Sudak

Sudak This town-legend is the former Great Silk Road capital in the Crimea. It was founded as a Greek settlement in the 3d century BC. Later the port played an important trade role with Byzantium and the Mediterranean area. In the 13th cent., Marco Polo passed through the town, and the Venetians established a community there. Soon Sudak passed to Genoa and was fortified; but it declined steadily under the Genoese and the Crimean Tatars, to whom it passed in 1475.

Embankment in Sudak

Embankment in Sudak

Genoese Fortress

Nowadays, it is a popular resort best known for its imposing Genoese fortress, the best preserved on the northern shore of the Black Sea (possible to explore defensive towers and walls, the consul's castle, mosque, mysterious Virgin's tower).

Don't forget to visit local fruit market where the Crimean best pears, apples, peaches and delicious grapes are sold.

Genoese Fortress

Genoese Fortress

Genoese Fortress

Novy Svet, a small resort settlement in 10 km from Sudak, is renowned for its champagne-making plant set up at the end of the 19th century by Prince Golitsin, the founder of the Russian champagne- and wine-making. Golitsin's champagne got international recognition in 1900 when it was awarded with Grand-Prix at the Paris exhibition. The museum of wine-making and wine tasting hall attract numerous tourists. An equal attraction is the shallow turquoise bay at Novy Svet. This very secluded spot is distinct for its ancient junipers and supposedly is the first place to see spring in Crimea. The rocky coastline is magnificent. It offers stunning views of fantastically shaped mountains and picturesque bays. An enjoyable walk can be taken along Golitsin's Path that is cut into a rock and runs to Shalyapin's grotto where prince Golitsin used to arrange an excellent representative collection of vintage wines.

Novy Svet

Kapchik cape

Novy Svet

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