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|state = Krasnodar Krai
|motorways = [[A290]]
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'''Anapa''' (Russian: Анапа) is a resort city located in the south of [[Russia]], on the sandy coast of the Black Sea in [[Krasnodar Krai]].

== Hitchhiking in ==
* Airports Vityazevo and Gelendzhik have not been operating since February 2022.
* [http://anapa.dzvr.ru/ The railway station] is situated outside the city, in the village of Verkhnee Dzhemete.
* Bus station: 11 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, open 05:00–21:00, tel. +7 (86133) 5–68–97 (dispatcher), +7 (86133) 5–68–61 (information).
* Sea terminal: 1 Lenin Street, tel. +7 (86133) 4–54–57, +7 (86133) 4–02–04 [http://portanapa.ru/ "Chernomorskiye Skorostnye Linii"]. mp-anapa@mail.ru

== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards [[Novorossiysk]] and [[Krasnodar]] via [[A290]] ===
* Junction with the Anapa Highway. Bus stop "Vesovaya" for minibuses No. 115 and No. 132, price 40 RUB. You can ask the driver to let you out right at the turn. Choose a spot on the roadside opposite the monument and start hitchhiking. There may be fruit and souvenir vendors and people offering accommodation here. Taxi drivers know that there are a lot of hitchhikers at this spot and will drop people off here.
* You can take a bus/minibus towards Novorossiysk and get out at the fork near Verkhnebakanskiy. You can walk along Lenin Street for around 15 minutes and reach a spot where the roads from Novorossiysk and Anapa merge. This option is for those who don't want to hitchhike in a resort area.

=== North towards Varennikovskaya, Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Krasnodar ===
* Village of Chemburka. Minibuses No. 110 and 121. Walk a bit ahead from the stop and hitchhike near the gas station. Alternatively, go to '''Gostagaevskaya'''. Boarding a No. 110 minibus costs 70 RUB for about 27 km; No. 132 costs 80 RUB (up to 34 km). Pay the driver in cash or by bank card.

=== North towards [[Temryuk]] and the Crimea ferry via [[A290]] ===
* It's hard to say where the resort ends and the "regular highway" begins. You can head out of town, turning towards Vityazevo. However, taxi drivers operate even further—make it clear you are a hitchhiker! You can take various minibuses to the airport turn. The highway to the ferry branches off near the village of Dzhiginka. You can get there by minibuses No. 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, and 122.

== Places to avoid ==

== Accommodation and Sleep ==
=== Free === 
* [[Couchsurfing]], [http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ hospitalityclub], [https://www.trustroots.org trustroots], [https://www.bewelcome.org BeWelcome], etc.
* [[Stay with locals]] via VKontakte: send the request "поиск _city_name_" (without punctuation or quotation marks, only two words) [https://vk.com/im?sel=-114256136 Couchsurfing B.0.T in VKontakte]. When and how to write your request so you'll be welcomed? [https://vk.com/topic-1398178_31882458 Read here.]
* With your own tent, you can hide for one night among the coastal dunes on Pionersky Prospekt. For a longer period, it's better to go to the Utrish area or beyond the village of Blagoveshchenskaya.

=== Paid === 
* [https://2gis.ru/anapa/search/Хостелы Hostels on 2GIS]
* Add your cheapest options not listed in hostel directories.
* Rest rooms at the station.
* Rental accommodation from locals. In summer, it’s better to arrange ahead via the Internet.

== Other useful info ==
* [https://2gis.ru/anapa/search/Столовые Canteens on 2GIS]
* Add your cheapest options not linked above!

== Other useful info ==

* [https://ru.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0 Wikivoyage]
* [https://travel.yandex.ru/journal/vyhodnye-v-anape-gde-pogulyat-i-chto-posmotret-v-gorode-za-2-dnya/ Weekend in Anapa: where to walk and what to see in 2 days. Yana Sergeeva]
* [https://travel.yandex.ru/journal/otdyh-v-anape/ Rest in Anapa: how much does it cost to go to the sea and which part of the resort to choose. Yana Sergeeva]
* [https://travel.yandex.ru/journal/anapa/ Guide to Anapa: Walnut Grove, Cypress Lake and remnants of Ancient Greece. Darya Zheltenko]
* [https://dzen.ru/id/6717d5a4d2d8877b90e99980?utm_referrer=yandex.ru Guide to Anapa and the surroundings at Dzen]
* [https://www.tutu.ru/geo/rossiya/anapa/article/guide/ Big guide to Anapa at Tutu.ru]

===== Useful Telegram links =====
* [https://t.me/pva_chat Anapa | PVA CHAT]
* [https://t.me/anapa9 ANAPA CHAT]
* [https://t.me/chernomore_turizm Black Sea resorts / Anapa Gelendzhik Sochi]
* [https://t.me/pva_chat Anapa PVA CHAT]
* [https://t.me/anapafind_chat Chat — Find each other, Anapa!]
* [https://t.me/razlivmazuta Oil spill in the Black Sea]
* Add links that are useful to visitors/travelers in Telegram.

[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Krasnodar Krai]]
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