professor's Corner" in the Crimea in Alushta. Reviews about the rest in this place are given in this article. This guesthouse is located on the very shore of the Black Sea, right at the foot of Mount Kastel.

It houses several leisure buildings at once, and each room is decorated in bright colors. There is all the necessary furniture and plumbing for a good rest. For example, a refrigerator, a comfortable bed or sofa, a balcony with a gorgeous view of the sea.

On the territory of the boarding house "Professor's Corner" in Alushta, reviews of which are positive from vacationers, there is a private dining room with a varied and rich cuisine. In it, the guests of the sanatorium are offered a full and balanced menu. If you want to diversify your food, then at your service are restaurants and cafes within walking distance from the boarding house.

You can have a good time in the water park called Almond Grove, which is located right next to the Professor's Corner boarding house in Alushta. Visitors to Beketov’s house-museum also leave good reviews. In it you can find out a lot of useful and interesting information about this region and the people who spent time here.

It is also worth noting the convenient location of the pension. Simferopol Airport is only 50 km away, and a bus station is 1.5 km away.

Boarding house services

Of great importance for vacationers is always the quality of the services provided in the boarding house in which they stayed throughout the vacation. Rest in Alushta in the "Professor's Corner" according to reviews of guests should be pleasant to you.

Here you can take a walk in the green garden and connect free Wi-Fi internet. Almost every room has a flat-screen TV. In the building of the boarding house there are 2 conference rooms for business meetings, trainings and master classes, a laundry room, a tour desk, tables for billiards and table tennis, a beach. For young vacationers who came to the boarding house with their parents, there is a children's room and a playground, as well as a large number of other sports equipment, so that they can spend their holidays with benefit for their body.

How to get there

It’s not at all difficult to get to the professor’s boarding house. The recreation center in Alushta, reviews of which are received by the most positive, is located at 3a Chatyrdagskaya Street.

The boarding house is located near the main transport centers of Alushta. The airport and train station are less than an hour away. The coast is approximately 200 meters away.

The "Professor's Corner" in Alushta received very positive reviews in 2017. Tourists often visit this guesthouse, because it is located in the historic center of the city. Nearby is the Decembrists Avenue and other notable places.

Positive feedback about the boarding house

So, what impressions do those who come to Alushta to the “Professor’s Corner?” Reviews of vacationers are often devoted to the fact that in this medical complex you can not only gain strength, but also improve your health.

A pleasant surprise for them was the park, which is located nearby. It is especially beautiful here in the summer, when literally every corner flourishes. In the fall, nature is already fading, but still fascinates with its grandeur and splendor. By the way, the sanatorium has its own beach with a separate entrance and the most comfortable conditions.

Negative reviews

True, one can also find negative opinions about the "Professor's Corner" in Alushta. In 2016 reviews, tourists often mention that the first impression was spoiled due to the interior of the guesthouse, which resembles old Soviet holiday homes. So, from the outside the building looks unpresentable.

Coloring the first bad impression is only the interior decoration. Not in all, but in some cases you can find quite decent furniture, new plumbing. The territory of the sanatorium itself is very large, medical procedures are necessarily included in the ticket.