Mountain Celebi-Yaurn-Beli rises above Foros resort. In this place, the Crimean mountains approach the seashore most closely. Directly above the village of Foros hangs a rock with the same name Foros, which is part of Mountain Celebi. It looks as beautiful as the teeth of Ai-Petri Mountain in Yalta. You can climb to the top of the mountain to admire the amazing views of the Crimean Mountains and the Black Sea.
The height of Mountain Celebi is 657 meters. This is much lower than the highest mountains of the Crimea. For example, the height of Ai-Petri Mountain reaches 1234 meters, and the highest mountain in Crimea, Roman Kosh, reaches 1545 meters. However, these mountains do not hang as beautifully over the seashore as Celebi.
Mountain Celebi, like other rocky outcrops of the Crimean Mountains, is a fossil reef of the prehistoric Tethys Ocean, whose waters splashed here in the Mesozoic era about 250 million years ago. There are many such reef mountains of the Tethys Ocean left on the territory of Crimea. One of the most beautiful reefs is Mount Sokol in the resort village of Novy Svet.
Chelebi Mountain is one of the best places in Crimea for hiking. Part of the famous route "Between the sky and the Sea" passes here. You can start your hike at the Baydar Gate, and finish at the Temple of the Sun, in the Laspi area. You can come to the Baydar Gate by car, and from the Temple of the Sun you will need to go down to the South Coast highway near the resort of Laspi.
The total length of the route along the Chelebi Mountain from the Baydar Gate to the Temple of the Sun is 6.5 km. They can be completed in 1 day. The height difference on the main part of the route on Mount Celebi is only 150 m. You will walk along the edge of the mountain and admire the most beautiful views of the sea and the southern spurs of the Crimean mountains. Be sure to make a stop at the Baydar Gate to admire the beautiful view of the Foros Church, which stands on the edge of the cliff.
