Having visited Crimea for the first time, I fell madly in love with its inexhaustible riches and atmosphere, and then came back here to live, since vacation alone is not enough to study and understand the peninsula. Nevertheless, you can get incredible impressions during your vacation. So we sharpen our skis towards the Crimea. More precisely flippers. The skis are not functional there.
The pearl of the peninsula and the place of the most massive tourist pilgrimages is, of course, the South Coast of Crimea. It is here that the most diverse nature, the purest pebble beaches, the highest mountains, the most ancient forests, the most diverse flora and fauna, the juiciest fruits, the richest wines and the most salubrious climate. It is here that the most picturesque nature trails with towering rocks and waterfalls are located, it is here that the palaces of princes and other unique architectural monuments rise majestically ... And there are many, many more unusual, unknown and fascinating things. And the pearl of the South Coast, occupying a significant part of it and, in fact, spreading all these riches is Bolshaya. A legendary area, definitely worth a visit.
In general, traveling by train to the south is a very dubious pleasure: you have to make a bunch of transfers in the heat, and even the risk of hanging on the crossing for several hours is very high. The tourists following the "Single ticket", whom I met at the stations, looked very sad and "rumpled". They were no longer happy to come to the Crimea - fatigue from numerous road troubles prevailed.
This option may be relevant for residents of remote regions, where fares for flights are quite high. It allows you to save a lot. Getting to Crimea by plane from Central Russia is not at all expensive.
By bus
Regular buses run from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kerch. The ticket price is about 3 thousand rubles. Having reached Kerch, you will need to independently get to the city you need. Fortunately, the bus service between Kerch and the rest of the Crimea is quite well developed.
There is another option: buy bus tourswhere all connections and logistics are already thought out for you. Similar offers can be found at many travel agencies. It is a little more expensive, but you do not have to wait long for transfers. The same tours are organized to cities such as Yalta and Bakhchisarai. Then no change at all. Travel time is a little over a day.
The buses that carry long distances are quite comfortable - my friends traveling in this way did not complain of discomfort.
By car
You can get from Moscow by private car to Yalta in 18 hours, excluding stops and breaks for food. Gasoline costs will amount to about 10 thousand rubles. The road will run through Ukraine. From Moscow you need to go along the E105 highway, which leads directly to Yalta, the length of the path is 1,481 km.
The road from St. Petersburg will take about 30 hours. There are options: go either only through Ukraine, or through Belarus and Ukraine. On average, it leaves 2,200 km. If you go only through Ukraine, then you should move along the E95 highway, in Bryansk, go to E101, along which to move to Belgorod, and then change the road to E105. This is the most optimal, simple
(less likely to get lost at junctions and turns) and a quicker option.
When is the season. When is the best time to go
The best time to relax in Crimea is mid-August - late September. Not so hot, not so stuffy, the sea is warm and rarely storms. Local fruits, berries, nuts and vegetables have already ripened, young wines have been made from the new grape harvest, and the markets are beginning to sell all these riches of Crimea. In general, absolutely all, without exception, the delights of the southern resort life can be tasted during this period.
Big Yalta in summer
Summer in Yalta is not crowded. There is a stampede in all minibuses, traffic jams on the roads, finding a place on the beach is a rare success, there is a queue on an excursion, on narrow mountain paths it is often impossible to disperse, on the embankment you cannot fight off traders of all stripes - here they lure with baklava, and here they offer to tell fortunes for the future. Prices for food, housing and other travel services are the highest and unrealistically inflated. But! South still remains south, and whatever one may say, it is good in Yalta in summer.
All other pluses of resort life far outweigh the minuses. Sun, sea, beach, heat, mountains, forests, wines and delicious food, kind people - in comparison, all the above disadvantages seem so insignificant.
As for the sea, it warms up to a comfortable temperature (about +23 ° C) by mid-June and remains warm until the end of September. The period of sweltering heat falls on the end of July - beginning of August. Then neither the sea nor the shade of the pine forests can save you from the heat.
Big Yalta in autumn
Fall - best time for travel to Crimea. If you want to relax comfortably without the crowded tourist bustle and heat, but with the warm sea and red-red forest landscapes, maple and oak alleys, then autumn is perfect for you.
Off-season trips are good for those who don't like being in the noise and crowds. The city streets are not so crowded, many cafes are closed, souvenir stalls are boarded up. But on the other hand, there is an opportunity to wander alone on the beaches, without stepping over densely lying sunbathers, to feel the magnitude of the elements, to listen to the waves. Well, housing, of course, is rented during this period at lower prices.
Big Yalta in spring
In the spring, the sea is still cold (+ 15 ° С), swimming in a high is only for walruses. It is warm enough during the day - the temperature rises to + 25 ° С, and at night up to + 17 ° С. But, again, there are not so many tourists, prices are not high. And if you arrive at the end of May-April, you can catch the blooming Crimea! The plateau above Yalta is strewn with poppies, the forest glades are covered with snowdrops, and the gardens are in the clouds of the most fragrant flowering in the world. The eye pleases unreal! Some lavender fields are worth something.
Big Yalta in winter
In winter, Yalta dies out. The embankment is emptying, many shops, cafes and hotels are closing, storms are more frequent at sea, and cold winds blowing from the mountains in the city. Nobody calls for boat trips and diving, does not offer boiled crayfish and salted corn. Yalta in winter is an ordinary small mainland town. There is simply no reason to go there at this time of year.
Snow in Yalta is a rather rare phenomenon. All winter it lies only in the mountains, and in the city, if it falls, it melts in a day. The children immediately happily pour out onto the streets and mold short-lived snowmen. For Yalta, this is indeed akin to a miracle (unlike the Simferopol region, which is located higher above sea level, and therefore fluffy precipitation lingers there for a longer time).
Hint:
Big Yalta - monthly weather
Districts. Where is the best place to live
Yalta and surroundings (Massandra, Livadia)
As for Yalta itself, the well-known "Intourist" is always glad to guests and very much loved by tourists, and the prices there are quite adequate. The most expensive places in Yalta are, of course, hotels on the embankment (Villa Elena, Oreanda and others like them). These are architectural monuments, where the Chekhovs and Chaliapins used to have tea. The hotels have a very high star rating, and therefore the prices are not budgetary. A comfortable area for housing in Yalta is, again, its suburb -. In Yalta itself, it is still very noisy and crowded, and the city beaches are dirty. Massandra is quieter, cleaner and still a little cheaper. more noisy, since the Livadia Palace is located there, and crowds of tourists come to it. But there are good beaches.
But for lovers of noisy city life, who do not want to live anywhere other than Yalta, I recommend the area of \u200b\u200bst. Pushkinskaya. This is the original Yalta Arbat, the center of the boiling city life. On the one hand, you live in a place with a high concentration of restaurants and clubs, and on the other hand, it's only 10 minutes to walk to the sea.
Only the prices there, of course, are broken. Even for simple housing, millions can be shaken, just because of the advantageous location.
Villages
Of all the most of the villages of Yalta, I would recommend for life. It is the quietest, calm, cleanest and most beautiful. Yalta and the most iconic sights are very close from there. You can read more about housing in Simeiz
Least of all I would recommend. It is the most densely populated, hilly and mountainous, and the historical part of it is rather small. The rest of the space is occupied by typical block houses, built under the Soviets as dormitories for Artek's employees - boring, gray and melancholy. No resort romance. But here is the longest beach and promenade. The sea water, of course, is cleaner than the Yalta water, but still leaves much to be desired. But this is just my opinion, to some people Gurzuf may seem like an attractive resort area.
All other villages have the same idea - guest houses and simple hotels offer rooms of varying comfort. Somewhere there is a courtyard with gazebos and barbecues, somewhere pools and other hotel enticements. Prices vary depending on the availability of these bonuses, the main of which, of course, is the distance from the sea.
But in general, all coastal villages differ little from each other - a pebble beach, a market, the historical part with dilapidated houses and crooked streets, and new quarters with Soviet-era buildings and modern cottages. The cost of living starts from 700 rubles per day. But each village has its own iconic sights and unique natural areas.
I don't see much difference where to settle. These villages are all typical. But if you like peace, then I would not recommend staying in Alupka, where Vorontsov Palace, and in Gaspra, where the Swallow's Nest is located. Daily pilgrimages of crowds of tourists and corteges of hulking buses will not allow you to catch relaxation.
Incidentally, the ubiquitous grannies with signs "housing" have not gone anywhere. And they will be able to offer you nice houses in the private sector, which the Internet does not even know about.
And the most prestigious hotel in Big Yalta (and in Crimea in general) is the Mriya Resort & Spa. It is located not far from Simeiz and is considered a health resort complex. All the biggest bigwigs, coming to Crimea, stop there. A large territory, well-groomed safe beaches, tennis courts, restaurants and spas - all the benefits of civilization are at your service. Grannies with their signs did not stand nearby.
And I will describe in detail the approximate prices for housing in the section below.
What are the prices for rest
Food
Lunch in a canteen or an average cafe will cost 200–300 rubles, and in restaurants and more decent cafes, 500–700 rubles. The average price for visiting excursions and attractions is 300 rubles apiece.
Souvenirs
Classic souvenirs like magnets, shell beads, teas and soap can be purchased for 100 rubles. The same price is for tourist cards. The cost of illustrated publications about Crimea starts at 300 rubles. Spices cost from rubles per bag. Wines - from 250 per bottle. In addition, in the markets and in souvenir stalls, you can safely practice the art of trading and bring down the price a little :)
Major attractions. What to see
Top 5
Beaches. Which is better
There is nothing to do on the beaches in Yalta. There are too many boats and ships, and the sea itself is very dirty. Nevertheless, in the summer and there it is impossible to break through - the people are dark.
The beaches of all villages are approximately the same - a narrow pebble strip and groins every 50 meters. But nevertheless, there are reserved places where the sea is clean, and there are few people.
- Chekhov Bay in Gurzuf
In Gurzuf, on the territory of the Chekhov's dacha museum, there is a small cove, very clean and beautiful, surrounded by tall rocks, hidden from prying eyes. You can go there through the museum, paying the caretaker 50 rubles. But peace and quiet are provided for you there.
- Beach "Gurovskie Stones"
Clean Artekovsky beach for public use. You can read more about it. Now, due to the active construction of the new Artek buildings, the beach has been closed. But I think you can get on it through some hole in the fence, having previously learned about it from local old-timers.
- Wild beach in Simeiz
Adherents of nudism will be satisfied with the Semeiz wild beach. Lie around beautiful rocks on the snow-white smooth boulders of the limestone - what else can you dream of? More about the beach -
- Beaches at the foot of Ayu-Dag
The famous one located between and Partenit is also famous for its wild beaches... You can get there by boat from Gurzuf or from Partenit (sea taxi is a very common phenomenon in Yalta. It is very pleasant to rest there - the mountain landscapes are impressive, and the clear sea is very pleasing, especially after Yalta.
Churches and temples. Which are worth visiting
Muslim mosques and Orthodox churches are very common in Crimea. But in Yalta, in contrast to the Bakhchisarai region, there are no prominent mosques of interest to tourists. But there are a couple of beautiful churches.
Museums. Which are worth visiting
Basically, the museums of Yalta are divided into palaces of the Russian aristocracy of the 19th century, houses where famous writers and artists lived, and ancient fortresses. Not all of them are unusual, large-scale and worth the attention of a tourist. Here are the ones that I think you should definitely visit.
Parks
Gardens and parks have invariably accompanied all large-scale palaces and aristocratic estates in Crimea. To create them, foreign specialists were called in and plants were ordered from the world's leading greenhouses. The park heritage was also left by numerous sanatoriums: plants were planted on their territory, the evaporation of oils from which has a healing effect
Tourist streets
In all coastal villages, there are usually two tourist streets: the embankment, and another street going down from the city to it. They are notable for the fact that it is there that they sell everything for which they go to Crimea - herbs, tea, oils, fruits and vegetables, vests with the inscription "I love Yalta", towels with a map of the Black Sea coast and other items that delight tourists with a belly and soul.
Another tourist artery of the city is the pedestrian Pushkinskaya Street, leading, of course, to the embankment. It is not for nothing that it is called that - after all, the very sun of Russian poetry, comrade, walked along it and admired the beauty of the city. Set tourist places here it is also classic: cheburek houses, cafes, souvenir shops, restaurants and terraces. The street is planted with beautiful southern trees, in the shade of which you can sit on comfortable wide benches. It also houses the Yalta local history museum (poor and not developed in any way since Soviet times) and a Catholic church, quite nice outside.
What to see in 1 day
So, you only have one day to visit Yalta. You should not be hysterical, annoyed at the injustice of fate, and believe that in just one day in the immense Yalta there is nothing to do. If you don't wrinkle your pillow until noon, you can embrace the immensity.
- 8 a.m.You have already left the house and are standing at the bus station. Jump into the minibus to Alupka. You will be there around 9. For an hour before the opening of the Vorontsov Palace Museum, you walk in the fragrant morning garden, admire the landscape art and views of the sea. Around 10, go to the ticket offices of the museum and buy a ticket for the first tour. The guide is still cheerful, cheerful and you are skimming the cream of the Crimean excursion skills. At 11, you leave the palace, enriched with new knowledge and impressed by the royal interiors. To fix the material, you can go to one or two more exhibitions of the palace.
- 12:00. Noon beats. Don't rush to fill your stomachs! We will have lunch with you, but for now, grab the cheburek in case you have to stand in line for. From the palace you can get to it by minibus number 132 or 102, but there are literally a couple of stops to go there, so you can walk. We take the queue for, enjoy the impressive funicular ride.
- 13:00. You are at the top. Take a walk along the plateau, go to the battlements over the bridge (the rocks themselves are unnamed, but both tourists and locals call them “battlements”), buy souvenirs at the Tatar market, admire the mountain-seascapes.
- 14:30. Lunch time. We will have lunch in a wonderful cafe "Ai-Petri". It is located on the cliff, to the right of the cable car station, if you face the sea. The prices there are surprisingly affordable for such a popular place, and lunch will cost 500 rubles. But the view is wonderful! From the panoramic windows you can admire the battlements, the sea, and Yalta. Beauty.
- 15:30. Having enjoyed the high - nature, we return to the earth, to the low. We jump into any minibus from Miskhor to the Yalta bus station. At the bus station, we change into transport to Massandra.
- 17:00. We have time for a five-hour excursion and the subsequent tasting for.
- 19:00 ... We tumble out of the factory, prudently taking their Vino with us into the path. We are going to the evening, where life is in full swing at this time: street musicians, who have slept in the evening, fire show masters and other tricks begin to perform. Street artists paint you and the Crimean landscapes, and cafes are filled with intoxicating aromas of delicious delicious dishes.
- 20:00. Take a walk along the embankment, digest the impressions accumulated during the day, look into different shops for souvenirs, listen to the waves and admire the lights and garlands. And for dinner, go to the cafe "Yalta Dvorik" (Lenin Embankment, 19). This is a cozy terrace with soft sofas, delicious food and good music. Dinner here will cost 500-700 rubles.
Even one day in Yalta can be rich and filled with interesting events.
What to see in the vicinity
The surroundings of Yalta abound with natural attractions. Not seeing them means not seeing Crimea.
Food. What to try
Of course, in Crimea, the first thing to do is to fill your belly with all the southern delicacies - crayfish, oysters and mussels, boiled corn, dried Black Sea fish, churchkhela and baklava. All this is in the stalls on the beaches and promenades, as well as the merchants strolling along the tourist streets.
Since Crimea is famous for its rich Tatar culture, Crimean Tatar cuisine establishments are most common here. And you should definitely try pilaf, chebureks, lagman and other national gastronomic delights. Chickens do not peck such cafes in all the villages of big Yalta, and on average, dinner there costs 500 rubles.
In addition, a lot of canteens and cafes with European cuisine open during the high tourist season. Many of them boast outdoor terraces.
Self-catering
Those who prefer to cook themselves will not be lost either. You can buy absolutely everything in the markets - meat, fruits and vegetables, and dairy products from local farmers. Well, even though the Crimea and the village, but supermarkets have reached it. The popular chains of stores "Pud", "Neighbors", "Furshet", "Yabloko" are scattered in handfuls all over the villages and districts.
In general, you will not stay hungry. Generous Yalta will feed everyone.
- Cafe "Mangal", st. Pushkinskaya, 18a
Lovers of quality grilling definitely come here! The intoxicating smells of kebabs and kebabs beckon. I tried fish cooked over charcoal there, and was satisfied with everything - both spices, and roasting, and service. The interior is also quite pleasant. Among other things, the cafe offers a wide selection of draft beer, which is very useful for its specialties :) The average bill is 500 rubles.
- Cafe "Spices and Passions", nab. them. Lenin, 31b
Just a nice veranda on the waterfront. Classic lounge-cafe with panoramic windows and sea views, modern cozy hi-tech design and a standard menu - from pasta to tiramisu. The average check is 600 rubles.
- South Cafe, st. Botkinskaya, 2v
A fashionable cafe, atypical for Crimea. More like mainland establishments. What I like about it is that the business lunch offers national dishes from different countries - Japanese, Greek, Italian. You can choose according to your mood. Also, there is always pleasant music, some fresh Internet radio, where all the tracks are selected with great taste. The interior and service are also up to par. I advise you to take a look. And as far as I know, good musicians from the mainland come there on weekends and perform their music. Everyone praises these concerts :) The average bill is 700 rubles.
Budget
- Canteen "Crimea", st. Moscow 1/6;
- Dining room "Lilac", st. Roosevelt 4;
- Home-style dining room, nab. named after Lenin 15;
- Cafe "Mangal", st. Pushkinskaya, 18a;
- Cafe "Meduza", st. Marshak, 4.
Middle level
- "People's Cafe No. 1", st. Lomonosov, 15;
- South Cafe, st. Botkinskaya, 2v;
- Restaurant "Chaika", nab. named after Lenin, 15;
- Cafe "Massandra", Drazhinsky street, 46;
- Cafe "Van Gogh", st. Massandrovskaya, 11.
Expensive
- Restaurant "Fabrikant", Primorsky Park, 4;
- Kaat Park, Seaside Park, 1a;
- Restaurant "Tiflis", st. Baturin, 1;
- Cafe "Balcony", nab. named after Lenin, 35a;
- Persona Grata Grant Cafe, nab. named after Lenin, 17;
- Grand Cafe "Orange", nab. named after Lenin, 31a;
- Restaurant "Colonnade", Kommunarov Street, 2A, Primorsky Park;
- Verdi bar & restaurant, Seaside Park 1.
Holidays
In September at the Theater. Chekhov in Yalta hosts the international theater festival " THEATER.CHEKHOV. YALTA". Theaters come there from many russian cities, as well as from neighboring countries. All day long, the theater shows a wide variety of performances; during the days of the festival, you can meet many famous actors in the city. 
For Yalta residents, this is a great event, and it is definitely worth a visit. You can see the poster on the theater's website, and buy tickets only at the box office on the embankment, or in the theater itself.
Security. What to watch out for
In general, Yalta is a fairly safe city, but there are things that it is better to warn yourself against:
Things to do
Yalta is a great place both for beach and mattress rest and nightlife, and for extreme sports of various colors - rock climbers, divers, speleologists and racers. Everyone will find something to their liking here.
Shopping and shops
On the embankment, of course, there are several fashionable shops of all familiar brands, but due to the sanctions they initially overpriced and sell outdated collections. So fashionistas in Yalta have nothing to do. All the fashion here begins and ends with flip flops, striped shorts and a beer belly falling out of them.
Shopping in Crimea is best done in the markets. And to buy exclusively authentic products - oils, jams, fruits, shells, teas and more. Yalta is not for you, and it is not worth going there for fashionable clothes. But what is not there in the markets! And this is not there, and that is not there either :)
Local craftsmen and craftswomen sell all kinds of goods, here everyone will find something for themselves and their loved ones to taste. Food, cosmetics, traditional medicine, paintings by local artists, spices ... You can't list everything. The markets of Big Yalta are a storehouse of folk wisdom and ingenuity.
Bars. Where to go
As you know, the highest concentration of bars in resort areas is located by the sea: on and near the beaches. Yalta is no exception.
- Pub "Ulf", Karl Marx St 4/2
Atmospheric place, stylized as a medieval Irish pub. Here you will be offered strong ales and meats, which are especially pleasant to taste under vaulted stone ceilings on rough oak tables. Bar prices are slightly above average.
All bars are open approximately until 5:00 am, only very low-class establishments are open around the clock, such as port drink shops, where port thieves and local drunks gather.
Clubs and nightlife
Nightlife is also in full swing for about. During the high tourist season, the clubs are open every day.
- Cafe-club "Chocolate", Kievskaya street 1
A classic nightclub where all Yalta youth are going to hang out. They play popular hits and serve popular drinks. Parties are traditionally held on Fridays and Saturdays. There is nothing remarkable about the club itself, which is why the prices are quite standard for middle class establishments.
Extreme sports
The South Coast of Crimea is a real expanse for extreme lovers. Steep forest trails are great for cycling downhill and freeriding, mountain cliffs for ropejumpers, the mysterious waters of the Black Sea for divers and kayakers, high rock massifs for climbing and mountaineering, relief plateaus for jeeping, mountain river beds, for canyoning caves - for speleotourism. And I'm sure this is not the whole list.
There are many companies that organize various extreme tours in Crimea and provide all the necessary equipment. You just need to google it well. As for people who are independent in this regard, I can only tell you in more detail about rock climbing and speleotourism.
Rock climbing
The most famous rock massifs with a bunch of broken routes are:
- and the Swan's Wing rock,
- Nikitskaya rashchina in Nikita,
- ai-Nikola rock massif and Alim rock in Oreanda,
- Red Stone in Krasnokamenka,
- sail rock in Foros,
- mount Krestovaya in Alupka.
Routes on them of the most varied difficulty from 4s to 8s.
There is a climbing campsite under the Red Stone where you can pitch a tent and use the shower and kitchen. And although there is a long way to the sea from there, there is a small lake under the rock itself, which is filled with cold springs. Swimming in it after climbing is very pleasant.
And under the Sail there is an operating rescue station and there is a spring.
Climbing on Ai-Nikol is very specific: on the road, above the massif itself, there is an Orthodox church, where a tape recorder with religious chants is turned on for the whole day in the morning. They turn it off only at 6 o'clock. The echo, as you know, is not sickly in the mountains. And although the routes there are very interesting, it is difficult for an unprepared listener to endure such an accompaniment for more than two hours.
The coolest thing about the Crimean Rocks is the short approaches. Many rocks are located 50 meters from the road, some of them walk for about 10 minutes. No need to drag equipment through the forest uphill, accompanied by mosquitoes 10 kilometers to the nearest rock. The main rock of the Crimea is limestone. In some places it is very comfortable and pleasant to climb, in some places it is sharp and hurts fingers. So you have to be careful.
Speleolourism
As for the caves, many speleologists argue that speleology should be done only in order to then go down to the caves of the Crimea. Mount Karabi, which is not far from Simferopol, is very famous in the world speleological community, as inside it there are some of the deepest and most unexplored caves in the world (for example, the Red Cave). In addition, there you can find very beautiful caves with snow-white stalactites and stalagmites, sparkling crystals and other speleological nishtyaks.
The caves of the Chatyr-Dag mountain near Alushta are no less interesting for speleologists-researchers and ordinary speleotourists. In addition, the closest to Yalta is the mountain, in the depths of which many interesting things are also hidden. The depth of descents into many caves reaches hundreds of meters in total, so you need to correctly calculate the length of the rope and take with a supply of hooks for hanging.
Souvenirs. What to bring as a gift
As a gift from Yalta, it is definitely worth bringing sweet Yalta onions, fragrant sunflower oil, Crimean teas and wines (only they are better to buy at wineries, the markets are full of fakes), local spices (the Svan mixture is especially good), aromatic oils and soaps, nuts and olives, local fruit jam.
In general, everything that makes Crimea Crimea. Its small, but very tasty and healthy pieces :)
How to get around the city
Transport communication between the villages of Big Yalta is carried out by means of minibuses and trolley buses. The latter go only towards Simferopol, to the east. That is, you can only get to Gurzuf from Bolsheyalta settlements. Trolleybuses No. 51, 52 and 53 will take you to all the eastern villages of Big Yalta. The trolleybus station is across the street from the bus station. Minibuses from the upper platform of the bus station run regularly to the villages to the west of Yalta.
Minibuses and trolleybuses also run around the city. The fare is 13 rubles.
Taxi. What features exist
A taxi ride around the city costs an average of 150 rubles. You just need to call the ordering services, and not use the services of the bomb, which lure tourists-rotozei. They shamelessly break prices. Yalta taxi numbers are on the Internet, I just called the first number that came across in the search engine. Unfortunately, the convenient Yandex taxi and other applications have not yet reached the Crimea. Taxi drivers usually charge 2,000–3,000 rubles to the airport.
Transport rent
Many practice car rental and for good reason. It is much more convenient than shaking in crowded summer minibuses, not knowing where to get off and whether you have time to last flight.
At the airport itself in Simferopol there are several offices of various car rental companies. On average, renting an economy-class car for 7 days costs about 8,000 rubles. Business class - about 15,000. During the high tourist season, you need to book cars in advance, at least a month in advance.
Be careful on winding and steep mountain roads - that's my only advice. Driving in flat terrain is different from driving in mountainous terrain. The latter requires more skill and dexterity. So don't be dashing, just be careful :)
Big Yalta - rest with children
In my opinion, Crimea and Big!
Hotels - don't forget to check prices from booking sites! Don't overpay. It !
Rent a Car - also aggregation of prices from all distributors, all in one place, let's go!
Anything to add?
Yalta is one of the most popular resorts in Crimea, so the largest number of tourists comes here. Because of this, the city looks like a large anthill, in which there is no place for silence and tranquility. Therefore, for lovers, you can spend a vacation near Yalta, a short distance from the city itself. A special feature is that you can get from any village to Yalta in just 15-20 minutes. For such a short distance from the city, travelers get beaches not overloaded with resort visitors, tranquility, clear sea, walks in picturesque places.
Small towns, which are abundant in the vicinity of Yalta, are perfect for such a holiday. The most famous are Koreiz, Gaspra, Gurzuf, Simeiz, Foros, Mishor, where rest near Yalta is no less exciting and entertaining.
Yalta, suburb, rest: surrounded by the sea and rocks
Under the protection of Ai-Petri and Ayu-Dag are Gurzuf, Koreiz, Gaspra, near which Simeiz is located along the coast. The picturesque nature of these places magnetically attracts vacationers, because there are rocks, coniferous forests and the sea. Regarding Simeiz, rest here turns into pleasure from the first minutes of arrival. The village is surrounded by forests of juniper, the aroma of which has unique healing and regenerating properties. In addition to this, become unusual beautiful nature, which you can study on the slopes of the mountains, in the forests, on the sea coast, what you can do when going on vacation near Yalta.
More "secluded" can be called the resorts Koreiz and Gaspra, hiding behind Ai-Petri. It is the mountain that protects the resorts from gusts of cold winds, which prolongs the holiday season until mid-October. Each of the villages is surrounded by evergreen trees, which are dominated by pines and cypresses. The pine air does not leave guests even on the coast, so sunbathing is combined with breathing (sea air).
Yalta, suburb, rest - this is Gurzuf, which is located at the foot of Ayu-Dag ( east side) and by the sea (southern). Therefore, the beaches in this area are mixed. Pebbles can suddenly turn into sand, or vice versa. There are pebbly and sandy beaches. Gurzuf is interesting because climatic medicine is developed here, it is aimed at the recreation of the body. The surroundings of the city are full of various ancient and medieval monuments, which can be reached on foot.
Rest near Yalta: ecological places
Foros and Miskhor are centers of ecological and green tourism on the peninsula. In Foros local nature so unique that it was recognized as a nature reserve and included in a special park. A feature of the village is that two sea currents converge here, which turn the sea into a clean and transparent body of water.
Visitors usually spend time on the beaches and walking in ancient parks, so Yalta, a suburb, the rest turns out to be rich and very interesting. Miskhor has a subtropical nature that is in perfect harmony with the sea, warm climate and mountains. Here it is cable carleading to Ai-Petri.
Rest near Yalta: infrastructure
Thus, rest near Yalta has a lot of advantages associated with distance from city noise and proximity to nature. Various types of housing were built for vacationers among parks and forests - sanatoriums, private cottages, villas, hotels, recreation centers and boarding houses. Also included in the infrastructure is an entertainment area, consisting of cinema centers, cafes, clubs, restaurants.
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Choose a directory:Holidays in Yalta are the dream of millions of holidaymakers from Russia, neighboring countries and beyond. The favorable climate of the city attracted travelers to the Black Sea at the end of the century before last.
Summer rest
Summer leisure is especially popular on the southern coast of Crimea. In the warm season, Yalta beckons tourists with its gentle sea waters, hot sun and lack of rain, as well as an excellent hotel and sanatorium base. In accommodation establishments located in the city and its environs, travelers can relax, receive medical treatment, attend physiotherapy procedures or SPA massage courses.
Food for tourists in Yalta is also well organized. Most of the great restaurants are on the city's waterfront. Delicious and inexpensive dishes are provided to the guests of the city by cafes and fast foods, which are located 2-3 blocks from the seashore.
The entertainment industry of Yalta pleases adults and children with huge amusement parks with dozens of attractions and several Ferris wheels, from which the picturesque landscape of the resort and its environs opens, as well as a beautiful embankment with electric car and bicycle rental points, nightclubs and shops.
Yalta: rest in winter
Despite the fact that Yalta is considered a "summer" resort, this city is worth visiting during the colder months of the year: on New Year's, Christmas or February 23rd. in winter it is best suited for sightseeing: palaces, churches, waterfalls. Unlike summer, in winter there are almost no tourists near all of the above places. Thanks to this, they can be safely examined and, without haste, photographed. If there is snow cover in January-February, you can go skiing or sledging on Mount Ai-Petri, view the mountains from a bird's eye view, taking off from the ground on a paraglider.
Prices for accommodation and meals in winter fall by 30-50%, and the number of tourists at the resort decreases by 10-15 times. These features allow you to spend several cold days in Yalta in a peaceful environment. During thaws, the temperature in the city can rise to + 17 ° C. Sometimes, even in winter, flowerbeds of roses bloom on the embankment of the health resort, and in the mountains the heads of snowdrops and primroses are raised. The Crimean resort in winter is a special delight for the eyes of travelers.
Yalta is now a comfortable modern resort. It has everything you need to meet the needs of tourists. Come and see all this beauty with your own eyes!
Yalta (Crimea): history, climate, geography
G. Yalta was founded by Greek colonists at the beginning of our era. At different times, Genoese and Tatars lived in it. In 1783 the city became part of Russia. At the end of the 19th century, it became known as a resort. Representatives of the royal family and noble families of the Russian Empire came to rest in Yalta and nearby villages. At the same time, the first sanatoriums were located in the city. After World War II, summer cottages for the highest officials of the USSR were built in Yalta, and cruise ships began to visit the port of the resort. In the 60s-80s of the last century, the city became extremely popular among Soviet tourists. Yalta today is the most famous resort in Crimea. Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists from Russia and neighboring countries strive to its shores.
Climate
Yalta is located on the same parallel with Genoa, in the Mediterranean climate zone. From cold northern winds the city is covered by the Crimean mountains. Summers at the resort are hot, and winters are mild and almost snowless. In the warmest months - July and August, the average air temperature reaches + 26 ... 32 ° C, and in the coldest months - January and February, the thermometer does not drop below + 2 ° C. amount sundialthat can be observed annually is 2200-2400. Most of the precipitation falls between October and February. In summer, it rarely rains on the city.
Administratively, Yalta is part of the city district of the same name within the Republic of Crimea Russian Federation... The population of the district consists of 133 675 inhabitants. The highways N-19 (E105) "Chongar - Alushta - Yalta" and R-34 (Romanovskoe highway) "Alushta - Yalta" pass through the city. The health resort is connected with the cities of Crimea and Russia by bus service. An intercity trolleybus runs from Yalta to Simferopol and Alushta. The economy of the urban district is focused on tourism and agriculture. In the vicinity of the resort there are good harvests of grapes, peaches, almonds, olives, quince, tobacco, lavender, walnuts.
Yalta Attractions
What to see in Yalta? The Crimean resort boasts several dozen attractions and entertainment facilities. It is worth visiting with kids in Yalta:
· Museum "Glade of Fairy Tales" - a park with 200 sculptures of characters from fairy tales of the Russian, Ukrainian and other peoples of the world;
· The zoo - a huge treasury of wild animals. The institution's collection includes macaques, pelicans, tigers and a two-headed albino snake;
· Dolphinarium - a place where you can see performances of sea animals, take pictures and swim with the inhabitants of the oceans;
· aquapark - huge complex with several dozen slides, restaurants and cafes, sun terraces and a souvenir shop.
The city of Yalta will please adults with:
· Bowling and golf clubs - places where you can sit in a relaxed atmosphere, chat with friends and make balls hit the pins or pockets;
· Nikitskaya cleft - a natural deepening in which the filming of the films "Children of Captain Grant" and "Sportloto 82" took place;
Livadia and Massandra palaces - greatest monuments architecture of the century before last, in which kings and presidents rested;
· The organ hall with one of the largest organs in Russia. This institution regularly hosts a variety of festivals and concerts.
How to get to Yalta
You can get to Yalta by arriving at the Simferopol airport. From this air harbor, trolleybuses # 55 run to the resort.
The most convenient answer to the question: "How to get to Yalta?" - by bus. The bus station of the Crimean resort accepts flights from Moscow (buses leave from the Shchelkovskaya and Orekhovo metro stations 2 times a day), Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Kursk, Orel, Anapa and other cities in southern Russia. The fare for buses and trains includes the crossing of the Kerch Strait.
You can also use the Unified Ticket, which will allow you to get first by train to one of the cities of the Krasnodar Territory, then by bus to Port Caucasus and then by crossing to the Crimean Peninsula.
Big Yalta is the pride of the peninsula, a complex of resorts and attractions.
Rest in Big Yalta
Now the coast of Yalta differs from other beaches in incredible beauty and richness. At the beginning of the 21st century, it was decided to start remodeling the coastline. The renovation has affected the beach areas, which today receive tourists every year, the wild shores are equipped according to the latest rules, and one even received a Blue Flag award.
Arriving here, everyone thinks that there is only the sea and beaches, but this is far from the case. All holidaymakers wish to see the magnificent landscapes and explore the surroundings of the resort. This can be done on the peninsula.
The resort provides a warm climate for memorable trips and exciting excursions, including the mountains. They surround Yalta almost everywhere. From the north-west, for 6 km, there is the famous Ai-Petrinskaya Yayla, on the other hand, there are the peaks of the Nikitinsky ridge, where the highest mountain is the popular Avinda (1472 m) near Gurzuf. An interesting and beautiful area for spending time and excursions with the family.
The city is also rich in springs. Yalta Mineralnaya was opened during the construction of the hydrotunnel. Now the city has built two common pump rooms, the first in Primorskaya Park, the second on Chekhov Street. This mineral water is rich in chemical elements: sulfate, calcium, magnesium, chlorides, potassium, sodium. It is also rich in hydrocarbons.
Despite the fact that this city is recognized as a resort, and every second thinks so, there is available treatment even during the summer season. Guests prefer sanatoriums in Yalta, not beaches and bars. While staying in sanatoriums and boarding houses, you can have a good rest and visit the beautiful coniferous forests, in addition to various SPA procedures, swimming pools, massage, etc.
Big Yalta is a resort, an area for leisure, where both children and adults will find something to do. Holidays by the sea are an alternative for all generations. Can:
- to swim in the sea;
- play outdoor games on the shore, such as volleyball;
- ride rides;
- take pictures with animators, animals, etc.
Rest in Yalta by the sea is not only boring sailing in the Black Sea. Tourists can have fun with their families, go on excursions, live in ideal conditions, visit exhibitions, entertainment centers at the most convenient cost. When drawing a parallel between the sunny resort of the South Coast and other cities of Crimea, this is a more profitable option in comparison with the rest.
If you have planned a vacation in Crimea, Yalta - the prices here are most suitable for your purpose. You can book tours for a trip here, for example, from Moscow. In addition, it is possible to order a tour from St. Petersburg. It will be more reliable, cheaper and better quality.
Crimea rest Yalta: prices 2019
| Name | Resort | Level | Work period | Brief description of the hotel | Seat availability | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalta | Economy | may-September | The South Pole is located 7 km from Yalta, on the seashore, in the direction of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden, near Cape Martyan. Park area of \u200b\u200b11 hectares with conifers and evergreen shrubs. | |||
| Ponizovka | Standard | From 25.04 to 15.10.2019 | Conveniently located in the first line from the sea, in an old park. It has a good infrastructure, its own beach with a length of 350 m. The number of rooms is very diverse: from the Economy category to the Apartments. | |||
| Yalta | Standard | year-round | Located within walking distance from the center of Yalta, from Pushkin Boulevard and the famous Yalta embankment. | |||
 Gurzuf Center Pushkino Sputnik pension | Gurzuf | Standard + | year-round | Branch "Pushkino" - rooms of a high level of comfort, closed park area 100 meters from the beach. A dignified rest, full of peace. | ||
| Yalta | Economy | year-round | The sanatorium is located in the center of Yalta, next to the Primorsky Park and within walking distance from the famous Yalta embankment | |||
| Yalta | Standard + | until the end of October | Hotel at the hotel complex "Yalta-Intourist". Diverse and interesting infrastructure for adults and children. | |||
| Kurpaty | VIP | year-round | Modern elegant premium class hotel located on the first line of the sea, 10 km from Yalta. High level of the offered service: pools with sea water; center of bath cultures, center of restorative and aesthetic medicine; conference rooms, animation for children and adults, two restaurant complexes, a private beach. | |||
| Gaspra | Standard | 01.04-30.11 | The territory of the sanatorium is a kind of landscape park of the protected area, where the art of architects and gardeners is combined with whimsical beauty wildlife... On the territory of "Parus" there is a platform "Captain's Bridge" hanging over the abyss. Everyone who has been here seems to find himself in the kingdom of the sea and stone and is ready to admire the most beautiful views of the Crimean coast for hours. Below, at the foot, the Parus rock froze, which gave the sanatorium its name. | |||
| Yalta | Standard + | year-round | The Yalta-Intourist Hotel is one of the best hotel complexes on the territory of the Crimean peninsula, and throughout Russia. And this title is well deserved. The hotel has an international certificate, which gives it the status of 4 stars. This status was obtained thanks to the high quality European service, delicious food and a variety of entertainment events for guests. | |||
| Foros | Standard + | year-round | In the sanatorium "Foros" in 2015-2017. the reconstruction of the number of rooms, the beach area was carried out, the reconstruction of the medical center, the infrastructure of the sanatorium continues. The complex is located 100 meters from the sea. The surroundings are picturesque: vertical rock massifs, an original church, seascapes pleasing to the eye. | |||
| Livadia | Standard + | 30.05 - 30.09 | Modern boarding house 150 meters from the sea, indoor swimming pool, SPA complex. Recommended for families. | |||
| Livadia | Standard + | 30.05 - 30.09 | Art-hotel "Azor" is a modern hotel with elements of art design right on the seafront, located in the famous Yalta suburb - Livadia, 5 km from the city of Yalta. | |||
| Gurzuf | Standard + | 22.04-31.10 | A sanatorium with a developed area and an excellent medical center. | |||
| Livadia | Standard + | year-round | Hotel "Livadiyskiy" is located on the seashore, 15 minutes. walking distance from Primorsky Park and Yalta embankment | |||
 Homeland sanatorium | Gaspra | Standard | year-round | The sanatorium "Rodina" Crimea is located on the territory of a beautiful relict park of 17 hectares, in the first line from the sea, has rooms of various categories, developed infrastructure, meals according to the "Swedish line" type. The sanatorium has a good medical base. | ||
 Tidal bore sanatorium | Koreiz | Standard | until 01.10 | Buildings on the very shore of the sea, an indoor pool, terrenkurs in a wonderful park are the best choice for those who are looking for a beautiful, calm and comfortable place to stay in Crimea. Treatment of diseases of the respiratory system, nervous and cardiovascular systems, musculoskeletal system. | ||
| Koreiz | Standard | 14.01-18.02, then from 1.04 - 25.12 | A wonderful park and a magnificent architectural ensemble, historical buildings on the first line of the sea, rest and recreation on the Crimean South Coast. Treatment of diseases of the respiratory system, nervous and cardiovascular systems, musculoskeletal system. | |||
| Landslide | VIP | year-round | New 5-star complex of international level. Accommodation from deluxe rooms to premium villas; great food. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sports center, conference rooms for up to 1300 seats, animation for children and adults, shows with stars. Park area, Japanese garden, amusement park, beach complex. Medical and SPA centers, treatment programs in more than 20 directions. | |||
| Koreiz | Standard + | year-round | The Respect Hall Hotel is one of the best SPA centers in Crimea. A modern, equipped with the necessary equipment, Business Center has been created. The hotel has a very good number of rooms. The hotel is located about 1000 m from the sea, but a small cable car leads to the sea, which is used only by hotel guests. | |||
| Park | VIP | year-round | Residence " Crimean breeze"- the first hotel of such a high level in Crimea, located in the first line from the sea and offering five-star service to its guests who want to experience the special chic of the seaside lifestyle: luxurious rooms in villas, the Center of Beauty and Health, a magnificent beach, an assortment of excellent Black Sea dishes - all aims to provide guests with maximum comfort and satisfaction from the rest. | |||
| Kurpaty | Standard | april-November | The sanatorium is located in the village of Kurpaty, 8 km from Yalta, 50 m from its own equipped pebble beach. | |||
 Mountain sanatorium | Livadia | Standard | until 11.11 | On the southern coast of Crimea, in the city of Yalta, in the village of Livadiya, there is a sanatorium "Gorny". | ||
| Koreiz | Standard | 29.01-25.12 | Sanatorium "Ai-Petri" Yalta is a complex with a decent medical base located at the foot of the mountain of the same name. He is considered to be one of the best in his profile. In addition to the beautiful and memorable landscapes opening from the windows of the complex, comfortable climatic conditions, because Miskhor, where the Ai-Petri sanatorium is located, is considered the warmest place in the Crimea - only here the subtropical climate of the Mediterranean type prevails. | |||
| Yalta | Standard + | 01.02-31.12 | Complex "Russia" is one of the most prestigious health resorts in Crimea with a powerful medical base, numerous health procedures in a modern equipped medical and diagnostic center. | |||
| Gurzuf | Standard + | year-round | Learn to find joy in life - here | |||
| Koreiz | Standard | 18.02 – 25.12 | Clinical sanatorium "Miskhor" in Koreiz is located 15 km from Yalta on the seashore, in a magnificent subtropical park with an area of \u200b\u200b18.2 hectares. | |||
| Koreiz | Standard + | march-december | Hotel "1001 Night" is made in a refined oriental style. It works on the "all inclusive" system, which is especially important for family and youth recreation. Levant |
The best tour operator from the Crimean representatives tourist services offers tours in July or August, as these are the months most suitable for sea holidays. During this hot time, relaxation on the seashore will be the best way to go and will help you gain strength and improve your health. The heat will be neutralized by the cool breeze from the sea and the shade from the trees in the alleys.
Season of Crimea Yalta: the rest of 2019 is not in full swing, and you can easily order the services you need. These are vouchers, tours, hotel or sanatorium reservations.
What to do in Yalta on vacation
Yalta is a city of great opportunities in the case of siesta. You can visit not only excursions, but also various attractions and popular leisure spots. More on this a little further.
Walking along the alleys, quiet streets and famous parks (Livadiyskiy and Vorontsovskiy), you can observe the monuments of architectural culture. Among the famous monuments, busts and monuments it is easy to see: a monument to Pushnik, Gogol, N.K. Krasnov, Alexander Khanzhonkov, Chekhov, Lesya Ukrainka, Gorky, Lenin and many other outstanding people. In addition, on the streets and in parks you can find many monuments dedicated to the theme of war, the resettlement of the Crimean Tatars, etc. And there is a sculpture park in which you can find more than 300 figures of characters from different cartoons, where children will be very interested.
On vacation for children, it is important to take a responsible approach to the issue of leisure, since kids will not be able to go on excursions, museums or walk on the shore all day. Free time places for children:
- Zoo ("Fairy Tale" is considered one of the best Crimean menageries);
- "Sea Aquarium" (stationary, permanent exhibition of fish);
- Embankment (resourceful animators, animals, living sculptures, attractions, etc. Near the sea, almost nothing comes from entertainment);
- Cinema and theater;
- If the weather turns bad, then in the rain you can visit the cafe.
There are other entertainments for the adult generation:
- Bars, clubs and cafes (on the waterfront and not only there are many entertainment venues for an older audience);
- For a pastime with a large company, you can order a boat to swim (a yacht - interesting choice for leisure activities with friends or family);
- Excursion program (make a trip plan and desired places to visit on your own or take a ready-made route to choose from);
- Summer concerts with CIS stars;
- Restaurants;
- Botanical Garden;
- Rent of jet skis, ride on rides, "bananas" and more.
A trip to the South Coast with a family means active recreation in the form of guided mountain routes, horse tourism, paintball, mountaineering, hiking with tents in the forests, sea sports (surfing, flyboarding, kayaking, diving, etc.).
The famous and popular place for tourists and visitors from year to year remains "Swallow's Nest". It can be viewed both outside and inside. There is a museum inside the building, where excursions take place on holidays and weekends.
A week in Yalta will fly by unnoticed if you visit interesting places for everyone, and really entertaining at any age. Such a place can be palaces, of which there are many here and in nearby towns. Vivid examples are the palace of the Emir of Bukhara, Vorontsov, Yusupov, Livadia and Massandra palaces and others.
Yalta is a resort town. This means that there are many opportunities here. Vacationers can not only relax on the beach, swim in the water of the Black Sea. There is a mass here interesting places for a chic pastime on your own or with your family.
Big Yalta- the largest resort region of the peninsula, a necklace of the best resorts of Crimea, stretching for 70 km between the endless surface of the Black Sea and rocky peaks Crimean mountainsdressed in deciduous and pine forests. The bends of the Yalta coast form bays and coves, where the buildings of sanatoriums and boarding houses, modern buildings of resort hotels and spa hotels, charming private houses, ivy-covered noble mansions and palaces in the decoration of landscape parks are scattered, like the multicolored pebbles washed by the sea.
Over the centuries that have passed since the founding of the century, the villages and cities of Big Yalta, sung in poems and immortalized in the canvases of outstanding painters, have not lost their former beauty and charm, but have acquired an infrastructure worthy of the best resorts in the world.
In Big Yalta, like nowhere else in the Crimea, all spheres of resort life are developed. Connoisseurs beach holiday the beaches of Massandra, awarded with the Blue Flag certificate for their cleanliness and safety, are waiting for Simeiz and Foros, calm and quiet rest surrounded by mountain landscapes, in Miskhor, Koreiz and Gaspra there are large sanatorium-resort centers, and Gurzuf is the Crimean center of children's tourism. Yalta accepts all major cultural events according to its status - colorful processions, brass bands and theater festivals take place on the wide Yalta embankment framed by rows of palm trees.
Geographical position
Yalta is a large resort region, covering the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula from Foros to the Cape Monastery, and includes the cities of Yalta and Alupka, a number of large and small resort villages.
Big Yalta is a chain of the best Crimean resorts, stretching for more than 70 km along the azure waters of the Black Sea. From the east, the resorts are protected by the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains - cut by ravines, gullies and riverbeds of rapids, reaching the highest point at the peak of Roman-Kosh. One of the symbols of the resort region is the jagged Ai-Petri peak, towering over the Yalta Bay. From the rocky massifs of the Main Ridge there are spurs with slopes covered with dense pine and beech forests.
The coast of Big Yalta is indented by bays and capes. The coastline of the resort region originates from the sloping slopes of Ayu-Dag Mountain. Large bays - Yalta and Gurzufsky, to the south are replaced by small secluded bays Alupka and Simeiz, a beautiful harbor Blue Bay in Katsiveli.
The flora of Big Yalta is perhaps the richest in the Crimea. Soft mediterranean climate favored the growth of broad-leaved oak, hornbeam and beech forests, needles - Crimean pine, juniper and fir, thermophilic evergreen trees - cypress and thuja. Representatives of flora are collected in Yalta parks and gardens different corners the world - from the cacti of South America to bamboo groves and cherry blossoms.
Climate
Yalta's climate is Mediterranean, similar to long and warm summers, mild and humid winters. In general, the weather conditions of the resort are conducive to recreation throughout the year.
Winter in Yalta is warm and short. Snow rarely falls and melts quickly. A stable snow cover is formed only in high mountain areas. The coldest months are January and February. The average January temperature is 4.4 ° C.
Spring is early and short. Warm and sunny weather sets in by the beginning of May.
Summer is hot and long. The average July temperature is 24.1 ° C. Summer heat is tempered by sea breezes. In summer, warm and clear weather lasts until October.
Hours of sunshine - 2200-2300 per year.
Average annual precipitation is about 620 mm. The largest number of them occurs in the period from November to March.
The swimming season in Yalta lasts from June to September. The water temperature during this period ranges from 19-25 ° С. The most comfortable time to relax in Yalta is traditionally the so-called "velvet season" - the beginning of autumn, when the summer heat subsides, but the weather is still sunny and the sea is still warm.
Communication
Services cellular communication in Yalta, mobile operators MTS and Win Mobile provide, the Beeline network operates in international roaming mode. For calls within Russia, it is most convenient to use MTS tariffs, and if you plan to make calls within the peninsula, it is better to purchase the Win Mobile package. A number of operators offer 3G and 4G mobile internet service.
There are Internet cafes in Shchelkino, a wireless Wi-Fi Internet access zone is equipped in the central part of the city, and Internet access points are available in cafes, restaurants, resort hotels and boarding houses.
Population
According to 2014 estimates, the population of Yalta is 78,200 people. About 67% of the residents of the resort are Russians, 27% are Ukrainians, 2% are Crimean Tatars, 1% are Belarusians.
Resort areas
Big Yalta unites a number of resort villages. So the resort region includes the city of Yalta, Alupka, the villages of Gaspra, Gurzuf, Koreiz, Livadia, Massandra, Mishor, Nikita, Oreanda, Simeiz, Foros, as well as a number of very small resort villages and localities.
Gurzuf - the northernmost resort of Big Yalta, located on the shore of its own bay, 15 km from the center of Yalta. The resort village is one of the centers of children's recreation in Crimea, 7 km of the coast from Mount Ayu-Dag to the center of the bay covers the territory of the International Children's and Youth Recreation "Artek" with its own private beaches, park and other infrastructure. A marble embankment stretches along the coastline of the village, and the resort streets are entwined with southern flora. The popularity of Gurzufu is ensured by expressive mountain landscapes, landscaped parks, pebble beaches, a large number of cozy restaurants and cafes.
Massandra and Nikita - resort villages located north of the city of Yalta. Both resorts are famous for monuments of landscape art. In Nikita there is a famous botanical garden with greenhouses of chrysanthemums and orchids, a bamboo grove. Massandra is literally adjacent to Yalta. In the lower part of the resort village, there is a landscape park surrounding the Massandra Palace. The resort has sanatoriums, boarding houses and modern respectable hotels. Massandra is surrounded by vineyards, and in the vicinity of the village there is the largest wine-making enterprise in Crimea.
Yalta - a resort town, lying on the shore of its own bay, between the rivers Dederkoyka and Uchan-Su. From the east, the resort encompasses a semi-ring of mountains. The city is the center of the resort life of Big Yalta, it is here that cultural and entertainment institutions are concentrated - from museums and theaters to zoos and terrariums, the lion's share of all restaurants of the peninsula, a huge number of sanatoriums, boarding houses, hotels, mini-hotels, tourist complexes of various levels and directions. Yalta embankment with rows of evergreen palms, Primorsky Park with dancing color music fountains have long become symbols not only of Yalta, but of the entire peninsula.
Livadia and Oreanda - resort villages located south of Yalta. Livadia is a natural continuation of the resort capital of Crimea. The village is known as a resting place for the imperial family - in Livadia there is a landscape park and the Romanov palace. Nowadays, the resort unites large sanatoriums and a number of resort complexes. Oreanda is a very small resort surrounded by vineyards, located at the foot of the Ai-Nikola massif. In the village there is one of the oldest Crimean hotels "Oreanda", which received the highest guests.
Gaspra, Miskhorand Koreiz - resort villages that have formed a kind of conglomerate. The streets of the villages merge; from the tourist's point of view, it is difficult to determine where one ends locality and another begins. The coast of Miskhor, Koreiz and Gaspra is the sunniest area of \u200b\u200bBig Yalta. Ai-Petrinskaya Yaila protects the resorts from the winds, making it comfortable to relax here until November. Large year-round sanatoriums and resort complexes are lined up along the sea surface. The villages are home to some of the most famous landmarks of the peninsula. In Gaspra, on the pedestal of Aurora Rock, the Swallow's Nest Palace rises, and in the southern part of Miskhor there is a cable car leading to the top of Ai-Petri.
Alupka - a city and a large seaside resort on the southern coast of Crimea, located 17 km south of Yalta. The bends of the Alupka coastline form small bays and bays, framed by comfortable beaches. The resort itself is surrounded by vineyards and pine forests that climb the slopes of the surrounding mountains. In Alupka there is the majestic Vorontsov Palace, surrounded by a park-monument of garden art, where magnolia, plane tree, cork oak, palm trees, laurels, cypresses, olives grow. The resort has large sanatoriums, resort hotels, tourist complexes and bases.
Simeiz- a small and cozy resort village located 20 km south of the city of Yalta. The village lies at the foot of the At-Bash and Koshka massifs, surrounded by vineyards and orchards, on the spurs of the surrounding mountains, juniper, rock oak, and wild pear grow. The bay of Simeiz formed by the cliffs has gained fame among connoisseurs of beach recreation - there is always a clean and transparent sea. Simeiz is distinguished by a large number of modern hotels, mini-hotels, apart-hotels. Tourists who value privacy and at the same time the proximity of natural and architectural attractions tend to the village.
Foros- a village that closes the chain of the Yalta coast. The resort is one of the warmest and most picturesque spots on the Crimean peninsula. The southern sea currents and the ridge of the Crimean mountains, which reach the highest height here, make rest in Foros as comfortable as possible even in the winter season.
Transport component
Air transport... The nearest airport to Yalta is in Simferopol. international Airport Simferopol accepts flights from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Tyumen and other cities of Russia. The distance from Simferopol airport to the resorts of Yalta is different, so Gurzuf is about 70 km from the airport, and Foros - 115 km. The most convenient way is to take a taxi or use a transfer. You can also take minibuses No. 49, 98, 100, 115 to first get to the bus station of Simferopol, and from there take an intercity bus to the resorts of Big Yalta.
In addition, from the bus station at the railway station and from the airport, the Crimean trolleybus No. 52 and 55 goes to Yalta. On the way, the trolleybus makes stops in Gurzuf, at the Nikitsky Botanical Garden and in Massandra.
Railway transport... The stations closest to the resorts of Big Yalta are located in Simferopol and Sevastopol. Moreover, depending on which resort you are going to, one or another station will be preferable. So, the resorts of Gurzuf, Massandra, Nikita and Yalta are closer to Simferopol, and it is more convenient to get to Foros and Simeiz from Sevastopol. There are bus stations near the railway stations, from which intercity buses leave for each of the resorts.
Sea transport... There is a seaport and a sea terminal in Yalta. Pleasure boats run regularly, carrying tourists and residents of Yalta along the southern coast of Crimea. In addition, cruise ships sail from the Yalta pier to the shores of Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria and Georgia.
Road transport... Big Yalta is crossed by two major highways - the highway connecting the resort with Simferopol and the road to Sevastopol. There are bus stations and bus stations in Yalta and all resort villages. There is a direct bus connection with Simferopol, Sevastopol, resorts and cities of the Eastern and Western coasts of Crimea, with Bakhchisarai and other cities. Suburban bus routes connect the villages of Big Yalta.
Urban land transport Yalta - buses, trolleybuses and route taxis. In addition, the guests of the resort are provided with taxi services and private cabbies, companies offering car rental.
Tourism
All major types of tourism are well developed in Big Yalta - from recreation on the beach, active pastime and sports to spa treatment.
Beach vacation... The beaches of Big Yalta are very diverse - in places there are small and medium pebbles, in places - gravel and large boulders, there are also concrete beaches. The Yalta coast is opened by the beaches of Gurzuf. The coastal zone of the village is made up of small pebbles, the beaches are wide enough and with a gentle entrance to the water. Most of the beaches are equipped with awnings, changing rooms and sun lounger and umbrella rental. Especially popular are the beaches "White Sail", "Pearl Coast" and "Priboy", in addition to the required minimum infrastructure, which have rental offices for sun loungers, umbrellas, equipped with boardwalk decks. There are cafes right on the beach with comfortable rattan furniture and gazebos.
Nikita beaches and Massandra made of medium and large pebbles, and the entrance to the water is rocky in places. The descent from the villages to the beach is steep, so many resorts are equipped with special stairs and tunnels. From Massandra to the Central Embankment of Yalta, the Massandra beach stretches, which has a Blue Flag - an ecological certificate awarded for the purity of sea water. The beach is divided by breakwaters into free and paid sections of varying comfort, including closed VIP complexes.
Beach strip Yalta divided between large sanatoriums and respectable resort complexes - there are recreation areas with tents, awnings, rows of sun loungers and beach umbrellas. Free beaches are located near the Central Embankment and in the Primorsky Park area. The beaches are a fairly wide strip covered with medium-sized pebbles. On the beaches there are changing rooms, rental of sun loungers and umbrellas. You can go down to the beaches of Livadia directly from the park. The beaches here are not wide, composed of pebbles with an admixture of sand.
The beaches of Gaspra, Miskhorand Koreiz mostly stone and pebble, not very wide and not abundant in infrastructure. Most of the coastline is occupied by the beaches of boarding houses and large resort complexes. All beaches are equipped with shade shelters and changing rooms.
Alupka beaches also not too wide, stacked with pebbles. The city beach is divided into two parts by breakwaters. Tents and umbrellas cast shadows on the small pebbles of the beaches, sun loungers are offered for rent. Behind the beach, there is an embankment with small cafes and restaurants.
Simeiz beach is located in a small bay, bounded from the south by the picturesque rocks of Panea and Diva. The beach is covered with fine polished pebbles, the entrance to the water is convenient. On the beach, the villages have everything you need to relax - from changing rooms and tents to water attractions and beach cafes.
Health tourism... Yalta is a seaside climatic resort with a considerable number of natural healing factors. The mild climate, moderate humidity and high solar activity, in combination with the air saturated with sea salts and trace elements, medicinal phytoncides of southern plants and expressive mountain landscapes, have a favorable effect on human organs and systems, allow for spa treatment. The main indications for health-improving rest in the resorts of Big Yalta are diseases of the nervous system, respiratory organs, heart and blood vessels, the musculoskeletal system and the digestive system.
In the sanatoriums, boarding houses and resort complexes of Yalta, traditional methods for the resort are used - aeroionotherapy, sunbathing, sleeping by the sea in special climatic pavilions, terrenkur routes are laid through park zones. The so-called "health paths" are in landscape parks, in the territories of reserves. In addition to climatotherapy, Yalta health resorts use hardware techniques, balneotherapy, and massage. In Yalta there are sources of hydrogen sulfide mineral water - "Yalta Mineral" is used for drinking treatment in sanatoriums. In addition, there are drinking pump rooms in Primorsky Park and on Chekhov Street.
In recent decades, health resort complexes of a new format have appeared in Yalta - spa hotels, wellness centers offering modern methods in the field of health improvement and cosmetology, a high level of service and comfortable accommodation. The standard set of procedures in such resort complexes, as a rule, is represented by methods of balneotherapy, hardware physiotherapy, therapeutic and relaxation massages, reflexology, spa and cosmetic treatments. Ayurvedic rituals and massages, thalassotherapy procedures are often offered.
Leisure... Big Yalta offers tourists almost all possible types active rest... The region has developed hiking - the surrounding mountains are literally braided tourist routes, speleotourism, paragliding, equestrian tourism. In the resort villages there are go-karting clubs, hang-gliding clubs, powerboat centers, tourist complexes offering ATV rides, buggies, jeeping tours and mountain bike rides. Pleasure boats are moored at the yacht marinas of Yalta, where you can go on a trip along the southern coast of Crimea, or on sea fishing. Yalta operates ice rink, sport complexes and gyms.
At the foot of the Main Ridge, near the Uchan-Su waterfall, there is a golf club "Yalta Golf" with a mini-golf course for 18 holes, a 200 m course for a quick game "pitch and putt". Club visitors can use the services of a coach, visit the club house, cafe.
Children's rest... Favorable climatic conditions, developed infrastructure and an abundance of attractions contributed to the development of children's tourism. The first health-improving colonies for children in Yalta appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, today there are health-improving camps in resort villages, including the famous "Artek", sanatoriums for children. Many resorts and resorts are happy to host parents with children and therefore offer specialized programs, discounts and promotions.
Excursion tourism... The number of Yalta attractions is simply enormous. Monuments of gardening art, palaces and residences, natural attractions of Gurzuf, Gaspra, Alupka, Nikita and Massandra and Yalta itself attract tourists from all over Crimea. The territory of the resort region includes walking and bus excursions, travel agencies offer boat excursions, visits to wineries with tasting.
Important phones
Unified Rescue Service and Fire Service - 101
Police - 102
Ambulance - 103
City information service - 109
Bus station (intercity communication), dispatcher - 34-20-92
Bus station (suburban communication), dispatcher - 34-20-75
Marine terminal, ticket office - 32-00-94
sights
Big Yalta is the owner of a myriad of natural, historical and architectural monuments. Each of the resort villages has its own attractions, be it rocks of amazing beauty or noble mansions covered with ivy.
The architectural splendor of the Yalta resorts is provided palace complexes - the magnificent Massandra Palace, surrounded by an English park, and, built in the style of the Italian Renaissance, the Livadia Palace, which served as the summer residence of the imperial family. In Alupka there is the Vorontsov Palace, in the architecture of which English and Moorish styles are organically merged. On the rocky shores of Koreiz, surrounded by fragrant Mediterranean flora, there is the snow-white Dulber Palace. The complex, built at the end of the 19th century. for the Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich Romanov, made in the Moorish style. The building is crowned with Arabian domes, and the facade is decorated with ligature mosaic ornament.
One of the symbols of the South Coast of Crimea is the Swallow's Nest Palace. The structure, which looks like a fairytale knight's castle, rises on the Aurora rock, above the steep cliff of Cape Ai-Tudor.
Another hallmark of Big Yalta is the Miskhor-Ai-Petri cable car. The wagons cover the 2,980 m long track in 15 minutes, while revealing a striking panorama of the Black Sea coast from Gurzuf to Foros. On final stop - the jagged peak of Ai-Petri can continue the walk already on foot. The mountain range is part of the Yalta Reserve. Deciduous forests grow on the less steep northern slopes of Ai-Petri, and some peaks are crowned with geodetic towers, against which tourists do not miss the opportunity to take pictures. At 700 m from the funicular station there is Trekhglazka cave, equipped for visiting.
Among the natural attractions of Big Yalta, the hiking trails of the Crimean reserve, the iridescent cascades of the Uchan-Su waterfall, the Diva rocks and the Cat Mountain in Simeiz are certainly worthy of attention.
Leisure at the resort
Restaurants.Yalta has the largest concentration of gourmet and signature cuisine restaurants in Crimea. In addition, the city offers art cafes, themed coffee shops and pastry shops, bars, pizzerias, fast food outlets. The menu of Yalta cafes and restaurants presents dishes from different nations of the world, and thanks to a large selection of establishments, you can always find a restaurant to your liking and affordable.
In a few minutes walk from the Yalta embankment there is a restaurant of author's cuisine "Grand Terrace". Here guests are offered dishes from the chef - a salad of Crimean vegetables with goat cheese mousse, Black Sea mussels stewed in cider, rabbit ragout. The Chekhovsky restaurant is open for guests directly on the Embankment. The interior of the establishment is made in the best traditions of the "estate" style. Facility's menu includes dishes of European and Mediterranean cuisine, grilled dishes and a wide range of wines.
The Oreanda restaurant at the hotel of the same name pleases guests with classic interiors, a wide selection of French, Italian, Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. The restaurant menu has special offers for vegetarians and children.
You can view the Yalta Bay, the green canopy of Massandra Park, the old town and the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains from the hall of the Ai-Petri restaurant. The institution is located on the 16th hotel "Yalta-Intourist". The elegantly decorated room, flooded with soft light, serves Mediterranean cuisine - tomato soup with dorado and Kachuko seafood, grilled king prawn with mango salsa, sea bass with wild rice.
Rolls and sushi, Thai soup with coconut milk, fried rice and mussels are served at Siam Paradise restaurant located on Massandra Beach. Cozy summer pavilions with stoles, oriental carpets and Buddha figurines complement the immersion in the culinary world of Asia.
Parks.The parks of Big Yalta are masterpieces of landscape art. The most famous park areas of the resort are surrounded by palaces and noble residences. One of the best landscape parks in the resort region is located in Massandra. The park was laid out in the 19th century with the participation of the best gardeners. The park is divided into two parts. The upper, palace, part is decorated with sculptures of ancient Greek gods, thinkers and philosophers. Fir and sequoia grow here, wisterias and lilacs adorn the Upper Park in spring, and roses bloom in summer. The lower part of the park has a steep relief, almonds, plums, Crimean pine, pistachio trees and a hornbeam descend to the sea like an amphitheater. The Massandra Park ends with a Cypress Garden with an observation deck.
Livadia Park is located on the slopes of Mount Mogabi in Livadia, adjacent to the city limits of Yalta. Berry yew, cherry laurel, strawberry pines grow in Livadia Park. The park is decorated with small architectural forms - fountains, gazebos, the area in front of the palace is decorated with flower beds. The beauty of the aforementioned park complexes is not inferior and Vorontsovsky park in Alupka, laid out in the manner of English regular parks. Plane trees, oaks, cypress, thuja, yuccas, palms, sequoia and magnolia surround artificial ponds with black and white swans, picturesque stone chaos, cascades of streams, terraces and grottoes.
All the diversity of the southern flora is presented in the collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. In the upper part of the garden there are pyramidal cypresses, Lebanese, Himalayan and Atlas cedars, palm trees, habitual for Yalta, there are administrative buildings, the walls of which are entwined with ivy. Trees from different continents are planted along the alleys - here there is a bamboo grove, a stone oak, and a majestic mammoth tree of gigantic proportions. The lower part of the garden features Mediterranean flora. In addition, tourists can visit the cactus greenhouse, rose garden, orchid exhibition.
Acquaintance with the monuments of gardening art of Big Yalta can be continued by visiting the parks "Chukurlar", "Chair" in Gaspra, Miskhorsky park.
In addition, in Big Yalta there are many parks of culture and recreation with wide alleys and rows of benches, playgrounds, fountains and gazebos. Favorite walking areas for tourists and locals are the Seaside Park with color-musical fountains, Yalta Park and the embankment with rows of palm trees.
Theaters and cinemas.In Yalta there is a Theater. A.P. Chekhov, on the stage of which performances for children and adults are staged. Classical music sounds from the stage of the Livadia organ music center. Large-scale concert programs, cultural events concert hall "Anniversary".
In Big Yalta, there are cinemas Planeta Kino IMAX, Spartak and the cinema hall of the Oreanda hotel, where new films are shown, themed screenings are held.
Museums.Most of the museum collections in Yalta are associated with literary and artistic creativity, biographies of prominent writers, poets, painters and musicians. The Yalta Historical and Literary Museum has an impressive collection. Visitors can get acquainted with the treasures of the Hellenes, Romans, Goths from the archaeological sites of Big Yalta, antique ceramics from the collection of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, see the furnishings of a noble mansion, things that belonged to famous musicians and composers - F.I. Shalyapin's chair, a piano from Yu. Pfeifer, American Phonoton Co gramophone. The structure of the Historical and Literary Museum includes the Lesya Ukrainka House-Museum, the N.Z.Biryukov Literary-Memorial House-Museum.
The Art-Usadba gallery boasts a collection of works of contemporary art. The works of Crimean artists can be seen in the gallery of the Union of Artists in Yalta.
Entertainment and shopping centers.All major shopping and entertainment centers of the resort region are concentrated in the city of Yalta. Here, malls are open for tourists, uniting stores of leading fashion brands, food courts, entertainment complexes for children and adults. Such shopping and entertainment centers include Confetti and Parus. Bowling clubs, billiard rooms, nightclubs, disco bars and dance floors operate at the resorts of Big Yalta. On the Massandra and Yalta beaches there are closed clubs and complexes offering entertainment and show programs, themed parties.
On the outskirts of Yalta there is a private zoo "Fairy Tale", where African predators, rare Ussuriysk tigers are represented, a mini-zoo works, where pets can be fed and touched. The brightest children's impression of the resort can be a visit to the Glade of Skazok located at the foot of the Stavri-Kaya rock. The complex has more than 200 figurines of fairy-tale characters made of decorative stone and wood
Water parks... The Blue Bay water park operates in the resort village of Simeiz. The complex of water entertainment is represented by slides "Tsunami", "Multipista", "Kamikaze", complexes of slopes "Boa", "Bend" and "Big hole", wave, children's and cascade pools. In addition, there are cafes, bars, a pizzeria, recreation areas with sun loungers, playgrounds for children. A team of professional animators conducts daily water aerobics classes, games with children in the pool, mini-discos, volleyball and water basketball competitions for adults.
Amusement parks.There are no specialized amusement parks in Yalta. A standard set of family entertainment - carousels, slides, an autodrome and a prize shooting gallery - can be found near the Yalta embankment. Game machines, air hockey and children's maze are available in entertainment center complex "Confetti". On the beaches of Big Yalta, water attractions are presented - riding "banana", "tablet", water inflatable slides.
Dolphinariums.Guests of Yalta have the opportunity to visit the Aquatoria Marine Animal Theater located in Livadia. Dolphins, beluga whales, seals and lions, walruses perform on the stage of the complex. Dolphin therapy sessions are also held on the basis of the theater of sea animals.
Poster
Yalta is the center of the cultural life of the peninsula; all the major cultural events take place here. In summer, the cultural program of the resort is especially rich - in June, International festival brass music "Fanfare of Yalta" - during the festival, professional and amateur brass bands perform on the squares, embankments and concert venues of resort villages. An important event in the world of music is the International Jazz Festival "Jaliton" Music Festival "Star Crimea".
In the middle of summer, guests of Yalta can see the performances of the participants of the Contemporary dance festival and the break dance of the Yalta Summer Jam festival.
The International TV and Film Forum "Together" and the International Festival of Theater Arts "Theater. Chekhov. Yalta ".
