Yaylata - a beautiful place with 7000 years of history

"Yailata" is a national reserve, historical and archaeological site, but at the same time so much more than this... Splendid scenery, combined with the extraordinary appeal of rocky beaches and a wide variety of flora and fauna.

The reserve is a seaside ledge overing 300 decares (about 45 ha), detached from the sea by about 60 meters high rock massifs.

The area is a strewn with numerous historical monuments from different historical periods. Artifacts and dwelling remains prove that the place was settled as far as the V millennium BC. A cave city was discovered here, with a 101 hand-hewn dwellings homes that have been used accordingly for thousands of years, some as tombs or churches as well. Back in the Middle Ages they functioned as a monastery complex. Three necropolises, meant to be family tombs have been hollowed out in the rocks, each with its own specifics.

By the so called "Big Yaila", there is a small early Byzantine fortress, built in the late V century, with partially four towers and a tower-gate. A sanctuary, sacrificial stones, wineries, etc. also remained from the antiquity. In the are, there're remains of a life, long gone underwater, too - stone and iron anchors, parts of lead and stone-wooden anchors and various ceramic materials have been removed from the seabed.