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      All day: from Gorgippia to the lighthouse

      ⏱ 10 h 30 min🚶 6.4 km🍽 4📍 13 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A whole day in the centre: breakfast by the High Bank, the Russian Gate and Gorgippia, the park and the Central Beach, lunch on the embankment, the High Bank and the lighthouse at sunset, two museums and dinner above the Malaya Bay.

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        ☕️ Khabro coffee shop
        Кордонный пер., 1А
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        Breakfast from 7:30: a cappuccino and a croissant, then 10 minutes on foot to the Russian Gate.
        🍴 A coffee shop and patisserie at the start of the High Bank, opening at 7:30. What to order: a cappuccino and a croissant or a dessert from the counter.
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      3. 2
        🏛 Russian Gate
        ул. Пушкина, у входа в парк 30-летия Победы
        🆓 free entry
        The only surviving gate of the 18th-century Turkish fortress, where old Anapa begins.
        The gate of the 1783 Turkish fortress, where old Anapa begins.
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        Russian Gate
        © Ирина Мит · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Russian Gate
        © Фил Вечеровский · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The gate is all that remains of the Ottoman fortress of Anapa, built in 1783.
        • The fortress had seven bastions and three gates; only the eastern one survives.
        • Walls 3.2 km long and 8 m high ran from the gate to the sea, along the high bank to the lighthouse and back along Krepostnaya Street.
        • Russian troops took the fortress on 12 June 1828, and in 1829 Anapa finally passed to Russia.
        • The gate was named Russian for the 25th anniversary of the capture of Anapa; the slab above the opening reads “Russian Gate 1854”.
        • The gate was restored in 1995–1996; inside is a stele in memory of the Russian soldiers who fell at the fortress walls in 1788–1828.
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      5. 3
        🏛 Church of St Onuphrius the Great
        Соборная ул., 7
        🆓 free entry
        Anapa’s oldest Orthodox church, founded right after the Turkish fortress was taken.
        The city’s oldest church, consecrated to mark the taking of Anapa.
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        Church of St Onuphrius the Great
        © Ingvar-fed · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Church of St Onuphrius the Great
        © Yuriy75 · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The church was founded on the orders of Nicholas I in 1830 and completed by 1837.
        • It was dedicated to St Onuphrius the Great because Russian troops took Anapa on his feast day, 12 June 1828.
        • In September 1837 Nicholas I attended a prayer service here when he visited Anapa.
        • The church was destroyed in the Crimean War; the present stone building was consecrated in 1874.
        • In 1964 the church was closed, its domes and bell tower were removed and the building was given to the House of Pioneers.
        • The church was returned to believers in 1991 and restored by the late 1990s.
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        🖼 Gorgippia Museum
        Набережная ул., 4
        🎟 ticket · the excavation and the indoor exhibition need separate tickets
        An open-air excavation of an ancient city right by the embankment: paved streets, wineries and sarcophagi, with finds from the tombs in the hall.
        The museum from 10:00: the excavation of the ancient city and the hall of finds from the tombs, for an hour and a half. Closed on Mondays.
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        Gorgippia Museum
        © MikSed · CC BY 4.0
        Gorgippia Museum
        © Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Gorgippia Museum
        © MikSed · CC BY 4.0
        • Gorgippia existed from the 4th century BC to the 3rd century AD and was part of the Bosporan Kingdom.
        • The city was named after Gorgippus, governor and brother of the Bosporan king Leucon I; before that it was the Sindian Harbour.
        • Strabo called Gorgippia the royal capital of the Sindi.
        • The city, covering more than 40 hectares, was destroyed around 240; most of it lies under modern Anapa.
        • The excavation shows paved streets, house foundations, wineries, wells and a stretch of the city wall.
        • In 1975–1976, while digging a foundation pit for a house, workers found the painted “Tomb of Heracles” with scenes of his labours.
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        🌳 30th Anniversary of Victory Park
        между ул. Пушкина, Горького и Набережной
        🚪 entrance from Astrakhanskaya Street
        The main park in the centre, from the Russian Gate to the sea: alleys, fountains, play areas and rides. Out of season some rides are closed, but it’s a pleasant place for a stroll.
        Through the park to the sea, past the fountains and the remains of the fortress ditch.
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        30th Anniversary of Victory Park
        © Andreykor · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The park lies on the site of the Turkish fortress, and the remains of its defensive ditch survive here.
        • Under the park lie quarters of ancient Gorgippia: the city stretched from the Russian Gate to the end of the park.
        • The wall of the Turkish fortress ran from the Russian Gate to the sea through today’s park.
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        🌅 Central Beach
        Набережная ул., у парка 30-летия Победы
        A wide sandy beach in the centre: a shallow bay, a pier and a view of the High Bank. In late October the swimming season is over, and people stroll by the water.
        The sandy beach and the pier. The swimming season is over, but it’s lovely to walk along the water’s edge.
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        Central Beach
        © Наталья Лексукова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Central Beach
        © Dira0101 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The shallows off Anapa warm up well: in the swimming season the water is usually +21…+25 °C.
        • In December 2024, after two tankers were wrecked in the Kerch Strait, fuel oil washed up on Anapa’s beaches.
        • The polluted sand was removed for more than a year and clean sand brought in; in spring 2026 the pebble beaches were taken out of the emergency zone.
        • The 2026 swimming season ran from 1 June to 30 September; swimming was allowed on beaches cleared by Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer health watchdog.
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      13. 7
        ☕️ Khinkali & Pkhali · 🧸 play area
        Набережная ул., 67
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        Lunch on the embankment: khinkali and kharcho.
        🍴 A Georgian café on the embankment with a children’s room. What to order: khinkali with different fillings, khachapuri, kharcho.
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        🍽 Kapitan café · 🧸 play area
        Набережная ул., 3
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        Back along the embankment to the High Bank for coffee by the panoramic windows.
        🍴 A café at the edge of the High Bank with a panorama of the bay and Black Sea food. What to order: rapa whelk escalopes, pike-perch in champagne sauce, aubergines with prawns.
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        🌅 High Bank
        Верхняя Набережная ул., смотровая над Малой бухтой
        The cliff-top shore south of the centre: viewing platforms above the sea, pebble beaches below and the best sunsets in the city.
        Along the cliff to the viewpoint above the Malaya Bay.
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        High Bank
        © Ольга Анапа · CC BY-SA 4.0
        High Bank
        © MikSed · CC BY 4.0
        High Bank
        © kikiwis · CC BY 3.0
        High Bank
        © Alexxx Malev from Taganrog, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0
        • The wall of the Turkish fortress ran along the high bank from the port to the lighthouse.
        • The beaches here are pebbly, while those further north, in the centre and along Pionersky Prospekt, are sandy.
        • After the oil spill, the pebble beaches from Utrish to the High Bank were the first to be declared clean and were taken out of the emergency zone in March 2026.
      18. 🚶 on foot
      19. 10
        🖼 Local History Museum
        ул. Протапова, 1
        🎟 ticket
        A small museum next to the lighthouse: the history of Anapa and its surroundings, with old cannons in the courtyard. A branch of the Gorgippia Museum.
        The local history museum is open until 18:00 (until 17:30 on Fridays) and closed on Mondays.
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        Local History Museum
        © Dmitry89 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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      21. 11
        ✨ Batiskaf Oceanarium
        ул. Протапова, 1/1
        🎟 ticket
        A tunnel aquarium with fish of the Black Sea and Kuban rivers, half an hour for the children next to the lighthouse.
        Across the courtyard, the aquarium with Black Sea fish.
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        🏛 Anapa Lighthouse
        Крепостная ул., 2/3
        The striped lighthouse at the edge of the High Bank, the symbol of Anapa and the place everyone goes to watch the sunset. No entry inside.
        For sunset, to the lighthouse: in late October the sun sets at about 17:30.
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        Anapa Lighthouse
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Anapa Lighthouse
        © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The lighthouse was founded on Cape Anapa on 14 July 1898 and first lit on 20 October 1909.
        • The retreating German troops destroyed the lighthouse during the Great Patriotic War.
        • Work on rebuilding the present lighthouse began in 1955.
        • It is an octagonal tower with three black horizontal stripes.
        • The light burns 45 m above the sea and can be seen 18.5 miles away; it is a flashing red light.
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      25. 13
        🍽 Skala Gryoz · 🧸 play area
        Таманская ул., 4, корп. 6
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        Dinner above the Malaya Bay: seafood, fish and live music.
        🍴 A restaurant by the Malaya Bay with a sunset view and live music. What to order: seafood, fish, shashlik.

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