Cave Towns of Crimea - Hiking tour

маршрут похода по Пещерным городам Крыма. На фото - пещерный город Эски-Кермен
6 days   Distance: 47km   Max.altitude: 583m   Price: 200 Euro

In south-west of Crimean peninsula there are very interesting Middle Age monuments - so called Cave towns. They are situated on separate hills of the Internal Ridge over wide valleys at the middle of Alma, Kacha and Belbek rivers. The best way to see them all - our hiking tour through this ancient land.

 

At their appearance cave towns were strengthened settlements, but in future together with development of feudal relations some of them turned gradually into rather big fortified towns (Eski-Kermen, Mangup, Kyz-Kermen, and from the 10th century - Chufut-Kale).
Other smaller fortified settlements placed at hard-to-get heights and protected by guarding walls, were feudal castles or small citadels (Bakla, Tepe-Kermen, Syuiren Fortress, Kyz-Kule, Kalamita and others) but they are too called cave towns.

Tour Itinerary:

 
Бахчисарайский дворец
Успенский монастырь
потайные ворота крепости Чуфут Кале
 1 day: Arrival in Simferopol. Meeting at railway station. Transfer to  Bahchisaray. An excursion to Bahchisaray Palace and Uspenski monastry. Visit to the cave town Chufut-Kale. Placing the camp near the Beshik-Tau mountain.(Auto 25 km, Hiking 10 km)
 
Тепе Кермен - пещерный город
пещеры Тепе-Кермена
гроты Качи-Кальон
 2 day: Ascent to the cave town Tepe-Kermen. Visit to Kyz-Kermen cave town ruins. Descent to the valley of river Kacha. Kachi-Kalyon monastry. Overnight near the river.(Hiking 14km)
 
Сюйреньская крепость
Челтер Коба - пещерный монастырь
 3 day: Walking through the crimean oak-forest to the Chelter-Koba monastry. Crossing Belbek river. Radial going out to the Syuiren Fortress.(Hiking 16km)
 
панорама Мангупа
одна из пещер Мангупа
Цитадель Мангупа
 4 day: Rising to Mangup-Kale plateu. Visiting the capital of Feodoro princedom - cave town Mangup. Placing the camp near the city walls ruins.(Hiking 12km)
 
Церковь в скале - Эски Кермен
горы напротив
карта пещерного города
 5 day: Descent to Adim-Chokrak Valley. Walking to Shuldan cave monastry. Excursion to the cave town Eski-Kermen.(Hiking 12km)
 
Золотой пляж у Балаклавы
крепость Чембало
 6 day: Descent to the sea near the Inkerman. Arrival to Balaklava. Underground submarine factory. Ascent to Chembalo fortress.Return to Sebastopol. End of the tour (Auto 50km, Hiking 15km)
   

Price: 200 Euro (incl.  guiding fee, three meals a day)

Tours: all tours we suggest are standards and reckoning to the ordinary person, without special training. We can always change them and make taking into account all your wishes. The duration of the tours and their complication are not a dogma. Experienced guide-instructor is working with a group. Average time for everyday walking is 6 hours. In the route the members are living in tents. The feed is cooking on the fire. During all route the members carries things and public burden themselves, carry the water, take part in preparation of the fire-wood. During the time of the route the comforts (toilet, douche) are not stationary (nature level ). When you order the tour we try to take into account all your wishes about routes, feed and service.
Feed: full board (three times a day). Example menu is: soup, milk products, different jumbles, macaronis, tea,  in limited are season vegetables and bread.
The members: you can go as one, as with family (children) or friends.  Usual size of the group from 6 to 15 persons. Average age: 30 years.

Cost of the tour: Prices can be change in dependence from volume of service which you would like to take.

Equipment list

Map of the route "Cave towns of Crimea"

 
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