Features of rest in Okunevka in Crimea

Among the famous resorts of Crimea, such as Yalta, Theodosius, Alushta, Sudak, Yevpatoriya, there is one place that also attracts vacationers. This is a village in the Black Sea region of the Republic of Crimea, the center of the Okunevsky rural settlement - Okunevka. This small town cannot be called a resort, but what is it famous for, let's try to figure this article out.

Even in ancient times in the IV century BC. e. on the site of the modern village there were distant choirs of Chersonesos. Centuries changed, rulers in the II century BC. e. Scythian-Sarmatian population appeared on the territory of modern Okunevka. For the first time, the village of Okunevka was mentioned in the documentary Cameral Description of the Crimea in 1784 under the name Tarpanchi.

After the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 1783, the rulers of Russia, in their own way, were engaged in territorial transformations of the peninsula. During these transformations, the village of Tarpanchi belonged either to the Novorossiysk province, then to the Tauride province, or to the Yevpatoriya district. According to the Bulletin of Volosts and villages of April 19, 1806, it is written about the village of Tarpanchi that it has 10 yards, the population consists of Crimean Tatars.

Crimean War of 1853-56 made changes to the development of the village. During the hostilities, Tarpanchi was completely destroyed, and the Tatars left the acquired place, moving to Turkey. For several years no one lived in this territory, but after the forced resettlement of state peasants from the central Russian and Ukrainian provinces, life in the village resumed.According to 1864, there is a record in the List of Populated Places of the Tauride Province that Tarpanchi is a Russian village, which has 6 yards, 45 inhabitants, in the Black Sea.

In the Memorial Book of the Tauride Province for 1900, the changed name of the village is recorded - Tarpanchi-Biyuk with four yards, with a Russian population of 36 people. With the advent of Soviet power in Crimea, administrative borders changed again, volosts were abolished, counties changed, names of settlements changed.

From 1922 to 1948, according to the Tarpanchi-Biyuk documents, they signed how Beshi was divided into two settlements - Tarpanchi and Biyuk, then reconnected, and only in 1948, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR of May 18, the permanent name was assigned to the village - Perching.

The village of Okunevka got its name in honor of the fishing industry, which was famous for long-time ancestors. Today, a fairly secluded place with 10 streets, two lanes, with an area of ​​25 hectares, with a population of 584 people, can not compete with eminent resorts.

In addition to a comprehensive school, library, post office, small shop, medical facility, there is nothing more in the village - there is no brisk trade in cooling drinks, pastries, barbecue, there are no traditional gyro scooter competitions on the southern beaches.

Those who are tired of the bustle of the city, who want to be alone, who like space, relaxed swimming, who enjoy scuba diving, who like quiet walks along the seashore, fresh air filled with the aroma of steppe grasses, who want to see many, come to the beaches of Okunevka to relax rare plants and animals.

Places for swimming are famous. crystal clear water since Okunevka is located in the area of ​​Cape Tarkhankut, which is considered the cleanest and most picturesque on the Crimean peninsula.

Okunevka has a relatively mild climate: summers are hot and dry, winters are wet and not frosty. The beach season opens from mid-May and lasts until the end of October.

Rocky ledges divided the entire coast into separate beaches. There is a sand, there is a pebble.

The sun, clear sea water, fresh air contribute to an excellent holiday on the beach.

Having rested in peace and quiet with your soul and body, you will definitely want to have fun. Local residents will help you to shorten your leisure time, for whom tourist service is the main income. They will ride you with pleasure on a boat, help to scuba dive to the bottom, and children will be taken on a banana. Fans of scuba diving in clear water can watch the life of fish and shellfish, sea crabs, mussels.

Very close to the village is equestrian club Savostin Horse beach Club, Those who wish will make horseback riding.

All houses of Okunevka openly open their doors to guests. There are no large hotels in the village, but vacationers have no problems with accommodation. For those who love peace and quiet, small cozy private hotels near the sea of ​​a home type are suitable.

And if you prefer comfortable housing, then you are waiting for settlement recreation centers.

On the very shore of the Black Sea there is a recreation center "House near the sea". The camp site is protected. Well-kept lawns, flower beds, trees, and between them there are cozy houses and comfortable trailers, round-the-clock hot water is provided, the cooks in the dining room offer dishes from fresh rural products, and you will find an unusual pleasure in the sea air, salty wind, pine smell and aroma of juniper.

Favorable reviews leave vacationers about mini-hotel "Okunevka Tour". The hotel has a cozy fenced yard with a furnished playground for games, a place for cooking barbecue. For active leisure there is a tennis court and billiards. The pet-friendly hotel is pet friendly. In the boarding house “Okunevka Tour” there is a dining room serving delicious homemade food.

City dwellers, resting in Okunevka, enjoy the freshest village products: eggs, milk, cottage cheese, vegetables - all are sold by the owners themselves. First-class cooks work in the canteens at the mini-hotels, prepare delicious dinners, and visitors eat with appetite.

In the private sector, if you do not want to cook, housewives offer their services. Guests are convenient to choose the option with three meals a day.

More recently in Okunevka opened cafe-bar Villa Galla. Reviews of tourists about him are very good: a cozy interior, sea views, dishes from Russian and European cuisines in the menu, muffled music - all this contributes to a pleasant pastime.

Tasty prepared according to old recipes shurpa, lagman, sweets along with delicious Crimean herbal tea will not leave you indifferent.

Okunevka is a place where tourists join the antiquity, because it was in the territory of the modern village that the ancient city of Tarpanchi was located, now there are excavations, and those who want to learn more about the rich history of Crimea can visit this place.

It’s easy to get to Okunevka. There are bus routes:

• Perching - Olenevka;
• Perching - Evpatoria;
• Perching - Simferopol.

We invite you to Okunevka to enjoy your vacation in a village on the Black Sea coast.

You can see the village from a bird's eye view in the video below.