Only in English. Dear readers,
You are holding in your hands the second book of the series of guide-hooks produced by the publishing house
"Baltija dryk". The previous guide-book
"Touring Kiev" was published in 2002. Why has the Crimea found itself in the zone of our attention? Probably, because it is difficult to find in Ukraine a tourist region including so much recreation factors: an excellent climate, an amazing diversity of natural landscapes, the caressing sea, beaches to any taste, abundance of excellent fruit and wonderful wines, good transport communication, a large quantity of historical, architectural, and archaeological monuments, and many another things.
We invite the readers to carry out a captivating tour of the Crimea -the most beautiful spot of the Earth named "a museum of nature" hy academician A. Fersman. We are sure that the charm of enchantic Tavrida will leave nohody indifferent, and you will sincerely fall in love with this wonderful land.
You are in for familiarization with ten Crimean towns, their history, sights, and also for carrying out a promenade along their picturesque environs. The maps at the beginning of every part will help you to find easily the necessary street, hotel, museum, architectural monument...
The axonometric projections and three-dimensional landscape plans of the peninsula most interesting historical-cultural objects may be considered the real decoration of the guide-book.
The chapter "Camp and extreme tourism", in which advantages of every tourist region of the Crimea are elucidated, is intended for admirers of a "wild rest".
Table of contents
History in figures and facts
Pearls of the crimea
Simferopol - the gate of the crimea
Yalta - the capital of the South Coast
Alushta - the centre of tourism
Near the fortress walls of Sudak
The golden sands of Feodosiya
Kerch - the eastern outskirts of the Crimea
Bakhchisarai - the capital of the Crimean Khanate
Sevastopol the city of sea glory
Saki - a kingdom of curative mud
Yevpatoriya - the charm of the"wild" West
Camp and extreme tourism
Tourist map
Regions of the Crimea the north-west
The south-west
The south-east.
The north-east
Information from a to z
Welcome to the Crimea
Souvenirs
National cuisine
Drinks
The health resort institutions of the Crimea
The telephone codes of the Crimean settlements
The schedule of flights
The schedule of trains traffic
Geographic index
Index of names