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      Sukko and Utrish: cypresses and junipers

      ⏱ 9 h🚶 4 km + 🚌🚕🍽 4📍 6 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A day out of town: a lake with swamp cypresses that turn russet in autumn growing out of it, a tasting at a family winery in the Sukko valley, then the village of Bolshoy Utrish and the protected juniper woods.

      🌳 Parks and nature🚆 Out of town
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      Getting there
      🏛 Mikrorayon Gorgippiya Stop
      у ТРЦ «Красная площадь», Астраханская ул.
      Bus 109 runs to Sukko by two routes: “via Tri Duba” to the lake and “via Bolshoy Utrish” to the sea. You need the first.
      🚌 by bus to Cypress Lake
      bus 109 “via Tri Duba” to the Rechnoy Pereulok stop, every 20–40 minutes in the daytime, about 40 minutes; then 10 minutes on foot
      1. 1
        🌳 Cypress Lake
        долина Сукко, Речной пер.
        A pond in a mountain valley with swamp cypresses growing out of the water. In late October the needles turn russet, the most beautiful time.
        Walk round the pond on the path; around the cypresses, breathing roots, “knees”, stick up out of the water. It’s quietest here in the morning.
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        Cypress Lake
        © Ted.ns · CC BY 4.0
        Cypress Lake
        © Tommireik · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The swamp cypresses, taxodiums, were planted in 1934–1935 in a pond on a tributary of the Sukko River.
        • Since 1983 the grove has been a regional natural monument, “Swamp Cypress”.
        • The natural monument covers just 0.4 hectares.
        • The taxodium comes from North America and sheds its needles for the winter: in autumn they turn russet.
        • The name Sukko is traced to the Adyghe for “kind valley”.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        ☕️ Ozero i Kofe coffee shop
        берег Кипарисового озера, Сукко
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        Coffee on the terrace right by the water: a halva raf or hot chocolate.
        🍴 A coffee shop with a terrace right by Cypress Lake. What to order: a halva raf or hot chocolate and a croissant.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        🍸 Prokhorov Winery
        Речной пер., 10, Сукко
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        Along Rechnoy Lane to the family winery: a tasting of home-made wines, open from 11:00.
        🍴 A small family winery in the Sukko valley with tastings. What to order: a tasting of the family winery’s wines.
      6. 🚶 on foot
      7. 4
        ☕️ Lastochka café · 🧸 play area
        Речной пер., 12Б, Сукко
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        Lunch at the café by the entrance to the lake: the lunch of the day and freshly squeezed juice.
        🍴 A café by the entrance to Cypress Lake, with a children’s room. What to order: the lunch of the day, freshly squeezed juice, a dessert.
      8. 🚕 taxi from the lake to Bolshoy Utrish, about 15 minutes, 12 km
      9. 5
        🌳 Utrish Nature Reserve
        Большой Утриш, касса у въезда на полуостров
        🎟 ticket · only on a scheduled tour; tickets on the reserve’s website
        Juniper and pistachio woods above the sea, a little piece of the Mediterranean. Visitors walk only on eco-trails with a reserve guide.
        The reserve’s eco-trails can only be visited with a guide on a scheduled tour; buy a ticket in advance on the website. Without one, walk around the village.
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        Utrish Nature Reserve
        © Dmitry89 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Utrish Nature Reserve
        © lexx2062 · CC BY 3.0
        Utrish Nature Reserve
        © Anna Novikova from Budva, Montenegro · CC BY 2.0
        Utrish Nature Reserve
        © Аннапа · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The Utrish Nature Reserve was created on 2 September 2010 on the Abrau Peninsula.
        • It covers more than 11,000 hectares.
        • At least 930 species of plants grow here, 45 of them in the Red Book of Russia.
        • The climate is sub-Mediterranean, hence the open juniper and pistachio woodland, like that around the Mediterranean.
        • The reserve is a key habitat of Nikolsky’s tortoise.
      10. 🚶 on foot
      11. 6
        🍽 Fort Utrish restaurant
        Набережная ул., 1, Большой Утриш
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        Along the village embankment to the restaurant on the shore: a view of the rocky islets and Cape Utrish, mussels and fish. Out of season, call ahead.
        🍴 A restaurant on the shore in Bolshoy Utrish with Black Sea and Mediterranean cuisine. What to order: mussels, grilled fish.

      ↩️ Getting back: bus 109 from Bolshoy Utrish to Mikrorayon Gorgippiya and Proyezd Soldatskikh Materey, every 20–40 minutes in the daytime, about 40 minutes; fewer buses in the evening, so check the times in Yandex Maps

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