There are places for recreation in the Crimea, which allow you to see at once as many sights and beauties of nature as only a trip to several countries can give. Where should you go on vacation to get the most out of your impressions and enjoy the best vacation? Rely on our virtual guide, representing the rating of the most memorable resorts of Crimea.
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Where can I go in Crimea
Southern Coast of Crimea (YuBK)
This is the most popular destination for tourists who love outdoor activities and are not short of money. The southern coast is a small strip from Cape Ai-Petri to the mountain Kara-Dag. It is here that such tourist centers of Mecca as Yalta, Gurzuf, Alupka, Partenit, Massandra, Mishor, Livadia, Sun Valley, Sudak and others are located.
The main resort areas - Big Yalta and Big Alupka. It is here that the mountains almost come close to the sea, saturating the air with healing ions and phytoncides. Such a unique phenomenon of nature, giving health without any procedures, is characteristic only for the Crimea and the Cote d'Azur of France.
There is everything for recreation and entertainment - comfortable pensions, good hotels, equipped beaches. In this case, you can go here not only for a holiday at sea, but also to restore health in sanatoriums and health resorts. On the coast there are many children's camps.
South Coast just full of sights. No need to go far to visit Vorontsov and Massandra palaces, fascinating Marble Cave, Jur-Jur waterfall, Genoese fortress and other places that locals have long dubbed the “miracles of the South Coast”.
Western resort region
This direction is much calmer and the influx of tourists, and the landscape. On this flat part of the Crimea are Evpatoria, Saki, Peschanoe, Nikolaevka, Mezhvodnoe, Olenevka and other popular villages.
West of Crimea is designed for a quiet holiday. Here mainly those who do not need discos and the boring noise of cities travel with families and children. It is an ideal place to strengthen the immunity of children and the treatment of adults.
The marine climate here is connected with the steppe. The absence of forests and mountains allows air to circulate freely, saturated with sea salts and ions of healing minerals. Most of the beaches are sandy and pebbled, they are spacious and therefore there is no problem of large concentrations of tourists. The sea is almost everywhere shallow and clean. Rest here is affordable and budget, and prices for room and board are the most benign. On the wide sandy strip of the coast every summer there grows a lot of tent cities.
Local sights are the Chersonesos of Tauris, the Greek-Scythian settlement of Kara-Tobe, Balaklava Bay, Turkish baths and other museums and reserves.
Central Crimea
There is no sea in this region, but it offers completely different possibilities for active and active rest. Here is the unique nature and the richest heritage of cultural monuments. Therefore, this part of the peninsula so attracts lovers of hiking and sightseeing holidays. On this territory there are magnificent mountain ranges Demerdzhi-Yayla, Karabi-Yayla, Dolgorukovskaya Yayla, karst caves, canyons, rocks and waterfalls.
Local attraction - Valley ghosts. In Central Crimea, there is Bakhchisarai with the Khan Palace, the medieval Assumption Monastery carved into the rock and the fortress city of Chufut-Kale.
Rating the best places to stay in the Crimea
The rating is based on the following parameters:
- popularity, according to reviews vacationing in 2015;
- variety of leisure opportunities;
- sightseeing;
- infrastructure development; beach quality;
- prices for accommodation and meals;
- disadvantages, according to tourists.
The best places for outdoor activities
Alushta is a blue-green whirlwind of impressions from the sea and mountains
The sea is the main thing that a tired Russian tourist is striving for in order to restore energy and strength after a difficult working year. But the sea is not all that you can dream of, going to the Crimea. The mountains! This is no less a source of inspiration, beauty and freedom. Rich vegetation complements the incredible landscape. Tourist routes pass through the mountains for the most inquisitive. Here you can see the medieval fortress Funa, Jur-Jur waterfall, visit the "Valley of Ghosts".
Benefits:
- mild climate;
- the purest healing mountain air, fresh even in extreme heat;
- scenic nature;
- very wide, spacious pebble and sandy beaches.
Disadvantages:
- many tourists in high season;
- expensive hotels;
- many paid services on the beaches.
Yalta is a famous resort that everyone loves without exception.
This is the most popular resort city of Crimea, luxurious, fashionable and famous. There is almost everything for a comfortable beach holiday, active walks and nightly entertainment. The city itself is a real open-air museum. If you wish, you can have a great time here, even without going far on excursions: palaces, manors, architectural, monuments, churches, parks. If you wish, you can go on an amazing boat trip or book a bus or walking tour. Here are the best restaurants, discos, amusement parks and attractions.
Benefits:
- the most developed entertainment infrastructure;
- many attractions;
- beautiful mild climate;
- the best transport communication with all corners of the Crimea;
- magnificent private beaches.
Disadvantages:
- high prices for housing, food and entertainment;
- a huge crowd of tourists;
- overloaded public beaches.
The best places for a beach holiday
New World - "paradise" of the Crimean peninsula
A truly unique place, amazingly picturesque, varied and pleasant to find and relax body and soul. The healing sea breeze and aroma of juniper groves just intoxicate with freshness. Here is a perfectly clean, beautiful sea of picture beauty and variety of colors: from blue and blue to bright green. The beaches are not sandy, but due to the pebbles, incredible clarity and purity of the water is ensured. From here it is convenient to travel along the main tourist routes of the Crimea.
Benefits:
- the unique beauty of nature;
- most sunny days all over the peninsula;
- enough space for a comfortable beach holiday;
- no oversaturation with people.
Disadvantages:
- small village;
- lack of scope of the entertainment program;
- quite expensive housing.
The best places for families with children
Evpatoria - parents' dream and idyll for children
This is the best city on the whole peninsula for a safe and comfortable stay with kids. The shallow warm sea and the sandy beach are ideal for games and do not pose a danger to swimming even the smallest holidaymakers. The great healing climate of this city is recommended by most pediatricians.
Since Soviet times, local beaches are used as a large playground equipment with a huge pool - the sea. Perennial improvements have created everything necessary for a better pastime: water parks, dolphinariums, playgrounds, slides, concerts, performances of children's groups, attractions - all for active time.
Benefits:
- absolute focus on holidays with children;
- developed infrastructure, plenty of entertainment;
- sandy beach and shallow sea;
- water activities;
- healing springs, salt and mud.
Disadvantages:
- low street lighting at night;
- little nightlife;
- poor service level;
- a lot of tourists.
Theodosius - the most spiritual rest and sincere impressions
One of the oldest cities where history lives on the rights of modernity, giving unique impressions to tourists. A huge archaeological heritage attracts lovers of history and antiquities, and the mild climate - families with kids.
The golden beach of Feodosia is the pride of the city and the region. Local sand is recognized as one of the most healing and beneficial in the world. The incredible breadth of the beach (up to 100m) allows you to avoid crowding on the beach, as is often the case in other resort cities of the Crimea.
No less popular children's beach. The seabed is gently sloping and sandy, ideal for swimming with children. Right on the beach a lot of entertainment for all categories of tourists, not only kids.
Benefits:
- good beaches;
- unique archaeological heritage;
- a large selection of private housing;
- good cultural program, a lot of visiting "stars".
Disadvantages:
- expensive housing (hotels and pensions);
- abundance of transport;
- in season, high prices for food and entertainment.
Best places for sightseeing holidays
Sevastopol - the center of the start of excursions of all directions
The city-port and legendary city of Sevastopol is also a great place for a full-fledged versatile holiday. There are many richest museums here. On the territory of the city there is the reserve Chersonesos Tavrichesky with antique ruins of the amphitheater, where you can watch the performance by the light of torches, sitting in the auditorium, built thousands of years ago. Fortresses, cave monasteries, Cape Fiolent - all at the service of curious travelers. There are also great opportunities for scuba diving.
Advantages:
- the richest excursion program;
- unique history and beautiful architecture;
- developed infrastructure, plenty of entertainment;
- good private beaches;
- affordable housing in the private sector.
Disadvantages:
- expensive hotels;
- the distance of the beaches from the city center;
- a lot of holidaymakers on city beaches;
- in the heat in the city is stuffy.
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So, according to reviews of vacationers in the Crimea last year, the best places for a perfect holiday are:
1. Alushta This is the absolute leader, according to reviews of lovers of outdoor activities and an abundance of entertainment, who at the same time want to enjoy beach relaxation. The optimal place for the widest audience of tourists seeking to combine all the advantages of the sea and the mountains and make a vacation unforgettable.
2. Evpatoria. Until now, no other place can break the record for this city in terms of the number of families with children. Here are the most opportunities for rest and spending time with kids.
3. New World. Choice of youth, couples, companies and connoisseurs of the beauty of nature. Magnificent corner of the Crimea, unique in spirit and mood. It offers everything for a beach holiday, as well as sightseeing trips and enjoying unity with nature.
Crimea is unique, it never ceases to amaze and give impressions. Any corner of the peninsula is charming in its own way. Discover something new!
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