Gelendzhik, reviews of holidaymakers in 2015: accommodation, weather, sea

So summer came. Do you already have plans for where to go on vacation? In the last two years, many Russians are thinking about holding it in their native country. After all, the country has its own "south". An unquestionable leader in popularity among holidaymakers from Russia is the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. But his pearl - Sochi - not everyone can afford. In this article we will consider another Black Sea resort - Gelendzhik. Feedback from tourists in 2015 will help us understand what the situation in this city with hotels, offers in the private sector, the power supply, prices. Russian tourists, after visiting Turkey or Greece, are accustomed to high standards of recreation. Perhaps those who traveled to Gelendzhik during the Soviet years remember the sheds deprived of the most basic amenities, which local residents handed over. But do not be afraid to come to this resort again. After the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of water flowed under the bridge, and the winds of change affected Gelendzhik. "All inclusive", swimming pools, Wi-Fi and even animation - now this lure vacationers, private hotels. The same is the situation in public boarding houses and sanatoriums. The number base is updated every year, the infrastructure of rest improves.

Greater Gelendzhik

The shores of a comfortable bay were inhabited long ago, five thousand years ago. The first settlement of Toricos was built here by the Greek colonists. Then on this place stood the Roman military fort of Pagry. In the Middle Ages, this territory was part of Byzantium (the port of Eptala). The Gelendzhik Bay was seized by the Khazars, Genoese guard towers were built on its banks. Their fortified settlement was called Mavrolako. Then the Adygeis settled here, and later - the Ottoman Turks. With them, Gelendzhik received his modern name. But the name of the city was given to the Mogrel (Georgians). Gelen-Jihah means "outer fortress". In the end, this territory was seized by Russia. The mild climate, five sources of mineral waters of various composition, warm sea - all this determined that already in 1900 the first sanatorium was opened in Gelendzhik. All-Russian resort city was in 1907. Gelendzhik, reviews of vacationers in 2015 this is confirmed, continues to be a health resort and now. In addition to water, here they are treated with mud, which is specially brought from the Taman Peninsula. Gelendzhik repeatedly won in the All-Russian competitions as the most comfortable city of the country. Naturally, the resort has grown very much and included satellites in its features. Now you can talk about the Great Gelendzhik, which includes Praskoveevka, Dzhanhot, Kabardinka, Arkhipo-Osipovka, Betta and Divnomorskoe. With a population of seventy thousand people, the resort annually receives three million tourists.

How to get to Gelendzhik

In 2010, the resort acquired its own airport. However, Aeroflot planes on the route Moscow-Gelendzhik start to run only from the end of March. Since the beginning of the beach season, the local airport has also begun to accept UTair and Alrosa liners. You can also consider options for departure to Anapa, Adler or Krasnodar. From these cities buses run to Gelendzhik. Air ticket in the low season will cost from thousands of seven hundred rubles, and in high - from three and a half thousand. Trains Moscow-Gelendzhik does not exist, since this seaside resort is not connected by rail. But you can get to Novorossiysk. Trains depart from the Kazan and Paveletsky stations. Place in a reserved seat costs 1,700 rubles. Given that the car will have to spend about a day and a half, it is wiser to take a coupe. The place in it will cost a thousand rubles more. From Novorossiysk station you need to arrive on trolley bus No. 6 to the main bus station. A ticket to Gelendzhik will cost about a hundred rubles. The resort also accepts bus services from Anapa, Sochi, Tuapse, Kislovodsk, Rostov-on-Don, Pyatigorsk, Taganrog. With your own car you should follow the "Don" road, then turn to А146 in Krasnodar. Having passed Krymsk, you need to go to Novorossiysk. So you will avoid serpentines in the area of Dzhubga.

When to go on vacation in Gelendzhik

Time for a comfortable stay comes at the resort from the second decade of May. The deep Black Sea, warmed up over the summer, is cooling down slowly. And the prevailing winds drive off the cooled layers from shallow waters. They are replaced by deep layers. Due to such water circulation in Gelendzhik bay, the winter at the resort is extremely mild. The air temperature rarely rises to + 6 degrees. However, in the spring the situation changes radically. The cooled sea and winds from the Main Caucasian Range cool the air. But the location in the south of Russia makes itself felt, and already from May holidays the first swimmers with a screech open the bathing season. From the above, one can understand that the best time for rest in Gelendzhik is the so-called velvet period, which lasts here from September to the end of October. But the mass Russian tourist traditionally prefers to go to the south in the summer months. Gelendzhik in July is very crowded. Prices soar, housing without prior booking is difficult to find, on the beaches - crowds, in canteens and shops - queues. But if you are interested in health-improving holidays in Gelendzhik, then the health resort takes tourists all year round. Prices in sanatoriums are almost independent of the season.

Resorts of Greater Gelendzhik

As already mentioned, now the resort includes several resort villages that retain their separate status. Each of them has its own specialization of rest. If you like museums, want to visit the famous June carnival or try out the slides in one of the best water parks in Russia, then choose the city of Gelendzhik proper. Reviews resting 2015 assure that the resort is always a lot of interesting events. In addition, Gelendzhik was not in vain receiving prizes for landscaping. There is an excellent infrastructure for housing and recreation. If you want to go "to the south" with a small child, choose Kabardinka. In Tsemess bay (to the north of Gelendzhik) a shallow bottom and a dry microclimate. If your child has already come out of age, when they enthusiastically pick their scapula in the sand, go to Divnomorskoe. This settlement used to be called "False Gelendzhik", because it is the southern suburb of the resort. Divnomorsky has its own water park. In addition, there is beautiful nature. In the sea flows the river Aderbievka, and near the beaches grow Pitsunda pine.

Resorts of the south of Greater Gelendzhik

The name "Dzhanhot" is translated from Adyghe as "a happy man". The name of the village, and now the resort village was given not by chance. Happy people, rested here. A dense pine forest comes close to the shore, the stream of Khotetsai rattles, the beautiful rock of Parus is seen in the sea. In Dzhankhot is the villa-museum of the writer Korolenko. The village of Praskoveevka lies five kilometers from the sea, but they also take tourists there. Naturally, housing prices there are much lower. Therefore, the option of accommodation in Praskoveevka should be considered if you have a vehicle at your disposal and you are interested in a budget vacation in Gelendzhik. 2015 year pleased holidaymakers rather low prices (starting from 350 rubles per person per night). But not only private entrepreneurs rent out rooms and houses in Praskoveevka on a turn-key basis. There is no shortage of resort hotels and recreation centers. Further to the south of Gelendzhik are two villages - Krinitsa and Betta. Despite the remoteness from the city, they have a tourist infrastructure - there are recreation centers, boarding houses, hotels, restaurants and nightclubs. Arkhipo-Osipovka - the extreme southern village of Greater Gelendzhik. He will be interested in active recreation lovers. In the vicinity of Arkhipo-Osipovka there are ruins of a watchtower of the ancient era and dolmens, and in the village there is a dolphinarium, water park, museum and a garden with relic plants.

Beaches of Gelendzhik

Horseshoe Bay of the city - the subject of ongoing forum disputes. Its closed form shelters the shore of Gelendzhik from storms. The water area very quickly warms up, which allows to continue the swimming season until the last decade of October. But the closure of the bay also has its negative side. It accumulates debris, and the quality of water, taking into account the rest of vacationers, makes you want the best. So is it worth to go to Gelendzhik? Reviews resting 2015 assure that the bay operates a team of divers-cleaners and a special ship-filter. But this is not a panacea. If you want a really clean sea, go to satellite villages. After all, the beaches of the Great Gelendzhik stretch for a hundred kilometers along the sea. Mostly, they are pebble. Sandy beach, and even artificial, poured in the center of the city. Near Dzhanhota steep banks with rocks. The coast in the Praskoveevka area is very interesting. There, the sea and rocks formed natural "baths". The most pure water in Krynica. And in Betta there is a small nudist beach. In Arkhipo-Osipovka the shore is covered with pebbles, but the bottom is sandy in the sea.

Accommodation in sanatoriums

All-Russian health resort Gelendzhik in summer and winter takes tourists. The medical base is about twenty mineral springs, beating in the area, as well as healing mud of the Taman Peninsula. In total, Gelendzhik has about forty sanatoria and health centers. The most popular are the "Blue Wave", "Rus", them. M. Lomonosov, "Chernomorets", "Sunny Beach", "Primorye". There are also boarding houses with treatment - for example, "Pine Grove" and "Pearl of the Sea". Since the sources of Gelendzhik have different composition of water (hydrocarbonate, chloride-sodium, iodobromic), then the health resorts of the resort are famous for their wide profile. It effectively treats problems with the heart and blood vessels, with metabolism, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system, genitourinary system, nervous and skin diseases. But the healing effect is achieved only after a ten-day course of treatment.

Elite holidays in Gelendzhik

As we have already mentioned, this Black Sea resort of Russia develops its infrastructure every year. Now even senile picky and capricious tourists can come to rest in Gelendzhik. "All inclusive" - a food program so beloved by Russian tourists, now operates in this resort. In sanatoria this is provided for itself. After all, food for people who came to improve, should be special. When settling in a sanatorium, he is appointed by a dietitian. Most boarding houses also have an all-inclusive program. But three meals a day (and tasty, homemade) you will find and then, when you choose to relax a mini-hotel or guest house. Gelendzhik offers a large selection of such housing, both in the urban area, and in satellite towns. Tourists, vacationing in 2015, left favorable reviews about the hotels "Camelot" in Kabardinka, "Baden-Baden" in Arkhipo-Osipovka, as well as about the boarding house with treatment "Pine Grove". Praise food and accommodation in guest houses "Na Morskoy" and "Blue Bay". There are hospitable hosts, close to the sea and excellent value for money.

Gelendzhik: private sector, prices

With the introduction of new legislation on renting rooms to find suitable housing has become more difficult. But demand, as you know, generates a proposal. And the most popular and popular option of accommodation in the resort was and still is the guest house. Gelendzhik in this regard provides tourists with a huge choice. Surrenders as small neat little rooms in the house where the owners live, and apartments turnkey. The price largely depends on the amenities in the room. But this is not the main thing. An important factor is the distance from the beach and the season. The prices in July-August are two times higher than in May and October. But this is not surprising, after all, the peak of the season. Some private houses are arranged as fashionable hotels. On the farmstead there is a swimming pool, a playground, gazebos and barbecue facilities, in the rooms there is a Wi-Fi. With the owners can agree on food - whether half board or even "all inclusive". Some mini-hotels include breakfast in the price of the room. Thus, the price range is very wide. You can rent a bed for four hundred rubles, and you can rest with all the glamor for two and a half thousand a day (the guest house "Exclusive").

Prices at the resort

How expensive is Gelendzhik? Prices for 2015 were quite high. The resort has no shortage of restaurants, cafes, canteens and fast foods. They offer mostly Caucasian, Ukrainian, Greek cuisine. Vareniki with rabbit meat cost three hundred rubles per serving. The roast flounder cost five hundred rubles, and the mullet - four hundred. And what about the first? A bowl of soup cost four hundred to seven hundred rubles, meat dishes - about a thousand. In the cafe and fast food of Gelendzhik the average check was about eight hundred rubles per person. In the budget canteens, complex lunches (the first, second, the drink) were offered. Such meals, depending on the status of the institution, cost from two hundred and fifty to five hundred rubles per person. If you come to Gelendzhik in the summer months, you will see that prices will be higher in the market than in the whole country. It will be too expensive to be satisfied with berries and fruits. But autumn holidaymakers will receive a bonus. The harvest will ripen, and crowds of visitors will thin out. In the markets of Gelendzhik and settlements, cheap draft Kuban wine is always offered. But the reviews warn of his low quality. It is better to buy in the store wine "Myskhako" from the same state farm near Novorossiysk. It, on responses of having a rest, excellent.