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Holidays in Crimea mean beach relaxation, tours to historical sites, nature exploring, great opportunities for extreme tourism |
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Mountains, surrounding Alushta as amphitheater, retreat from the shore for 5-10 km. There are 5 rivers in the area; trails for biking, hiking and horseback excursions |
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Bakhchisaray is a town in Central Crimea, the former capital of the Crimean Khanate. Its main landmark is Hansaray, the only extant palace of the Crimean Khans, a museum now |
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Clean and soft golden sand, gently sloping sea bottom, clear water, attract tourists to Eupatoria. It is one of the sunniest cities in the world - the sun shines here 258 days a year |
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Feodosia has everything for health treatment and relaxation - mineral water, curative mud, sea shores with golden sand beaches |
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Foros is the most southern point of the Crimea. Fashionable mansions and luxury hotels adjoin econom-class hotels
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Kerch, an ancient port city, has experienced the impact of different cultures and civilizations. There are warm sea, well-groomed beaches and boundless steppe here |
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Koktebel, located on the shores of the Koktebel Bay is a "golden middle" of the Crimean landscapes - there are mountain peaks and gentle slopes of hills, woods and rock ledges |
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The legendary hero city Sevastopol is one of the most beautiful port cities in the world and an excellent sea-resort, a large historical-cultural and touristic centre of Crimea |
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Simferopol is the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in southern Ukraine, an important political, economic, and transport center of the peninsula |
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Sudak, a small town with quiet beaches and ancient Genoese fortress is an ideal place for family holidays |
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Yalta, the most popular and fashionable resort of Crimea, is located in subtropical zone. There are an abundant vegetation, fabulous beaches and healing air |
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The well-known Alma River trout farm was established at the upper reach of the said river in the territory of Crimean Nature Reserve in 1957; here they breed California rainbow trout |
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The famous Altyn-Teshik (which is translated from Crimean-Tartar as "golden hole") is a cave in the sheer wall of the White Cliff at a height of more than fifty metres |
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Arabat Fortress in the north-west of the Kerch Peninsula, the only one Tatar-Turkish fortress on the Azov coast of Crimea, is considered to be a monument of historical architecture |
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Arabat Spit (also called Arabat Tongue), the longest spit in Europe, is famous for its numerous recreation centers, boarding guesthouses and hospitable private sector |
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Ayu-Dag mountain (or Medved-gora), situated on the southern coast of Crimea, is a National Nature Reserve, archaelogical complex and open-air mineralogical museum |
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The International Children Center Artek (formerly the most famous pioneer camp in USSR) is situated on the southern coast of Crimea, near the town of Gurzuf |
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Cape Tarkhankut in the peninsula of the same name, located at the western coast of Crimea, is a most popular place for windsurfing, kiting and diving, a real divers Mekka |
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In the Crimean Natural Reserve there are over 300 water sources, including trout ponds; nearly 1200 species of plants, more than 200 species of animals, and about 80 historical and cultural monuments |
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Surb Khach Monastery, located near the small historical town of Staryi Krym, on the wooded slope of Grytsya Hill, is a fine monument of medieval Armenian architecture in Ukraine |
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Swan Islands in the Karkinit Bay is one of the largest places of wintering and nesting of water and marsh birds in Ukraine, an ornithological reserve of world importance |
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Tarkhankut lighthouse, situated on the cape of the same name, the western extremity of the Crimean peninsula, is considered to be a unique historical monument of architecture |
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The ancient White Rock (or Ak-Kaya), located in the valley of Biyuk-Karasu river, is a unique geological monument and a most interesting tourist attraction in Crimean Belogorsk |
