All about the city of Yalta. Greater Yalta (Yalta region). Enterprises and work in the city

Having visited Crimea for the first time, I fell madly in love with its inexhaustible riches and atmosphere, and then I returned here to live, since just a vacation is not enough to study and understand the peninsula. But nevertheless, you can get incredible impressions during your vacation. So let's sharpen our skis towards Crimea. More precisely, flippers. The skis there are not functional.

The pearl of the peninsula and the place of the most massive tourist pilgrimages is, of course, the South Coast of Crimea (South Coast of Crimea). It is here that the most diverse nature, the cleanest pebble beaches, the most high mountains, the most ancient forests, the most diverse flora and fauna, the juiciest fruits, the richest wines and the most healing climate. It is here that the most picturesque nature trails with tall cliffs and waterfalls are located, it is here that the palaces of princes and other unique architectural monuments rise majestically... And many, many more unusual, unknown and fascinating things. And the pearl of the South Coast, which occupies a significant part of it and, in fact, spreads 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 will have to make a lot of transfers in the heat, and even the risk of being stuck at the crossing for several hours is very high. The tourists traveling with the “Single Ticket”, whom I met at the stations, had a very sad and “rumpled” look. They were no longer happy about coming to Crimea - fatigue from numerous road troubles took over.

This option may be relevant for residents of remote regions where flight fares are quite high. It allows you to save a lot of money. Getting to Crimea by plane from Central Russia is not at all expensive.

By bus

There are regular buses from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kerch. The ticket price is about 3 thousand rubles. Having reached Kerch, you will need to get to the city you need on your own. Fortunately, the bus service between Kerch and the rest of Crimea is quite well developed.

There is another option: buy Bus tours, where all connections and logistics are already thought out for you. Similar offers can be found from many travel agencies. It's a little more expensive, but you won't have to wait long for connections. The same tours are organized to cities such as Yalta and Bakhchisarai. Then no transfers at all. Travel time is a little more than a day.

The buses that carry long distances are quite comfortable - my friends who travel this way did not complain of discomfort.

By car

You can get from Moscow to Yalta by private car in 18 hours, excluding stops and food breaks. Gasoline costs will be about 10 thousand rubles. The road will run through Ukraine. From Moscow you need to take the E105 highway, which leads directly to Yalta, the length of the route is 1,481 km.

The journey from St. Petersburg will take about 30 hours. There are options: go either only through Ukraine, or through Belarus and Ukraine. The average is 2,200 km. If you drive only through Ukraine, then you should take the E95 highway, in Bryansk get onto the E101, follow it to Belgorod, and then change the road to E105. This is the most optimal, simple

(less chance of getting lost at junctions and turns) and a fast option.

When is the season? When is the best time to go

The best time for a holiday in Crimea is mid-August - late September. Not so hot, not so stuffy, the sea is warm and rarely stormy. Local fruits, berries, nuts and vegetables have already ripened, young wines have been made from the new grape harvest, and markets are beginning to trade in all these riches of Crimea. In general, absolutely all, without exception, the delights of southern resort life can be enjoyed during this period.

Big Yalta in summer

In summer, Yalta is crowded. There is a crush in all minibuses, traffic jams on the roads, finding a place on the beach is a rare success, there is a queue for excursions, it is often impossible to disperse on narrow mountain paths, on the embankment you cannot fight off merchants of all stripes - here they lure you with baklava, and here they offer to tell fortunes for the future. Prices for food, housing and other tourist services are the highest and unrealistically inflated. But! The south is still the south, and no matter how you look at it, it’s nice in Yalta in the summer.

All other advantages of resort life significantly outweigh the disadvantages. Sun, sea, beach, warmth, mountains, forests, wine and delicious food, kind people - in comparison with this, all of the above shortcomings 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 occurs at the end of July - beginning of August. Then neither sea nor shadow pine forests They don't save you from the heat.

Big Yalta in autumn

Autumn - best time for a trip to Crimea. If you want to relax comfortably without the crowded tourist bustle and heat, but with warm sea and red-red landscapes of the forest, maple and oak alleys, then autumn is ideal for you.

Off-season trips are good for those who do not like to be around noise and crowds. The city streets are not so crowded, many cafes are closed, and souvenir stalls are boarded up. But there is an opportunity to wander alone on the beaches, without stepping over densely lying sunbathers, to feel the scale 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 spring, the sea is still cold (+15 °C), and only walruses enjoy swimming. During the day it is quite warm - the temperature rises to +25 °C, and at night to +17 °C. But, again, there are not many tourists, prices are not high. And if you come at the end of May-April, you can find Crimea in bloom! The plateau above Yalta is strewn with poppies, the forest clearings are all covered with snowdrops, and the gardens are covered in clouds of the most fragrant flowering in the world. It's incredibly pleasing to the eye! Alone lavender fields what are they worth?

Big Yalta in winter

In winter, Yalta dies out. The embankment is emptying, many shops, cafes and hotels are closing, storms are becoming more frequent at sea, and cold winds blowing in the city, descending from the mountains. No one is calling boat trips and diving, does not offer boiled crawfish or 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 if it falls in the city, it melts within a day. The children immediately happily pour out into the streets and make short-lived snowmen. For Yalta, this is truly akin to a miracle (unlike the Simferopol region, which is located higher above sea level, and therefore fluffy precipitation lingers there longer).

Clue:

Big Yalta- weather by month

Districts. Where is the best place to live?

Yalta and surroundings (Massandra, Livadia)

As for Yalta itself, the well-known “Intourist” is always happy to welcome guests and is very much loved by tourists, and the prices there are quite reasonable. The most expensive places in Yalta these 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 budget. A comfortable area for living in Yalta is, again, its suburb - . Yalta itself 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 there.

But for lovers of noisy city life who do not want to live anywhere other than Yalta, I recommend the area of st. Pushkinskaya. This is the original Yalta Arbat, the center of vibrant city life. On the one hand, you live in a place with a high concentration of restaurants and clubs, and on the other, it’s only a 10-minute walk to the sea.

Only the prices there, of course, are high. Even simple housing can cost millions, just because of its favorable location.

Villages

Of all the Bolsheyalta villages for living, I would recommend. It is the most quiet, calm, clean and beautiful. Yalta and the most iconic sights are very close from there. You can read more about housing in Simeiz

The least I would recommend is . It is the most densely populated, the most hilly and mountainous, and the historical part in it is quite small. The rest of the space is occupied by standard block houses, built by the councils as dormitories for Artek employees - boring, gray and depressing. No resort romance. But here is the longest beach and embankment. The water in the sea, of course, is cleaner than that in Yalta, but still leaves much to be desired. But this is just my opinion; to some, 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 there are swimming pools and other hotel attractions. Prices vary depending on the availability of these bonuses, the main one, of course, being distance from the sea.

But in general, all coastal villages differ little from each other - a pebble beach, a market, a historical part with dilapidated houses and crooked streets, and new neighborhoods with Soviet-era buildings and modern cottages. The cost of accommodation 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 live. These villages are all typical. But if you like peace, then I would not recommend staying in Alupka, where the Vorontsov Palace is located, and in Gaspra, where the Swallow's Nest is located. Daily pilgrimages of crowds of tourists and motorcades from slow buses will not allow you to catch relaxation.

By the way, the ubiquitous grannies with “housing” signs have not gone away. And they will be able to offer you good houses in the private sector, which the Internet doesn’t even know about.

And the most prestigious hotel in Big Yalta(and in Crimea in general) - this is Mriya Resort&Spa. It is located near Simeiz and is considered a sanatorium-resort complex. All the big shots, coming to Crimea, stop there. A large territory, well-groomed safe beaches, tennis courts, restaurants and spa centers - all the benefits of civilization are at your service. The grannies with their signs weren’t even standing nearby.

I will tell you in detail about approximate housing prices in the section below.

What are the prices for holidays?

Nutrition

Lunch in a canteen or an average cafe will cost 200–300 rubles, and in restaurants and more decent cafes 500–700 rubles. average price for visiting excursions and attractions - 300 rubles per piece.

Souvenirs

Classic souvenirs like magnets, shell beads, teas and soaps can be purchased for 100 rubles. The price for tourist maps. The cost of illustrated publications about Crimea starts from 300 rubles. Spices cost from rubles per bag. Wines - from 250 per bottle. In addition, in markets and souvenir stalls you can safely practice the art of bargaining and bring down the price a little :)

Main attractions. What to see

Top 5

Beaches. Which ones are better

There is nothing to do on the beaches in Yalta. There are too many boats and ships there, and the sea itself is very dirty. However, in the summer you can’t get through there either - there are too many people.

The beaches of all villages are approximately the same - a narrow pebble strip and groins every 50 meters. But nevertheless, there are protected places where the sea is clean and there are few people.

Chekhov Bay in Gurzuf
In Gurzuf, on the territory of the Chekhov museum-dacha, there is a small cove, very clean and beautiful, surrounded by tall rocks, hidden from prying eyes. You can go there through the museum by paying the caretaker 50 rubles. But you are guaranteed peace and quiet there.

Beach "Gurovskie Kameni"
Clean Artekivsky beach for public use. You can read more about it Now, due to the active construction of the new Artek buildings, the beach is closed. But I think that you can get into it through some hole in the fence, having first learned about it from the local old-timers.

Wild beach in Simeiz
Adherents of nudism will be satisfied with the Semeiz wild beach. Lying near beautiful rocks on snow-white smooth limestone boulders - what else can you dream of? More about the beach -

Beaches at the foot of Ayu-Dag
The famous one, which is 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’s very pleasant to relax there - mountain landscapes They are impressive, and the clear sea is very pleasing, especially after Yalta.

Churches and temples. Which ones are worth visiting?

Muslim mosques and Orthodox churches are very common in Crimea. But in Yalta, unlike the Bakhchisarai region, there are no outstanding mosques of interest to tourists. But there are a couple beautiful churches.

Museums. Which ones 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 are a must visit.

Parks

Gardens and parks invariably accompanied all large-scale palaces and aristocratic estates in Crimea. To create them, they called in foreign specialists and ordered plants from the world's leading greenhouses. Numerous sanatoriums also left a park legacy: 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 that they go to Crimea for - 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’ bellies and soul.

Another tourist thoroughfare of the city is the pedestrian Pushkinskaya Street, which leads, 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. Kit tourist places here is also a classic one: cheburek shops, 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 is also home to the Yalta local history museum(poor and not developed in any way since Soviet times) and a Catholic church, quite nice from the outside.

What to see in 1 day

So, you only have one day to visit Yalta. You shouldn’t be hysterical, annoyed at the injustice of fate, and believe that you won’t be able to accomplish anything in just one day in the vast Yalta. If you don't wrinkle your pillow until noon, you can embrace the immensity.

8 a.m. You have already left home and are standing at the bus station. Jump on a minibus to Alupka. You will be there around 9. A whole hour before the museum opens Vorontsov Palace you walk through the fragrant morning garden, admiring the landscape art and views of the sea. Around 10, go to the museum ticket office and buy a ticket for the first excursion. The guide is still cheerful, cheerful and you skim the cream of the Crimean excursion skills. At 11 you leave the palace, enriched with new knowledge and impressed by the royal interiors. To consolidate the material, you can go to one or two more exhibitions of the palace.
12:00. It's noon. Don't rush to fill your stomachs! We'll have lunch at , but in the meantime, grab a cheburek in case you have to stand in line at . From the palace you can get to it by minibus No. 132 or 102, but it takes just a couple of stops, so you can walk. We get in line for the ride and enjoy the impressive funicular ride.
13:00. You are at the top. Walk along the plateau, go to the battlements along the bridge (the rocks themselves are nameless, but both tourists and locals call them “teeth”), buy souvenirs at the Tatar market, admire the mountain-sea landscapes.
14:30. Dinner time. We have lunch at the wonderful cafe “Ai-Petri”. It is located on a cliff, to the right of the station cable car, if you stand facing 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 going from Miskhor to the Yalta bus station. At the bus station we transfer to transport to Massandra.
17:00. We have time for a five-hour excursion and subsequent tasting at.
19:00 . We tumble out of the factory, prudently taking their wine with us on the road. We are going to the evening party, where at this time life is in full swing: street musicians who have had enough sleep in the evening, fire show masters and other stunt performers begin to perform. Street artists paint you and the Crimean landscapes, and cafes are filled with the intoxicating aromas of delicious gourmet 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 Yalta Dvorik cafe (Lenin embankment, 19). This is a cozy terrace with soft sofas, delicious food and good music. Dinner here will cost 500–700 rubles.

You can spend even one day in Yalta richly, filling it with interesting events.

What to see in the area

The surroundings of Yalta are replete with natural attractions. Not seeing them means not seeing Crimea.

Food. What to try

Of course, in Crimea, the first thing you should do is fill your belly with all the southern delicacies - crayfish, oysters and mussels, boiled corn, dried Black Sea fish, churchkhela and baklava. All this is available in stalls on beaches and embankments, as well as from merchants walking along tourist streets.

Since Crimea is famous for its rich Tatar culture, establishments of Crimean Tatar cuisine are most common here. And you should definitely try pilaf, chebureki, lagman and other national gastronomic delights. There are no such cafes in all the villages of greater Yalta, and on average lunch in them costs 500 rubles.

In addition, during the high tourist season, a bunch of canteens and cafes with European cuisine open. Many of them boast outdoor terraces.

Self-catering

Those who prefer to cook themselves will also not be lost. In the markets you can buy absolutely everything - meat, fruits and vegetables, and dairy products from local farmers. Well, even though Crimea is a village, supermarkets have reached it too. The popular chain stores here “Pud”, “Sosedi”, “Furshet”, “Yabloko” are scattered in handfuls throughout all the villages and villages.

In general, you won’t go hungry. Generous Yalta will feed everyone.

Cafe "Mangal", st. Pushkinskaya, 18a
Lovers of quality grilling definitely come here! The intoxicating smells of kebab and kebabs are tempting. I tried fish cooked over charcoal there and was pleased with everything - the spices, the cooking, and the service. The interior is also very nice. Among other things, the cafe features wide choose draft beer, which goes very well with his signature dishes :) The average bill is 500 rubles.

Cafe "Spices and Passions", emb. them. Lenina, 31b
Just a nice veranda on the embankment. A classic lounge-cafe with panoramic windows and sea views, a modern cozy hi-tech design and a standard menu - from pasta to tiramisu. The average bill is 600 rubles.

South Cafe, st. Botkinskaya, 2v
A trendy cafe, atypical for Crimea. More like mainland establishments. What I like about it is that they offer... National dishes different countries- Japanese, Greek, Italian. You can choose according to your mood. There is also always pleasant music playing there, some kind of fresh Internet radio, where all the tracks are selected with great taste. The interior and service are also at the same level. 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

Dining room "Crimea", st. Moskovskaya 1/6;
Dining room "Lilac", st. Roosevelt 4;
Dining room “At home”, emb. named after Lenin 15;
Cafe "Mangal", st. Pushkinskaya, 18a;
Cafe "Medusa", st. Marshak, 4.

Mid-level

"People's Cafe No. 1", st. Lomonosova, 15;
South Cafe, st. Botkinskaya, 2v;
Restaurant "Chaika", emb. named after Lenin, 15;
Cafe "Massandra", Drazhinsky street, 46;
Cafe "Van Gogh", st. Massandrovskaya, 11.

Expensive

Restaurant "Fabrikant", Primorsky Park, 4;
Kaat Park, Primorsky Park, 1a;
Restaurant "Tiflis", st. Baturina, 1;
Cafe "Balcony", emb. named after Lenin, 35a;
Grant-cafe Persona Grata, emb. named after Lenin, 17;
Grand Cafe "Orange", emb. named after Lenin, 31a;
Restaurant "Colonnade", Kommunarov Street, 2A, Primorsky Park;
Verdi bar&restaurant, Primorsky Park 1.

Holidays

In September at the Theater. Chekhov International Theater Festival takes place in Yalta 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 festival, you can meet many famous actors in the city.

This is a big event for Yalta residents, and it is definitely worth a visit. You can view the poster on the theater website, and buy tickets only at the box office on the embankment, or in the theater itself.

Safety. What to watch out for

In general, Yalta is quite safe city, but there are things that it is better to warn yourself against:

Things to do

Yalta is a great place both for a beach holiday and a night out, as well as for extreme sports enthusiasts of various stripes - 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 fashion stores of familiar brands, but due to sanctions, they initially have inflated prices and sell outdated collections. So fashionistas have nothing to do in Yalta. All fashion here begins and ends with flip-flops, striped shorts and a beer belly spilling out of them.

It is better to do shopping in Crimea in the markets. And buy exclusively authentic products - oils, jams, fruits, shells, teas, etc. Yalta is not for you, and you shouldn’t go there for fashionable clothes. But there’s so much that’s missing from 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 it all. The markets of Greater Yalta are a storehouse of folk wisdom and ingenuity.

Bars. Where to go

As is known, the highest concentration of bars in resort areas located by the sea: on and near the beaches. Yalta is no exception.

Pub "Ulf", Karl Marx str. 4/2
An atmospheric place stylized as a medieval Irish pub. Here you will be offered strong ale and meat snacks, which are especially pleasant to eat under the vaulted stone ceilings on rough oak tables. Bar prices are slightly above average.

All bars are open until approximately 5 a.m.; only very low-class establishments, such as port wine bars, where port thieves and local drunks gather, are open 24 hours a day.

Clubs and nightlife

Nightlife is also in full swing. During the high tourist season, the clubs are open every day.

Cafe-club "Chocolate", Kyiv street 1
Classical night club, where all the Yalta youth gather to hang out. Popular hits are played, popular drinks are poured. Parties are traditionally held on Fridays and Saturdays. There is nothing remarkable in the club itself, which is why the prices are quite standard for middle-class establishments.

Extreme Sports

The Southern Coast of Crimea is a real haven for extreme sports enthusiasts. Steep forest trails are wonderful for downhill cycling and freeride, mountain cliffs are for rope jumpers, the mysterious waters of the Black Sea are for divers and kayakers, tall rock formations are for rock climbing and mountaineering, relief plateaus are for jeeping, mountain river beds are for canyoning, deep caves- for caving tourism. And I'm sure this is not the whole list.

There are many companies that organize various extreme tours around Crimea and provide all the necessary equipment. You just have to do some good Googling. As for people who are independent in this regard, I can only talk in more detail about rock climbing and caving.

Rock climbing

The most famous rock massifs with a bunch of beaten routes are:

and the Swan's Wing rock,
Nikitskaya cleft in Nikita,
Ai-Nikola rock massif and Alim rock in Oreanda,
Red Stone in Krasnokamenka,
Parus rock in Foros,
Mount Krestovaya in Alupka.

The routes on them vary in difficulty from 4c to 8c.

There is a campsite for climbers under Red Rock where you can pitch a tent and use the shower and kitchen. And although the path from there to the sea is not close, under the rock itself there is a small lake, which is filled with cold springs. It is very pleasant to swim in it after climbing.

And under Parus there is an active rescue station and a spring.

Climbing on Ai-Nikola is very specific: on the road, above the massif itself, there is an Orthodox church, where a tape recorder with religious chants is played for the whole day from the very morning. They turn it off only at 6 o'clock. Echo, as you know, is quite strong in the mountains. And although the routes there are very interesting, it is difficult for an unprepared listener to endure such 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 route, some take 10 minutes to walk to. There is no need to drag your equipment through the forest up the mountain, accompanied by mosquitoes, 10 kilometers to the nearest rock. The main rock type in Crimea is limestone. In some places it is very comfortable and pleasant for climbing, in others it is sharp and hurts your fingers. So you have to be careful.

Caving tourism

As for caves, many speleologists argue that speleology should be done only for the sake of later descending into the caves of Crimea. Mount Karabi, near Simferopol, is very famous in the world speleological community, as it contains some of the deepest and most unexplored caves in the world (for example, Krasnaya Cave). In addition, you can find very beautiful caves there with snow-white stalactites and stalagmites, sparkling crystals and other speleological goodies.

The caves of Mount Chatyr-Dag near Alushta are no less interesting for speleologists-researchers and ordinary speleotourists. In addition, the closest to Yalta is a mountain, in the depths of which a lot of interesting things are also hidden. The depth of the descents into many caves reaches hundreds of meters in total, so you need to correctly calculate the length of the rope and take it 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, aromatic sunflower oil, Crimean teas and wines (only it is better to buy them at wineries, the markets are full of fakes), local spices (the Svan mixture is especially good), aromatic oils and soaps, nuts and olives, jam from local fruits.

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 Greater Yalta is carried out by minibuses and trolleybuses. The latter go only towards Simferopol, to the east. That is, from Bolsheyalta villages you can only get to Gurzuf. Trolleybuses No. 51, 52 and 53 will take you to all eastern villages of Big Yalta. The trolleybus station is located across the street from the bus station. Minibuses regularly go to the villages located to the west of Yalta from the upper platform of the bus station.

Minibuses and trolleybuses also travel around the city itself. The fare is 13 rubles.

Taxi. What features exist

A taxi ride around the city costs on average 150 rubles. You just need to call the ordering services, and not use the services of bombs that lure rogue tourists. They jack up prices shamelessly. Yalta taxi numbers are available on the Internet, I just called the first number that came up in the search engine. Unfortunately, convenient Yandex taxi and other applications have not yet reached Crimea. To the airport, taxi drivers usually charge 2000–3000 rubles.

Transport rental

Many people rent cars and for good reason. This is much more convenient than being stuck in crowded summer minibuses, not knowing where to get off and whether you will catch the 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 twisty and steep roads mountain roads- that's my only advice. Driving on flat terrain is different from driving on mountainous terrain. The latter requires more skill and dexterity. So don't be reckless, just be careful :)

Big Yalta - holidays with children

In my opinion, Crimea and Bolshaya!

Hotels- don’t forget to check prices from booking sites! Don't overpay. This !

Rent a Car- also an aggregation of prices from all rental companies, all in one place, let's go!

Anything to add?

Since Soviet times, summer vacations by the sea have been associated in the minds of the country's citizens primarily with Tavrida. The most famous place on the Crimean peninsula was Yalta - an amazing, picturesque and sunny city, which is still ready to warmly welcome thousands of tourists during the season.

Where is the city in Crimea?

Yalta is located on three hills in the south of Crimea. On three sides it is ringed by wooded spurs Crimean mountains- like a Greek amphitheater. The surrounding nature is amazingly lush and beautiful. The resort itself is literally surrounded by greenery of parks and gardens. The local climate is very close to the Mediterranean. The sea here is warm, and the number of sunny days a year exceeds a hundred.

Yalta on the map of Crimea

Where to stay for vacation?

For tourists who choose a holiday in Crimea, Yalta will offer many accommodation opportunities. You will be welcome in numerous and. The private sector also provides a variety of accommodation options in cottages, houses and apartments, and sometimes it is easy to save money by negotiating directly with the owner - without intermediaries. They deserve special attention; the best of them is ready to inexpensively accommodate holidaymakers.

All visitors have wonderful impressions. It is a little over 20 years old and contains more than 100 different fauna. Animals can be fed with special mixtures, which are sold at the entrance. There will be a special visit to the section where baby animals are kept. Some of them are allowed to play with.

The hotel's dolphinarium offers daily performances featuring dolphins and fur seals. - born artists. Sometimes it seems that performing various tricks gives them pleasure.
After finishing the performance, you can swim with these amazingly smart and friendly animals. A photo taken at this moment will be a good reminder of summer vacation in Crimea.

You should definitely take your child on an excursion to the wonderful world. It's easy to explore here fairy houses and figurines of animals, carved from wood and inscribed in the beautiful landscape at the foot. On the territory of the park complex there are animators dressed as fairy tale characters who organize various quizzes and competitions for children.

Children in Yalta will not be left indifferent to the entertainment provided on the territory of the hotel establishment of the same name. Great slides, lots of options children's leisure, diving and fun in the pool will please everyone. Take your child for a ride on the most interesting cable car in Crimea - you will get a lot of impressions from such a ride.

Where can you eat in Yalta?

True gourmets should definitely dine at the Colonnade restaurant. Aristocraticism is the motto of the establishment and can be seen in everything, from the appearance to the interior of the premises.
Excellent presentation, high level of service and exquisite taste of dishes will ensure an excellent meal. The wine list doesn't disappoint either.

The Siam Paradise restaurant is ready to welcome fans of gastronomic delights. Here the visitor will be offered to taste dishes traditional to Thai and Japanese cuisine. The menu includes mainly seafood dishes. The level of service and quality of service compensate for the relatively high prices.

Interested budget holiday in Crimea? Yalta will not disappoint here either. You can have an inexpensive and satisfying meal for the whole family in the cozy cafe “U Solokha,” decorated in Ukrainian farmhouse style. They don’t serve any special culinary masterpieces here, but the food is tasty and the portions are large. Service is fast and the waitresses are polite.

How to get there (get there)?

Getting to Yalta from Simferopol is extremely easy. Literally every half hour, buses and minibuses depart along this line from railway station, and trolleybuses from the airport. Travel time will be about one and a half hours. Yalta is also connected with other cities of Crimea by regular bus service. Here is the schedule of the nearest buses at the city bus station:

By your own or rented car you can get from Simferopol airport in the following way:

And from Sevastopol you should take this road:

Undoubtedly, Yalta is one of best places for a holiday in Crimea. Wonderful nature and a lot of entertainment will make your stay here very pleasant and memorable for a lifetime.

The southern coast of Crimea is a wonderful place that has been attracting people for several centuries. , the unofficial capital of this area, grows every year, occupying the surrounding mountains, merging with neighboring villages.

The concept of Big Yalta has already appeared: more than 70 kilometers. Big Yalta in the east begins with Gurzuf, and ends in Foros in the west. Greater Yalta includes the city of Alupka, 7 large resorts and many small resort villages.

The boundaries between them are practically erased. On a small section of the peninsula there are many palaces, mansions, churches, parks and other interesting attractions.

Gurzuf

It is probably no coincidence that among the many empty valleys of the southern coast of Crimea, the first Russians chose Gurzuf. Estates were built here, parks were laid out, and one of the first resorts in Russia was opened.

Since those times, a small part of the old city has been preserved with narrow, crooked streets, a magnificent park with fountains of the 19th century, the dachas of K. Korovin and A. Chekhov, which today have been turned into museums and many others interesting corners, pleasant for walks.

Mount Bear- a symbol not only of Gurzuf, but of the entire Crimea. A bear drinking water from the sea can be seen from almost anywhere in the village.

You can climb or drive to the top of the mountain and admire stunning views of the sea and coastline.

There are several creative houses of artists and writers in Gurzuf. This place has an extraordinary aura, which is so necessary for work and creativity.

From Yalta to Gurzuf 18 kilometers. You can get there by bus from the Yalta bus station or by minibus No. 31. Travel time is about an hour.

Massandra

Massandra is a small, cozy village very close to the outskirts of Yalta. The development of this place, like all the villages on the southern coast of Crimea, began in the 19th century.

The fame of Massandra was brought by the winemaking enterprises that still exist here, which were the first in Crimea to produce wines of European quality.

The famous wine cellars of Massandra are still the main object of interest for tourists. Excursions come here from all over Crimea to visit cellars, taste famous Massandra wines and, of course, buy their favorite wines.

- the most little-known royal residence. The palace was opened relatively recently as a museum.

For many years after the revolution, the palace was the state dacha of the top officials of the state, and therefore is well preserved.

The magnificent Massandra park still delights tourists today. This park is a real masterpiece of landscape architecture.

From the center of Yalta to Massandra is only 5 kilometers. You can get there by bus No. 44 or minibus No. 3 in just 5-10 minutes, if the road is clear.

Livadia

On the slope of Mount Mogabi, 3 kilometers from Yalta, there is the village of Livadia. In the 70s of the 19th century, Livadia became summer residence Russian Tsar Alexander III.

The Great and Small Palaces were built for the royal family. Even earlier, the first owners planted vineyards and wine production began.

On large territory They created a park with rare plants, planted an orchard, and built a greenhouse. When the royal family vacationed in Livadia in the summer, outsiders were strictly prohibited from entering the residence. Even the passage on the Yalta-Sevastopol road was blocked.

After the revolution in 1925, a sanatorium was opened in Levadia, which still exists.
During the German occupation, the Bolshoi so-called White Livadia Palace.

In February 1945, the famous Yalta Conference took place here. After many years of restoration work, the White Palace was opened for tours in 1974.
In Livadia there is a center for organ music "Livadia".

Livadia is located on a mountain, the village rises about 100 meters above the sea. Walking down the stairs every day is not a very pleasant experience.

To go down to the beach you can use the elevators, which are 300 meters from the village. The elevators are paid, have 2 lines, and deliver to the free beach.

Livadia beach is large-pebble, with no big amount sun loungers. The water in the sea, unlike Yalta, is very clean.

You can get from Yalta to Livadia by minibuses:

No. 11 from the Yalta bus station;
No. 27 Yalta-Alupka;
No. 55 Massandra - Livalia;
No. 32, 47 from clothing market.

The border between Yalta and Livadia is conditional, travel time is no more than 10 minutes.

Oreanda

The name of the village was given by the surrounding rocks. The word "oreanda" means rocky. The resort is 6 kilometers away from Yalta. Most of the village, Nizhnyaya Oreanda, is located by the sea.

Since 1825, the village was the property of the Romanov family. The “Sunny Path” still runs here, which starts in Livadia Park and ends in a white rotunda gazebo.

Here Nicholas I built the first palace in Crimea, which after his death, the palace passed to Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich.

30 years after its construction, the palace burned down. After the fire, it was built from the remaining stones

The most interesting attraction of Oreanda is the Mastovaya rock.

A huge rock near the seashore is split into two parts. Inside one of them there is a grotto in which a primitive man’s site was found.

IN Lower Oreanda there are many sanatoriums that have public beach which is called "Golden Beach"

The small pebble beach stretches for 400 meters between Livadia and Cape Ai-Todor, looking like Neptune’s trident.
The rocks above Oreanda protect it from the northern winds.

The magnificent Oreanda Park, with many evergreens, makes this small village a wonderful place to relax. There is a “Chekhov’s” bench in the park. The writer often walked in the park, and many of his stories take place here, in particular the meeting of the characters in the story “The Lady with the Dog.”

You can get from Yalta by any minibus from the Yalta bus station towards Alupka. The Yalta-Alupka road passes through the village.

Gaspra

Gaspra, which is located 10 kilometers from Yalta, is considered one of best resorts southern coast of Crimea.

Gaspra has practically no borders with the neighboring villages of Miskhor and Koreiz. There are many sanatoriums in Gaspra that are open all year round.

The abundance of cedars, junipers and cypresses makes the air healing. Doctors recommend that people with pulmonary diseases spend at least 2 weeks a year here.

There are many attractions in Gaspra, the most famous of which is the castle " bird home" This castle on a rock is one of the famous symbols of Crimea.

Now the castle is closed for restoration, but the observation deck around it is open. It opens from it beautiful view to the surrounding area.

Gaspra has very ancient and rare monuments - the Taurus necropolises and the Roman fortress of Charax, which were built before our era.

Before the revolution, the Yasnaya Polyana sanatorium was a palace that belonged to Prince Golitsin and Countess Panina. In 1901-1902 Leo Tolstoy rested here. The sanatorium has a museum room of L. Tolstoy and a memorial plaque.
The building of the Yasnaya Polyana sanatorium is a palace with octagonal side towers, which are crowned with battlements and covered with ivy. The building is very decorated with lancet windows.

The Tsar's Path runs from Gaspra to Livadia, which was a favorite walking place for the family of Tsar Nicholas II.

In Gaspra there is the Aytodor Lighthouse, built in 1835 on the site where a Roman signal tower was located.
Yu. Tyurin, the lighthouse keeper, created a museum of maritime life items: ship bells, nautical charts, photographs and items of maritime life.

At the top of Ai-Todor grows a unique tree - a pistachio, which is more than 1000 years old. This amazing tree is one of the oldest in Crimea.

The beaches of the Gaspra sanatoriums are pebbly. They are well equipped with umbrellas, sun loungers, changing rooms, showers and toilets.

Natural, “wild” beaches on the southern coast of Crimea are a rarity. There are them in Gaspra, and they are made of dark shale sand mixed with gravel. To protect the beaches, pebbles have been added to the beach soil.

From the Gaspra embankment you can get to Yalta by pleasure boat or motor ship. Also, all three main car roads along the southern coast of Crimea pass through Gaspra. From Yalta to Gaspra you can take minibuses No. 47 (Yalta - Koreiz), No. 26 (Yalta - Simeiz), No. 32, 27 (Yalta - Alupka), or by regular bus Yalta - Foros.

Koreiz

The history of Koreiz, a small village 12 kilometers from Yalta, began in the 30s of the 19th century. The estate here was acquired by Princess A.S. Golitsina, who was exiled to Crimea for her religious views.

According to the design of architects K. Eshlishman and F. Elson, an estate and an Orthodox church were built. At the beginning of the 20th century, Prince Yusupov bought the estate and built a magnificent Art Nouveau palace next to the old manor house.

Yusupov Palace is one of the most luxurious in Crimea. The palace was built according to the design of the architect Krasnov from local stone, gray marble-like limestone, the deposit of which is located in Gaspra.

The architecture of the palace is eclectic: white enamel panels, Viennese chairs and corner sofas are adjacent to marble lions brought from Italy. The palace is surrounded by a magnificent park, which occupies more than 16 hectares. The park grows ornamental plants, including many rare ones.

In Koreiz there is another wonderful monument - the Dulber Palace. It was built at the end of the 19th century for Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich Romanov, uncle of Emperor Nicholas II. The Moorish style of the palace makes it stand out among Crimean palace buildings. Peter Romanov borrowed ideas for the structure while traveling around the Middle East. The amazing castle is decorated with domes and battlements; above the entrance you can see a saying from the Koran. The palace is surrounded by a picturesque park with palm trees, bamboo groves, plane trees and pistachio trees.
Currently, the palace houses a sanatorium.

The Ai-Petrinsky mountain range rises above Koreiz. The slopes are covered with a forest of the famous Crimean pine, and the battlements of Ai-Petri look like the ruins of medieval castles or dragons.

You can get to Koreiz from Yalta by bus No. 47. The bus departs from the square near the Yalta clothing market.

Foros

Foros is one of the oldest settlements on the southern coast of Crimea. It was founded by the Greeks in the 5th century BC. Information about Foros can be found in the treasury lists of Genoa.

After the conquest of Crimea by Russia, the Foros estate was acquired by A. Kuznetsov, the porcelain and tea king. For the long-term residence of the Kuznetsov family, a two-story mansion in the classicist style was built. The interior of the mansion was quite luxurious. The best masters of applied art were invited to decorate it. 15 wall panels by artist Yu. Klever have survived to this day. Today the mansion is one of the buildings of the sanatorium.

At the same time as the mansion, the Foros park was founded. The basis of the park was the forests that grew on the slopes of the mountains. The most famous place park - " Paradise" There are 6 artificial lakes created here, picturesquely located at different levels.

The construction of the magnificent Foros Church of the Resurrection of Christ is also associated with the name of Kuznetsov. It is located on the Red Rock and rises 400 meters above the sea. The snow-white cross-domed church in the Byzantine style is built of brick. In accordance with Byzantine traditions, the interior of the temple is striking in luxury: frescoes, mosaics, marble cladding.
From the church there is a beautiful view of Foros, Cape Chekhov, and the wonderful Tikhaya Bay.

Foros is separated from Yalta by 38 kilometers, which can be traveled by minibus No. 28 from the bus station.

Greater Yalta is a magnificent resort region with dozens of resort villages, many palaces, unique parks, a huge number of sanatoriums and a wonderful, warm sea. Holidays here are a real holiday.

Yalta (according to one version, the name comes from the modern Greek “Yalos”, which means “shore”) is the most popular of the Crimean resorts, rightfully called the capital South Bank Crimea. The city of Yalta is located 86 km from, 40 km southwest of, and 80 km from in a vast amphitheater facing the sea, between capes Ai-Todor in the west and Montedor in the east. From the north-west and north, Yalta is fenced with a high 1400-meter mountain range, saving her from the cold.

The population of Yalta is about 100 thousand people. (Russians, Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars).

The city is the administrative center resort region- Greater Yalta, which, in addition to Yalta, administratively includes the city of Alupka, the villages of Gaspra, Gurzuf, Koreiz, Livadia, Massandra, Simeiz, Foros and other settlements.

Story

The first mention of “Jalita” that has come down to us is found in the description Crimean coast, which was compiled in 1154 by the famous Arab traveler Al-Idrisiya. In the XIV – XV centuries. Yalta was part of the Principality of Theodoro, then fell under the rule of the Genoese. In the 16th – 18th centuries. it was a small village. In the year of Crimea’s annexation to Russia, there were only 13 houses and a military redoubt built by A.V. Suvorov in 1771. In 1837, by order of the Emperor, Yalta was granted city status. On March 23, 1838, a corresponding decree of the Senate followed: “Taking into account the special local position of the southern coast of the Tauride Peninsula, the rapid increase in the population there and the noticeable spread of industry among the residents, we recognized it as a good thing to eliminate the inconveniences arising from the accumulation of cases in the public places of the district Simferopol, to establish a new district in the Tauride province... from part of the Simferopol district... to create a new district under the name of Yalta, renaming the town of Yalta a city...". The newly created city was allocated a little more than seven acres of land.

In 1843, the first plan of Yalta was established. There was already an embankment here, and on one of the central streets - Elizavetinskaya - there were thirty houses in which 224 residents lived.

After in the 60s of the nineteenth century, Professor S.P. Botkin found the climate of the southern coast of Crimea healing and recommended the tsar to buy a dacha here (later it became Livadia), Yalta was first talked about as a resort.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. this city is already spoken of as the “Russian Riviera”.

By that time, there were more than a thousand houses, where more than twenty thousand residents lived.

However, the foundation of the existing resort and sanatorium complex was laid in the 20-30s of the twentieth century, when the construction of health resorts began on the South Coast.

Yalta received city status in the USSR in 1938.

Climate, beaches and sea

The climate of Yalta is subtropical Mediterranean type - warm and dry. Average annual air temperature +13°С (in May +16°С, in July +24°С, in September +19°С, in October +14.2°С, in November +9°С, in February +4° WITH). Different sources estimate the number of sunny days per year differently - 225, 247, 276. Winters are very mild, with a lot of precipitation (humidity - 73%), summers are hot and dry (62%). The beaches of Yalta consist mainly of pebbles. The bottom is steep.

The swimming season lasts from late May – early June to mid-October (149 days a year). The average sea water temperature in June is +18.7°C, in July +21.9°C, in August +22.9°C. In June - July, surge winds occur off the coast of Yalta, which carry them away from the coast into the open sea warming layers of water, rising from the depths to replace them cold water. In this case, the water temperature can drop by 12° in a few hours.

Surge phenomena off the coast of Yalta are observed annually. On average, there are up to three drives per year with a total maximum duration of up to 50 days. The average sea water temperature in September is +21.8°, in October +17.1°.

Big Yalta

Big Yalta is, in fact, a narrow strip of the southern coast of Crimea, which stretches over a distance of 70 km and unites more than 30 settlements into a single whole. The largest of them are located in the following order: Gurzuf - Nikita - Massandra - Livadia - Yalta - Gaspra - Koreiz - Miskhor - Alupka - Simeiz - Foros.

Gurzuf is located 16 km from Yalta. This is a fairly large resort village. The average annual temperature is +13°C, the beach is shallow. Immediately behind the famous one below the highway stretch the buildings, parks and beaches of the International children's center"Artek".

The world famous Nikitsky is inextricably linked with the name of Nikita Botanical Garden(founded in 1812) is rightfully the most popular of the south coast parks, connecting nature, history, art and science. His collection includes more than 28 thousand plants from all over the world.

The village of Massandra, part of Greater Yalta, is known throughout the world thanks to the Massandra winery. Wines bearing the brand of the Massandra plant have been standing up to the most demanding international competitions for several decades.

Miskhor, Gaspra, Koreiz are located 12–15 km from Yalta and have practically merged into one settlement. This is one of the warmest places on the South Coast, average annual temperature+14.2°C. The main attraction of Gaspra is undoubtedly the world famous.

The distance between Yalta and the village of Simeiz is 21 km. The most beautiful places, steep banks and coastal rocks: Diva, Panea, Swan Wing. Mount Koshka is also located here, which is a landscape and historical-architectural reserve.

Sanatorium-resort complex. Accommodation

There are about 170 sanatorium-resort and health-improving institutions concentrated in Greater Yalta. Beautiful natural factors, as well as a good medical base contribute to the successful treatment of diseases of the respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system and other diseases.

There are over twenty hotels in the city, among which the four-star hotels Oreanda and Yalta-Intourist stand out.

Almost always, even in the busiest summer months, you can rent a room or apartment in the private sector. At the same time, prices can be very different: from 10 hryvnia/day (in the off-season) to $20 - 50, of course, per person.

Transport

Most visitors get to Yalta by trolleybus from Simferopol. An hour and a half journey to Alushta, another hour to Yalta. The ticket price is a little more than 5 UAH.

A bus (or minibus) is more comfortable, half an hour faster, but also almost twice as expensive, and they don’t go as often.

You can wait minibus, approximately 10 - 15 hryvnia per person. A car will cost 100 - 150 hryvnia.

There is a seaport. Do you want to take a ride to Sevastopol or to Feodosia? - Please.

In Yalta itself there are trolleybuses (40 kopecks) and minibuses (from 75 kopecks).

Where to relax

There are no problems with this in Yalta. First of all, this is the Yalta embankment, which stretches for several kilometers. You can just take a walk under the palm trees, you can sit in a cafe, bar or restaurant, which are found here on every corner, look at the Moon through a telescope, order your own portrait, walk among the stalls of the ubiquitous peddlers, go to the casino... You can’t list everything, if only there were money: the thing is that prices here can admittedly be very inhumane. The southern capital of Crimea is not deprived of the attention of Russian stars. In terms of the number of spectators, the Yubileiny Cinema and Concert Hall took first place in the CIS last year.

During the day, if you are tired of the beach, you can visit local attractions, and believe me, there are many of them.

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