Kyrylivka – vacation and balneotherapy
The coast of the Azov Sea is wonderful place for family holiday and mud treatments. Kirillovka is one of the most popular resorts here.
Kirillovka is a village located in the south of Zaporizhia region. It located on a peninsula formed by Utlyuksky and Milk estuaries. “Kirillovka” also includes: Fedotova Spit, which connects the Utlyuksky Estuary with Biryukov Island, where the Azov-Sivash Reserve and Peresyp Spit separating Dairy estuary from the sea are located.
Kirillovka village was founded at the beginning of the XIX century, but the greatest development occurred in the 60-80-ies of the last century, when the area was built up with recreation centers and health resorts. Today in Kirillovka live about 3 thousand people, and during the last holiday season it was visited by over a million tourists.
Popularity of Kyrylivka grows up from year to year. Sandy beaches, there are few of them in the village, and even multi-kilometer strip are located on adjacent Peresyp and Fedotovka villages attract tourists. Shallow Azov Sea warms up sufficiently fast, so the season here starts in June. Holidays at the seaside in connection with full of iodine and bromine elements air, improves health, restores the nervous system and helps in the prevention of respiratory diseases. Another factor is the remoteness from major cities and highways, allowing you to take a break from the hustle and bustle.
Kirillovka is known not only as a beach resort, but also as mud. The curative mud, focusing on estuaries and bays, provide the body with useful substances. It is used in various diseases – cardiovascular, gynecological, musculoskeletal system, and others.
Azov Sea waters are rich for various chemical elements, nearly 100, and a large part of them has a beneficial effect on the recovery. When the sea is stormy, the waves lifted from the bottom of the shallow mud. Therefore, physicians advises to both adults and children to swim in the Sea of Azov, at least 1 hour per day.
For the choice of tourists in Kirillovka presented about 350 camp sites and about 20 children’s recreational facilities. Most of them are located on the alluvial Fedotova Spit, 45 km length, and Peresyp Spit, on the opposite side of the Fedotovka. Fedotova Spit has a modern infrastructure and a wide range of entertainment, and so the price level is higher than in Peresyp. In addition, there are places on Fedotovka with deep sea up to 3 meters.
Among entertainment there are aqua park, amusement park, dolphinarium, horse theater and leisure – windsurfing and kitesurfing schools. Along the beaches and coastlines there are located cafes, bars, nightclubs and discos.
Kirillovka is located in 710 km from Kiev, and 160 – from Zaporizhzhya. You can reach to the resort by bus, train or car.