A lot of romantic legends are covered with two tiny islands that act as cut stone blocks from the Black Sea . This is one of the symbols of Gurzuf - the famous cliffs of Adalara . Like a lonely sail from Lermontov's poem, they "turn white in the fog of the sea" blue . Indeed, light color is easily explained by the presence of limestone in rocky rocks, and on some maps they are referred to as "White Stones" . At one time the Adalars were part of the coastline, but under the influence of time and tectonic movements were cut off t of sushi . The remains of the ruptured ridge can be seen only under the water surface . Folk legends have their opinion on the origin of Adalar . According to the most famous legend, in ancient times on the top of Ayu-Dag there lived rich princes - brothers Peter and Georgy . In an effort to win the love of two impregnable beautiful sisters, they took them on a horse walk to the Sun and nearly burned out . But the next day they dared to disturb the peace of the sea lord, and that with the magic of his trident turned the two horses together with the riders into sharp rocks .

Many the gesture of romantic legends are covered with two tiny islands, protruding rugged stone blocks from the Black Sea. This is one of the symbols of Gurzuf - the famous cliffs of Adalara.

The popular comic story tells that the name of the islands came from a desperate cry "Ai, dallari! "An American woman with a sharp gust of wind pulled out her handbag with all the cash.

Another legend tells about the restaurant" Venice ", built directly on the rocks, but destroyed by the earthquake . At the beginning of the last century, together with the development of the resort Suuk -Su at the nearest from the islands enterprising restaurateurs opened the "Venice" . It was not a pathos restaurant, but rather a country house, contrary to the elements nesting on the rock . And the attendants, and the food with drinks, and the visitors came here by sea on boats . Unusual about The installation and the opportunity to play gambling have earned the institution an extraordinary popularity . The hostess even launched a project to connect the island with a cable car with Dzhenevez-Kaya rock, but the plans for the development of gambling business were prevented by the revolution and the Civil War . Only the tunnel remained for the descendants, cut in a rock for construction, and another fairy tale about a restaurant preserved under stone rubble .

Legends with legends, but in fact, in the translation from the Turkish word Adalary sounds quite prosaic - "islands."

For divers- lovers there is a legend of precious treasures, resting on the bottom near Adalar after numerous shipwrecks. More experienced in the history of treasure hunters know that the islands served the ships as a dock at the time when they connected to Ayu-Dag by a jumper. So, indeed, from the depths of up to 40 m in their vicinity, various ceramic and metal debris, fragments of ships, are extracted. Especially unlucky divers manage to lift whole amphoras of the 12th and 16th centuries

Rocks Adalary

How to get there

Anybody can get to Adalar, confident tourists can do it swimming, good from the beach "Gurovsky stones" small . However, this option is not entirely safe, as a lot of motor boats and boats are traditionally running around the rocks . Therefore it's better to use the boat, sailing to the islands by boat or pedal boat . Catamaran can be rented on almost all beaches Gurzuf, one to the location of the rocks it's best to go with Artek . Walk on the sea boat around the rocks with the landing on one of them it takes about two hours .

boat trips better to do on a windless day, when it is more convenient to Adalary moor. In this weather, a whole flock of catamarans, boats and yachts gather around the twin rocks.