There are such places for rest in Crimea, which allow you to see so many sights and beauties of nature, how many can only give a trip to several countries. Where should you go on vacation in order to get maximum impressions and enjoy the best rest? Rely on our virtual guide, representing the rating of the most memorable resorts of Crimea.
Content:
- Where to go in Crimea
- Rating of the best places for rest in Crimea
- Best places for outdoor activities
- Best places for family holidays with children
- Best places for beach holidays
- Best places for sightseeing holidays
- Where to buy a ticket
Where can I go?go to Crimea
South Coast of Crimea( SKA)
This is the most popular destination for tourists who like active leisure and are not constrained by the means. The southern coast is called a small strip from Cape Ai-Petri to Mount Kara-Dag. It is here that there are such centers of tourist Mecca as Yalta, Gurzuf, Alupka, Partenit, Massandra, Mishor, Livadia, Solnechnaya Dolina, Sudak and others.
The main resort areas are 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 typical only for the Crimea and the Côte d'Azur of France.
There is everything for recreation and entertainment - comfortable boarding houses, good hotels, equipped beaches. At the same time, one can go here not only for recreation at sea, but also for restoring health in sanatoriums and health resorts. There are many children's camps on the coast.
The South Coast is just full of attractions. There is no need to go far to visit the Vorontsovsky and Massandra palaces, the mesmerizing Marble Cave, the Djur-Djur waterfall, the Genoese fortress and other places that the locals have long dubbed "the wonders of the South Coast".
Western resort region
This direction is much calmer both in the influx of tourists and in the landscape. On this flat part of the Crimea there are Evpatoria, Saki, Peschanoye, Nikolaevka, Mezhvodnoe, Olenevka and other popular villages.
West of Crimea is designed for a quiet holiday. Mostly they go there with families and children who do not need discos and boring city noise. It is an ideal place to strengthen the immunity of children and the treatment of adults.
The maritime climate here is connected with the steppe climate. The lack of forests and mountains allows air to circulate freely, saturated with sea salts and ions of curative minerals. Most of the beaches are sandy and pebble, they are spacious and therefore there is no problem of a large congestion of holidaymakers. The sea is almost everywhere shallow and clean. Rest here is affordable and budget, and prices for accommodation and food are the most sparing. On the broad sandy stripes of the coast every summer here grows a lot of tent camps.
Local attractions are the Tauric Chersonese, the Greco-Scythian fortification 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 opportunities for active, busy recreation. Here the unique nature and the richest heritage of cultural monuments. Therefore, this part of the peninsula is so attractive to hikers and excursions. On this territory there are magnificent mountain ranges of Demerdzhi-Yaila, Karabi-Yaila, Dolgorukovskaya Yaila, karst caves, canyons, rocks and waterfalls. Area:
Area attractions - Valley of ghosts. In the Central Crimea is Bakhchisarai with the Khan's palace, a medieval carved in the cliff Dormition monastery and the city-fortress Chufut-Kale.
Rating of the best places to relax in Crimea
Rating is based on the following parameters:
- popularity, according to reviews of vacationers in 2015;
- variety of opportunities for recreation;
- availability of attractions;
- infrastructure development quality of beaches;
- 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 seeks to restore energy and strength after a difficult work year. But the sea is not everything you can dream about when you go to the Crimea. The mountains! It is no less a source of inspiration, beauty and freedom. The rich vegetation complements the incredible landscape. Through the mountains lie tourist routes for the most inquisitive. Here you can see the medieval fortress of Fun, Jur-Jur waterfall, visit the "Valley of Ghosts".
Advantages:
- mild climate;
- is the cleanest curative mountain air, fresh even in extreme heat;
- picturesque nature;
- very wide, spacious pebbly and sandy beaches.
Disadvantages:
- many tourists in the high season;
- luxury hotels;
- a lot of paid services on the beaches.
Yalta is a famous resort that everyone loves without exception.
This is the most popular resort city in Crimea, luxurious, fashionable and famous. There is almost everything for a comfortable stay on the beach, active walks and nightly entertainment. The city itself is a real open-air museum. If you want, you can have a great time here without even going far on excursions: palaces, manors, architectural monuments, churches, parks. If you want, you can go for an amazing sea walk or order a bus or walking tour. Here the best restaurants, discos, recreation parks and attractions.
Advantages:
- is the most developed entertainment infrastructure;
- many attractions;
- is a lovely mild climate;
- best transport connection 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.
Best places for beach holidays
New World - "paradise" of the Crimean peninsula
A truly unique place, stunningly picturesque, varied and pleasant for finding and resting your soul and body. Healing sea breeze and the scent of juniper groves are just intoxicating with freshness. Here is an ideally clean, beautiful sea of picture beauty and a variety of colors: from blue and blue to bright green colors. The beaches are not sandy, but due to pebbles and provides incredible transparency and clean water. From here it is convenient to travel around the main tourist routes of the Crimea.
Advantages:
- unique beauty of nature;
- has the most sunny days on the whole peninsula;
- enough space for a comfortable stay on the beach;
- there is no oversaturation of people.
Disadvantages:
- is a small village;
- insufficient scope of the entertainment program;
- rather expensive housing.
Best places for families with children
Evpatoria - the dream of parents and idyll for children
This is the best city on the whole peninsula for safe and comfortable rest with kids. The fine warm sea and sandy beach are ideal for games and do not pose a danger to bathing even the smallest holiday-makers. The magnificent medical climate of this city is recommended by the majority of pediatricians.
Since the days of the USSR, local beaches have been used as a large equipment for children's playgrounds with a huge swimming pool - the sea. Long-term improvements have created everything necessary for a better pastime: water parks, dolphinariums, playgrounds, slides, concerts, performances by children's groups, attractions - all for active spending time.
Advantages:
- absolute focus on recreation with children;
- developed infrastructure, a lot of entertainment;
- sandy beach and shallow sea;
- water entertainment;
- curative springs, salt and mud.
Disadvantages:
- insufficient illumination of streets at night;
- little night entertainment;
- weak level of service;
- a lot of vacationers.
Feodosia - the most spiritual holiday and sincere impressions
One of the oldest cities where history lives on the rights of the present, giving unique impressions to tourists. A huge archaeological heritage attracts lovers of history and antiquity, and a 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 curative and useful in the world. Incredible width of the beach( up to 100m) allows you to avoid hustle and bustle on the beach, as it often happens in other resort towns of Crimea.
No less popular is the Children's Beach. The seabed is shallow and sandy, ideal for swimming with children. Right on the beach a lot of entertainment for all categories of holidaymakers, not just kids.
Advantages:
- good beaches;
- is a unique archaeological heritage;
- large selection of private housing;
- is a good cultural program, many coming "stars".
Disadvantages:
- expensive accommodation( hotels and boarding houses);
- an abundance of transport;
- in the season, inflated 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 the legendary city of Sevastopol is also a great place for a full-fledged and versatile holiday. There are many richest museums here. On the territory of the city there is a reserve Tauric Chersonese with ancient ruins of the amphitheater, where you can see the play by torchlight, sitting in the auditorium, built thousands of years ago. Fortresses, cave monasteries, Cape Fiolent - all at the service of curious travelers. There are also excellent opportunities for scuba diving.
Advantages:
- the richest excursion program;
- unique story and beautiful architecture;
- developed infrastructure, a lot of entertainment;
- good private beaches;
- inexpensive accommodation in the private sector.
Disadvantages:
- expensive hotels;
- remoteness of beaches from the city center;
- many vacationers on city beaches;
- in the heat in the city is stuffy.
Where to buy a ticket
So, according to reviews of holidaymakers in Crimea last year, the best places for an ideal holiday are recognized:
1. Alushta. This is an absolute leader, according to the reviews of lovers of outdoor activities and an abundance of entertainment, which at the same time want to enjoy beach relax. Optimal place for the widest audience of tourists, seeking to combine all the benefits of the sea and mountains and make the vacation unforgettable.
2. Evpatoria. So far, no other place can beat the record of this city by the number of families with children. Here, most opportunities for recreation and a rich time with kids.
3. The New World. The choice of youth, couples, companies and connoisseurs of the beauty of nature. The most magnificent corner of Crimea, unique in spirit and mood. It offers everything for a beach holiday, as well as sightseeing trips and enjoying the unity with nature.
Crimea is unique, it does not cease to delight and give impressions. Any corner of the peninsula is charming in its own way. Discover something new!
