The Swallow's Nest castle is built on the sheer Aurora cliff Ai-Todor Cape. The building resembles a medieval knight's castle. "Swallow's Nest" has become a kind of emblem of the southern coast of Crimea. The image of the "Swallow's Nest" was spread around the world by millions of postcards and photographs.

Castle Swallow's Nest dominates the entire coast between Miskhor and Livadia.

It was built on the Aurora rock of Cape Ai-Todor in 1912 by architect A.V. Sherwood for Baron V. Steingel, a Baku oilman. With the outbreak of World War I, he left for Germany, and sold the castle to the merchant Shelaputin, who set up a restaurant here. In 1927, during an earthquake, part of the rock collapsed, but the building survived, however, for many years it was considered emergency and was closed. Rebuilt in 1971

It now houses an expensive Italian restaurant. Entrance to the site at the castle is paid. You can get to it by regular motor ships or by minibus from Yalta.

The rocky islet Parus is picturesque, pushed out into the sea. And above it, on a rock, there is a sculpture of an eagle.
At the foot of the Swallow's Nest, traces of Stone Age people were found by scuba divers in flooded caves.