Attractions of Bilohirsk district

The picturesque Kok-Asan canyon is formed by the Kuchuk-Karasu River (Mala Chorna) and its tributaries.

The gorge is narrow and rocky in places. Mountain streams form four significant waterfalls and "baths of youth" (small lakes with clean water at a temperature of 8-10 degrees). The upper waterfall "Russian Hills" is especially grandiose, where water flows in zigzags from a height of 20 meters.

You need to make your way to the baths and waterfalls both on dry paths and on water.

The ruins of the huge fortified Tash-Khan (Stone Yard) caravanserai, built in the center of Bilohirsk in the 15th century.

Only the gate and a part of the wall adjacent to it have survived.

In ancient times, powerful walls with loopholes surrounded a spacious courtyard, merchants were housed in wooden buildings along the northern and eastern walls. On the outside, there was a slave market, from where slaves were sent to different countries of the world: Turkey, Genoa, Venice, Egypt.

White Rock, which gave the current name Bilohirsk rises to the northeast of the city more than 150 meters. The Tatar name is Ak-Kaya.

The upper part of the southwestern slope is a grand cliff, exposing white limestone. Fossilized remains of various fossils of organisms from the Cretaceous period are often found in them. As a result of weathering, depressions, hills and ridges, canopies and caves appeared.

At the foot of the White Rock of Ak-Kaya, about twenty campsites and settlements of primitive man, as well as many Scythian monuments, were investigated.

A large panorama of the Crimean foothills planted with gardens opens from the top.

The one-of-a-kind landscape of the surrounding area on the border between the mountains and the steppe constantly attracts artists and cinematographers. Films popular in the 70s were shot here: "The Headless Horseman", "Mustang the Wanderer", "Cipollino" and others.