Balaklavska Bay

Balaklavska Bay is not in vain lays claim to being one of the 7 natural wonders of Ukraine. A narrow two-mile stretch of the tape presses it into the land, separated from the sea by a small entrance. From the open sea Harbor is not visible at all. The water here is clear and clean, around thickets of Crimean pine, the rich underwater world. It is not surprising that place of rest Bay, chose drivers and yachtsmen from all over the world, whose yacht later in the evening enter the Bay to rest and in the morning again ply the space of the Black sea.





When tired of relaxing on the beach tourists want to get some culture, you can safely climb to the Genoese fortress Chembalo. The Genoese have built her, settling in the Bay in 1357, when the law in these places, the Khan Tokhtamysh recognized the right of Genoa, in the possession of the coast of the Crimea from the Genoese to Lusta (Alushta). Remains of the ancient fortress towering over the Fortress mountain like a silent watchman Balaclava.









Balaklava long time was the closed city. And not by accident. There was a top-secret factory to repair submarines. This strategic object, unique in the world scale began in 1957, a year under the personal supervision of Beria. According to specialists, the structure could withstand a nuclear attack, the strength of the five inflicted on Hiroshima. The mill building was vydalblivanii in the rock and covered with reinforced concrete. Combined underground water channel to accommodate 7 submarines, where they are repaired.





Now, the plant became a branch of the Museum of the Armed forces of Ukraine and all the tourists are free to explore the former top-secret Soviet object.

Balaklavska Bay – ideal isolation from the outside world. You can stock up on the necessary things and products and you on a boat or a boat ride to the wild beach, located right among the rocks. Here you can feel yourself like a real Robinson, after all, descend from the mountains to you is almost impossible. Just don't forget your phone so you can contact the captain and safely get “to the mainland”.





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