Dzharylgach: a Deserted Island in the Midst of Europe (And Books to Take There)
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10 min readAug 5, 2019
Dzharylgach is the biggest deserted island in the Black Sea. Here in July, 2019 I found wild animals, even wilder people and the legendary Eiffel Lighthouse.
A university colleague who studies the history of travel memoirs says that tourism became a swear word from the start. Colosseum has been ‘too crowded and disappointing’ already in the 18th century, which why already then people started to look for those special secret places that would not be as crowded as a Louvre on Sunday. In search of my own secret place I went to my home of Ukraine and decided to check out the legendary lighthouses of the deserted island Dzharylhach.
UPDATE 28 March 2023: The island is currently under russian occupation, the occupying forces are trying to turn it into a hunting ground. Please spread the information and help raise awareness.
