Anapa is one of the most "children's" resorts on the entire coast of the Krasnodar Territory. After all, there are excellent conditions for a beach holiday with children: a long sandy beach, shallow depth and warm sea. And it is not surprising that under such conditions a huge amount of entertainment for children has appeared at the resort. We reveal to you the top places where you can go with children on vacation in Anapa:
Golden Beach Water Park
An excellent open-air water park, and according to many ratings it is considered the largest and best. People go to have fun in it even from remote resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, which is why it is always crowded with vacationers, which is its only drawback: waiting in line for some slides can reach one hour. Otherwise, it is a wonderful and fun place with more than 20 slides, several swimming pools, a recreation area, a cafe. For example, the highest Kamikaze slide is 13 meters high, and this is almost a five-story house.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: https://anapa-akvapark.ru/
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 22:00 daily, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price:
- from 10:00 to 22:00 adults 1500 rubles, children 900 rubles
- from 18:00 to 22:00 adults 1300 rubles, children 800 rubles
Children's tickets for children up to 140cm., up to 105cm. - free of charge. The cost of a storage room is 150 rubles + 150 rubles deposit.
🚶 How to get there: located in the very center of Anapa near the central beach, entrance from Grebenskaya Street (water park on the map).
Boat trips
Anapa offers several types of boat trips: a yacht /boat trip with swimming in the sea (700r./ 500r.), evening Anapa (1200r. /800r.), fishing (1000r. /800r.), pirates of the Black Sea (1300r./1000r.), a boat with a transparent bottom (1000r./700r.). Last from 1 to 3 hours, but there are longer excursions. If you have not previously experienced the pleasure of such walks, then we definitely recommend doing it in Anapa, and preferably with the whole family at once.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: departure according to schedule, depending on the type of excursion, the most frequent simple yacht trips.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: from 700 rubles - adults, from 500 – children.
🚶 How to get there: you can book from distributors on the beach or at stationary points of sale of excursions on the streets, prices are the same everywhere. You can also come to the Anapa sea station on your own and buy tickets there at the ticket office (sea station on the map).
Singing fountains in Anapa
One of the most beautiful fountain complexes in the Black Sea resorts, and a must-visit place in Anapa during an evening walk. There are several fountains here, which simply raise refreshing jets of water during the day, but in the evening the real show begins: the fountains are illuminated in different colors, the height of the jets changes to the beat of the music, and all this is accompanied by classical works in a modern arrangement. Everyone will like the show, and children are especially impressed. Learn more about singing fountains in Anapa here.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: fountains work around the clock, and the light and music show takes place only during the tourist season in summer after 20:00.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: free.
🚶 How to get there: located in the center of the tourist part on the square in front of the administration building (fountains on the map).
Amusement parks and attractions
There are a lot of all kinds of children's and adult amusement parks and attractions here, the variety is huge. There are simple swings for the youngest, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, extreme swings for adults, prize shooting galleries, modern 3D, 5D and so on to infinity cinemas, interactive virtual reality attractions, houses of fear, etc. Learn more about amusement parks in Anapa here.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 24:00.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: depending on the type of attraction, prices from 150 rubles for children, from 300 rubles for adults and up to 1000 for extreme. On the streets, distributors offer advertising flyers that give a discount on certain types of entertainment.
🚶 How to get there: the main "old" amusement park is located in the center (amusement park on the map). The new park "Jungli" is located a little away from the center on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street next to the Anapa River, and it will also not be difficult to reach it on foot along the street or along the beach (Jungle amusement park on the map). Another new untitled park is located in the center in front of the Department Store shopping center, this is the store where the Perekrestok supermarket operates (new amusement park on the map).
Water treatments
On the beaches of Anapa there are the usual rides on bananas, tablets, jet ski rental, parasailing and more. There are at least three entertainment zones on the city beach, and there are several more all along the coast in the Dzhemete area and all the way to Vityazevo. It will not be difficult to find them, since "bananas" rolling on the water are visible from afar on the flat coastline of Anapa. You can also rent a catamaran or a Sup-surf board. And in the port area there are offices of diving clubs, you can rent a boat for fishing or walking on the sea, or visit the Sea of Pleasure water sports entertainment complex. Learn more about water activities in Anapa here.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: during daytime.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: from 400 rubles (see prices at the link with the full description).
🚶 How to get there: water and beach activities are presented in separate technical areas on the beaches of Anapa, there are at least three such places on the central beach and several more along the coast towards Vityazevo. The Sea of Pleasure water sports entertainment complex is located in the port area.
Dolphinarium Nemo
Classic indoor dolphinarium, open all year round. High-quality and spectacular shows are held with the participation of Bottlenose dolphins, Chilean sea lion, walrus and northern fur seals. In addition to performances, dolphin therapy sessions and diving with dolphins are held here.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: https://nemoanapa.ru/
🕐 Working hours: scheduled performances in 10:30, 12:30, 15:00, 18:00, 20:00, Monday is a day off. In winter, the number of submissions is reduced, check the relevance on the official site.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: from 1200 rubles depending on the location, children under 5 years old - free of charge. Buying tickets is available on the on-site.
🚶 How to get there: located in Jemete on Pionerskiy Prospekt, 20A, four kilometers from the center of Anapa (dolphinarium on the map). You can get there by city bus №№ 112, 113, 114, 120, 128, 129 and 130, it's better to get on them at the Anapa bus station.
Dolphinarium in Bolshoy Utrish
This dolphinarium is one of the few where dolphins live almost in their natural environment – in an open-air bay in seawater. However, objectively it should be said that the performances themselves are nothing special compared to the classic closed dolphinariums do not stand out. In addition to the show, swimming with dolphins (dolphin therapy) is offered.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: http://www.dolfinarium.ru/
🕐 Working hours: the show is scheduled at 11:00, 15:00 and 17:30, as well as on some days an evening performance at 20:00.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: 1000 rubles, children under 5 years – free of charge. Evening show – 1300 rubles. There are benefits for privileged categories and birthday parties, discounts in low season. Buying tickets is available on the on-site.
🚶 How to get there: located in the village of Bolshoy Utrish, 20 kilometers from Anapa (dolphinarium on the map). You can get here by bus No. 109 (to B. Utrish) from the bus station, but they rarely go, about every 30-60 minutes. You can also buy a tour for 450/350r. + entrance fee.
Aquarium "Bathyscaphe"
A small oceanarium Bathyscaphe allows you to plunge into the atmosphere of a tunnel aquarium. In fact, it is not exactly a tunnel, but its original design is built in such a way that several small aquariums imitate a real tunnel aquarium, when the inhabitants can be observed not only on the sides, but also above themselves. As for the inhabitants, the underwater fauna of the Black Sea and warm seas is represented here, but there are no large specimens. It cannot be said that this is a very exciting entertainment, and adults will definitely like it, but children visit it with pleasure. The visit will take 10-15 minutes.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: http://batiskafanapa.ru/
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 21:00, seven days a week; in winter from 10:00 to 18:00.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: adults - 350 rubles, children 4-12 years - 300 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: located on Protapova str., 1 (aquarium on the map).
Rif Oceanarium
This is also a small aquarium, but still bigger and more interesting than the previous one. Among the inhabitants there are exotic species from tropical waters and even sharks. There is even something like a contact zoo where you can touch and pick up turtles.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: http://oceanariumrif.ru/
🕐 Working hours: from 09:00 to 23:00, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: adults – 600 rubles, children 4-12 years – 500 rubles, photo and video shooting with your camera is free. There are discounts for pensioners and disabled people.
🚶 How to get there: located at Revolution Avenue, 3 (oceanarium on the map), it won't be difficult to walk here from most hotels in the center.
Rex Dinosaur Park
A classic amusement park with huge interactive dinosaur figures that move (do not move, but only move body parts) and make sounds. There is also a children's playground with a trampoline on site, everything is included in the price.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 21:00, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: adults – 700 rubles, children under 14 – 600 rubles, up to 2 years – free of charge. Children under 14 years old are not allowed without adults.
🚶 How to get there: located at 80 Embankment Street near the main beach (dinosaur park on the map).
Rope park "Gammy"
Next to the dinosaur park there is a rope park with two children's tracks. Before passing, an instruction is given, instructors help during the passage.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 21:00, seven days a week.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: Mishutka track - 200 rubles, grizzly track - 300 rubles, instructor services – 100 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: located at 80 Embankment Street near the main beach (rope park on the map).
Museum-square of military equipment
This open-air exhibition of large military equipment opened in 2018 and is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Anapa from the Nazis. It presents old and relatively modern images of equipment, including the famous T-34, other tanks and self-propelled guns, military vehicles, helicopters, airplanes. Some exhibits can be touched and even climbed on them.
Practical Information
🕐 Working hours: around the clock.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: free.
🚶 How to get there: located more than three kilometers from the center (museum square on the map). You can get from the bus station by buses №113, 120, 128, 114, 127 and others going to the railway station.
Oceanarium in Bolshoy Utrish
The oceanarium in Bolshoy Utrish operates at the scientific center for the study of the Black Sea. But you need to understand that this is not a traditional spectacular aquarium with a lot of colored fish and predators, but rather an educational place. Ie, it's not very spectacular here, but it's very interesting, you can learn a lot about marine life. The visit is possible in the form of three excursions: The aquarium consists of two halls with large aquariums with Black Sea inhabitants (400 USD); the laboratory of the scientific center (450 USD); a walk through the juniper grove to get acquainted with the flora and fauna (500 USD).
Practical Information
🌐 Website: https://bolshoyutrish.ru/
🕐 Working hours: from May to October from 09:00 to 19:00, seven days a week. In 2020, due to the epidemiological situation, the center does not accept visitors.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: depending on the excursion from 400 rubles.
🚶 How to get there: located in the center of Bolshoy Utrish (oceanarium on the map).
Tiki-Tak Water Park
This is a relatively new water park, opened in 2008. It is of an open type without heating, so take into account the weather and water temperature before going to it, it is best to go in hot sunny weather. By the way, the water temperature is always displayed when entering the water park before buying tickets. Otherwise, it is a standard water park with a large number of slides for children and adults, a children's area for games and swimming, etc.
Practical Information
🌐 Website: https://akvapark-tikitak.ru/
🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00.
💵 Entrance fee / ticket price: adults - 1500 rubles, children under 140 centimeters – 900 rubles, children under 5 years old or 106 centimeters tall – free of charge.
🚶 How to get there: located in the center of Djemete on Pionerskiy Prospekt, 38 (water park on the map), entrance from Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, and parking is also located there.
Just in case, we remind you once again that the best way to get acquainted with interesting places in the resort is excursions. And even better if they are held by local residents who know and love their city well. You can find and book group or individual excursions from local residents with reviews on these trusted sites: