Kerch is located in the eastern part of Crimea, on the coast of
the Kerch Strait. In the past - the capital of the Bosporus kingdom.
And also - the city-hero of the Great Patriotic War, awarded the
highest awards of the USSR - the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star
medal.
The city stretches along the coast for more than 42
km. Mount Mithridates rises in the center of the city.
The
symbol of the city is the griffin (a mythical animal with the head
and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion). The griffin has been
depicted on the city coat of arms since the time of Panticapaeum.
According to legend, the Griffin guards the key to the Black and
Azov Seas.
The climate is temperate continental, close to
subtropical. January average temperature: 0.6'C, July average
temperature: 23.4'C.
Mount Mithridates (Center)
Mount Mithridates is the geographical center of the city. Climbing
the mountain is a tradition of all Kerch residents and guests of the
city. From the top of the mountain there is an excellent view of the
city and its surroundings, as well as the Kerch Bay and the Kerch
Strait. The mountain is named after King Mithridates VI Eupator, at the
head of which the Bosporan kingdom opposed the Roman Empire for a long
time.
1 Great Mithridatic stairs. It was built in 1833-1840
according to the design of the Italian architect A. Digby. The staircase
leads to the top of Mount Mithridates and consists of 432 steps.
2 Obelisk of Glory, on top of the mountain. Monument to the soldiers
who liberated Kerch from the Nazi invaders and the Eternal Flame. The
author is the architect Alexey Dmitrievich Kiselev. Opened on August 8,
1944. The first monument dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic
War on the territory of the USSR.
3 Technological model of the Crypt
of Demeter (In 2019, due to the repair of the Great Mithridates Stairs,
the object is closed to the public). Wikidata element The technological
model was created due to the fact that the original crypt of the 1st
century AD, found in 1895, was badly damaged for 120 years, therefore it
is forever closed to the public. The crypt got its name from the main
plot theme of the painting - the image of the goddess Demeter.
Surprisingly, the crypt was opened unlooted, the priestesses of the
goddess Demeter were buried in it, burials took place several times. The
bodies lay in wooden sarcophagi, next to which were painted glass
vessels, bronze candelabra, and gold jewelry.
4 Pantikapey
settlement , st. Chekhov, 1a. ☎ Excursions are conducted upon prior
request by phone: +7 (36561) 2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60. Free
admission. Excavations of the capital of the Bosporan kingdom of the
ancient city of Panticapaeum. 7th century BC e.—III century AD.
5
Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist. The temple is active and is
one of the oldest Christian churches in the CIS. Buildings of the 10th
century. It has an original architecture typical of early Christian
churches. Panticapaeum amphorae are embedded in the dome of the temple
(to improve acoustics).
6 Synagogue of Progressive Judaism, st.
Tsiolkovsky, 6. ☎ +7 (36561) 20356, +7 (36561) 25592. Mon–Sat
10:00–18:00. The building is a symmetrical composition with five
windows, decorated with semi-columns and columns. Since 2000, the
synagogue has been transferred to a religious organization. The
synagogue hall is designed for 250 seats. The building houses the Museum
"Jews of Kerch", dedicated to famous Jews who lived in Kerch. Tours are
conducted by a guide by appointment on Wednesday and Thursday from 11:00
to 13:00 lasting 30 - 50 minutes.
7 City embankment. Driving along
the embankment is prohibited. In the waterfront area there are several
cafes, small hotels and the restaurant "Galeon". And in summer, a yacht
and a speedboat await visitors at the embankment. edit
8 The
building of the former women's gymnasium, st. Theatrical, 34A. Mid 19th
century.
9 Roman Catholic Church, st. Theater, 32. Built in
1831–1840.
10 Melek-Chesmensky mound (on the square of the city bus station).
☎ +7 (36561) 2-50-61. Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. 50 rub. Monument of funerary
architecture of the 4th c. BC, 8 m high and up to 200 m in
circumference. It was plundered in antiquity. The remains of a child,
jewelry, dishes, boards of the sarcophagus were found.
✦ Crypt of
1891 (Closed to the public). The painted crypt was opened on August 6,
1891. (It is he who is called the "Crypt of 1891"). Research on behalf
of the Imperial Archaeological Commission was carried out by Yu.A.
Kulakovsky. After the description and removal of drawings, the entrance
was filled up again.
11 Juma-jami Mosque, up. Pushkin, 8A. The
mosque was built in the 18th century. Initially, the building had two
minarets, later destroyed, one of them was restored in 2018.
12 Fortress "Yeni-Kale" , st. Repina, 12
(Relatively close to the port of Crimea. Travel from the bus station
by routes No. 1, 18 to the stop "Stroygorodok" (journey time 25
minutes) and then on foot). It was built by the Turks in 1699-1703,
it was of great strategic importance as it is located on the shore
of the narrowest point of the Kerch Strait. Several years ago, a
treasure trove of silver coins was found in the fortress. The
thickness of the fortress wall is impressive. Enikale offers an
excellent view of the Kerch Strait and the Chushka Spit.
You can
try to climb into the cave of Solomon 12 under the fortress wall.
13 Cape Lantern, Relatively close to the port of Crimea. (Small
bus 18 Bus Station-Mayak, payment by credit card). Top view of the
ferry crossing Crimea-Caucasus. On the elevated part of the cape,
the Yenikal lighthouse 14 is installed.
15 The ancient
settlement of Mirmekiy. ☎ Excursions are conducted upon prior
request by phone: +7 (36561) 2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60. An ancient
city founded by the Ionian Greeks in the middle of the 6th century
BC. e., was part of the Bosporan kingdom. In its southern part it
ends with the Molodyozhny beach 16
17 Picturesque rocks in the
sea near the Moscow beach, Moskovskaya st., access to the beach
(near the ancient settlement of Mirmekiy). A cluster of picturesque
rocks against the backdrop of the Kerch Strait. There is a version
that the famous ancient hero Achilles was from these places.
City area south of downtown. It is separated from the
central part of the city by a fairly large undeveloped area. Until the
1960s, it was a separate village.
18 Tiritaka hill fort. ☎
Excursions are conducted upon prior request by phone: +7 (36561)
2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60. Excavations of the Bosporan settlement
founded by the Ionian Greeks around the 6th century BC. e. Now you can
see dozens of fish salting baths, the rest of the defensive walls,
residential buildings, 7 wineries (2 Hellenistic, 2 - II - III centuries
AD and 3 - III - IV centuries)
19 Starokarantinsky quarries, near the
village of Stary Karantin. According to some reports, the quarry was
developed even before the birth of Christ. The length of the tunnels is
40-50 km, they consist of 3 levels of different periods and different
mining methods. Currently abandoned.
Museums
Fort Kerch
(Fort Totleben), the right end of the Kerch Bay, Cape Ak Burun (White
Rock) (by bus 28 from the bus station, the terminal "Oleg Koshevoy" and
walk towards the cape along the road. In 2021 the road will be
asphalted, it will be possible to take a taxi ). ☎ +7 (36561) 25061.
Tue–Sun 9:00–17:00. Tour hours 10:00 - 14:30. The box office is open
until 14:30. Group tours at 10:00 and 14:30. short routes (Citadel of
Fort Totleben, counter-mine galleries) 200 rubles, 45 minutes. Long
routes (Vilna lunette, Ak-Burun. Beginning, Coastal structures of the
Kerch fortress), 600 rubles, 2-2.5 hours. For a visit, a group of at
least 5-10 people should be formed. A unique monument of fortification
construction of the 19th century. Relatively well preserved due to
inaccessibility for visiting in Soviet times (there were warehouses of
the Black Sea Fleet and a disciplinary battalion). The fortress occupies
a large territory all indented with secret underground passages,
lunettes and manholes. In some places, inscriptions in the Old Slavonic
language have been preserved on the walls. Well, the Wehrmacht soldiers
left their graffiti. The history of the fortress is shrouded in rumors
and stories. They even talk about an underground passage under the Kerch
Strait. Amazing place and unforgettable experience. Visit only with
guided tours. Behind the fortress there is a small sandy beach 2 .
Historical and Archaeological Museum, st. Sverdlova, 22 (from the city
bus station by buses No. 5, 6, 19. Stop "Museum"). ☎ +7 (36561) 2-18-60.
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. Entrance ticket 120 rubles, excursion 550 rubles.
The museum was founded in 1826; a building was built for it on Mount
Mithridates in the form of the Athenian temple of Hephaestion. However,
during the Crimean War (1853-1856), the building was destroyed, and the
exposition was looted, the most valuable exhibits were taken to England,
the main part of the Kerch exhibits of that time is now stored in the
British Museum. Since 1922, the museum has been housed in the Mesaksudi
House, a grand-type mansion in the Art Nouveau style of the late 19th
century. The expositions of the museum occupy a very small area: four
rooms on the first floor (where the permanent exhibition is located) and
two very tiny rooms on the second floor (for temporary exhibitions). The
main exposition presents an extensive collection of artifacts from
Panticapaeum and other ancient cities of the Kerch Peninsula.
Golden
vault. 10:00–14:00. 300 rubles, the price includes excursion service. A
group of at least 5-10 people must be formed to visit.
Pottery.
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00. 50 rubles, master classes and excursion services
are paid separately. A group of at least 5-10 people must be formed to
visit. At master classes, they offer to mold a pot or a vase, as was
done in ancient Panticapaeum.
Ichthyological Museum of Fisheries and
Oceanography, st. Sverdlova, 2. ☎ +7 (36561) 21012. Daily. For free. In
the building of the institute, two floors are filled with
representatives of the flora and fauna of the world's oceans. The museum
operates as part of YugNIRO (Southern Research Institute of Marine
Fisheries and Oceanography).
5 Art Gallery named after N.Ya. Buta,
st. Teatralnaya, 36 (from the city bus station by bus route No. 5, No.
6, No. 19. Stop "V.I. Lenin Square"). ☎ +7 (36561) 22086. Tue–Sun
10:00–17:00. Entrance ticket 120 rubles, excursion 550 rubles. Permanent
exposition + exhibitions. There are not so many paintings: about half of
the museum is occupied by models and materials dedicated to the
construction of the Crimean bridge, another part shows finds from the
excavations of ancient Greek cities.
Exhibition Hall of Kerch
Artists, st. Koroleva, 14. ☎ +7 (36561) 22086. 9:00 am–5:00 pm: except
Mondays. Permanent exhibition of Kerch artists 5 minutes walk from the
bus station. There is an opportunity to purchase works that you like.
Settlement of Nymphaeum. ☎ Excursions are conducted
upon prior request by phone: +7 (36561) 2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60.
Archaeological excavations in the village of Geroevskoye (Eltigen).
Founded around 570-560 BC. e. He acted as one of the main suppliers of
grain to Athens, then the center of winemaking. Destroyed by the Goths
in the 3rd century AD. e.
Memorial "Sail" (15 km from the city at the
extreme southern point of the Kerch Bay). Monument to the Heroes of the
Eltigen landing, from below it really looks like a sail.
Museum of
the history of the Eltigen landing, st. Galina Petrova, 48 (from the
city bus station by route No. 5 to the stop "Management of the ZhRK",
transfer to route No. 15, stop "Museum of the History of the Eltigen
Landing Forces"). ☎ +7 (36561) 2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60. Wed-Sun
9:00-18:00, Tue 11:00-20:00. 120 rubles, children free. Created to
commemorate the landing on this site in 1943. The fighting continued
here for 10 days, then the remaining paratroopers were evacuated. Of the
145 Heroes of the Soviet Union awarded this title in the battles for
Kerch, 60 were "Eltigen".
Museum of the History of Defense of the
Adjimuschkay Quarries,
st. brothers Malchenko, house 34-36 (from the city bus station 20
minutes by bus number 4). ☎ +7 (36561) 54901. Tue–Sun 9:00–18:00, ticket
office closes at 16:45. 400 rubles, the price includes excursion service
in the underground museum 1.5 excursion hours. Only the exhibition
"Weapons of 1941-1945" - 120 rubles. Excursions to the underground
museum leave an unforgettable experience. Travelers should remember that
they must have warm clothes with them, because underground, in the
thickness of the stone, the temperature always stays below 10 degrees.
It's also a good idea to have a flashlight with you, as tour guides
often have a limited number of them. The length of the underground
labyrinths reaches 130 km, the depth is several tens of meters. Sep 2019
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Royal mound, st. Scythian (from the city bus station by bus
route No. 4, stop "Yagunova street"). ☎ +7 (36561) 5-47-13. Tue–Sun
9:00–18:00. 120 rub. Tomb of one of the Bosporan kings (4th century BC).
The crypt was completely looted in antiquity.
Lapidarium (Exhibition
of unique monuments of antiquity) , st. Rosy Luxembourg, 24/14 (from the
bus station by bus number 19 to the stop "Kinoprokat"). ☎ +7 (36561)
6-77-17. Wed–Sun 9:00–18:00, Tue 11:00–20:00. Entrance ticket 120
rubles, excursion 550 rubles. By the number of Greek inscriptions, it
ranks 12th among the repositories of classical epigraphic monuments in
the world. The Kerch lapidary contains Bosporan ancient Greek
inscriptions, sculpture and architectural details, as well as Hebraist
and Turkic tombstones. Very informative and interesting.
Inspection is better to start with the ascent to Mount
Mithridates.
Here, a few hundred meters on the slope of the mountain,
there are excavations of the capital of the Bosporus kingdom, the
ancient city of Panticapaeum. Found gold and silver coins, please donate
to the Kerch Historical and Archaeological Museum. This is exactly the
place that you must also visit while in Kerch.
After visiting the
museum and taking with you a vase made by yourself, you can walk along
the city embankment, located a few steps from the museum.
Walking
along the embankment in the direction of the city center, it is easy to
go to the central city square. V. I. Lenin. In Kerch, they carefully
treat their history. The monument to Vladimir Ilyich successfully
survived the troubled 90s and the reckless Maidan period.
Near the
square is the Temple of the Beheading of John the Baptist.
On the
opposite side of the square is the geographical center of the city with
a column and a statue of a Griffin guarding the key to the strait.
Nearby is the main post office, a theater, a supermarket, and the main
street of the city of Leninskaya (colloquial Tape) begins, on which
there are a large number of cafes, bank branches, and shops. There are
even a couple of anthropomorphic women. The street is pedestrian. Such a
small Kerch Arbat.
While in Kerch, you should also definitely visit
the Kerch Fortress.
The next attraction is the famous Adzhimushkay
quarries. Not far from the entrance to the Adzhimushkay quarries is the
Royal Mound. Tomb of one of the Bosporan kings. Silent witness of
ancient times. It's worth looking at.
Returning back to the city, you
can look at the Turkish fortress Yenikale. Finally, the most inquisitive
can visit the Kerch Lapidarium. Well, the most extreme ones can go to
observe the life of the Kerch mud volcanoes or book a tour of the
Panticapaeum necropolis in the museum - feel like Lara Croft and Indiana
Jones in one person. Pleasure is not cheap, but the sensations are still
the same.
For fans of passive recreation in Kerch, there are a
large number of sandy beaches on the Black and Azov Seas, as well as
grandmothers with boiled corn and seeds. All beaches are free, mostly
sandy and sandy-shell. The swimming season usually starts in the second
half of May and lasts until the second half of September. The average
sea water temperature in Kerch from May to September (for five months)
is 21.2°С (May - 16°С, June - 22°С, July - 24°С, August - 24°С,
September - 20°С WITH). The average annual number of sunny days is 300.
The service on the beaches is usually not very well developed, but this
is partly compensated by the clear sea and warm sea sand.
And if
you get tired of just swimming and sunbathing, you can go fishing. The
easiest way to catch in the depths of the sea is the most common Kerch
fish - a goby.
And in August you can watch how the sea surf turns
phosphorus at night ... and even swim at night and phosphorize along
with marine life ... and then fry mussels on a fire, drink Crimean
semi-sweet, look at the lights of passing ships and listen to the smell
of waves and the singing of cicadas .
Central city beach (SunDali
Beach), Arshintsevskaya Spit (Drive from the bus station by routes No.
5, 10, runs every 10 minutes, travel time 25 minutes). The entrance to
this beach is free. Nice sandy beach with a very shallow bottom. A few
years ago, 1 km of the beach was fenced off, cafes, volleyball courts,
attractions, lockers, showers, toilets were built. They named the beach
"SunDali". At night it turns into a nightclub.
Staro-Karantinsky
beach.
Beach "Frigate" (Turtle). A small equipped beach, popular
among the local population.
Arshintsevsky beach. Wide up to 40 m
unequipped beach.
Smorzhevsky beach. The most equipped and adapted
beach for recreation in the city.
Beach "Traps". Sandy unequipped
beach 2.5 km long and up to 15 meters wide.
Beach in Geroevsky.
If you come to Kerch on City Day (the second Saturday
of September), you can watch the carnival passing through the central
streets and a big concert at the city stadium with a big big festive
fireworks.
The professional Day of the Fisherman (the second Sunday
of July) is also widely celebrated for many Kerch residents. Mass
festivities, libations, Neptune's show on the city embankment, concerts
and free fried fish.
Unique in its kind is the torchlight procession
to Mount Mithridates, which takes place annually on May 8 in memory of
the liberators of the city from the Nazi invaders. On this evening, the
citizens of the city gather with torches and rise like a living fiery
river to Mount Mithridates to the Obelisk to the soldiers-liberators.
Then there is a theatrical show and festive fireworks. This event is
worth watching and participating. Torches are sold in shops in the city.
In early June, the city hosts the international festival of ancient art
"Bosporan Agons" when various theater groups turn to the dramaturgy of
Aristophanes, Euripides, Sophocles. Musicians, choreographers, artists
and photographers, writers and authors of bard songs perform.
Also in
the summer, windsurfing, arm wrestling and acrobatic rock and roll
festivals are held.
Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin (currently
closed for repairs), st. Lenina, 46. ☎ +7 (36561) 2-01-69. The
repertoire combines classical and contemporary works.
DK "Ship".
Currently the main stage of the city (2013).
Center of Culture.
Bagatikov.
Cinema "Ukraine", st. Sovetskaya, 11. ☎ +7 (36561)
2-05-69, +7 (978) 895-11-21. It has three halls, one of them is 3D.
Inside the building there is a cafe "ARTstyle".
Entertainment complex "Volcano", st. Sovetskaya, 20. ☎
+7 (36561) 2-00-60. Slot machines, billiards club, Western style bar.
The club has five new 12-foot Buffalo tables, a pool, a VIP room. The
bar offers excellent European cuisine. Every Tuesday and Thursday -
Texas poker tournaments.
Ostrich farm Exotic, Podmayachny village
near the port of Crimea ✉ ☎ Order excursions +79787218678. Entrance to
the walking part of the farm - 50 rubles, riding a donkey and horses -
50 rubles one round, riding electric quad bikes (for children and
teenagers) - 50 rubles for 5 minutes. On the farm, you can watch
ostriches and other exotic animals. There is also a cafe serving ostrich
meat dishes. You can order ostrich eggs (Attention! 1 ostrich egg = 23
chicken eggs) and buy various souvenirs. Tours are organized for groups.
There is a sandy beach nearby.
The city has a large selection of Russian, Finnish and
Turkish baths.
Bath complex "Laguna 3 in 1", st. Ordzhonikidze,
31 (not located in the center, but quite a decent institution). ☎ +7 978
70 55 800. 350 - 500 rubles/hour. Steam rooms: Finnish, Turkish.
Capacity: up to 15 people. Pool: Finnish: 2x3, cold; Turkish: 2x3 warm;
VIP: 2x2 cold and 3x6 warm with hydro massages. Relaxation rooms: Each
sauna has a relaxation room, free Wi-Fi in the steam rooms.
Russian
bath "Shark", st. Mayaka, 12. ☎ +7978 894 7101. 500 rub/hour. Steam
rooms: Russian, Finnish Capacity: up to 15 people. Visitors are
satisfied, leave positive feedback.
Bath "Barrel", Bolshaya St., 12.
☎ +7 978 0049 299.500 rub/hour. Steam rooms: Russian, Turkish, Capacity:
up to 10 people. There are some pretty good reviews.
By plane
The city has a small airport, but for a
long time regular flights have not been made from it.
The nearest
airports are located in Anapa (127 km from
Kerch), Krasnodar (243 km),
Simferopol (220 km).
By train
All trains connecting Russian
cities with Crimea pass through Kerch. These trains do not call at the
Kerch station, but stop at the new Kerch-Yuzhnaya station on the
southern outskirts of the city. Long-distance trains connect Kerch with
Moscow,
St. Petersburg and other Russian cities. Also, by long-distance
trains, you can get from Kerch to many cities of Crimea -
Simferopol,
Sevastopol, Evpatoria, but due to the configuration of the Crimean
railway network, in most cases it will be faster by bus.
Suburban
trains depart from the old Kerch station and connect it with Anapa
(three times a day, 2 hours on the way), Feodosia (three times a day,
2.5-3 hours on the way) and Dzhankoy (three times a day, 4-5 hours on
the way). way).
Railway station Kerch, pl. Privokzalnaya, 3.
There is a waiting room with air conditioning, a good cafe and a
left-luggage office.
Railway station Kerch-Yuzhnaya.
Railway
station Bagerovo, Bagerovo settlement.
By bus
The bus station
is a transit station for buses heading across the Crimean bridge: most
of the buses going from Crimea to the Krasnodar Territory and back pass
through it.
Direct communication with the cities of Crimea:
Alushta, Bakhchisaray, Dzhankoy, Evpatoria, Krasnoperekopsk, Saki,
Sevastopol, Simferopol, Sudak, Feodosia,
Yalta, and Russia: Anapa,
Krasnodar, Krymsk, Novorossiysk. There is no passenger communication
with the cities of Ukraine.
Bus station, st. Eremenko, 30. ☎ +7
(36561) 4-05-72. around the clock. In the building of the bus station
you can find a shop, a pharmacy, an information desk, a newsstand, a
left-luggage office, toilets and an ATM. Nearby there are many shops and
a large central market. E-tickets can be purchased on the carrier's
website gosbus.ru.
By car
The E97 highway passes through
Kerch, with which the P260 road from the Crimean side and the A290 road
from the Kuban side connect.
On the ship
Before the
construction of the Crimean bridge to the port of Crimea in Kerch, it
was possible to get through the Kerch ferry. Currently, due to lack of
demand, there is no sea communication.
Marine station, Kirova
street, 20. ☎ +7 (36561) 1-93-39.
As public transport in the city, mainly city buses are
used (the fare is 13 - 15 rubles). There are also 3 trolleybus lines
(fare 16 rubles).
A feature of Kerch is that most city routes
start, end or intersect at the city bus station. Thus, from the bus
station it is easier to get to any part of the city and nearby villages.
A useful resource for creating routes around the city EasyWay.
Taxi
Tariffs: 80-100 rubles for landing (up to 2 km), each
subsequent km 15-20 rubles.
Taxi-Kerch +7 (36561) 6-10-10, 95 10
+7 (978) 710 95 10, 51 01 +7 (978) 830 51 01
Up Taxi 45 15 +7 (978)
045 45 15, 66 06 +7 (988) 382 66 06, 51 86 +7 (861) 203 51 86
"Shark
Taxi"
"Taxi Economy" 55 05 +7 (978) 207 55 05, 55 75 +7 (978) 207 55
75, 54 00 +7 (978) 914 54 00
Mega Taxi +7 (36561) 2-22-11, +7 (36561)
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Taxi "Metro" 90 22 +7 (978) 101 90 22, 90 33 +7 (978)
101 90 33, 90 20 +7 (978) 101 90 20, 55 10 +7 (978) 010 55 10, 50 10 +7
(978) 010 50 10
"Favorite" taxi +7 (36561) 9-26-96, 02 00 +7 (978)
712 02 00
The following chains are represented in the city: PUD,
4M, FRESH, SILPO, DOBROTSEN. There are also a large number of grocery
stores and food markets. It is possible to pay with Mir, Visa,
Mastercard, Ucb bank cards, but not Google Pay or Apple Pay.
Currency and banks
There are more than thirty bank branches, the
largest of the banks represented: Rossiya, Kuban Credit, Krayinvestbank,
RNCB, Genbank, Smolevich Bank, Baikal Bank, MAST Bank and others. Banks
usually work on weekdays from 9.00 to 17.00, some branches work on
Saturdays. Most of them are located in the central part of the city on
Lenin, Sovetskaya, K. Marx, Kozlov streets.
There are ATMs in
almost all bank branches, at the bus station, in large stores and in the
city center.
local goods
What should you buy in Kerch? - of
course, fish!... and definitely at the market, because it is poorly
presented in stores. Smoked or sagging mackerel or sardines are
especially good. Dried garfish, gobies and ram are also good. You can
try fish dishes in city cafes.
The stores have a good selection
of Crimean wines. Including collections. The main Crimean wine
companies: Massandra, Inkerman, Solnechnaya Dolina, Novy Svet.
On
the main street (at the end of the street) there is a shop "House of
Crimean Masters", where you can buy paintings by Kerch and Crimean
artists, as well as various souvenirs. You can also buy various
souvenirs in the Nautilus store near the central city market and in the
archaeological museum.
On weekends, across the road from the
Central City Market behind the gas station, there is a "flea market"
where you can buy some interesting things from the time of the ancient
kingdom to the present day.
Cheap
For an inexpensive snack, you can buy pasties
or pancakes with filling in small eateries in the central city market,
as well as in several mini-cafes concentrated there.
✦ Pizzeria
"Heat Pizza". You can eat relatively inexpensively at Zhar Pizza
pizzerias, where in addition to pizza you can order salads, drinks and
first courses. Tasty pizza. But nevertheless sometimes they complain
about the quality of food. Free shipping. Mar 2015 edit
1 per.
Cooperative 3. ☎ +7 (36561) 2-01-13, +7 (978) 705-71-11. 10:00 - 22:00.
2 st. Lenina, 20. ☎ +7 (36561) 2-12-01, +7 (978) 815-95-15. 10:00 -
23:00.
3 Cafe "Cheburashka", st. Kirov,. 50-100 rub. Typical fast
food: hamburger, cheeseburger, nuggets, shawarma. But for all the
nondescript menu, visitors nevertheless praise both the institution and
the food.
4 Cafe Premiere, st. V. Dubinina, 23. ☎ +7 (36561) 23956. A
small cafe with home-style unpretentious, but tasty and satisfying food.
Cheap, big portions.
5 Pizzeria Pizza Italia, st. Lenina, 44. ☎ +7
(36561) 6-39-63, +7 (36561) 2-11-08. Italian Cuisine. Good pizzas.
Pub "Rendezvous", per. Soviet. 11:00 - 24:00. The pub is located next to
the city prosecutor's office building. Relatively cheap beer, tasty and
inexpensive food, own pastries. The design is made in the English style.
Average cost
6 Grill-bar «Inki», per. Cooperative, 3. ☎ +7 978
7057222. 11:00 - 24:00. Mexican restaurant. Free delivery available,
large dishes, specialization in meat dishes, delicious cheese sticks,
stylish place with decent cuisine. There is a summer terrace. WIFI. But,
unfortunately, the food is of very different quality.
7 Cafe
"Cherkio", st. Lenina, 37. ☎ +7 978 8586399. Cuisine: Italian, Crimean.
Several positive reviews.
8 Café "Bon Aprétit", st. Lenina, 28. Good
coffee, affordable prices, well-cooked meat dishes. Very high ratings
from visitors.
9 Cafe "Taste of Life" , st. Aivazovsky, 7
(embankment, near the Ferris wheel). ☎ +7 978 83 59 444. Cozy, delicious
rolls and desserts. Positive reviews. Mar 2015 edit
10 Sushi bar
"Fuji" V Kontakte Russian V.png , st. V.Dubinina, 32. ☎
+7-978-819-70-34. 10:00 - 22:00. Good sushi but nothing out of the
ordinary. WiFi.
11 "Orchid" club-restaurant, Arshintsevo,
Ordzhonikidze st., 24/3 (stop Druzhba). ☎ +7 978 0335707. from 10:00
until the last client. Visitors praise the establishment and the food.
Expensive
12 "Your Veranda" restaurant, st. Lenina, 43. ☎ +7
(978) 815 9 516. 10:00 - 23:00. Second courses from 400 rubles. European
cuisine is not the best. More positive reviews than negative. The same
owners as the "Zhar Pizza", which, as it were, hints that you should not
expect much.
13 Cafe Fishka, st. Theatrical, 42. ☎ +7 (36561)
6-68-09, +7 (978) 837-10-05. Prepare good meat steaks, stylish interior.
Sometimes they complain about food and service.
coffee houses
14 Kae-bakery "Cinnamon", st. Marshal Eremenko, 30 (TC "Tair"). Good
pastries, but there are complaints about the service.
1 Sport bar "BEERloga" , Sverdlov, 12. ☎ +7 (36561)
2-35-45. 12:00 - 22:00. Average bill 35 gr. Number of seats 25.
2 Penguin brewery-pub , st. Lenina, 32. ☎ +7 (36561) 6-16-07. 11:00 -
23:00. Live beer, interesting interior, good meat with cherry sauce.
3 Wine bar "Grott", st. Theatrical, 37. The institution specializes in
serving famous wines of various varieties from all over the world. You
can try hookah on wine
4 Cafe-bar "Camelot" , st. Sverdlov, 7. ☎ +7
(978) 83 38 100.
12 Kiss strip club , Tavricheskaya square 1. 20:00
- 5:00. Strip bar.
Night clubs
5 Night club "KGB", st. Kirova,
11. Three-story nightclub.
6 Night club «CHERRY» , st. Sovetskaya,
20 (near the cinema "Ukraine"). ☎ +7 (989) 0853874!. from 18:00 to
morning. Sun-Thurs free entry. Great mood, music, dancing until you
drop, good drinks and treats, unique communication with friends and
meeting new people.
7 Night club "Kokos" (on the city beach). during
the summer period.
Prices in hotels may vary depending on the season
(seasonal factor). You can also rent housing in the private sector or an
apartment, while prices are lower than hotel prices. Prices for rental
housing in Kerch are much lower than the prices of resort towns on the
southern coast of Crimea.
"Zaliv", st. Kurortnaya 6a (Arshintsevo
district). ☎ +7 (36561) 6-34-94.
"Seaman", Gagarin St., 3. ☎ +7
(36561) 57-257, +7 (36561) 52-955.
"Quiet Courtyard", Kulakov St. 38.
☎ +7 (36561) 64583.
Eco-hotel "Korchma №1", st. General Kulakov, 81.
☎ 978) 058-59-66 +7 (978) 058-59-66.
Mini-hotel «Fishka», st.
Theater, 42 (city center). ☎ +7 (36561) 6-68-09, +7-978-837-10-05. Large
balcony overlooking the sea.
Cheap
Azure, st. Miroshnik 1st
century ☎ +7 (36561) 5-20-04.
Guest house "Travel house". ☎
+7(978)701-77-95. standard 1200 rubles, deluxe 1900 rubles. The rooms
have a TV, refrigerator, WiFi internet, air conditioning, a bathroom
with hot and cold water around the clock. Additionally in the house:
kitchen, laundry room with dryer, ping pong, cozy yard.
Hotel
"Arabica", st. Gorbulsky, 34. ✉ ☎ +7 (36561) 90060, +7 (978) 010 92
10. Single 800 rubles, double from 1200 rubles. 500 m from the sea.
WIFI.
Average cost
"Meridian“, Marata street, 9. ✉ ☎ +7
(36561) 6-15-07, +7 (36561) 6-02-50. 3 stars.
Sanatorium "Moscow",
st. Moscow, 18. ✉ ☎ +7 (978) 773-67-97, +7 (3656) 2709-111, icq:
626238920, Skype.svg season-krim. Single from 1330 rubles, double from
1710 rubles. The sanatorium has a swimming pool, skating rink, sauna,
beach, dining room, medical buildings.
Hotel "Kerch", Kirov St., 11.
☎ +7 (3656) 2709-111, +7 (3656) 2706-586, +7 (3656) 2706-584.
Expensive
Hotel "More", st. Serdlova, 5-a. ✉ ☎ +7 (36561) 61245.
Guest house "Edelweiss", st. Nikolai Rybakov, 2A. ✉ ☎ +7 (978)
011-60-61, +7 (978) 011-60-59.
Villa "Svetlana", st. Aivazovsky, 7.
2,208 rubles. Mini hotel on the city embankment.
"Count's Quay",
trans. Dimitrova, 4. ✉ ☎ 27 48 +7 (36561) 2 27 48.
Hotel "Gostiny
Dvor Bolshaya 12", st. Bolshaya, 12. ☎ +7 (978) 004-92-99. 40-100 €.
Spa establishments
sanatorium "Parus" - Address: st. Suvorova,
16, +7 (36561) 4-74-17, +7 (36561) 4-53-57, distance to the sea: 100 m.,
prices: from 300 UAH, canteen, cafe, bar, beach, parking .
sanatorium
"Dream" - Address: pos. Osoviny, st. Stepnaya 29, administration e-mail:
www.nwt42@mail.ru
http://otdix.net.ua/index.php
sanatorium "Cosmos" - (children's
camp) - : st. Staraya Dacha, 1-a, +7 (36561) 4-57-34
boarding house
"CORAL" - Address: pos. Geroevskoe, st. G. Petrova, 120, Opening hours:
from 05/15/12 to 10/01/12, Wellness & SPA Health Center: • indoor
swimming pool with heated sea water; • SPA-pool with sea water for 6
persons and hydromassage; • sauna for 6 people with a relaxation room; a
massage room with jade massage complexes; • "Salt Cave" - a halotherapy
room made of blocks of rock salt aged 5 million years; • Gym; •
billiards.,
http://coralrest.ru/about.html
Boarding house "Victoria" -
Address: pos. Eltigen (Geroevskoe), st. Galina Petrova, 11; +7 (36561)
7-28-10,
http://hotel-victoria.com.ua/index.shtml
Cottage "Watercolor" -
Address: Geroevskoye village, General Kosonogov St., 16-d, +7 (36561)
9-00-70, +7 (36561) 6-20-60, http://www.akvarel-kerch .com.ua/
Villa "Black Sea" - Address: p. Geroevskoe, st. Petrova, 29 B,
http://www.villa-blacksea.com.ua/
Guest house "Castle of
Dreams", Osoviny village, d11A. ☎ +79787011097.
Main post office. There is a call center, booths with
computers and Internet access, fax.
Belinsky Central City Library,
st. V.Dubinina, 9/19. There is a computer room, free Wi-Fi.
Wi-Fi is
also available in many cafes and hotels.
Mobile operators "Win
Mobile", "TriMob", "Intertelecom", MTS work (for more details, see the
section Mobile operators in Crimea). In some areas of the city
(embankment, gorplyazh, crossing area, Mount Mithridates and some
others) there is coverage of mobile operators: Beeline, Megafon, SMARTS,
Tele2
There is no big crime in the city. And yet, you should
be careful and observe standard security measures (take care of money,
documents, things), especially in the summer. Do not make contact with
heavily drunk locals.
To call emergency operational services: 101
- fire, 102 - police, 103 - ambulance, 104 - emergency gas service
Public toilets:
Turn towards the Small Mithridatic Stairs near
the "Penguin" brewery (on the main street)
At the railway station and
two toilets at different ends of the western platform of the bus station
To the left, 200 m from the main entrance to the Central City Market
On the city embankment, 100 m from the Ferris wheel
Near the Great
Mithridatic Stairs (before the start of the ascent from the left side)
In the MEGA shopping and entertainment complex (central street), in the
FRESH supermarkets, in catering establishments
Valley of Mud Volcanoes (Bulganakskaya Valley), north
of the village of Bondarenkovo, 8 km from Kerch (Travel from the bus
station to the village of Bondarenkovo by route No. 64. There are three
kilometers left from the village stop to the hills, which you will have
to overcome on foot). Not Vesuvius of course, but still. Some hills spew
healing mud, gas (methane, hydrogen sulfide) and steam constantly. When
everything will explode here, no one knows. So far it's just gurgling.
Please, be careful! edit
Yurkino is a small fishing village on the
Azov coast, 15 km north of Kerch, next to it is a large 400-meter shell
beach. There are no entertainment and shops in the village, there is not
much housing, mainly in the private sector with amenities in the yard,
but there are also several mid-range offers.
You can get from the
Kerch bus station by regular bus (about 50 minutes), transport runs at
long intervals.
Osoviny is a small settlement 1.5 km east of
Yurkino, with excellent sand and shell beaches stretching along the sea
for several kilometers. The beaches are separated by stone spits,
forming small bays. There are several boarding houses.
The tract
"Valley of Love", but it's a long way to go there. By the time you reach
love, you won't want to.
Kurortnoye village
The coast of the Sea
of Azov to the northeast of Kerch is occupied by the Karalar steppe.
Within its borders, a regional landscape park "Karalarsky" was created,
where there are some restrictions for visiting: it is forbidden to
travel by car, hunting, fishing, picking herbs, lighting fires, tourist
parking.
How to get there: minibuses from Kerch depart from the
bus station about once an hour. The road is bad, without asphalt (but in
2019-2020 there will be road works that should solve this problem).
General's beaches (Only on your own transport). The coast of the Sea
of Azov near Kerch. Many cozy closed coves with sandy beaches. Clean
sea. Places of unique beauty.
Lake Chokrakskoe Wikidata item, 16 km
north of the city (Travel route No. 69 from the bus station to the
village of Kurortnoye, travel time 30 min). Salt lake on the shore of
the Sea of Azov near Kerch, with healing mud and hydrogen sulfide
springs. The lake is separated from the Sea of Azov by a small sandy
isthmus. The water in the lake is very salty, so you won’t be able to
drown here, just like in the Israeli Dead Sea. But you can try to lie in
the water on your side. On the shores of this lake, the filming of films
Moscow - Cassipei and Otroki in the Universe took place.
Cape Zyuk,
15 km northwest of Kerch. On the cape there are excavations of an
ancient settlement.
Antique settlement Zolotoe (eastern), near the village
of Zolotoe. The largest settlement on the Azov coast, which existed in
the III-I centuries BC. Currently, excavations are being carried out
here, you can see the foundations of houses and fortifications. Once
upon a time, the settlement was framed by a powerful defensive wall 6 m
high with six ledges-bastions, and the approach to the settlement was
protected by a walled fort. After the death of the ancient settlement,
the necropolis of the neighboring, later ancient settlement Zolotoe
(bay) was located on its territory.
Abandoned airbase Bagerovo (3 km
north-west of the village of Bagerovo, 14 km north-west of the city of
Kerch). The airfield, which was supposed to be an alternate landing
strip for Buran. The length of the strip is 4 km.
Bagerovo quarries.
The quarries were developed in the 1930s, and later during the war they
were used by partisans, the hospital has been preserved. Be careful as
It is easy to get lost in the web of tunnels.
Ancient settlement
Artesian. ☎ Excursions are conducted upon prior request by phone: +7
(36561) 2-50-61, +7 (36561) 2-18-60. Sep 2019
Settlement Ilurat, 18
km southwest of the city (located among the steppe hills). ☎ Excursions
are conducted upon prior request by phone: +7 (36561) 2-50-61, +7
(36561) 2-18-60. Bosporan city-fortress I-III centuries. AD Now you can
see the remains of powerful walls and towers.
Mud volcano Jau-Tepe.
Wikidata item The largest mud volcano on the Kerch Peninsula, the hill
rises 60 meters above the surrounding area.
Olivian quarries.
Underground stone mining. The tunnel is about 300 m long and 6 m high.
The Kazantip Reserve is a reserve on the northwestern coast of the Kerch
Peninsula at Cape Kazantip.
The 29th battery of the Black Sea Fleet during the
Second World War, near the village of Chelyadinovo. 29th coastal
artillery battery of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR. Built in the
period 1931-1934. It was a four-gun stationary coastal battery of large
caliber - 180 mm. To date, four artillery positions (or platforms, gun
blocks, artillery blocks) of an open type of a long-term nature with a
complex of accompanying premises have been preserved.
Salt lake
Tobechik and Tobechik bay. In the 19th century there was a mud resort
here.
Kyz-Aul lighthouse, southern cape of the Kerch Peninsula
Kyz-Aul. Picturesque and quiet place.
The ancient settlement of
Kitey, p. Cherished, 40 km south of Kerch. 5th century BC - IV century.
AD Initially, it was surrounded by fortress walls and a moat up to 6
meters wide. In the VI century. AD a burial ground was built next to it,
later plundered.
The ancient settlement of Akra, near the village of
Naberezhnoye (10 kilometers south of Kerch). 5th century BC. - IV
century AD, located in the coastal part, part of the settlement was
flooded by the sea.
Tuzla Island. Sandy island in the Kerch Strait.
Once it was part of the Taman Peninsula of the Krasnodar Territory.
Opuk nature reserve. ☎ +7 (36562) 2-20-53, +7 (978)
785-37-31. Free of charge as part of a group accompanied by a worker of
the reserve. The structure of the reserve includes land areas in the
area of Cape Opuk, Mount Opuk, lagoon lake Koyashskoye with a depth of
0.6 m and the adjacent water area of the Black Sea.
The nearest
settlement, located to the east at a distance of 6 km from the borders
of the reserve, is the small village of Yakovenkovo, where the base of
the reserve is located at ul. Chernomorskaya, 1a. The office of the
reserve is located in Feodosia (Korortnaya st., 42).
Formally,
visiting the reserve is possible only as part of an excursion group from
April 1 to November 1, with the exception of the fire hazard period and
the time of bird migration and nesting. To get on the tour, you need to
fill out a form on the reserve's website and send it to them by mail. It
remains unclear how strictly this order of visitation is adhered to and
whether it is possible to visit on your own. On the territory of the
reserve, 4 overland ecological trails have been developed.
The ruins
of the ancient Greek city "Kimmerik", on the territory of the reserve.
6th c. BC - 4 in. AD Citadel and dozens of ancient wells.
Elken-Kaya
(Stone Sailboats), at Cape Opuk, 4 km from the coast. These are four
separate rocks in the sea, previously connected to the land. Now you can
swim to them by boat - the price is approximately 300 rubles / person.
Max Vasmer considered the most likely origin of the name of the city from the word writhing (uprooting). Oleg Nikolaevich Trubachev did not agree with Fasmer and insisted on the origin of the name from the word kark (throat), indicating the position of the city at the strait. At the same time, Trubachev emphasized that the modern name Kerch does not come directly from the Old Russian Karchev, but is a transmission through the Turkic language with a characteristic harmony of vowels during declension (Kerch → Kerch).