Foros is one of the most expensive villages in Crimea. Why vacationers love it and why they are willing to pay money. Where to stay and what to see in Foros.
The village of Foros practically completes the southern coast of Crimea in the west. On the part of the coast from Batiliman it is perhaps the largest and is very popular. The road along the South Coast Highway from Yalta will take you about an hour, although it is only 40 kilometers, but it is better to initially count on an hour. But it’s much closer from Sevastopol, and the traffic on the highway is not so dense.
By the way, in the latter case, to get to Foros, you can choose either the South Coast Highway or the road through the Baydarsky Pass.
Beaches in Foros - where to swim
There are quite a lot of beaches in Foros, but they are not extensive. The free ones are usually overloaded, but some vacationers settle down on the concrete piers in the company of Lesha - that’s the name given to the stone figurine of a boy on one of the piers. As for tourists who check into guest houses and hotels in Foros, they usually have their own beaches.
Foros is different in that it is usually always sunny here and the sea is very clean. The latter is explained by the presence of two currents. And both of these currents move in opposite directions. Therefore, be prepared for the fact that the beaches of Foros may surprise you with ice-cold water at the height of summer.
Walking from the village to the west, beyond Cape Sarych, or east to Cape Chekhov, you will definitely find a place for an individual vacation.
Where to stay in Foros 2020
Here, my friends, you will find out and be surprised that the village of Foros, located away from the famous resorts, is very expensive to live in. It’s probably not worth listing all the boarding houses, guest houses and sanatoriums, but it’s easier to say that housing prices in Foros are on average twice as high as in the nearest villages. This should be kept in mind.
In addition to Booking.com, where you can still book a hotel if you set the goal to “work” instead of “leisure,” you can look for accommodation in Foros on Sutochno.ru. Although the new Russian service does not include most hotels and guest houses (mostly apartments and apartments), it has the lowest commission for landlords. This means that the tenant will end up paying less for housing than with the same booking.
For example, there are currently more than 100 offers available. The cost starts from 1500 rubles. / day. Whether prices will rise for the season will be seen later.
If you wish, you can find hotels and guest houses with a good price/quality ratio on Booking.com. Some of them have their own beaches:
- Guest House Chaika. Located right by the sea and even has its own piece of beach. Simple clean rooms with everything you need and green area. Price from 3,000 rub.
- Sanatorium "Foros" 3*. This is a classic! However, the former Soviet sanatorium has undergone reconstruction. The rooms are freshly renovated and have new furniture, there are delicious breakfasts in the dining room, and beautiful sun loungers on the beach. Price from 4,200 rub.
- Villa Foros. Guest house with beautiful grounds and fragrant air, near Foros Park. There is a sauna, swimming pool and restaurant. Price from 2,400 rub.
- Villa Reoli. Romantic hotel on the seashore with its own beach. This accommodation option in Foros is especially popular with couples in love. There is a sauna, a restaurant, and wi-fi is ubiquitous. Price from 7,000 rub.
View of Villa Reoli's private beach
What to see/do in Foros
On the territory of Forose there are several iconic ones that are worth seeing during your stay:
- The very first and closest thing that requires attention is Foros Park, related to the Kuznetsov estate. The park covers an area of 70 hectares and is laid out in such a way that it is ideal for walking. You won't have to climb steep steps or winding paths - just go and enjoy the amazing plants and marvel at the skill of the gardeners. Sit in the gazebo where Fyodor Chaliapin loved to relax.
What to see in Foros: Foros Park
- Right there in Foros, closer to Cape Sarych, there is Tesseli manor, where Maxim Gorky rested.
- We recommend visiting Church of the Resurrection. It stands on the road to the Baydar Gate and is perfectly visible from Foros itself. Enthusiasts who decide to walk to the temple will reach it within an hour. Especially energetic ones can do it in 45 minutes. We assure you that the Church of the Resurrection is worth a visit. It is picturesquely located - right on the edge of the cliff. It seems that the temple is flying. The observation deck offers wonderful views. By the way, the temple is active, and on Sunday many believers attend services. However, atheists are not allowed entry either. The Temple of the Resurrection in Foros is a work of art and belongs to everyone.
One day a tourist liked it so much holiday in Foros What he told a local resident: “All people dream of being in Paradise after death. You, Forosites, are already in Paradise.” Every year, more and more people who vacation in this quiet corner of the Black Sea agree with this statement.
An urban-type resort village is located on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula. It is located only 40 kilometers from Yalta and is the last resort of Greater Yalta in this direction. Foros is the southernmost village of Crimea, next to it the southernmost point of the peninsula stretches towards Turkey - Cape Sarych. Since Soviet times, Foros has been known for the fact that members of the party elite came to it for health. The village gained worldwide fame during the August 1991 coup d'etat. At this time, the first (and in those days the last) President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, was here in isolation at his state dacha.
After Ukraine declared its independence, this dacha became the residence of its president.
Today the village has a little more than two thousand residents. The basis of the region's economy is the tourism industry.
Climate of Foros
Foros is located 6 km east of Cape Sarych. The climate of the region is subtropical, with long, humid and not too hot summers and warm winters (average January temperature +5°C). In terms of the number of clear days, Foros is the sunniest place in Crimea. At the same time, it is not the hottest: the heat of the day is cooled by breezes, saturated with coolness and ions of the sea. Night winds from the north (foehn) carry forest aroma and freshness. The low level of precipitation makes a holiday in Foros truly comfortable. Such climatic conditions are used Foros sanatoriums in the treatment of pulmonary, cardiovascular and nervous diseases.
Foros is famous for its clean sea. But the local one is even more famous a park. On an area of 47 hectares, a unique flora reserve was established 160 years ago, which contains plants from all over the world. The park is based on a natural local forest. On one side it adjoins the steep seashore, and on the other it abuts Mount Foros. The park features more than 200 species of shrubs and trees. Located in the central part of the park, six artificial lakes of different levels fascinate with their beauty - this place in the park is rightly called “Paradise”. Holidays in Foros is considered incomplete if the vacationer has not visited the “Paradise”.
Sights of Foros
- Laspinsky pass. The highest point on the way from Sevastopol to Yalta. The equipped observation deck offers a wide panorama of the Black Sea and Crimea.
- . Crimean "Stonehenge" - a pile of stones with a pointed, regular shape, is considered a mystical place.
- Baydarsky pass.
- Stone garden in Laspi. An underwater city made of giant stone blocks near Cape Sarych.
- Uzundzhi Canyon. Wild, beautiful and little-known place - canyon, waterfalls, cave.
Entertainment in Foros
On each beach you can have fun not only by sunbathing or swimming in the Black Sea. All attributes beach holiday organically fit into the local “wild” landscape: windsurfing, boats, boat trips on yachts and boats, jet skis, “banana”. If for you a vacation on the Black Sea is unthinkable without exploring the underwater world, then in Foros you will find a well-equipped diving base. If you are new to diving, don’t worry - professional instructors will help you, and you won’t leave here without memories of the magical minutes of underwater life.
Foros is one of the few resorts that can boast a golf course.
Colored beaches of Foros
The beaches of Foros are small-pebble. There are only five of them - one sanatorium and four city ones. If vacationing on the Black Sea has long become your good habit, and you have already traveled all over Crimea, then Foros beaches you will be surprised. They are uncrowded and clean. A symbolic fee is charged only at the entrance to the sanatorium beach; other beaches are free. With their local names, the beaches are reminiscent of Dunno and its Sunny City - “Green”, “Pink”, “Cold” and “Quiet Bay”. The road to each beach is marked with arrows, so finding them is not difficult.
Sanatoriums of Foros
You can combine a vacation on the Black Sea with recovery in Foros in several places:
- Sanatorium "Foros". Located on the edge of the village, 100 m from the beach. It is on the territory of this sanatorium that the Foros park described above is located. The 14-story building of the sanatorium was built in 1986. On the territory there is a gym, sports grounds, a sauna, a library, a dance hall, a solarium, and a cinema hall.
- Sanatorium "Yuzhny". Located near Foros. Built in 1979. It was assumed that the sanatorium would provide quality holiday in Foros leaders of foreign communist parties of the highest echelon. Therefore, in three buildings of the sanatorium there are 34 luxury rooms designed for 120 people. All rooms have sea views. Vacationers can use the banquet hall, swimming pool, gym, sauna, volleyball court, therapeutic gymnastics room, and barbecue.
- Health complex "Tavria". Located near Foros, in the village of Oliva, near the Black Sea. 28 rooms of different comfort levels are located in three buildings of the sanatorium. There is a children's room, a library, a conference room, and a restaurant.
About food in Foros
When planning a vacation in Foros, you should take into account the fact that food prices in the village are higher than in other resort areas on the southern coast of Crimea. This is due to the distance of Foros from “civilization”. In addition, currency exchange here takes place at an unfavorable rate for you, so it is better to come with “your” hryvnia.
Foros bars and cafes are located in the Foros sanatorium and on the embankment:
- cafe "Fandu"; open 24 hours a day in summer;
- bar "Caprice";
- cafe "Fleur"; only open in summer.
- Armenian cafe.
Foros hotels and prices
The price increase, associated with the “seclusion” of Foros, affected not only products. Cost of living in the village also differs unfavorably from the cost of living in other Black Sea resorts. And although there are problems with hotels, sanatoriums or rent housing in the private sector not here, but you’ll have to shell out a pretty penny:
- A day's stay in a furnished two-room apartment will cost 600-800 hryvnia. Renting a house for a family of 4 costs 250-500 hryvnia, a one-room apartment - from 350 hryvnia;
- hotels offer double rooms at prices starting from 480 hryvnia;
- a standard room for two in the Foros sanatorium with treatment and food costs 1400-1800 hryvnia.
Most of those who spent their holidays in Foros return here again and again. Why is Foros so attractive to them? What has enchanted this southern corner? The answers can be found in the reviews of tourists. Describing their days in the village, they note:
- unique properties of healing air, saturated with juniper-pine phytoncides and sea ions;
- the breathtaking and beautiful nature of Crimea;
- free beaches and clean sea water on them;
- picturesque park;
- a feeling of “prestige” when vacationing in Foros, the former health resort of the party elite.
History of Foros
The main entertainment in Foros is beach holidays and wellness treatments offered by sanatoriums. Life in Foros is measured and quiet. There is no noisy embankment and discos, cinemas and theaters.
As for sporting activities, you can try scuba diving at the specialized Foros diving center, where you will be given an introductory course and equipped with the necessary equipment. The underwater world in the waters of Foros is quite picturesque with its landscape diversity.
For lovers of mountain tourism, a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering routes are offered. The most famous are the Parus rock and the climbing routes above the South Coast Highway in the area of Cape Sarych.
In the evening you can have a pleasant time in one of the cafes.
Transport features of Foros
A distinctive feature of Foros is the lack of urban public transport. Since the entire infrastructure of the city is within walking distance, there is simply no need for transport that pollutes the ecologically clean atmosphere of the village.
The only transport available here is personal cars and intercity minibuses.
Foros
Holidays in Foros are distinguished by their tranquility and warm welcome. The famous Foros Park, the Cote d'Azur, the warm sea and stunning views of the majestic mountains are the main attractions of Foros. And now more about what this village is like, as well as what you can see in Foros.
About the village of Foros. Resort in a nutshell
The village of Foros is considered the southernmost point of the southern coast of Crimea. It is located between Yalta and Sevastopol. More specifically, Yalta is 50 km away from Foros, and Sevastopol is 40 km away. If you do not have a personal car and travel by public transport, then it will be more convenient to get to Sevastopol. Buses run more frequently in this direction. Although it is unlikely that when you come to Foros to relax, you will have the desire to leave this fabulously picturesque place. The village of Foros in Crimea itself is small. There are few high-rise buildings here.
Most of the residential area of the village is occupied by private sector. Accommodation can be rented either in private houses or apartments by advertisement, or in local Foros hotels. The infrastructure here is quite developed.
There is a food and clothing market, shops, restaurants and cafes. You can also buy at the market Home wine And delicious figs. For the most part, people come here to improve their health and improve their health. Since ancient times, sick people came to Foros tuberculosis. The local pine needles and juniper have a healing effect on the lungs. What else is remarkable about the village and where can you go here?
Guest house ‘Grand Fleur’ – Photo 03
What to see in Foros? Things to do?
Foros Church
Anyone who comes to the village for the first time or simply drives past on the Sevastopol highway cannot help but pay attention to the proudly towering Church of the Ascension of Christ, better known as the Foros Church. This church can be seen from all corners of the village, and throughout the entire route. The golden dome of the church is illuminated at night by powerful lanterns.
True, it is impossible to get to the church on foot. But in the center of Foros you can book an excursion from experienced guides. You will be taken by comfortable transport to the church itself and told about the history of its creation. From the top there is a breathtaking view of the entire village, the beaches of Foros and the nearby settlements. At altitude you can breathe incredibly fresh and easy.
Foros Church – Photo 05
Skelskaya cave
This place was opened to tourists quite recently. There is a cave not far from the Foros Church. The Skelskaya Cave is in no way inferior in its beauty and mystery to the famous Marble Cave.
To get here, you can book an excursion trip called “Baydar Gate”. This tour includes a stop at the Foros Church, travel through the Baydar Valley and a visit to the Skelskaya Cave. Just take comfortable shoes and a jacket with you. The cave, although small, is quite damp and cool.
Foros Park
It is the duty of every guest of the village of Foros in Crimea to visit the Foros Park. This is a historically valuable and picturesque place. The founder of this park was the merchant Alexander Grigorievich Kuznetsov. This is the man who made tea accessible to all segments of the population, significantly reducing its selling price.
In the village of Foros in Crimea, Kuznetsov built himself a cozy house, where excursions are now held, and also laid out a magnificent garden with exotic varieties of various plants and trees. There are currently 200 plant species.
But in addition to vegetation, the park has “ Paradise" or " Paradise", where excursion groups come from all over the peninsula. In this place you will see a cascade of six lakes. Water lilies grow in each of the lakes. Tourists love to take pictures in front of the sculpture in the form of deer. It’s also very quiet and peaceful here. The aroma of juniper trees, spread throughout the park, has healing properties.
The park is located on the territory Crimean sanatorium "Foros". Previously, only the Soviet elite rested in this sanatorium. Now anyone can rent a room in the Foros sanatorium in Crimea. By the way, entrance to the park through the sanatorium is absolutely free. Payment is made only for a tour of the park or Kuznetsov Palace. There is also something to gawk at in the house of tea magnate Kuznetsov. Panels embroidered on fabric, a huge dining table for the entire room and, of course, a view of the azure sea from the windows.
Lilies in Foros Park - Photo 09
Beaches of Foros
The beaches in Foros, as in most of the Crimean Peninsula, are pebbly. There are six beaches in the village: Green, Cold, Pink, wild beach « piece of wood"and near Cape Chekhov. At the end of the village, if you go through the tunnel in the wall, you can go to the sixth beach " Quiet Bay" This is a small beach, surrounded on all sides by breakwaters and hills. Thanks to this, there are almost never big waves or storms here.
The water temperature in Foros depends on the time of year. During the season, water sports can be enjoyed on the beach. Divers love the depths here. At Tikhaya Bay you can rent a speedboat, boat, catamaran or jet ski. Excursion boats and steamships depart from the Foros sanatorium, making boat trips all the way to Cape Aya. Some of them, at the request of tourists, even visit Balaklava Bay. Along the way, you will pass the famous “Brezhnev Dacha”, where no one lives yet. Politicians have been very superstitious about this place since Brezhnev was removed from his post while he was vacationing at this dacha.
Brezhnev Dacha - Photo 12
It is known that Ukrainian presidents celebrated their birthdays here. Tourists are not brought here because the dacha is under state control. The ship’s guide will also show you a beach with the strange name “Stone River”. It got its name because of a rock mudflow, that is, a crumbling rock. Only daredevils rest on this beach, since one wrong move up this “stone river” can cost your life.
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