Arkhipo-Osipovka from A to Z: sea and beaches, hotels, sanatoriums, hotels and boarding houses in Arkhipo-Osipovka, reviews. Shops and restaurants, prices in Arkhipo-Osipovka.
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Arkhipo-Osipovka is a resort village 50 km from Gelendzhik on the Black Sea coast. Located in a beautiful mountain valley between two rivers. The mild climate, similar to the Mediterranean, picturesque nature and comfortable beaches with clear sea water annually attract a large flow of tourists. The area is favorable for treatment and recovery - the sanatorium-resort area has been developing here since 1917. The village has a well-established tourism infrastructure - there are conditions for a calm, measured holiday and youth entertainment.
Arkhipo-Osipovka received its name in honor of Arkhip Osipov, a participant in the Caucasian War of 1840, soldier of the 77th Tenginsky Regiment. In memory of his valor, a six-meter snow-white openwork cross rises on the site of the blown-up enemy fortification. It was installed on a hill so that it could be seen from the sea and from any point of the settlement.
How to get to Arkhipo-Osipovka
By plane
The nearest airport to the resort is 50 km away - in Gelendzhik.
In summer, it receives regular flights from many Russian cities. You can go to Arkhipo-Osipovka from the airport by bus or taxi. A taxi ride will cost from 1200 RUB. Buses No. 5 and 12 run from the airport; you can take them to the “old” suburban bus station and there transfer to a bus to Arkhipo-Osipovka. Travel by bus from Gelendzhik to the resort village will take 40 minutes. Prices on the page are for January 2022.
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By train
Every day during the high tourist season, trains depart from Moscow's Kazansky station in the direction Moscow - Adler. You can get to the Goryachiy Klyuch station in less than a day. The approximate price of a compartment ticket during periods of low demand is from 2800 RUB. The Goryachiy Klyuch station is located 70 km from Arkhipo-Osipovka, a trip from it to the place by taxi will cost from 1,400 RUB. Another option is to take a train ticket to Novorossiysk, which is 90 km from Arkhipo-Osipovka, and only then take a taxi or bus to the village.
Excursion to the hero city of Novorossiysk
Don’t limit yourself to Arkhipo-Osipovka, be sure to go on an excursion to Novorossiysk. This is the largest Russian port, a hero city and simply a beautiful place. Excursions to Novorossiysk are usually organized in groups. The overview goes to the main places. First, the Memorial Complex on Malaya Zemlya is the main attraction of Novorossiysk. In 1943, this piece of land was held by Soviet troops from the Nazis for several months. As a result, the offensive of the Soviet Army and the liberation of the Caucasus from the Nazis began from here. Next is the cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov" and the Admiral Serebryakov embankment. Until recently, this cruiser was an active warship. Today it is an interesting museum. The excursion, as a rule, continues through Sovetov Street, parks, squares and the planetarium and ends at the Fire Frontier memorial complex. Here in 1942 the Nazi offensive in the Caucasus was stopped.
Beaches of Arkhipo-Osipovka
The largest and most popular beach in the village is Central. It has a sandy and pebbly shore and is not very deep; the approach to the water is equipped with a wooden deck. There is everything you need for a comfortable holiday - rental of beach equipment, showers, toilets, luggage storage, catering outlets and water activities - banana, tablet, hydromassage, jet ski, parachute. This is a favorite place for families with children.
The beach near the Vulan River is the next most popular among tourists. Here the conditions are the same as on Central, and it is also always crowded and noisy. The pebble beach near the Teshebs River is located in one of the most picturesque places in Arkhipo-Osipovka. There are cafes and entertainment here.
The section of the sea from Arkhipo-Osipovka to the village of Betta is famous for its amazing underwater terrain and is considered one of the most interesting places for spearfishing and diving.
The wild beaches of Arkhipo-Osipovka attract vacationers with their natural beauty. You can find such secluded places behind Mount Camel. This part of the coast is strewn with pebbles and large stones, so vacationers with children do not appear here. The local nudist beach is located next to Mount Hedgehog - just a kilometer from the Central Beach. There are no amenities or entertainment on it, the shore is rocky and the bottom is covered with algae, but the landscape is very beautiful.
Hotels and resorts in Arkhipo-Osipovka
In the village, mini-hotels, recreation centers and two popular sanatoriums operate year-round: “Vulan” and “Arkhipo-Osipovka”. The peculiarity of Arkhipo-Osipovka is that many hotels are located at a considerable distance from the beach. When agreeing to a cheap and comfortable accommodation option, it is worth checking whether you will have to walk 20-25 minutes to the sea. Closer to the beach there are expensive hotels with entertainment and beach complexes, accommodation in which will cost 2500-3800 RUB for a double room. Not far from the embankment there are comfortable private hotels with their own cafes and restaurants. Accommodation in them can be rented for only 1500-2000 RUB for a standard room, but this option is unlikely to be suitable for families with children. Rooms in the private sector will be cheaper, but accommodation and treatment in local sanatoriums will be more expensive.
Entertainment complex "Albatross"
Address: st. Kirpichnaya, 15. Telephone: 8-800-700-79-23, 8-952-87-07-241 Opening hours: 9.00-19.00. Ticket price: adult - 600 rubles, children - 300.
The complex has several swimming pools of varying depths. There are sunbathing areas, including topless ones.
Separate entertainment is provided for parents who want to relax with their kids - there is a special children's club on the territory of the water park.
What to bring
Delicious souvenirs are very popular. Tourists want to take away a piece of summer, so they choose natural sweets filled with the sun and energy of these fertile places. In first place is nut jam. This healthy delicacy is made using complex technology from unripe walnuts. Local wines, honey and spices are also in demand. There are souvenir candies on sale depicting views of the resort, but in the heat tourists are reluctant to take them, preferring dried fruits and churchkhela.
Cinema at the sanatorium "Vulan"
Address: per. Glukhoy, 2. Phone: +7 (86141) 60-596, +7 (86141) 60-563 Opening hours: 17.00 - 00.00 Ticket price: from 200 rubles
Posters for the cinema hang throughout the village and are updated regularly. The cinema at the sanatorium is a convenient, comfortable room with a large screen and surround sound.
Cafes and restaurants
All types of catering establishments are represented in Arkhipo-Osipovka. The cuisine is predominantly homemade - you can’t expect any special delicacies, but it’s delicious. Almost everywhere they cook barbecue on the grill - the main gastronomic attribute of the holiday. In snack bars and pirozhki near the sea you can have a snack of resort fast food - homemade pies and pasties. In the canteens, inexpensive lunches of simple dishes are prepared for vacationers. Dinner in a cafe or restaurant will cost at least 3-4 times more, but a beautiful evening is guaranteed. Frugal travelers tend to cook for themselves and use the kitchens that many guest houses provide. Buying groceries is not a problem - the village has a market and shops with culinary departments. Some private hotel owners offer their guests a comprehensive catering service.
Entertainment and attractions of Arkhipo-Osipovka
Perhaps the most famous attraction of Arkhipo-Osipovka is the ancient dolmens: burial structures built from multi-ton stone slabs and blocks, erected in the Bronze Age (2-4 centuries BC). It is here that one of the largest concentrations of dolmens is located: about fifty at a relatively short distance from each other - in the area of the village of Pshada and on the ridge of the Gypsy Gap. In addition, in the vicinity of Arkhipo-Osipovka, many burial mounds of the ancient Achaean and Zikh peoples have been preserved.
Arkhipo-Osipovka is also home to the no less famous Mikhailovskoye fortification, which was part of the Black Sea coastline system. Built in 1837 at the mouth of the Vulan River, it protected the surrounding area from the assault of the mountaineers until the last. Realizing that it was impossible to hold the enemy any longer, Arkhip Osipov, one of the defenders of the fortification, blew up a powder magazine, dying along with the enemy. A memorial white cross dedicated to him stands on the site of the bombed warehouse. The fortification itself was not destroyed and today is a historical monument of the Caucasian War of 1840, on the territory of which the Museum of the History of the Caucasus has been opened.
And after admiring the model of the ancient Roman outpost in the museum, you can go to the archaeological site of a Roman watchtower from the 1st century AD. e. near the village.
The Museum of Bread and Wine is part of the Mikhailovskoye Fortification museum complex. It presents the tools of bakers and winemakers from different countries and eras, and tells about the history of these crafts in the Kuban. The exhibition includes a working windmill from the 19th century, where you can watch live the transformation of grain into flour. The museum organizes tastings of exhibits.
Mikhailovskoe fortification
Address: Pogranichnaya street, 15A Telephone: 8(86141) 6-16-30; 8(861410) 6-16-31 Opening hours: 9.00-21.00 Ticket price: free admission
This monument is an object of historical heritage from the time of the Caucasian War.
The fortress, open to tourists, is an exact copy of the 1837 fortress. It was recreated on the former ramparts of the Mikhailovsky fortification (hence the name of the museum).
On the available area of 130 square meters, several exhibitions and expositions are collected at once:
- Paleontological: here you can see fossilized shells, plant imprints, part of the skeleton of a gigantic deer;
- Exhibition of the ancient period: it widely presents coins, amphorae, models of ancient historical objects;
- Thematic regional exhibition “Kuban in the Middle Ages”: ceramics, various household items, weapons of the Kuban inhabitants of that time;
- Military exhibition dedicated to the Caucasian War;
- Exhibition "Minerals of Russia".
5 things worth doing in Arkhipo-Osipovka
- See portraits of Russian writers carved into the rock.
- Visit the relict forest in the Sosnovaya Shchel tract.
- Walk across the suspension bridge over the Wulan River.
- Take a photo with Mount Hedgehog in the background.
- Skate.
Natural beauty
One of the most famous natural beauties of Arkhipo-Osipovka is the Teshebskie (Bigiusskie, Gebeusskie) six-cascade waterfalls, for viewing two cascades of which there are lifts and observation platforms. The height of the first cascade of the waterfall is 12 m, the second - 6 m, approaches to the third cascade and beyond are difficult. Here, at the foot of the waterfall, over more than a thousand years of history, the stream has formed a depression filled with clear blue water. You can swim in it.
Teshebskie (Bigiusskie, Gebeusskie) waterfalls have a triple name after the mountain located on the border with the Tuapse region, which has two equivalent names - Bigius and Gebeus. It is called Teshebsky after the Teshebs River, which is translated from Adyghe as “golden water” by the hue of the streams flowing down the mountain slopes from a height of 735 m.
Long-distance hikers can take a 35-kilometer, three-day trek to Podkolzin Yar. Along the way, travelers will visit the Blue Grotto, Narrow Gorge and stalactite cave.
The Sosnovaya Shchel tract near Arkhipo-Osipovka is famous for its grove of Crimean pine. A little to the west stretches a mixed forest, in which Crimean and Pitsunda pine, oak and hornbeam, juniper and mackerel coexist. Many endemic plants of the Caucasus have also been preserved here: thymus, campanula and others. The forest is interesting for its unique combination of flora of the Caucasus and Crimea.
Immediately behind the village on the Gelendzhik side, on an area of one and a half hectares, there is a grove of relict swamp cypress - a rather unusual plant for these places.
Spread over 10 hectares, the park of the Arkhipo-Osipovka sanatorium offers an introduction to more than 130 species of exotic plants. These are agaves and Chinese wisteria, berry yew and evergreen boxwood (or “iron tree” - not every ax can take it, and it sinks in water due to its high density), Himalayan cedar and Lankaran acacia, felt paulownia and even “Chinese silver apricot "is a relict gingko tree that appeared on Earth even before dinosaurs!
Arkhipo-Osipovka for children
Just before entering Arkhipo-Osipovka, you can stop and admire the “House with Reindeers.” This is a two-story house made of wild stone, in the design of which more than 50 sculptures of animals and birds are used: deer on the roof, bats on the pediment, with a bear at the entrance. It was built by a local forester in the middle of the last century, and the house became a full-fledged landmark of the village.
On the resort's embankment there is the Malibu amusement park and the Coconut Paradise mini-water park. Nearby in the dolphinarium, two Black Sea dolphins and a fur seal willingly demonstrate to everyone synchronized jumping through hoops, playing ball and other tricks. Visitors to the crocodile farm will be treated to a fascinating excursion with a detailed story about its inhabitants - crocodiles, turtles, iguanas, monitor lizards and snakes.
In the center of the village, the large water park “Emerald City” offers its guests 13 slides for adults and 21 children’s slides. For the youngest visitors, the shallow pool has slides in the shape of fairy-tale animals. The highlight of the children's area is a large pirate ship.
You can cool off and remember winter at the indoor ice skating rink located next to the beach. On the synthetic surface, people skate in hockey skates and roller skates, which are immediately available for rent.
Water park "Emerald City"
Address: st. Red Partisans, no. 59. Telephone: Opening hours: 10.00-19.00 Ticket price: For adults for the whole day - 1000 rubles, for the second half of the day - 900 rubles.
The water park is divided into zones. One is designed for toddlers, with shallow pools and small slides so children can swim safely. For adults there are large swimming pools with Jacuzzis, slides and slopes of varying levels of difficulty and steepness.
There is a cashless payment system on the territory of the water park.
