Attractions of Okhotnyche

Mount Ai-Petri is a mountain peak of the Ai-Petri mountain range, the most famous Crimean mountain (1234 meters), the territory of the Yalta Mining and Forest Reserve.

It rises above Alupka and Koreiz. The white teeth that form the unique silhouette of Mount Ai-Petri consist of four large (12-15 meters high) and a number of small vertical peaks that were formed during the weathering of heterogeneous reef limestones.

Until the 15th century, the Byzantine church of Saint Peter, from which the name comes, was located on the top of Ai-Petri mountain.

A high-altitude weather station, founded in 1895, is located here, as well as the Ai-Petri meridian - a metal globe on a granite base.

The viewing platforms offer the largest panorama of the Black Sea coast of Yalta.

Tourists arriving on the mountain are served by a semi-legal business: excursions to the "Yaltynska" and "Tryochochka" caves, horseback riding, and teahouses with Tatar cuisine. Skiing infrastructure is being developed.

The cable car "Mishor - Ai-Petri" with the longest unsupported span in Europe was built on Ai-Petri. A road with a steep serpentine leads from Yalta, further to Bakhchysarai.