Natasha Spring is shrouded in a tragic and romantic legend. Once a Turkish pasha saw in these parts a beautiful Slavic girl named Natasha with golden curls and blue eyes. Even though the pasha already had 300 wives and 500 concubines, he desired this girl and decided to make her his most beloved, 301st wife.
He promised her a sweet life, mountains of gold, and love till death - or at least until the next wife. Natasha begged him to let her go, because she had a fiance in her village whom she loved very much. The pasha was relentless, and he ordered his men to seize the beauty, but Natasha asked to climb the mountain one last time, look upon her native land, and pray.
The pasha gave her an escort and allowed her a farewell. After climbing the mountain, the girl began to pray, and when the guards were distracted - she threw herself off the mountain. When the pasha ran up to the top, he saw that there was no body where she had fallen to her death, but instead a living spring welled up there.
Later, a statue of faithful Natasha, who preferred death to betrayal, was placed at this spring. In her hands the girl holds a jug from which spring water flows. Newlyweds from Gelendzhik come here by tradition to drink from the spring so that their love will be eternal and faithful. Other lovers, however, also follow this beautiful tradition.
Near the spring there is an excellent restaurant with numerous man-made waterfalls. Mountain streams, skillfully guided along stone channels, sparkle in the sun during the day and are beautifully illuminated by lights at night, while trout and sturgeon swim in the ponds below them. The place is incredibly scenic and beautiful; it is pleasant both to simply take a walk here and to taste freshly caught trout.
