This village is situated in the Koktebel valley at the toe of the extinct volcano Kara-Dag washed by the Black Sea harbor between the cities of Feodosia and Sudak. This is one of the most popular spas of the south-eastern Crimea. It"s recommended as a place of the active rest. Koktebel is the most ecologically clean place of the Crimea for there was molded a unique microclimate by the warm sea, lower mountains, forest, and the steppes. It"s easier to withstand a summer heat for there is a dry air of plenty, sprinkled by wormwood aroma and dewy sea breeze. This spa is especially famed by the writers, poets, painters, scientists, and students. Koktebel is a workshop that had created poems, picturesque canvases, sculpture statues and children"s stories. Many famous verses, stories and novels were written in the houses concealed by the wonderful spa gardens. Foreign poets and prose writers would love to come to this place for creating or to spend their vacation here. Koktebel is just to be felt, and, then, you would reveal its soul. So, go ahead. Climb the ladders, make your own tours, swim, create something, and love it.

     Climate of Koktebel is differed from the rest of the Crimean spas by the unique healing clean dry air scented by the steppes grass. Koktebel is a natural amphitheatre of the surrounding hills protecting it from the cold winds. Miraculous combination of the four climate zones: mountainous, forestry, steppe, and maritime. It is very rare to be occurred and could remind a Mediterranean warm climate of Greece and Italy. Mountains make climate of Koktebel colder and drier. Local unique microclimate is suit not only for the rest but also is recommended for cure. It"s a health-giving place for the people who have breathing, nervous, and cardiovascular diseases. Koktebel was at all times considered to be a spa for the rheumatics. Spring and autumn is very favorable for hypertensive and weak heart patients. Climates combination takes a positive affect on the children health. Koktebel is good for all who needs sun, sand, and sea baths.