On the southern slope of the Crimean Mountains ridge, almost on the rocky ledge of the cliff, the white stone colonnade towers proudly, crowned with a dome .Like the soaring in the air, the legendary Gazebo of winds is one of the cult attractions of Gurzuf, photographed in which almost every traveler dreams..Here, on the top of Shagan-Kaya, the lines from Vladimir Vysotsky's song come to mind: "The whole world is in the palm of your hand, you are happy and it ..." .And indeed, the view opens absolutely incomparable views: in the field of view, four and a half kilometers of mountain peaks, at the bottom of the sea - Mount Ayu-Dag, the Adalary Islands, the resort Gurzuf, the eternally young Artek, Partenit and the endless Black Sea .In good weather visibility reaches as much as 150 km!

From the history of the arbor

The history of the romantic windbreaker began in 1956 .According to unconfirmed reports, construction in such an unusual place started for the arrival of Nikita Khrushchev, who was going to visit Crimea with a hunting tour..However, the visit failed due to cases of national importance, and the authors of the project remained unknown .By the way, the name of the attraction did not come from really windy weather, but from a mosaic in the form of a "rose of the winds" laid out on the floor of a gaze .In 1998, ą $ .the gazebo was restored and even got a new name - "Starfall of memories", as evidenced by a sign above the entrance of $ $ .However, neither local residents, nor even tourists to the new name are not used to it, calling it in the old-fashioned manner .

To the note for fans of rare flora: near the gazebo grows a rare and little studied endemic - tarning yailinskaya. On the whole planet there are only 250 bushes of this plant, and all of them are collected on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.

Another natural landmark, which can not be ignored - in the surrounding Shagan-Kaya cliffs there are natural formations of "eolovy harp" - through stone arches, through some of them a car will pass by size. Such fads of nature on the yayla are explained by the gradual destruction and erosion of the karst rocks, of which the Crimean mountains are composed.

How to get

There are several ways to get to the windbreaker. One of the easiest is to purchase an excursion to the Crimean nature reserve. This option will at least relieve a high probability of earning a fine from the foresters. The bus tour usually takes about six hours and runs along the traditional ring route from Alushta with a visit to the monastery of Kozma and Damian, the trout farm and the rock of Red Stone.

If you want to get to the gazebo on your own, you need to go from the village of Massandra through the tract Uch-Kosh, past the cliff of Red Stone, then through the Nikitsky pass along the old Romanovskoye highway. Another way will suit those who are sufficiently confident in their abilities and ability to navigate in the vicinity of Gurzuf - a shorter road passes through the village of Partizansky.

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