The well-known climatic and mud treatment resort "Sergeevka" (Odessa region, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district) is located at the exit from the Budak estuary to the Black Sea. It includes 8 sanatoriums, children's he alth camps, boarding houses and hotels, occupying almost 650 hectares of the coast.
Shabolatsky estuary - one of the oldest resorts in the Northern Black Sea region
On the banks of the spit to the north and south of the Tsaregradsky arm of the Dniester estuary and the Shabolatsky estuary lake there are sanatoriums, campsites, boarding houses and rest houses, which territorially belong to the villages of Zatoka, Sergeevka and Kurortnoe. In season, on a sandy spit that separates two estuaries from the sea, there is nowhere for an apple to fall. Everywhere on the beaches, multi-colored clusters of sun umbrellas flash, bronze bodies of vacationers from the sun, water slides and other devices for entertainment on the seashore.
Paleogeographers and archaeologists say that 25 centuries ago these places were also crowded. There were large settlements here, and the estuary served as a trade corridor anda link between the cultures of Ancient Greece and Asia Minor. A new round of popularity of the Shabolatsky estuary was provided by Odessa balneologists, who studied the physical and chemical indicators of local brine, mud and mineral springs in the last decades of the 19th century. The healing factors of the estuary were highly appreciated by scientists. The first mud baths began to be built in 1895, the beginning of the Soviet stage in the development of the Sergeevka resort is considered to be 1921.
How to get to the village. Sergeevka (Odessa region, Ukraine)
There is an urban-type settlement southwest of the regional center. Minibuses to Sergeevka leave from the Privoz bus station near the Odessa railway station. Along the sandy spit Karolino-Bugaz-Zatoka, you need to drive to the right bank of the Dniester estuary, pass the villages of Coastal and Belenky. The distance from Odessa to Sergeevka is 80 km.
The resort is located opposite the central part of the sandy spit that separates the Shabolatsky (Budaksky) estuary. You can get here by minibuses from the regional center, the final point of which is the village of Sergeevka (Odessa region), or take a transport going to Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. In the second case, you need to get off at the stop, which is called the "fork" and transfer to the fixed-route taxi "Belgorod-Dnestrovsky-Sergeevka". The distance from the highway Odessa-Belgorod-Dnestrovsky to the resort of Sergeevka is about 6 km.
You can get to the village by private car (there are signs on the highway). The roadway looks better on the detour toSergeevka past the village of Belenkoye. The rest of the highway may be littered with potholes and cracks. There are enough places for parking in the village, on the territory of hotels and recreation centers. Cars are the main mode of transport in the land part of the resort. In addition to it, there are seasonal transportation of passengers between the estuary and the sea on boats and boats.
Sergeevka resort (Odessa region). Feedback from tourists and vacationers
The resort village was considered one of the best children's he alth resorts back in Soviet times. The parents of sick children placed great hopes on the healing forces of the climate, peloids of the estuary and mineral water and were not deceived in their expectations. Children returned from Sergeevka rested, tanned, able to withstand many ailments. According to doctors, the healing factors of the resort are useful for patients of any age suffering from diseases of the nerves, joints, spine and blood vessels.
He alth complexes of the village of Sergeevka (Odessa region) accept everyone who wants to take a course of spa treatment and just relax on the seashore. Vacationers in their comments note the beneficial effect on human he alth of climatic conditions, water and mud of the Shabolatsky estuary. A number of tourist reviews are devoted to the quality of services and prices. Guests of Sergeevka, who have been coming to the resort for more than a year, notice progress in improving service, low prices for accommodation and meals (compared to Odessa, Koblevo, Zatoka).
According to patients of sanatoriums, the resort is great forhe alth and family recreation. Doctors and other medical staff have the necessary qualifications. One of the shortcomings noted in the comments is the equipping of the rooms with furniture from the Soviet period. Many guests of Sergeevka were surprised by the collection of fees for passage and travel over the bridge connecting the village and the sea coast. At the same time, it is not noticeable that the funds are directed to repair and improve the infrastructure of this transition.
Climate and natural environment
The temperate continental climate of the territory is characterized by a significant number of hours of sunshine and days per year (290 out of 365 days). The warm period begins in April and lasts until October inclusive. The average summer temperature is +25 °C, in July and August it often rises to +32…+35 °C during the day. Precipitation does not fall enough with such an amount of solar radiation - 350 mm / year. Southern winter - little snow, short and mild.
The landscapes of the Shabolatsky estuary and the village of Sergeevka (Odessa region) are amazingly beautiful. Photos of the resort give an idea of the absence of industrial enterprises in the area, the cleanliness of the sandy spit and beaches on the seashore. The steppe expanses in the vicinity of Sergeevka are used by the population for horticulture and viticulture. In the village itself there are fruit trees, boxwood alleys and other evergreen plantings.
Healing factors of the Sergeevka resort
The air from the Black Sea steppes on the shore of the estuary mixes with sea breezes, it turns out naturalcocktail - one of the local healing factors. The water of the Shabolatsky estuary lake has long been used for taking mineral baths, rinses, and compresses. Local silt mud does not contain harmful impurities, they are useful in the treatment of a large group of diseases. Springs discovered on the territory of the resort supply mineral water, reminiscent of the chloride-sodium-magnesium composition of Kuyalnik and Mirgorodskaya.
Natural medicinal table water and other healing factors are used by the children's sanatorium "Sergeevka" (Odessa region) and other he alth resorts of this resort area. Local varieties of grapes grown on rainfed lands are distinguished by a high content of vitamins, minerals, fructose and glucose. Berry juice is also a healing cocktail, but its use for treatment has a number of contraindications (some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract).
Treatment of specialized diseases and general he alth improvement
Medical specialization of the main sanatoriums for children and adults in Sergeevka:
- treatment and rehabilitation for disorders of the musculoskeletal system;
- cardiovascular disease;
- ENT organs and non-specific diseases of the respiratory system;
- disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- pathology of the urological and genital areas.
Hydrotherapy and pelotherapy are used in the sanatoriums of Sergeevka for neurological and joint diseases, osteochondrosis, gynecological and skin ailments. Wellness complexes carry outbalneological procedures, widely use speleotherapy and a variety of herbal remedies.
The main therapeutic factors - water, peloids, air - are used by the children's sanatorium "Sergeevka" (Odessa region). Small and adult patients in he alth resorts offer physiotherapy, massage, reflexology, exercise therapy, and a therapeutic diet. A number of he alth resorts practice kinetotherapy. Some sanatoriums have a modern technical base for laser treatment, clinical diagnostic laboratories and offices, pharmacies.
Sanatorium "Orizont"
Vacationers stay in he alth centers, hotels, the private sector of the village. Sergeevka (Odessa region). Sanatorium "Orizont" is one of the modern he alth resorts of the resort, with a large number of rooms. They treat diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the nervous system, relieve inflammation in gynecological diseases, chronic prostatitis. In the sanatorium "Orizont" they help with chronic inflammation in the lungs and bronchi (non-tuberculous).
An extensive list of medical services is complemented by climatotherapy, he alth path, hydrocolonotherapy. Assigned to patients internal consumption of mineral water, mud compresses and tampons, balneotherapy in the form of baths with various healing components (pearl, coniferous, turpentine).
How the children's he alth resort "Sergeevka" works
Treatment and rehabilitation of children in the Soviettime was of the utmost importance. Many children came to Sergeevka on free vouchers. Thousands of boys and girls have taken medical procedures on the banks of the Shabolatsky estuary since 1986, when the children's sanatorium "Sergeevka" (Odessa region) opened its doors for the first young patients. The photo of one of the buildings in the article gives an idea of an almost homely atmosphere in the he alth resort. The main part of the territory is reserved for the park area, playgrounds and sports grounds, there is a hall, a library.
Sanatorium "Sergeevka" (Odessa region) can simultaneously accept up to 400 children (6-14 years old) for recreation and rehabilitation. The average duration of one shift is 18 days. From September to May, training sessions are organized for school-age children (in the afternoon). The medical specialization of the he alth resort is respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, ENT disorders, pathologies of the musculoskeletal system.
Golden beaches of Sergeevka
The main thing that the Odessa region, which occupies a coastal position, is famous for is rest. Sergeevka geographically differs from the regional center and a number of resorts on the coast. The village, all its sanatoriums and hotels were built on the banks of the Shabolatsky estuary. A warm and shallow body of water, a sandy spit separate Sergeevka from the sea. You need to go to the golden beaches of the resort or drive over the bridge, or cross by boat, motor boat.
