Cape Ai-Todor

Cape Aitodor
Crimea, Gaspra
Categories: Nature Gaspra
Rating 8.0
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Cape Ai-Todor

Cape Aitodor
Crimea, Gaspra
Monument of nature (1964). Ai-Todor protrudes into the sea like a Neptune trident. Its southernmost tooth - the Ai-Todorsky spur itself - is the highest part of the cape.

Since ancient times, it served as a guide on the way of navigators. Returning from his "walking beyond the three seas", on the way from Balaklava to Feodosia, the famous traveler Athanasius Nikitin rounded this cape in the 15th century.

There is now a lighthouse at the top of the spur; more than 50 miles away, his blinking eye is visible at sea. Not far from the lighthouse, the remains of the centuries-old southern coastal forest have been preserved: thickets of juniper, pistachio, and downy oak. Of greatest interest is growing at the very top, near the lighthouse, a giant thousand-year-old pistachio, included in the Red Book. This is one of the oldest trees in Crimea.
On the eastern outskirts of the cape, on the steep Aurora rock, there is the well-known "Swallow's Nest", an unusual location and in its own way a picturesque little castle. It is interesting to look at the cape from the sea, from the Ai-Todor bay, where regular boats moor. The rocky islet Parus is picturesque, pushed out into the sea. There are always a lot of seagulls, cormorants and other birds on the Parus rock. Those who have been on the top of Limen-Burun, one of the ledges of Ai-Todor, on its viewing platform, called the "captain's bridge", and admired the landscape from there.

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All reviews (1)
Traveled 6 years ago
Rating 8
It is located on the territory of the Dnepr sanatorium, where the entrance fee is 100/50 rubles. The sanatorium has access to the sea, an elevator, a restaurant Haraks, a dining room where you can eat for third parties, and the fenced-in park itself, with the remains of buildings. But very picturesque. Some cottages are for rent. We reached the lighthouse, but it is fenced. Sea views are awesome.
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