Crimea. Vacation Drafts
Perhaps I should start with the planned route. In a rented car, I want us to drive along the southern coast of Crimea ourselves: Sevastopol-Alupka-Yalta-Alushta-Sudak-Koktebel, and return home through Simferopol.
Map of the southern coast of Crimea without our route: ubk_map.zip, 884 KB. Maybe someone will find it useful. Inside is a BMP of almost 14 megabytes.
Distance table.
| Route | Distance, km |
|---|---|
| Sevastopol—Alupka | 60 |
| Alupka—Yalta | 15 |
| Yalta—Alushta | 35 |
| Alushta—Sudak | 65 |
| Sudak—Koktebel | 30 |
| Koktebel—Simferopol | 115 |
Since there are many towns and very little time, we need somehow to squeeze into some kind of schedule. For example, this one:
Or this one:
Sevastopol 17—18;
Balaklava, Simeiz — 18;
Alupka, Livadia, Yalta — 19;
Yalta, Massandra, Gurzuf — 20;
Partenit, Alushta — 21;
Novyi Svet, Sudak, Koktebel — 22-23;
Simferopol — 23.
What to See
«Sights of Crimea» — a fairly good guidebook; the quality here is so-so because I photographed it in a hurry.
Sevastopol. Panorama of Sevastopol, Balaklava: submarine repair plant, Cembalo fortress.
Greater Yalta. This is where I managed to find the most things: Baydar Pass, Ai-Petri, the cable car, Uchan-Su waterfall, the Grand Canyon, Bear Mountain, Gurzuf, Massandra, Swallow's Nest, and that is not all.
Sudak. Genoese fortress, Count Golitsyn's grotto, sparkling wine factory.
Koktebel. Kara-Dag Nature Reserve.
Simferopol. Some plateau from which the whole city is visible, Marble Caves.
Car Rental
Still figuring out what is going on with rentals.
Links to Various Relevant Sites
At first I did not want to publish links. But some especially useful ones are still worth mentioning here.
crimea-kvn.ru. I found many convenient maps there.
I will publish the remaining links later. Or maybe I will not.
Sights of Crimea
- Map of Crimea 2 — 3
- Swallow's Nest 4
- Mount Ai-Petri 5
- Livadia Palace 6 — 7
- Alupka Palace 8 — 9
- Massandra Palace 10 — 11
- Nikita Botanical Garden 12 — 13
- Sights of Yalta 14 — 15
- Foros Church 16
- Tauric Chersonese 17
- Sights of Sevastopol 18 — 19
- Sights of Yevpatoria 20
- Sights of Simferopol 21
- Bakhchisarai Palace 22
- Chufut-Kale 23
- Mangup-Kale 24
- Cave Cities 25
- Waterfalls of Crimea 26
- Caves of Crimea 27
- Sights of Gurzuf 28
- Mount Demerdzhi 29
- Sudak Fortress 30
- Novyi Svet 31
- Kara-Dag 32
- Koktebel 33
- Sights of Feodosia 34
- I. K. Aivazovsky Art Gallery 35
- Sights of Kerch 36 — 37
- Cape Kazantip 38
- Cape Tarkhankut 39
- Grand Canyon of Crimea 40
