Pay to the sanatorium or wash for free? All about Partenit beaches and Crimean realities

Catch another detailed review about holidays on the Crimean coast on the topic - Partenit Crimea beaches.

Today I will tell you why we are going to a nondescript-looking village under the patronage of Bear Mountain and two luxurious Aivazovsky parks and the Crimea sanatorium .

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Well, let’s try to find out whether it is so important here to be the owner of a sanatorium card in order to avoid meeting with the dark masses, husking seeds and speaking uncivilly while they stand waist-deep in water, packed with plastic bags and used flip-flops.

Let's go!

Partenit beaches: general information

No matter which beaches of Partenit you are on, you will always be surrounded by wonderful landscapes and enveloped by the unimaginable aromas of coniferous plantations. There are plenty of bright natural colors here!

Beach areas are varied. There are spacious and very modest ones, equipped and with minimal comfort, pebble and even sandy.

Well, and most importantly - paid, shareware and absolutely free of bribes, depending on affiliation with any structure.

Now let's go over each of them.

“Europe”: indescribable views even in photos

• Address: Vasilchenko street, 6.
• Coordinates: 44.586656, 34.352485.

The vast majority of beaches in Partenit are pebbly, but the one belonging to the Europe Hotel is an exception. The hotel grants everyone the right to freely use its sandy area, but not its equipment. Sun loungers and umbrellas are so easily given out only to guests, but outsiders have to pay for them.

The infrastructure is fine. Those wishing to have a snack can go to the hotel bar or restaurant. The beach is located quite far from the center and it takes a long time to get to it. But it’s not particularly crowded, although the beach is free. Reviews from vacationers mark it as perhaps the key one in the resort town.

Partenita embankment

Friends, it so happens that the city embankment of Partenit is located on the territory of the Crimea sanatorium. No, the resort still has one more official embankment along the beaches along Krutoy Lane.

But a small descent of 250 meters does not sound serious. But the embankment in the Crimea sanatorium is all 600 meters long and stretches almost from Bear Mountain to Medvezhenok Rock.

When is the best time to go to Partenit?

The season lasts from late May to mid-September. The warmest time of the year, when the water warms up to its maximum, can be considered the end of July and until the end of August. The sea in July and August can be +24 +26 degrees. We didn’t swim in June; the water temperature was +23 degrees, but most tourists swam with pleasure.

Bear Mountain Beaches

A unique mountain divide between Parentit and Gurzuf is the famous Bear Mountain. It turns out that here you can not only climb in search of medieval ruins, turn your head on a steep descent and find a godforsaken place of power, but also swim.

There are several secluded beaches at the nose of the mountain.

Topographically, the bay is called Panair, and in the language of the average person, Big Beach, Small Beach and Raevsky Beach. There are also wonderful grottoes where you can go by kayak or small boat.

Kamikazes descend to the Big Beach along a mountain path. A cowardly but prudent man in the street will call for help in the form of a boat or a wife with an oar.

Once you have mastered the art of kayaking, you will be able to find all 3 beaches and create your own rating. Don't forget a Panama hat, a bottle of water and a good mood.

You can rent a kayak or boat at the piers of the Crimea sanatorium or from these guys.

Parthenit reviews

If you are not vacationing in an old large sanatorium, you will either have to pay an entrance fee every day, or be content with a small city beach.

So, if you are not willing to pay for a normal beach every day, then we would not recommend Partenit as a vacation spot for the entire vacation period. In Crimea there are many much more worthy resorts with better beaches (Novy Svet, Sudak, Koktebel). If we compare Partenit and Gurzuf, then we would choose Gurzuf, where everything is neat, well-groomed and the entire beach is public.

If you are exploring the peninsula on your own, Partenit is also not a must-see. When passing through Aivazovskoye Park, you can stop by for 20-30 minutes. Maximum stay overnight at the hotel and then spend the day on the beach overlooking Bear Mountain.

To us at the sanatorium

In the west of Partenit, at the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag, there is the famous sanatorium “Crimea” (here is a separate article about it).

Attention! In July 2021, the sanatorium finally opened access to the beach for ordinary vacationers with and without Crimean registration. True, not all of it, but only 110 m, but now admission is free.

Relaxing on the beaches of the sanatorium is allowed from 8.00 to 19.00. But walks around the park are still limited.

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A spacious and neat embankment stretches along the beach maps of the sanatorium, but it is intended only for walking and contemplating the seascape - there are no cafes, kiosks, or stalls here.

And only at the end you will find a restaurant and a retail outlet with drinks and ice cream.

In 2021, part of the embankment was destroyed by . Some repair work and reconstruction have been carried out, but major restoration can only wait.

The beaches are well maintained. There are voluminous canopies, showers, changing rooms, a first-aid post, and toilets. Sun loungers and umbrellas for a fee, or in exchange for a sanatorium book. The surface is medium and small pebbles, but the entrance to the sea is rocky.

In some places there are quite large rocky areas on the shore itself.

The Little Bear Rock and the metal structures symbolically blocking the path are the division between the sanatorium and city beaches.

WEB CAM OF ALUSHTA. BIG ALUSHTA

The hotel is located near the castle of Princess Gagarina and 5 meters from the sea. The hotel's online webcam offers an incredibly gorgeous view.

Will everyone fit on the free beach?

Next is Central Beach . It does not have a spacious territory. Located between the breakwaters and limited by a concrete wall, the Central Beach also has rocky areas.

The entrance to the sea is flat and pebbly in places, and strewn with boulders and concrete debris in places. The water is surprisingly clean and clear.

There are sun loungers and umbrellas for rent - prices start from 200 rubles for the whole day. Climb the steps to the most ordinary, no-frills embankment, you will find cafes and shopping kiosks, toilets, and changing rooms.

In July 2021, a renewed embankment was opened in Partenit. Now it is more spacious and comfortable here.

The beaches themselves are good, but the trick is capacity. If you like to visit beaches during the season, you should consider your own schedule. Otherwise, the only place you will find is in the water.

This is where visitors to the two very comfortable hotels “Majestic” and “Nord” go with swimming pools, SPA areas and comfortable rooms.

From the appearance of Parthenite to the present day

According to the research of historians, people have lived in the Partenite Valley since the beginning of the Stone Age, as evidenced by the Early Paleotic tools found by archaeologist A. Shchepinsky, which were used approximately 150-33 thousand years ago.

In addition to the archaeological finds in Partenit, which, by the way, are the first to be found in principle on the southern coast of Crimea, other evidence of the presence of human settlements from the Stone Age to ancient times was discovered here.

The greatest dawn of Parthenite from a historical point of view was observed in the Middle Ages, as evidenced by numerous archaeological finds. In the 8th century, there was the residence of Bishop John here, also known as the “Marketplace in the Partenites”. Also here the famous monastery of the Apostles Peter and Paul was founded by John of Gotha.

As for the economic development of Partenit in ancient times, we can say that there was a large and rich feudal village, headed by a lord. In the entire history of Partenite, people left this area only once, and this happened in 1468, when after a strong earthquake the main sources of fresh water disappeared. According to other historians, such migration of the population was influenced by the invasion of the Turks in 1475, who almost completely destroyed all the buildings, after which the previously rich and lively city was able to recover only as a small village.

In 1783, Crimea joined Russia, and the Partenite lands began to pass from one owner to another. Such divisions of land did not leave their mark on the name of the town. In 1945, Partenit was renamed Frunzenskoe, due to its lack of consonance with the era of “great achievements and changes” that it was experiencing, according to some influential individuals of that time. But in 1993, Partenit was returned to its original historical name, after a series of political changes and upheavals.

Aivazovsky gives the go-ahead!

The administration of the picturesque park of the South Coast “Aivazovskoe” , without deliberating for long, charged 1,200 rubles for the entrance ticket to the park. The Tsar Nikitsky Botanical Garden, with its 300 rubles for entry, looks like a child.

Plus, due to the pandemic, the sanatorium periodically limits visits to the park.

Now, to get to the beaches of the sanatorium, you either have to pay and walk along the shady alleys. Or look for the loophole that the extortionists left for greedy and persistent visitors.

The administration has allocated beach cards 5 and 6 for hungry people who do not want to pay 600 rubles for entry. But you can get to them not through the front gate, but from the back entrance.

The “back entrance” is located on the embankment in front of the Europe Hotel and consists of a gate like this. It's a 1 km detour, but fortunately, during the season, a minibus runs here from the Partenita bus station (Yuzhny cinema).

Until August 2021, local residents were also sent to the lower gate (just above the tourist gate). But thanks to the intervention of the authorities and higher powers, the truth triumphed.

Now local residents, like white people, upon presentation of a passport with Partenite registration, paid bills for water and electricity and a password to the beach can pass through the upper entrance.

Beaches of the sanatorium with a wide pebble shoreline, awnings, changing rooms, showers and equipment rental. There is also a rescue point, a toilet, and trash cans installed.

Unfortunately, there is no entertainment provided. And there are not many people here, in general, silence is beauty.

The private beaches of the sanatorium itself cannot cause any complaints. To use them you will have to pay 5,000 rubles per room out of season. But, as you like, everything is included!

All opportunities in Crimea

• Address: Sanatornaya street.
• Coordinates: 44.570927, 34.346222.

It’s not for nothing that the sanatorium that owns this beach is called that. Its perimeter is truly “Crimea in miniature”. The beach area is the westernmost in Partenit, it is located at the foot of Ayu-Dag. There is an entrance fee for those who do not live in the treatment center and are not residents of the village.

But for the money they receive, the administration maintains it in such good condition that neither the fee nor the distance stops vacationers. The shore here is covered with small pebbles, and the water is incredibly clean. Infrastructure and entertainment are beyond praise. For beach goers:

• awnings;
• sun loungers, sun loungers;
• inflatable mattresses, masks, fins;
• "bananas", jet skis.

Numerous cafes offer a snack and refreshment with something cool. As in Aivazovsky, the road passes through a park area, Crimea also has reason to be proud of its territory. Thus, a trip to the sea inevitably turns into a short excursion around the botanical garden.

Vacation like in Europe or what?

The snow-white hotel “Europe” has “washed away” all competitors and equipped a sandy beach. Anyone can go to the embankment and the hotel beach. But only residents can use stylish sun loungers and umbrellas for free, and everyone else pays for rental.

There is not too much space here, but it is very clean, neat, a flat shore interspersed with sand, a flat bottom and a comfortable entrance to the sea. There is even a separate children's area and beach play area.

When you get hungry, you can head up to the hotel's restaurants or visit a café. But the prices, as you understand, will correspond to the status of the hotel.

Due to the distance from the center of Partenit, this beach is not crowded, so there should not be any problems with space.

The Europe Hotel itself maintains its brand and tries to be at the appropriate level. True, a night’s stay here will cost you from 7,000 rubles per day. But the feeding is at their expense))

Dear “Aivazovsky”: the best according to reviews

• Address: st. Vasilchenko, 1.
• Coordinates: 44.582596, 34.349166.

Strictly speaking, Aivazovsky has four beaches. All of them belong to the sanatorium of the same name. The shore is covered with small pebbles, everything you need is at the disposal of swimmers. Here are provided:

• awnings;
• sun loungers, sun loungers;
• locker rooms;
• rest benches;
• showers.

The embankment above the beach has some good cafes. But all this luxury is far from free. The sanatorium allows outsiders into its premises, but does so for money, and the prices are quite high. But thanks to this, as well as the sufficient distance from the center of the village, there is almost no crowding here.

An additional advantage is the fact that passage is possible through the park of the health institution, which is considered a masterpiece of landscape design (it has repeatedly received awards in various competitions). Therefore, you have to walk in the pleasant shade, while simultaneously enjoying the healthy air and admiring the plants, among which there are very rare, exotic species.

Beaches of Karasan

In general, this is a good map; there are paid and free areas. But the sea has eaten up most of the lying space near the beaches.

The shoreline is pebble, not too wide, and in some places even narrow. There are rocky areas. There are canopies on the beaches. Umbrellas and sun loungers can be rented.

On the embankment itself there is one cafe and retail outlets.

Well, don’t forget to look into the wonderful Karasan Park Museum . For now you can still get there from the embankment. I wrote more about it here.

The largest beach of Partenita

Closer to Cape Plaka there is the Tavrida-Azot recreation center , the territory of which is considered the most spacious and comfortable for vacationers. True, due to the fact that the coating is constantly being filled with fresh pebbles, walking barefoot is quite sensitive.

Usually there are stationary canopies, paths to the water, changing rooms; in 2021, shower heads were added, and there is a cafe.

The terrace has a covered area directly above the sea. Sun loungers are free for residents of the base. The places under the canopy are always occupied by “our own people” from early morning.

For entertainment, all water attractions are available - catamarans, banana rides, scooters. There is a pier nearby from which excursion boats depart.

"Tavrida-Azot": for the "veterans" of Crimea

• Address: Gagarina street, 15, Utes village.
• Coordinates: 44.590973, 34.360817.

But this beach, named after the recreation center to which it belongs, is not advertised, but Partenit veterans note it as one of the best. The surface here is small pebbles, convenient both for placement and for entering the water. For greater comfort there are wooden walkways. The depth increases slowly, which is safe for bathing small children. The site can provide vacationers with:

• stationary shade canopy;
• sunbeds;
• locker rooms;
• solarium on the breakwater.

But the main advantage of the edge of the Tavrida-Azot camp site is its size. As you can see by looking at the photos, the beaches of Partenit are generally quite narrow. But this is not about the described swimming area - it is several times wider than in other areas. As a result, the cramped conditions are unfamiliar to local resort guests; all swimmers can stay comfortably.

Municipal beaches of Partenita

Previously, the village beaches in Partenit could not boast of either a landscaped area or comfortable areas.

The first village beach No. 1 is located between the Karasansky sanatorium and the Europe hotel .

The view was very depressing, which undermined the local masses into an administrative revolt. But today these beaches are simply beautiful to look at.

I don’t even know why now make my way to sections 5 and 6 of the beach in Aivazovskoye Park .

Village beach No. 2 is located behind the Karasansky sanatorium . We haven’t reached it yet, so the view here is depressing - a narrow strip covered in stones and debris under a broken concrete wall.

But there are always vacationers here too.

And the third, municipal beach Partenita No. 3 is located closer to Cape Plaka and Utes.

It consists of a concrete stepped embankment and part of a pebble beach.

Partenit, photos of beaches and embankment 2021: “Aivazovskoe”

“Aivazovskoye” is the best beach in Patenin, you can get to it through the “Aivazovskoye” park. Entrance costs 600 rubles. For this money you get a tour of the park and a wristband, and you can go out and go to the beach several times. You can swim in the bracelet, it will not break. If you want to relax and eat, there is a beautiful restaurant “Poseidon” on the beach with an average bill of 1,500 rubles.

From this Partenita beach you can go to the beach of the Europe complex, but you cannot get to the central beach because of the rock. You need to exit through the park and go down through the city. Parking near Aivazovskoye Park is paid, 50 rubles per hour.

On the Aivazovskoye beach there is a beautiful embankment surrounded by oleanders.

Wild beaches of Partenit

Although the village beaches can easily pass for wild, a real holiday for lovers of secluded relaxation begins at Cape Plaka . It is this small picturesque bay that the “savages” rush to.

The coast here is slightly curved and covered with green hills and hills. Along the coastline, rocky and sandy-pebble areas alternate.

We do not recommend making your way here through the cape, thickets, steep slopes; it is better to use the sea line along the Utes sanatorium , or through the territory of the sanatorium itself, but having paid the entrance in advance.

What's next?

Further along the coast to the village of Maly Mayak there is a series of sanatorium, wild, and private beaches.

Next to Partenit there is a cozy resort town called Utes with a sanatorium of the same name and the palace of Princess Gagarina, then there are small landscaped areas of coastal hotels and boathouses, and then wild beaches stretch to the village of Maly Mayak.

Walking and relaxing in such places will appeal to both savages and nudists, because there is somewhere to hide from view or, conversely, not to pay attention to the few tourists.

Where to stay

Housing in Partenit is not difficult to find, but it may seem too expensive compared to other Crimean cities not included in the South Coast. You can book a room in a hotel or sanatorium. Or stay in the private sector. The village is small, so nearby there are not only cafes and restaurants, but also a variety of shops and a colorful Crimean market.

Everyone who has visited this village confirms that holidays in Partenit are excellent. It is rich in impressive sights, developed and wild beaches, magnificent landscapes and exciting entertainment. However, no description, no matter how colorful, can create a real impression of these beautiful places. Only by visiting these places can you fully feel their charm.

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