Belgorod-Dnistrovsky can be visited while vacationing in Odessa, Zatoka, or while traveling to Bulgaria, Greece, etc. Locals call the city by its old name of Akkerman. The city itself is nothing special, but there are a lot of interesting places around it.
Sightseeings in the area of Belgorod Dnestrovsky and Zatoka:
- Kulevcha village and the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker
- The Source of St. Ion Sochavsky
- Akkerman Fortress
- Shabo Winery
- The quay and the promenade in Zatoka
- Sanzheika beach
Our main goal was to visit a place so famous for its miracles - the village of Kulevcha - a place of true pilgrimage!
The village of Kulevcha and the church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker have long sounded their magic
About 10 years ago it was an ordinary church in an ordinary village. Now people come there with faith and hope for healing from diseases! It is easy to find a schedule of services on the Internet. Most often they are held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. But it is better to try to be more specific. The church is not large, so if you are planning to be there on a major holiday, expect "elbow jostling" during the whole service - 3-5 hours... We were there on a normal Sunday afternoon and it was really crowded. It is better to arrive ahead of time, for 7-7/30 and put all the candles in peace. Or you can do it after the service, but it will take much longer ... Everyone will want to lay their hands on the myrrh icons and put candles to the saints. The Holy Cross of Calvary, the icon of Our Lady of Kazan (which even has completely dry lilies in bloom), and an imprint of the icons of Healer Panteleimon and St. George the Victorious on plain glass are on public display. About 5 other icons are taken out for worship after the service, including the icon of the Iveron Mother of God.
What to do in the temple and how to behave properly?
On the eve of the visit, it is necessary to pray. On Sunday morning do not eat before the service. After the service confess to the priest and ask him to confess all the sins which he has committed, whether voluntary or not. Then undergo the rite of communion. In general, you need to watch those around you carefully and everything will be clear, what and how to do correctly. To the Cross of Calvary of the Savior it is possible to attach things of close people whom you want to help. The main thing is that they should wear them afterwards. You can also write a note - a request and stick it into the crack of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan. You can also order a prayer service for the health of yourself and your loved ones. For this purpose there are sheets and pens at the entrance. It is necessary to write one name in a line. The main thing when visiting places of power is faith! It is necessary to believe and a miracle will surely happen!
How to get to the temple in Kulevcha?
You can settle in the village Zatoka or in the city of Belgorod-Dnistrovsky in the evening. It is better of course in the city, then it is closer to go. From Akkerman it is about an hour's drive to the temple. The parking lot near the temple is everywhere. To get to the village you can only take the road indicated on the map below. The road that is crossed is the road with asphalt in the holes like a sieve. Everyone goes around just by the road through the field...
The Source of the Great Martyr Ion Sočavský - place of pilgrimage
After the service in the temple you can go to the source of St. John of Sočavsk. It is open from 8 to 17. Here you can take a dip and fill up with healing water. Do not forget to take containers for water with you. The road to the spring looks more like a drive to a garbage dump or something like that... But the road is the same, as the navigator points out, there can be no mistakes.
Bathing huts are ala "I made you from what you had" and there are fully civilized with the capital structure. To fill the water you can from the crane, which stands in the yard in the general access, it is only one, do not confuse).
Visiting time from 15 minutes and then depends on you.
On the same day you can have time to visit another place or Ackermann fortress or winery Chabot. That is as convenient as you want.
Ackermanskaya fortress is quite large and well preserved historical value.
Who has not visited any of the fortress before, for example Sudaks in the Crimea, then be sure to examine the outside and inside. Entry seems to be 80 USD per person. Inside we did not go, because in fact there is nothing to see and from the walls of the fortress views are very ordinary. You can go around the fortress from the side and enter from the water. To do this you walk along the parking lot and go down to the left to the water and get to the pier. Even more precisely, you can drive to the pier and park there. The parking lots are all free.
Chabot Winery - tours and tastings
Another place to visit if you haven't been anywhere before... In the form in which everything was presented, we did not like it. But some information new all the same we have got. Truth to get the information we had to pester the guide with questions, benefit tour was VIP and there was nowhere to go).
When you go on excursion to winery you don't want to get in a historical museum with boring lectures and two films... But, alas, our excursion went like that... Tired during excursion more, than for 5 hours of service in church) Though excursion was about 2 hours and with constant moving in territory.
The tour runs 3 times a day. The start time of the evening tour is 4:00 pm. You must always call in advance by phone numbers listed on the official website of Chabot. Price VIP 900 UAH per person - this is a personal tour with tasting of grand reserve wines and a personal visit to the production of sparkling wines. Standard excursion and tasting - about 350 UAH/person. It includes ordinary wines on the simplified technology and no visit of a site of sparkling wines. Well and of course it will be a group of several people.
In other words, you should not go here specially! No quality of wine, no new information... By the way Chabot specialize in cognacs, but at the same time it is not present at the tasting for some reason.
Prices in the store at the factory - do you think they are lower than on the Internet? - NO! What was the surprise when we found that in the online store Rosetta wine, which we bought at the plant, is 20 UAH cheaper)))). In general, here, too, Chabot blundered....
All the wines in the tasting had a great fragrance, you can't argue with that. But what was their taste? It's a mystery - sour for the most part... Everything looked like each other... And even though we were tasting some kind of elite wines. What can we say about ordinary ones? We used to visit the Sun Valley Winery. So in taste something like that) is not in any comparison with Massandra and Inkerman (only bottling Sevastopol) is not. Wine Chabot - it's good enough, but not vip exactly. You can drink, but wow effect is not (advise exactly will not. But dessert Massandra and dining Inkerman - it is worth your attention! Truth Massandra and Inkerman visited 5 years ago) Situation with the quality of their wines in 2021 we do not know.
Equipment Chabot is really a delight. But as you listen: vine - Italy, equipment - Italy, France, yeast - Italy, France, etc. And what is ours? Sadly(
And two more words about the cheese factory next to the Chabot factory - European Cheese Factory
They have nothing to do with Chabot. They opened there more like leeches. The quality of the cheeses does not match the stated prices. All the cheeses taste the same, differ in flavoring. They taste similar to suluguni and mozzarella. Old cheese is more like the old taste, but not matured by the method of aging ( On the packaging says - production Sumy region - this is generally how to ask??? The shelf life is specified 2 months. That cheese we took had already been stored for about a month. Where? This is a cheese factory, where all freshly packed should be. At the same time prices 300-500 hryvnia per kg. The level of Dutch cheeses from Gouda))).
The embankment and promenade of Zatoka village - about 12 km of equipped promenade for walking along the water
There is no smell of greenery and vegetation here. But the sea air and the sound of water beckon) Evening stroll in the summer here will be quite nice. That is, you could be advised, if only. prices were not inflated to the sky.)) In fact, it's the same Arabatska strelka (happyvtsevo) or Kirillovka, but at a European holiday prices)) In fact, Zatoka - a copy of Arabatska strelka, but there the Azov Sea, and here the Black Sea))). And the embankment here is better will be.
Carolina Bugaz is the same as Zatoka. Another famous resort, a little further away, Gribovka. This is not about anything at all. A couple of houses near the water. Nothing ordinary and even more special) But the next resort is not usual at least)
Sanzheika is a local Tarhankut (Atlesh)!
This place is worthy of your attention. So it is clearly knocked out by the views and the strangeness of all the nearby resorts) Stay of course easiest near the descent to the beach, or will need to arrive by car, park and walk further on the beach. Parking lots are enough and all for free. The descent to the beach is of course of dubious quality and after a good rain can be pretty spoiled... It seems that there are other descent, but were on one, which is indicated on the map below))). Here at least worth to come to see this unusual place. Down there is good as to sunbathe, and to walk along the water in the evening!
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