Divnomorskoe: rest and recreation in a picturesque corner of the Krasnodar Territory

Divnomorskoe is a resort village located 12 km from Gelendzhik. This place is one of the few in the Caucasus where there are still groves with Pitsunda pine. Despite its modest size, Divnomorskoe offers its guests a vacation for every taste at quite reasonable prices.

How to get there

The nearest airport to the village is located in Gelindzhik, just 16 km from Divnomorskoye. From here, bus number 5 runs regularly. The fare is 20 rubles. Taxi drivers offer their services. But, as a rule, they can request for travel more than 1 thousand rubles. As practice shows, if you bargain with them, then they agree on a price half as much as the originally requested. The lowest taxi prices at KubTaxi. Here you will be charged about 400 rubles.

Those who prefer train travel should take a ticket to Novorossiysk. From the railway station you need to go to the bus station by trolley bus number 6 and transfer to bus number 646 already here, which will take you to Divnomorsky. The cost of a ticket for it is 100 rubles. To get from Novorossiysk to Divnomorskoye by taxi will cost 1100 rubles.

Some hotels and resorts of the resort offer their vacationers a transfer service from the airport or railway station.

From time to time, a regular bus travels from Moscow to Gelendzhik, which also takes you to Divnomorskoye. The cost of a return ticket is 5900 rubles. Those who wish to come here in a private car need to follow the M-4 Don highway.

Rest in Divnomorskoye without intermediaries

The most comfortable accommodation conditions in Divnomorskoye are offered by motels and pensions that have remained here since Soviet times. It has chic rooms, a private beach, a medical and preventive base. At the height of the season, a double room will cost a vacationer from 5800 to 7700 rubles per day. This also includes 3 meals a day. In May and September, the cost of living here is reduced by 20-25%. And in the period October-April 2 times.

A room in a hotel located on the coast with food costs about 5 thousand rubles a day. If you do not plan to eat at the hotel, then accommodation will cost you about 3200 rubles.

It’s cheaper to stay in a small hotel or guest house. At the height of the season, the price for a room here is about 2 thousand rubles per day. A room in the private sector can be rented for 1000-2500 rubles, depending on the proposed conditions.

Food

Most cafes are located on Divnomorsky Embankment. Here is the only restaurant in the village "Rus". In places where tourists like to walk, there are numerous eateries where you can eat, drink beer or wine. On the beach, tourists are offered pies for 50-70 rubles, shawarma for 130 rubles, corn for 50 rubles.

Prices at local cafes are as follows:

• Chicken noodle soup - 140 rubles;
• A portion of barbecue - 460 rubles;
• Pizza - 360-570 rubles;
• Complex lunch - 300-400 rubles;
• Dinner with alcohol - from 1 thousand rubles per person.

Beaches

All the beaches of the resort are covered with small pebbles and divided into 2 parts by the inflowing river Mezib. The entrance to the sea is gentle. A pine park adjoins the beaches, where you can hide from the scorching sun.

The central beach has a well-developed infrastructure. There is plenty of entertainment, cafes and eateries.

Not far from the Central beach there is a beach resort "Fakel". It is mostly crowded during the day, and in the evening noisy discos begin.

Entrance to all the beaches of the village is free. You can rent a sunbed for 150 rubles. Riding a banana is offered for 300 rubles, a jet ski - 1,500 rubles.

300 meters from Fakel there is a wild beach where people come to relax with tents. Nudists chose him for themselves.

Diving

Divnomorskoe is very popular among divers. In coastal waters at shallow depths, many beautiful fish, rapans and sea urchins live. Ever since the Great Patriotic War, an American bomber has been lying here and the battleship “Free Russia” flooded back in 1918.

On the territory of Central Beach, there is the base of the Source dive club, where you can learn the art of diving and get a PADI certificate, as well as rent all the necessary equipment. The cost of diving with an instructor is 1700-2000 rubles. Equipment rental will cost 1 thousand rubles. A full course of training with a certificate costs 20 thousand rubles.

Entertainment and Attractions

Near Divnomorskom on the Markhot ridge are 2 huge dolmens, whose age exceeds 5 thousand years. Here you can also see a dilapidated Kurgan burial ground.

In the center of the village there is a very beautiful embankment, which is in no way inferior to Gelendzhik. There is a small water park "Poseidon". Ticket price - 350 rubles. Children under 3 years old can visit it for free.

In the boarding house “Energetik” an amusement park is open for kids, where there are trampolines, carousels, electric cars and other children's games.

Along the left bank of the Mezba there is a track where children can ride a children's ATV. There is a shooting range, a minigolf course, a rope town and a paintball club in the Active Amusement Park for vacationers.

Pros and cons of relaxation

Fans of a beach holiday will like to relax in Divnomorskoye. Excellent conditions have been created for this. The beaches and the sea are clean, there is everything you need for a comfortable pastime. Those who come with small children will also like it here.

The advantages of the resort include healing air. In the village, many sanatoriums and boarding houses have been opened, where since the Soviet times they have been treating and preventing various ailments. All of them work all year round.

Divnomorskoe is also popular among divers. There is a large diving club where you can get the necessary training.

But the village also has drawbacks. These include, first of all, the lack of nightclubs and interesting sights. Therefore, active youth will have to go to Gelendzhik. Tourists also note quite high prices for accommodation and meals.