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Cave towns of Crimea

Duration:6 days
Distance: ~50km
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.