Miskhorsky park

The oldest park of the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula is located in the central part of the resort area Mishor. Majestic Cape Ai-Todor cape and Cat surround Miskhorsky park, founded in the 17th century. It was created by the architects Charles and Theodore Kebahom Marco and covers an area of more than twenty acres. Among his Guta florid vegetation scattered palaces and villas that resemble impregnable medieval feudal castles.

In the park there are about three hundred species of plants. Here exotic trees bizarre alternate with picturesque meadows. Given that the park was created in place of natural forests, even today you can see the ancient shrubs, natural ledges, piles of boulders. In Soviet times, luxury villas have been handed over to the resort and complemented by modern medical and dormitories and the main part of the park became public and received the status of a monument of landscape art of national importance.

Strolling through Miskhorsky park, you can enjoy the incredible beauty of fragrant flowers, among which a light breeze brings the surf, the cries of seagulls and the freshness of the sea. Get some rest from the bustle of the city in the shade of spreading trees, where the viewing platforms. Pay attention to the weeping willows of Babylon, which grows near the fountain "Lily."

Tourists are especially attracted famous beauties mermaid sculpture that stands tall among the waves. Its author is an Estonian architect Amandus Adamson - the creator of the monument to the scuttled ships installed in Sevastopol.

A little further along the coast, is another amazing fountain "and the robber girl Arzy Ali Baba", created based on the Crimean Tatar fairy tales, telling of the kidnapping girls for the harem of the Turkish sultan.

In the hands of skilled Miskhorsky park gardeners created one of the largest malls on the coast, which is surrounded by pyramidal cypresses. Here, once slowly strolled Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Feodor Chaliapin, Paustovsky.

Many tourists annually visit the amazing park Mishora, and do not miss you chance to visit this beautiful place. To get to the park from Simferopol Mishor can taxi, bus and trolley bus number 52, it is necessary to go to the bus station in Yalta, then transfer to a minibus number 27 and go to the stop Mishor. In addition, there is a direct bus line "Simferopol - Mishor." From Yalta to the sanatorium "Miskhor" should minibus number 32. If you prefer to travel by car, the route from Sevastopol - Yalta to the park is the road on which you can reach the shoreline.