Crimea

There are many great places in the world that you can go, but one of the best places would have to be to Sudak in Crimea. This is a great place that is very popular today, and it’s known for its great resorts. Many people from around the world travel to this area every year to see many different things.

Sudak, Crimea 2009

In fact, one of its most seen attractions would have to be the Genoese Fortress. There are many places that are worth seeing on the Black sea, however, this is one of the nicest by far. If you are going to take a vacation in Crimea, you might as well stay in the city of Sudak.

Sudak, Genoese Fortress

Whenever you come to Sudak you can rest assure that you and your family are going to have a lot to see and do there. First of all, we should point out that this area has some of the best resorts in the world that are located on the Black Sea. You have never seen the Black sea like this, and many people are blown away when they come to this area. Not only are the resorts around this area nice, but so is the food.

Genoese Fortress in Sudak

If you have never had food from that area of the world, then you do not know what you are missing. It is not like any food you have ever had in your life and beats the crap out of any food over here in America. The people in this area also add to the greatest of this spot. They are all very friendly, and they make you feel welcome. This is by far one of my favorite places to travel to in the whole world.

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Exotic and intriguing Bakhchisaray is the former capital city of the Crimean Khanate, situated in central Crimea. Every monument and structure in the city reminds the beholder of the Crimean Khanate’s influence on the city. The Crimean palace is one the major land marks of the city that breathes the impression the Khanate has created on the city. The medieval ages of the Crimean Tartars and their lives and traditions are depicted in all architectural specimens of Exotic and intriguing Bakhchisaray. The city is home to the “fountain of tears” immortalized by Alexander Pushkin in his poem, ‘the fountain of Bakhchisaray’.

Bakhchisaray Photo Panorama

The erstwhile capital city of the Crimean Khanate, the town, Bakhchisaray, is located in central Crimea. Hansaray, the only existing palace of the Crimean Khans is an important tourist destination for the ones visiting Bakhchisaray. The town is located in the Curuk Suv River’s narrow valley. The ancient settlements that were extant before Bakhchisaray have been incorporated into the urban landscape of the modern Bakhchisaray. These settlements have become integrated into the urban area of the city and are an intermingling of the ancient and modern.

Bakhchisaray Uspensky Cave Monastery

Bakhchisaray became the capital of the Crimean Khanate around the 1530’s. It was the centre of cultural and political life of the Crimean Tatars. The Russian Empire ended the Crimean Khanate’s rule during the year 1783. Bakhchisaray became an ordinary town, devoid of administrative significance, but existed as a cultural center of the Crimean Tartars till 1944.

Bakhchisaray Picture, 1917

The name Bakhchisaray is a Persian name that stands for ‘the Garden Palace’. The town is acclaimed for its relation with renowned poet, Alexander Pushkin’s poem ‘The Fountain of Bakhchisaray’. This romantic association with literature has made the city popular among the people of the world. Poet, Adam Mickiewicz has devoted many fine poems of his in the Crimean Sonnets to various significant landmarks of the city. Nikolai Stepanovich, a Soviet astronomer has hailed a minor planet with the city’s name – 3242 Bakhchisaray.

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If you are looking for a great place to travel to in the world, you should head on down to Crimea. This is an area that is located right on the Black Sea. If you are going to be coming down to this area, there is a good chance that you are going to need to go to Simferpool. This is a little spot in Crimea that is best known for being the home of the Simferopol State International Airport. This area is also home to a great railway system, but for international travels you are going to me more into the International Airport. This is a great airport, and you should come to check it out yourself.

Simferopol International Airport

There are many different international airports that you can use all over the world, so what makes the Simferopol State International Airport one of the best in the world? This has to do with a lot of things, but the location of it helps. For an airport, like the Simferopol State International Airport, to do good it has to be in a spot that people want to go. Because of the Black Sea and other great places in Crimea, this makes the Simferopol Airport a great spot.

Simferopol Airport

Not only that, but there are a lot of great hotels that are located by the Simferopol International Airport. This is good for people that are traveling from outside the country, because they are not going to have to go far to find a hotel. Most international travelers do not want to have to drive all over the place when they are looking for a place to sleep. This can be scary in a place that you have never been.

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While the City of Sevastopol is located on the Crimean peninsula, it is administratively separate from the rest of Crimea and is one of two special municipalities of Ukraine.

Map of Crimea Regions

Subdivisions of Crimea

Raions and City municipalities

1. Bakhchisarayskiy Raion
2. Belogorskiy Raion
3. Dzhankoiskiy Raion
4. Kirovskiy Raion
5. Krasnogvardeyskiy Raion
6. Krasnoperekopskiy Raion
7. Leninskiy Raion
8. Nizhnegorskiy Raion
9. Pervomaiskiy Raion
10. Rozdolnenskiy Raion
11. Sakskiy Raion
12. Simferopolskiy Raion
13. Sovetskiy Raion
14. Chornomorskiy Raion
15. Alushta municipality
16. Armyansk municipality
17. Dzhankoy municipality
18. Yevpatoria municipality
19. Kerch municipality
20. Krasnoperekopsk municipality
21. Saki municipality
22. Simferopol municipality
23. Sudak municipality
24. Feodosiya municipality
25. Yalta municipality

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Alushta is a prominent resort town in Crimea, Ukraine, which had its foundation founded in the 6th century CE by Emperor Justinian. The significant town is situated on the Black Sea, that is on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, if you ever vist you will find it, in addition to on the Crimean Trolleybus line. The entire area is famous for the presence of the internationally famed rocky terrain.

Alushta Beach Photo 2009

There are also te presence of vestiges of a Byzantine defensive tower and along with it a Genoese fortress dating to the 15th century A.D. In those days the town was known as Aluston, especially in the Byzantine Empire, and Lusta during the Genoese rule.

Alushta City

It is to be noted that the famous poet Adam Mickiewicz dedicated two of his Crimean Sonnets to Alushta. The town is itself a glorious one, with its sister city, Santa Cruz, California.

Alushta Mountains

If you look at the history of the different nations, yo wil find that there are many cities throughtout he worldthat have go their manes through difrent uusual ways. Now,th city of Alushta had received its name from the Byzantine fortress of Aluston, that had its formation in the 6th century AD by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (483-565) who also rebuilt the church of St. Sophia in Constantinople.

Crimea, Alushta, Black Sea, 2008

However wit the passage of centuries there have been much transformation and the city at present, happens to be one of the most popular and largest holiday and health resorts in the entire region of Crimea. The population of the city, according to the latest statistics, is about 40 thousand people. The town is comfortably located inside the semi-circle of the mountains facing the Black Sea on the Southern Coast of the Crimean Peninsula.

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Crimea, in the history of the world deserves special mention, having a rich history, the remains of which you can see in the present day. There is the presence of the Greek ruins at Xersones, the Geonese fortress of Sudak, the cave towns of Bakhchisarai, the Livadia palace; where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill carved up Europe at the end of the 2nd World War, and much more. Crimea has a large variety of very impressive historical sights. But Crimea is much more famous being a very beautiful part of the world, with proffering a great combination of spectacular mountains, cliffs and the sparkling Black sea. To be every precise, Crimea’s compounding of natural beauty and historical monuments is just about supreme. If you want to have excursions in Crimea, you can move to various palaces that will be indeed a treasure for the rest of your life.

Crimean Mountains

There is no doubt that if you intend to have excursions in Crimea, there is the presence of a lot of places. What can you do at the very outset is to visit the Embankment which happens to be the main street of Yalta and a favorite avenue of holiday makers for their evening strolls. In this very place, after having a look around you may do some shopping.

Crimea, Vorontsov Palace, 2009

This can be followed by getting into a cable car line to the top of the Darsan Hill where you shall be able to take pleasure in a beautiful view to the city, and also the Mound of Glory, that was erected in reminiscence of the fallen during the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars. Later on, you can visit one of the magnificent Alexander Nevsky Cathedrals, constructed in honor of Romanoff House for its third centenary in 1913. Here you will also be able to perceive the Chekhov museum, or the house where the Great Russian writer lived from 1899 to 1904.

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Evpatoriya is an important Ukrainian Black Sea port. It is also a famous rail hub and a town filled with health resorts. Evpatoriya is popular for its medical mud and springs of thermal mineral water. The city is situated on the place, where the ancient and illustrious Greek settlement of Kerkinitida. The city was named Kezlev by Crimean Tatars, Gozleve by Ottomans, Kozlov by Russians and in 1784, it was named Eupatoria officially. The name “Eupatoria” is also spelt as Evpatoriya and Yevpatoriya. The city is named after the King of Pontus, Mithradates Eupator. The city is a famous for its balneological resorts.

A city in Crimea, Ukraine, Evpatoriya or Eupatoria or Yevpatoria is a Black Sea port. The city is famous for its health resorts. The industries of the city comprise of fishing, food processing, weaving, limestone quarrying, wine making, furniture, machinery and manufacture of building materials. It is situated in the place, where the ancient Greek Colony of Kerkinitida that was established in the sixth century.

Kerkinitis was established by Greek colonists around five hundred B.C. it was part of the territory of Mithradates. The area was captured by Mithradates VI, the Pontian King in the first century B.C. The city’s name is derived from the name of the king, Mithradates Eupator. The city witnessed Khazar settlement around seventh to tenth centuryAD. The city was also occupied by the Kipchaks, the Mongols and the Crimean Khanate. The city was hailed as Kezlev by the Crimean Tatars and Gozleve by Ottomans. Russians named the city, Kozlov.

In the thirteenth century, Evpatoriya the reign came under the Turko-Tatars. They became a part of the Ottoman Empire in for a short span of time from 1478 to 1485. Evpatoriya was annexed by Russian empire, in the year of 1783. The British, French and Turkish troops occupied Evpatoriya during the Crimean War that took place in 1854.

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