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".

 

В The book is notable for its simplicity and convenience. It consists of several parts: a brief historical essay tells about the Tavrida's past. The next part narrates about the Crimea's pearls - beautiful towns of the peninsula, a separate chapter is devoted to every of them. The authoress has chosen ten towns: eight of them (Yevpatoriya, Said, Sevastopol, Yalta, Alushta, Sudak, Feodosiya, Kerch) are situated at the sea-coast, two (Bakhchisarai and Simferopol) are at a distance from the sea.

 

A chapter is constructed as follows: first a brief acquainting essay goes, it contains a map of the town where all the important objects (hotels, architectural monuments, etc.) tourists care about are marked. The information given on pages "Communications", "Residence", "Nourishment", "Entertainment" will help the  holiday-makers to determine their choice of  transport, lodging, to receive the idea of the  most popular cafes and restaurants, night clubs, theatres, concert halls, etc.

A review of the most striking town sights: palaces, museums, monuments, temples, and other places of tourists' mass pilgrimage is given in the next sub-division. In addition to town routes, the guide-book offers to carry out out-of-town  excursions along the picturesque environs of    every town.

About 100 colourful illustrations, both present-day ones and given by archives of museums and by private collectors, make the tale visual and more cognitive.     Architectural sectional views of famous constructions allow to imagine their interior. Maps-schemes and three-dimensional landscape plans will help to find their bearings on the ground even to those  who have come to the Crimea for the  first time.

The part "Camp and extreme tourism" is intended for lovers of "wild" rest. Information about permitted parking and spontaneous encampments, and also on rules of behaviour in the peninsula protected zones are collected here. Admirers of the extreme will learn of the regions where the funboarding and glider sports are popular, where they are engaged in rock-climbing or speleotourism, etc.

The reference part "Information from A to Z" contains practical information about transport, communications, sanatoria-health-resort institutions. You will learn where to buy souvenirs, which grades of wines every region of the Crimea is renowned for, familiarize yourselves with the recipe of making dishes of Tatar and Karaite national cuisine.

When compiling the book the authoress tried to cover the widest possible range of questions and themes being of interest to tourists. We hope that the guide-book "Touring the Crimea" will become a reliable assistant during your whole stay in the hospitable Crimean land.