Posted by: Gritz
Re: Ukraine, East Crimea (Krim, Krym) - 03/04/08 02:07 AM
Some more.
Not far from the place where town of Stari Krim ends an old post road begins (it's not hard to find where it is but to miss it and go wrong is also quite easy) from Stari Krim to Schebetovka (or to Koktebel or to both - it's hard to say now where this road was pointed exactly). The locals know it as a road of Five Turns (or Osmanov Yar (Osman's canyon) also). This road descents all the way (there are couple of small ascends-descents but they are small in comparsion to most of the road, so it descents at a direction to the sea coast and ascends all the way back to Stari Krim). I like to ride it fast standing on pedals (it's quite stony so bike jumps and shakes hard sometime). The beautiful sightseen from this road opens at the forest covered mountains (especially beautiful at an autumn). This road leads you to the small lake (there is nothing interesting). From that point if you go to the right you'll came some time later to the forester's houses and another lake. If you go a little straight you will find yourself at a quite large plain where vines grow. From there it's possible to turn left (and get to Nanikovo village or to Koktebel) or turn right and get to Schebetovka village. There lies almost flat plain but it's very easy to get lost there in a vines and dirt roads. In any case i think that there is impossible to get lost totally so it's only a matter of time when you'll come out to "civilization". Travel carefully - there are people which are guarding vines, so try to avoid lone-standing buildings near the dirt roads when you're travelling where vines grow, do not travel through vineyards, use dirt roads. The guards will be probably unhappy with your presence. If you encounter them try to pass by with busy face. If they ask say clearly that you are tourist and you are travelling (they probably become a bit angry but i suppose there is nothing they can do (i'd encountered them a couple of times and they only sometime a little "snarl" at me or simply do nothing (different from time to time). Anyway i had not any problems travelling there. At vineyards near Solnechnaya Dolina nobody even pay me any attention.
If you'll turn to the left from the post road i'd mentioned before just after small lake you'll get to Nanikovo village. It stands at the foot of Koklyuk mountain (Blue Eye mountain if translated from tatar language - i don't know why tatar called it like this) and dirt road leads from village up there. This road leads to the Pilot School which stands at the beginning of the Uzun-Syrt range. The top of Koklyuk will be to the left (the path from the village directly to the top of the mountain exist too, but keep in mind that it's very steep). At the top stands a white colonnade. From the collonade beautiful sightseen opens. Koklyuk is interesting for wind-shaped cliffs which looks like giant stone columns (this cliffs are situated only on one side of the mountain - where mountain becomes very steep just under the collonade).
The Pilot School was built in 30th years of last century, the two buildings of that era still stands there and can be viewed from outside. From the school there is a road which takes a long descend and crosses with main road from Feodosia to Koktebel.
By the road from Feodosia to Koktebel not far from Koktebel you might have seen a mountain with a small model of glider on a square stone at the top of it. This is the end of Uzun-Syrt range. This place is called Klement'ev's mountain (in the name of russian pilot Klement'ev who had died in a plane crash there).
Not far from the place where town of Stari Krim ends an old post road begins (it's not hard to find where it is but to miss it and go wrong is also quite easy) from Stari Krim to Schebetovka (or to Koktebel or to both - it's hard to say now where this road was pointed exactly). The locals know it as a road of Five Turns (or Osmanov Yar (Osman's canyon) also). This road descents all the way (there are couple of small ascends-descents but they are small in comparsion to most of the road, so it descents at a direction to the sea coast and ascends all the way back to Stari Krim). I like to ride it fast standing on pedals (it's quite stony so bike jumps and shakes hard sometime). The beautiful sightseen from this road opens at the forest covered mountains (especially beautiful at an autumn). This road leads you to the small lake (there is nothing interesting). From that point if you go to the right you'll came some time later to the forester's houses and another lake. If you go a little straight you will find yourself at a quite large plain where vines grow. From there it's possible to turn left (and get to Nanikovo village or to Koktebel) or turn right and get to Schebetovka village. There lies almost flat plain but it's very easy to get lost there in a vines and dirt roads. In any case i think that there is impossible to get lost totally so it's only a matter of time when you'll come out to "civilization". Travel carefully - there are people which are guarding vines, so try to avoid lone-standing buildings near the dirt roads when you're travelling where vines grow, do not travel through vineyards, use dirt roads. The guards will be probably unhappy with your presence. If you encounter them try to pass by with busy face. If they ask say clearly that you are tourist and you are travelling (they probably become a bit angry but i suppose there is nothing they can do (i'd encountered them a couple of times and they only sometime a little "snarl" at me or simply do nothing (different from time to time). Anyway i had not any problems travelling there. At vineyards near Solnechnaya Dolina nobody even pay me any attention.
If you'll turn to the left from the post road i'd mentioned before just after small lake you'll get to Nanikovo village. It stands at the foot of Koklyuk mountain (Blue Eye mountain if translated from tatar language - i don't know why tatar called it like this) and dirt road leads from village up there. This road leads to the Pilot School which stands at the beginning of the Uzun-Syrt range. The top of Koklyuk will be to the left (the path from the village directly to the top of the mountain exist too, but keep in mind that it's very steep). At the top stands a white colonnade. From the collonade beautiful sightseen opens. Koklyuk is interesting for wind-shaped cliffs which looks like giant stone columns (this cliffs are situated only on one side of the mountain - where mountain becomes very steep just under the collonade).
The Pilot School was built in 30th years of last century, the two buildings of that era still stands there and can be viewed from outside. From the school there is a road which takes a long descend and crosses with main road from Feodosia to Koktebel.
By the road from Feodosia to Koktebel not far from Koktebel you might have seen a mountain with a small model of glider on a square stone at the top of it. This is the end of Uzun-Syrt range. This place is called Klement'ev's mountain (in the name of russian pilot Klement'ev who had died in a plane crash there).