Pay to the sanatorium or wash for free? All about Partenit beaches and Crimean realities

Catch another detailed review about holidays on the Crimean coast on the topic - Partenit Crimea beaches.

Today I will tell you why we are going to a nondescript-looking village under the patronage of Bear Mountain and two luxurious Aivazovsky parks and the Crimea sanatorium .

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Well, let’s try to find out whether it is so important here to be the owner of a sanatorium card in order to avoid meeting with the dark masses, husking seeds and speaking uncivilly while they stand waist-deep in water, packed with plastic bags and used flip-flops.

Let's go!

Partenit beaches: general information

No matter which beaches of Partenit you are on, you will always be surrounded by wonderful landscapes and enveloped by the unimaginable aromas of coniferous plantations. There are plenty of bright natural colors here!

Beach areas are varied. There are spacious and very modest ones, equipped and with minimal comfort, pebble and even sandy.

Well, and most importantly - paid, shareware and absolutely free of bribes, depending on affiliation with any structure.

Now let's go over each of them.

History of Parthenit

People have lived in the Partenite Valley since the Stone Age, as evidenced by excavations. The settlement received its name during the time when the Taurian colony lived here. From the Greek language “parthenite” is translated as “virgin”.

There is a legend that in ancient times on Mount Ayu-Dag, located near the village, there was a sanctuary of the Virgin, the main goddess revered by the Taurus. In the 4th-3rd centuries AD. Ancient Greeks lived in this area. The rich history of Partenite preserves the memory of being under the rule of Constantinople, the Khazar Khaganate, the Byzantines, the Genoese, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian state, the Soviet Union and Ukraine. Since 1914, Partenit has been a popular resort within the Russian Federation.

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Partenita embankment

Friends, it so happens that the city embankment of Partenit is located on the territory of the Crimea sanatorium. No, the resort still has one more official embankment along the beaches along Krutoy Lane.

But a small descent of 250 meters does not sound serious. But the embankment in the Crimea sanatorium is all 600 meters long and stretches almost from Bear Mountain to Medvezhenok Rock.

History of the name of the village

The name of the village comes from the Greek word “Parthenos” which means “maiden” or “maiden”. Most scientists are inclined to believe that this name is associated with the Greek version of the goddess of the same name, Virgo, who was worshiped by the Tauri. According to one of the existing opinions, it is in the vicinity of Partenite that the famous temple to this goddess lies, mentioned by Euripides in his famous work “Iphigenia in Tauris” and, although no reliable evidence of this theory has been found, it can be said with a greater degree of probability that in the future they will definitely be discovered .

After the Great Patriotic War, the village was renamed the village of Frunzensky in honor of the famous Soviet revolutionary Mikhail Frunze, at the head of which the Red Army occupied Crimea back in 1920. During the Soviet period, the southern coast of Crimea was widely used as a natural health resort; many sanatoriums were built here, including the Crimea sanatorium in Partenit. In March 1993, the village of Frunze was returned to its historical name, which is still known today.

Bear Mountain Beaches

A unique mountain divide between Parentit and Gurzuf is the famous Bear Mountain. It turns out that here you can not only climb in search of medieval ruins, turn your head on a steep descent and find a godforsaken place of power, but also swim.

There are several secluded beaches at the nose of the mountain.

Topographically, the bay is called Panair, and in the language of the average person, Big Beach, Small Beach and Raevsky Beach. There are also wonderful grottoes where you can go by kayak or small boat.

Kamikazes descend to the Big Beach along a mountain path. A cowardly but prudent man in the street will call for help in the form of a boat or a wife with an oar.

Once you have mastered the art of kayaking, you will be able to find all 3 beaches and create your own rating. Don't forget a Panama hat, a bottle of water and a good mood.

You can rent a kayak or boat at the piers of the Crimea sanatorium or from these guys.

How to get to Partenit

• You can order a transfer from the airport online
• You can get there on a budget by public transport. Most likely you will have to travel with one transfer. There are buses, but trolleybus No. 52 runs more often to Yalta. He makes a stop on the highway, where he will need to change to bus No. 109, which goes down to the beach (it’s a long walk). You can also take trolleybus 51 to Alushta and transfer there. Read more here

To us at the sanatorium

In the west of Partenit, at the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag, there is the famous sanatorium “Crimea” (here is a separate article about it).

Attention! In July 2022, the sanatorium finally opened access to the beach for ordinary vacationers with and without Crimean registration. True, not all of it, but only 110 m, but now admission is free.

Relaxing on the beaches of the sanatorium is allowed from 8.00 to 19.00. But walks around the park are still limited.

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A spacious and neat embankment stretches along the beach maps of the sanatorium, but it is intended only for walking and contemplating the seascape - there are no cafes, kiosks, or stalls here.

And only at the end you will find a restaurant and a retail outlet with drinks and ice cream.

In 2016, part of the embankment was destroyed by . Some repair work and reconstruction have been carried out, but major restoration can only wait.

The beaches are well maintained. There are voluminous canopies, showers, changing rooms, a first-aid post, and toilets. Sun loungers and umbrellas for a fee, or in exchange for a sanatorium book. The surface is medium and small pebbles, but the entrance to the sea is rocky.

In some places there are quite large rocky areas on the shore itself.

The Little Bear Rock and the metal structures symbolically blocking the path are the division between the sanatorium and city beaches.

Parthenit reviews

If you are not vacationing in an old large sanatorium, you will either have to pay an entrance fee every day, or be content with a small city beach.

So, if you are not willing to pay for a normal beach every day, then we would not recommend Partenit as a vacation spot for the entire vacation period. In Crimea there are many much more worthy resorts with better beaches (Novy Svet, Sudak, Koktebel). If we compare Partenit and Gurzuf, then we would choose Gurzuf, where everything is neat, well-groomed and the entire beach is public.

If you are exploring the peninsula on your own, Partenit is also not a must-see. When passing through Aivazovskoye Park, you can stop by for 20-30 minutes. Maximum stay overnight at the hotel and then spend the day on the beach overlooking Bear Mountain.

Will everyone fit on the free beach?

Next is Central Beach . It does not have a spacious territory. Located between the breakwaters and limited by a concrete wall, the Central Beach also has rocky areas.

The entrance to the sea is flat and pebbly in places, and strewn with boulders and concrete debris in places. The water is surprisingly clean and clear.

There are sun loungers and umbrellas for rent - prices start from 200 rubles for the whole day. Climb the steps to the most ordinary, no-frills embankment, you will find cafes and shopping kiosks, toilets, and changing rooms.

In July 2022, a renewed embankment was opened in Partenit. Now it is more spacious and comfortable here.

The beaches themselves are good, but the trick is capacity. If you like to visit beaches during the season, you should consider your own schedule. Otherwise, the only place you will find is in the water.

This is where visitors to the two very comfortable hotels “Majestic” and “Nord” go with swimming pools, SPA areas and comfortable rooms.

Holidays with children in Partenit

Despite the fact that the resort has a mountainous terrain, families with children willingly come here. Tourists speak positively about the healing climate of Partenit, the warm sea and beautiful parks for walking. The village is surrounded by greenery, so there is a lot of shade. There are playgrounds and children's pools, but it is not convenient to walk everywhere with a stroller.

Elena: “We came for a week with children and parents. Incredible landscapes, clean sea air, beautiful sunsets, we liked everything.”

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Aivazovsky Park in Partenit (Photo: vladimirzalevsky / wikimedia.org)

Aivazovsky gives the go-ahead!

The administration of the picturesque park of the South Coast “Aivazovskoe” , without deliberating for long, charged 1,200 rubles for the entrance ticket to the park. The Tsar Nikitsky Botanical Garden, with its 300 rubles for entry, looks like a child.

Plus, due to the pandemic, the sanatorium periodically limits visits to the park.

Now, to get to the beaches of the sanatorium, you either have to pay and walk along the shady alleys. Or look for the loophole that the extortionists left for greedy and persistent visitors.

The administration has allocated beach cards 5 and 6 for hungry people who do not want to pay 600 rubles for entry. But you can get to them not through the front gate, but from the back entrance.

The “back entrance” is located on the embankment in front of the Europe Hotel and consists of a gate like this. It's a 1 km detour, but fortunately, during the season, a minibus runs here from the Partenita bus station (Yuzhny cinema).

Local residents were also sent to the lower gate (just above the tourist gate) until August 2022. But thanks to the intervention of the authorities and higher powers, the truth triumphed.

Now local residents, like white people, upon presentation of a passport with Partenite registration, paid bills for water and electricity and a password to the beach can pass through the upper entrance.

Beaches of the sanatorium with a wide pebble shoreline, awnings, changing rooms, showers and equipment rental. There is also a rescue point, a toilet, and trash cans installed.

Unfortunately, there is no entertainment provided. And there are not many people here, in general, silence is beauty.

The private beaches of the sanatorium itself cannot cause any complaints. To use them you will have to pay 5,000 rubles per room out of season. But, as you like, everything is included!

Historical sketch of the Village

Partenit in the photo of Crimea, famous for the Ayu-Dag mountain, it was here that the remains of tools belonging to people who lived in the Stone Age were discovered. Since the Late Bronze Age, the Partenite Valley began to be actively populated by Tauris - a legendary people, in whose honor Crimea was called Taurida for many years. It is very difficult to judge their activities in the vicinity of the village. Most archaeological excavations provide extremely contradictory and sometimes mysterious data, causing a lot of controversy.

During the era of Byzantine rule in Crimea, around the 6th century, the village of Partenit appeared on the peninsula. He is first mentioned in the Life of St. John of Goths (815-842). From archaeological excavations we can conclude that Partenit during this period was a large settlement, possibly

In the 8th century, the city fell under the rule of the Khazars, during whose reign the city fell into significant decline and desolation; only in the 10th century, after the conquest of the city by Byzantium, the city began to rise from its knees. The streets are being lined with new housing, a pipeline is being established, the infrastructure is significantly improving, merchant ships are beginning to arrive in large numbers to the city, and active trade is underway. Subsequently, Crimea went to the Genoese, who significantly expanded its borders and increased trade turnover. Later there was a period of Ottoman rule and the Russian Empire.

During the Soviet era, the village developed poorly as a resort. This can be seen in the photo of Partenit from that period, especially in the pre-war period. Only in the 60-70s of the last century did the resort begin to attract people again. New hotels and guest houses are being built here, the beach area is being improved, new health resorts and boarding houses are being built, for this period the village is listed on all maps as Frunzenskoe and only in 1993 it returns its former name.

Vacation like in Europe or what?

The snow-white hotel “Europe” has “washed away” all competitors and equipped a sandy beach. Anyone can go to the embankment and the hotel beach. But only residents can use stylish sun loungers and umbrellas for free, and everyone else pays for rental.

There is not too much space here, but it is very clean, neat, a flat shore interspersed with sand, a flat bottom and a comfortable entrance to the sea. There is even a separate children's area and beach play area.

When you get hungry, you can head up to the hotel's restaurants or visit a café. But the prices, as you understand, will correspond to the status of the hotel.

Due to the distance from the center of Partenit, this beach is not crowded, so there should not be any problems with space.

The Europe Hotel itself maintains its brand and tries to be at the appropriate level. True, a night’s stay here will cost you from 7,000 rubles per day. But the feeding is at their expense))

Partenit, photos of beaches and embankment 2022: “Aivazovskoe”

“Aivazovskoye” is the best beach in Patenin, you can get to it through the “Aivazovskoye” park. Entrance costs 600 rubles. For this money you get a tour of the park and a wristband, and you can go out and go to the beach several times. You can swim in the bracelet, it will not break. If you want to relax and eat, there is a beautiful restaurant “Poseidon” on the beach with an average bill of 1,500 rubles.

From this Partenita beach you can go to the beach of the Europe complex, but you cannot get to the central beach because of the rock. You need to exit through the park and go down through the city. Parking near Aivazovskoye Park is paid, 50 rubles per hour.

On the Aivazovskoye beach there is a beautiful embankment surrounded by oleanders.

Beaches of Karasan

In general, this is a good map; there are paid and free areas. But the sea has eaten up most of the lying space near the beaches.

The shoreline is pebble, not too wide, and in some places even narrow. There are rocky areas. There are canopies on the beaches. Umbrellas and sun loungers can be rented.

On the embankment itself there is one cafe and retail outlets.

Well, don’t forget to look into the wonderful Karasan Park Museum . For now you can still get there from the embankment. I wrote more about it here.

The largest beach of Partenita

Closer to Cape Plaka there is the Tavrida-Azot recreation center , the territory of which is considered the most spacious and comfortable for vacationers. True, due to the fact that the coating is constantly being filled with fresh pebbles, walking barefoot is quite sensitive.

Usually there are stationary canopies, paths to the water, changing rooms; in 2022, shower heads were added, and there is a cafe.

The terrace has a covered area directly above the sea. Sun loungers are free for residents of the base. The places under the canopy are always occupied by “our own people” from early morning.

For entertainment, all water attractions are available - catamarans, banana rides, scooters. There is a pier nearby from which excursion boats depart.

Overview of the village of Partenit (Crimea). Beaches. Housing. Attractions

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Partenit is located in a bay between Alushta and Yalta, on the southern coast of Crimea. The clear sea, amazing nature and many attractions - all this attracts tourists and makes them come back here again. The weather here is very warm; in summer the sea warms up to 24 degrees. Majestic mountains and green hills not only give the village a picturesque appearance, but also protect it from strong gusts of wind, and coniferous trees make the air clean and healthy.

Partenit resort on the map

Partenit is divided into two districts - Upper and Lower, in their territories there are shops, various cafes and restaurants, hotels, parks, etc. And now more about the resort.

Beaches of Partenit

Beach near the Europe Hotel

It is worth noting that most beaches, with the exception of Central, belong to hotels and sanatoriums. They can be visited by both guests of the resort institution and anyone interested.

The best in the resort village are:

• "Crimea". The beach area belongs to the sanatorium of the same name. The area itself is very clean and well-groomed, there is everything for a comfortable stay. The beach cover is small pebbles, the water here is crystal clear. If you wish, you can buy a ticket and walk through the beautiful park.

• "Europe". This beach is owned by a four-star hotel. Entrance to its territory is free, but a small fee is charged for beach equipment. The entrance to the sea is convenient and gentle. The area itself is very clean. For little tourists there is a playground and a children's area.

• "Aivazovskoe". Aivazovskoye includes as many as four beaches. There are free plots. There are changing rooms, showers and toilets on their premises. You can also rent sun loungers and more. “Paid” options provide more opportunities for vacationers - a landscaped area, a lot of entertainment, and you will also have the opportunity to stroll through the Paradise Park and enjoy the beauty of the landscape design.

• "Tavrida-Azot". Tavrida-Azot is the largest pebble beach of Partenit, located on the territory of the recreation center of the same name. For the convenience of vacationers, there are canopies and sun loungers. All kinds of entertainment are also provided - riding catamarans, banana boats and scooters. Excursion boats depart from the pier.

Housing. Hotels. Private sector

View from the room at the Majestic Hotel

There are several sanatoriums located in Partenit. A holiday here includes accommodation, meals, various wellness treatments and walks through the beautiful grounds. Thus, the main health resort, “Crimea,” offers vacationers rooms of various categories: from “standards” to “suites.” The infrastructure of the sanatorium is very developed, there is a canteen, a cafe, a library, a cinema, swimming pools, and a medical center.

Sanatorium "Aivazovskoye" offers both single and double rooms. On its territory there is a swimming pool, a spa complex with various wellness treatments, as well as a gym and bowling alley. In addition, there is a very beautiful Paradise Park, which will be a great place for walks.

But staying in hotels is quite expensive. If you are interested in an all-inclusive system, then you should opt for the elite hotels “Europe” and “Majestic” , which have a very developed infrastructure and a varied range of entertainment. If you are looking for a simpler option, then pay attention to the Nord . There are: a wellness center, a swimming pool, a gym, a sauna, a children's playground and a cafe.

The most budget option is renting housing in the private sector. In this case, prices for accommodation in a one-room apartment start from 2000 rubles. Rent a whole house from 3000 RUR/day.

Further on in the text, in the chapter on how to get to Partenit, you can follow the links to see all the available accommodation options.

Attractions

Aivazovskoye Park of Landscape Art

Aivazovskoe Park

On the territory of the sanatorium of the same name, there is a luxurious park, which harmoniously combines natural beauty and sculptural compositions. It is a huge landscape area where about 10 thousand trees grow. various plants. Amazing statues, beautiful flower beds and beautiful ponds - all this will decorate your walk, make it unusual and interesting.

Park of the Crimea sanatorium

This is an ancient park where more than a hundred species of plants are planted, many of which remain green even in winter. Here you can see ancient buildings and fountains, including the light and music fountain “Prometheus”. Its peculiarity is that jets of water resembling tongues of flame burst out of the torch of the ancient hero. Such beauty is worth observing in the dark.

Mount Ayu-Dag

It is also called Bear Mountain because it really resembles a bear in shape. It offers a wonderful panorama. There are many trees growing here, some are even listed in the Red Book. Once upon a time, during the Middle Ages, there was a monastery on the mountain.

Entertainment in Partenit

View of Kuchuk-Yaly Bay in the eastern part of Ayu-Dag Mountain

The beaches have a wide range of entertainment - rides, water rides, and you can also go diving. It is possible to travel by boat or yacht and land on the wild, secluded beach of Bear Mountain.

If you wish, you can go on a sea excursion trip on a boat. Children will be interested in visiting the dolphinarium, which is located on the territory of the Crimea sanatorium. There you will learn about dolphins and their life in nature. Afterwards, you will be treated to a great show, and after the show, visitors can swim with the dolphins in the pool. If you still have some strength left, then as part of the excursion you can explore the caves - there are a great many of them, or climb the local mountains, on the tops of which you will see ancient cities.

At the foot of Mount Ayu-Dag are the remains of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. And from its top there is a beautiful view of the sea and mountains. Along the way you will be told all the local legends and interesting facts about nature. If you have a license, you will hunt in forested areas. And if you wish, you can go on excursion tours to Orthodox monasteries or Muslim mosques.

How to get there?

Trolleybus Simferopol-Yalta

From Simferopol Airport you can get to the resort by transport going along the Simferopol-Yalta route. It would be best to get to the place by bus, since the trolleybus drops off passengers on the highway and you will have to walk about 3 km to the village or take a taxi. You can also get from Simferopol to Partenit from the Kurortnaya bus station. Transport runs daily, every 20 minutes. You will reach the place in about 1.5 hours. The final stop is the bus station at the main entrance of the Crimea sanatorium.

You can also take advantage of the hotel's shuttle service where you plan to stay. Those who have already visited the resort several times are not advised to use taxi services at the airport or bus station. Because this option can be much more expensive than any other mode of transportation. Using the links below you can calculate how much an independent trip to the resort will cost and compare with the best package tours to Partenit.

Independent trip Flights Moscow (or your city) - Simferopol Transfer Airport - Partenit Accommodation in the private sector in Partenit Hotels and boarding houses in Partenit

Package tours The best tours to Partenit from Level.travel The best tours to Partenit from Onlinetours The best tours to Partenit from Travelata

Pros and cons of holidays in Partenit

The untouched nature of Mount Ayu-Dag

What are the main advantages of the resort?

Briefly about the advantages of Parthenite:

• good location;
• beautiful nature, green hills and mountain landscapes;
• the climate is very warm and mild; even in September the temperature remains comfortable here (about +21 degrees). This fact allows you to relax at any time of the year;
• the beach covering is smooth pebbles, it is comfortable to walk on it even without special shoes;
• the resort has paid beaches with a varied range of entertainment and developed infrastructure, as well as with views of Bear Mountain;
• a wide range of water activities - boat trips, banana boat rides, jet ski rides, etc. All this will make your vacation eventful and interesting;
• lovers of outdoor activities can climb the mountain, go diving, fishing or hunting. You can try all this and much more at the resort;
• There are wonderful hotels here that have everything for a comfortable stay. For a reasonable price, you can rent a home with all the amenities.

Metochion of the monastery of St. martyrs Cosmas and Damian. The bell tower offers an excellent view of the Partenit

Now let's move on to the cons:

• If you are planning a vacation in July or August, you should think about housing in advance. The resort is very popular during the high season and therefore during this period it will not be easy to find a place to stay, and the prices for accommodation are much higher;
• Sometimes tourists don’t like the fact that on wild beaches there are no changing cabins or containers with fresh water for rinsing. If you wish, you can pay for entrance to the paid beach and use all the amenities;
• At times, interruptions in water supply may occur in the village.

To summarize, we can see that there are many more pros than cons. Partenit is a wonderful resort, and you will have a great rest here.

Parthenite from a bird's eye view:

We wish you a pleasant stay!

Municipal beaches of Partenita

Previously, the village beaches in Partenit could not boast of either a landscaped area or comfortable areas.

The first village beach No. 1 is located between the Karasansky sanatorium and the Europe hotel .

The view was very depressing, which undermined the local masses into an administrative revolt. But today these beaches are simply beautiful to look at.

I don’t even know why now make my way to sections 5 and 6 of the beach in Aivazovskoye Park .

Village beach No. 2 is located behind the Karasansky sanatorium . We haven’t reached it yet, so the view here is depressing - a narrow strip covered in stones and debris under a broken concrete wall.

But there are always vacationers here too.

And the third, municipal beach Partenita No. 3 is located closer to Cape Plaka and Utes.

It consists of a concrete stepped embankment and part of a pebble beach.

Beach of the sanatorium Crimea

The main Parthenite beach belongs to the military sanatorium "Crimea". This beach is fenced off and access requires passes. If you don’t know what you can do for money, you’ll never guess.

Entrance - 150 rubles per tourist and 100 rubles per Crimean resident. Free only for large families, labor veterans and boarding house guests. By the way, this is one of the few beaches that remain paid. Now almost all beaches in Crimea have been made free.

The beach of the sanatorium is large, the infrastructure is better and it’s more pleasant to be here. Well-groomed green area. If you are going to stay in Partenit, then it is probably best to stay in this sanatorium so that you have constant access to a normal beach. Although, reviews from tourists about it are bad. They write that the sanatorium is half-abandoned and Soviet.

Wild beaches of Partenit

Although the village beaches can easily pass for wild, a real holiday for lovers of secluded relaxation begins at Cape Plaka . It is this small picturesque bay that the “savages” rush to.

The coast here is slightly curved and covered with green hills and hills. Along the coastline, rocky and sandy-pebble areas alternate.

We do not recommend making your way here through the cape, thickets, steep slopes; it is better to use the sea line along the Utes sanatorium , or through the territory of the sanatorium itself, but having paid the entrance in advance.

Sights of Partenit

Partenit cannot boast of a wide variety of attractions, but those that exist are truly unique.

• Ayu-Dag. A once extinct volcano, a reminder of past geological processes that took place on the peninsula. Climbing the mountain is not difficult, many photos of Partenit beaches and parks were taken from here, and here, at the top, a beautiful panorama of Partenit and greater Yalta opens up.
• Aivazovsky Park. The ensemble of flowers, plants and all kinds of statues will not leave indifferent not only a botanist but also any guest of the village. Positive reviews from vacationers about Partenit are often associated with this place.
• Prometheus statue. The Titan, which gave people fire, flaunts itself in the center of the embankment; it reaches its greatest beauty at night, when luminous fountains begin to decorate its majestic face. The author of the creation is the great Zurab Tsereteli
• Museum of stones. Museum of geological exhibits collected from all over Crimea. These are not only stones, but also all kinds of minerals that were formed throughout the life of the peninsula.

Author of the article: Fevziev Bilyal

Editor: Kulaev Rustem

What's next?

Further along the coast to the village of Maly Mayak there is a series of sanatorium, wild, and private beaches.

Next to Partenit there is a cozy resort town called Utes with a sanatorium of the same name and the palace of Princess Gagarina, then there are small landscaped areas of coastal hotels and boathouses, and then wild beaches stretch to the village of Maly Mayak.

Walking and relaxing in such places will appeal to both savages and nudists, because there is somewhere to hide from view or, conversely, not to pay attention to the few tourists.

About Partenite

The magnificent nature of the ancient Partenit parks with evergreen plants allows you to plunge into a special atmosphere that you can enjoy while walking along the entire coast. Parks are a separate asset of Partenit, which attracts tourists no less than the clear sea and bright sun with a pleasant climate.

The population of Partenit is small, approximately 9 thousand inhabitants, and the resort itself appeared relatively recently, approximately 30 years ago. But despite its such a young age, Partenit gained significant popularity among vacationers and was even able to become one of the most prestigious resort towns on the entire southern coast of Crimea. Such rapid changes in such a short period of time are partly due to the introduction of a new method of building high-rise buildings in such seismic zones.

It is worth noting that the Partenit resort is located in a zone of increased seismic activity, where earthquakes up to magnitude 9 are possible. Therefore, for quite a long time, no houses higher than six floors were built here. But over time, the town developed and it became crowded not only with visitors, but also with local residents. The striking change in the appearance of the village is associated with the introduction of a new construction method in seismically hazardous areas, which occurred in the mid-70s of the last century. Since then, the resort has been actively built up and developed more actively.