The village with an unusual name anchor gap is a very popular place to relax in the Lazarevsky district in the Krasnodar Territory. This resort microdistrict is located on the Black Sea's coast between the villages as a shake and Vardan in the Hadjipse River Valley. Travelers appreciate the anchor gap, as, perhaps, the most secluded and most environmentally friendly place in this resort area of Big Sochi. So many tourists choose this particular part of the coast for their family holidays.
The very first one, where to go, being on vacation in anchor gap, is to the Waterfall of the Valley of the Hadjipse River. Walking on foot will take you literally about 40 minutes, besides the way to them runs along the river bed and on the way you will follow the extraordinary Kolkhida forest. He completely overgrown with the samsheats and many other relict plants whose branches will be gossipped over your head. In general, the forest immediately amazes his dense and some fantastic landscape. Well, and then you will reach the cascade of five waterfalls, at the bottom of which there are small pools and in the summer you can swim there.
Then you need to go to an unusual tulip tree, which was planted in the head near the Black Sea coast, by General Raevsky, in the distant 1840. The scientific name of this tree sounds like Lyriodendrontulpanova and it belongs to the Magnolia family. But here the flowers of this tree are more reminiscent of tulips buds. It is noteworthy that it blooms as much as two times a year, well, the birthplace of this tree is considered East of North America. However, it was very perfectly acclimatized in comfortable conditions for him by Sochi subtropics. This tulip tree, which grows in the head, immediately amazes with its extraordinary magnitude. So you may have the most beautiful photos to remind you of holiday in anchor gap.
Also in the village of the head you need to visit a very pretty cool canyon, along the bottom of which river is stranger. This route you will need to start from the tooth gap and go around a kilometer, and half of them you will pass right along the bottom of the canyon. On the way, you admire the amazing beauty, which is created by the quick waterfalls themselves, descent, grotts and bowls, which in the rock endured the river. The whole road is fully equipped with stairs with handrails, so you will have the opportunity to rise, and then go down to the waterfalls. You can also swim in some bowls that have very pretty names - "good", "health" and "desires". You can also on the way to visit the grottoes "love" and "loyalty".
You can go on an interesting excursion to the witch cave, which is located near Aul Calezh right on the right bank of the Ashe River. She also has other names - the house of spirits and the cave of salvation and with each of these options are associated with a variety of legends. It is not necessary to go there on your own, it is best to do this in the excursion that can be like hiking and boat.
Lovers of history will be very interesting to visit the Byzantine temple in the village of Loo, which is also near Sochi. The construction of the ancient Byzantine church of early Christianity belongs to the eighth-ninth centuries, as a result of which this building is considered, perhaps, one of the most ancient monuments of the Byzantine architecture in the territory of the Krasnodar Territory.
In the village of Loo you can also visit very pretty waterfalls. For example, the road to a waterfall called "Paradise Delight" completely passes through the shady forest, which consists of relict trees. On the way, you will enjoy a pleasant cool trees, and then admire the waterfalls, water mills and, of course, picturesque rocks. If you wish you, you may be introduced from the Saclay Ammenk Armenians and with the subjects of their life. Well, of course, at the end of the excursion you will be fed by national dishes.
Few people know that literally in 10 minutes from the Volcon station, you can explore the ruins of the ancient fortress of the Bag, whose age is about 2000 years. It was built from sandstone, slate and limestone in such a place where it is almost impossible to see it from the Black Sea, because it completely closes the cliffs. Allegedly lived here in ancient times, the robbers of the genioshi, which were industrialled by slave trade and piracy. Until our days, the fortress, of course, was poorly preserved, but nevertheless you can see a special masonry related to an earlier period - Roman-Byzantine and later in Italian style. The fact is that during the time of antiquity in the Middle Ages on the place where the volcker is now, stood the city that was the center of the slave trade.
And, of course, it is impossible not to visit the Volkon in the resort village another ancient landmark - Volkonsky dolmen, the monolith whose monolith is considered the largest in the territory of the Krasnodar Territory. Its dimensions are truly striking - in length it is 17 meters, and in a width of 5 meters, and at the same time carved from a solid monolithic stone. Presumably the age of the dollar is about 5,000 years, that is, it is much older than the bulk of such structures. Until now, it is not known about the origin of a Volkonsky dollar, but he, as well as other such structures, is attributed to magical power and extraordinary magnetic properties.