Only a dozen kilometers in a southeast direction from Anapa on the Black Sea coast is a village, the main value of which are attractions, - Big Utrish.
Chronicle of the Great Utrish
The Great Utrish Peninsula , attractions, photos and a description of which you will see in this article, owes its earthquake to its formation. There is a legend that Zeus the Olympian with lightning destroyed a rock, forming a canyon in it in order to punish Prometheus, chained him to the mountain because he gave people fire that was previously available only to the gods. After many years of torment, Prometheus freed by Hercules descended to the sea and washed his body, covered with wounds, in the waters and was healed.
So now, the sea water around Utrish is considered healing, and the huge stone wall is called Prometheus. The number of local residents ranges from one and a half hundred families. All of them work in the tourism industry and mainly receive income from vacationers, stopping at a stop and visiting attractions. Big Utrish, or rather its attractions and memorable places, collect a huge number of travelers.
Holidays in the Big Utrish
You can find several areas for comfortable swimming and ultraviolet baths in the form of sunlight, choosing Big Utrish as a vacation spot. Sights and entertainments he knows the whole country. Here you will definitely not be bored.
The main beach can be identified by its name - central. Located in the village, it has several advantages: close enough to places of residence and amenities that are equipped for tourists. In particular, showers, bathrooms and cabins were installed here to change the wardrobe to a beach one and vice versa. Waste containers were placed in an amount that allows them to not be filled in full, and they also clean the territory during the day, which allows residents to relax on a clean beach. And those who are not very friendly with the sun's rays can take refuge from them in the shade of trees growing on the beach.
There are also enough attractions, due to which the natives replenish the budget: you can fly by parachute, ride the so-called “banana”, jet skis and other attractions demanded by tourists.
The central beach smoothly goes into the wild, which was chosen by people trying to get as close to nature as possible by refusing clothes, as the inscriptions in front of him inform.
If you prefer a more secluded vacation away from worldly bustle, you have the opportunity to settle in a lagoon, of which there are several, and they are indescribably beautiful with their purest water. And there are few people who want to get on them in connection with the laziness of our average man, corrupted by the comfort of life.
Lighthouse and chapel
Fans of not only passive, "walrus" recreation, but also connoisseurs of historical and architectural monuments can visit the lighthouse, which rises on Utrishonok Island. You can get on foot to this attraction. Big Utrish is spliced with Utrishon by an artificial path.
This lighthouse was built as a monument in 1975 and is dedicated to the feat of the crew of the ship "Jan Fabricius", committed during the Great Patriotic War. It was built next to the lighthouse that was already operating at that time, in which a small chapel was organized in the 1990s.
Big Utrish Attractions: Dolphinarium
It is difficult to imagine a child who refuses to visit the attraction arranged by the marine inhabitants. According to experts, he is recognized as one of the best in Russia. Its opening took place in 1992, and since then its inhabitants annually delight visitors, especially the younger ones, with their performances.
The uniqueness of this dolphinarium lies in the fact that enclosures with inhabitants were placed in a lagoon with running sea water and without a roof over their heads, thereby bringing the maximum living conditions to the natural environment. And therefore, the dolphins contained here do not feel discomfort, feeling in their environment, which determines the ease of performing the most difficult tricks.
In addition to the dolphins of the Black Sea region, kids will be pleased with their programs fur seal from cold latitudes, sea lion from the same regions, as well as beluga whale. And after the attraction, the children can perpetuate the memory of the performance of the pictures with the artists they like.
The reserve "Big Utrish"
Probably the greatest glory of the village gives the same named reserve. Juniper groves, relict relict trees, and one and a half millennia growing here are what the reserve is famous for. In the landscape park, you can find elm and wild pistachios and many other wonderful “attractions”. "Big Utrish" is considered a landscape-floristic and marine reserve.
Be sure to visit the observation deck located at the end of the village of Big Utrish. Here you can enjoy views of the village and the entire landscape park, the Sukko Valley and the coastal strip extending beyond the horizon.
At one time, a fortress was built in Big Utrish, where they conduct interactive historical and educational excursions, in which you will try to feel yourself in the role of medieval soldiers, shooting with bows and crossbows, as well as take a costume photo.
You can admire the Cape Crocodile, so nicknamed by the locals. It looks like a hill on the top of which juniper grows, but from the side of the sea it is a steep rock, similar in shape to the head of a crocodile. And yet this cape limits the area of legal recreation for tourists.