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Location: 120 km east of Kherson, on the coast of the Black Sea.
How to Get There: From Kherson by shuttle bus or by your own vehicle you should drive 94 km south along the regional highway P-57 "Tsyurupinsk - Skadovsk" through the town of Golaya Prystan to the town of Skadovsk, before which you should turn right and drive another 26 km along the local road through the village of Krasnoye to the village of Lazurnoye.

Lazurnoye is one of the widely known Black Sea resorts of Kherson region, annually attracting thousands of tourists from all over the country and abroad. Today holiday in Lazurnoye is getting better every year, and therefore more popular. Interesting sights of Lazurny and its surroundings, developed infrastructure, wonderful health-improving microclimate — in this village you can really have a very good rest!

The settlement of urban type Lazurnoye is located two hours drive (about 100 km) south of the regional center and one of the ancient cities of Ukraine — Kherson. Here, on the Black Sea coast, every visitor gets into the atmosphere of a real vacation, calm and measured, but with a lot of opportunities.

The main direction of recreation in the village — beach. First of all, those who want to have a budget vacation by the sea come here — prices in Azure are much lower than in Krym. The coast of Azure is 4 km of beaches with golden sand, fine and clean, which counts among the undeniable advantages of this place. The most crowded is the central beach, and on the south-western and south-eastern, away from the main resorts and recreation centers, there are fewer people. Those wishing to enjoy even more secluded vacation go to the beaches of Dzharylgach Island.

The village of Lazurnoye is located at the base of the sandy spit Dzharylgach, which separates Dzharylgach Bay from the open Black Sea. This bay is often called the Ukrainian Sargasso Sea because of the abundance of algae that enrich the waters with healing substances. Both air and water in Azure due to this neighborhood are very rich in iodine, bromine, chlorine salts, have a healing effect on the body. The water in Jarylgacha Bay is warmer than in the open sea, so families with children often come here to swim. In addition to air and water, therapeutic resources in Lazurny are also mud and blue clay of Jarylgacha, mud of the Oyster Lake, located in the western part of the village. Also, many tourists go to the iodo-bromide spring «Geyser», which is located 15 km west of the neighboring village Zheleznyj Port — also a famous Black Sea resort.

On the beaches of Azure every tourist can not only relax, but also have fun — all kinds of modern water attractions are offered here: banana rides, catamarans, jet skis, skeet, etc. You can also go hang gliding, yachting, windsurfing, visit the Luna Park, eat in cafes and restaurants right on the beach, and at night have fun at discos. There are plenty of opportunities for recreation here — you just have to choose what you would like to do!

Everyone is available and informative vacation in Azure: from here daily excursions to the South Coast of Crimea, the island of Dzharylgach, nature reserves «Askania Nova» and the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, to the tract «Bald Nora», Kinburnskaya and Tendrovskaya spits, in the village of Staraya Zburievka, where you can see the remains of an ancient fortress, and many other attractions of Azure and the surrounding areas, the nearest settlements.

For all those who appreciate a vacation in maximum proximity to the sea, the presence of clean beaches with golden sand, as well as opportunities for entertainment Lazurnoye — a great option for a place where you can have a great vacation!