Rainy trip to Crimea 2016
So, by the will of fate, we ended up in the Crimea at the beginning of June. My husband was unexpectedly sent to a conference, so I decided to join the trip, because I had never been to Crimea and still planned to go.
Even at home, I looked at the weather forecast and it was predicted to rain for the days of our trip. On reflection, I decided that in the summer in the south there should not be endless rains, it will splash once a day and again the sun. I didn’t intend to swim anyway, because the sea is obviously cold. I planned to walk, go on excursions. . .
I did not have time to prepare an action plan, I was guided by the terrain. I will describe by day what kind of trip we got:
June 1:
We traveled by plane. Despite the threat of terrorism, we were hardly checked at Domodedovo, hand luggage was not weighed, cutters were allowed through, vials were not put in a plastic bag, as described on their website. . . I should not have bothered about 100 ml. Arrived in Simferopol at 12 noon. And the conference was held in Alushta. Taxi drivers immediately began to attack, but my husband really wanted to take a ride on an intercity trolleybus. It rarely runs from the airport to Alushta, so we first drove to the railway station (10 rubles), where we transferred to another trolleybus (72 rubles). By the way, the bus station is in the same place, convenient. The views, of course, are beautiful, but the trolleybus is hot and there are a lot of people. They promised that we would go 1.5 hours, but we drove more than 2 hours. from the railway to the final Alushta. It is next to the embankment, where we quickly found our hotel on Lenina street, 2 (Riviera Sunrise Resort & Spa) on foot.
The weather was clear, the sun was hot, so we threw our things into the room and immediately ran to swim. It was 25 degrees outside, and 20 degrees in the water. My husband was swimming, but it seemed cold to me, I swam in the outdoor pool, it is warmer. There are a lot of seagulls on the beach and, accordingly, a lot of products of their vital activity. Probably not cleaned, although the beach is private. Then it also nailed a wave of any garbage ((.
In the evening we went to a cafe and walked around the area. By the way, I liked the Vstrecha cafe.
June 2:
My husband is at a conference, I went to the tour stands to find out where to go today. Excursions in the off-season are sold for children's tickets. I went to the Nikitsky Botanical Garden (700r). Different plants bloom there at different times of the year. I caught the flowering period of roses, there are a lot of them, the aroma is indescribable.
Here we were caught by the rain, I walked in a raincoat. By the way, I advise you to take it instead of an umbrella so that your hands are free for the camera. And it also protects from the wind. The trees also protected well from the rain, so if they promise 3 drops of rain, then you can safely go and not postpone a walk in the park. The advantage of rain is that the aromas of trees become more intense, freshness appears.
Entrance tickets were thrown off separately for 300 rubles, but when they were distributed, 200 rubles were written on them. I don’t know what the trick is, but the feeling that I was fooled did not leave me. In general, you had to go to this garden on your own, without an excursion. From the bus station and from the city center there are minibuses. The guide, of course, told me something, but she did not let me go through the whole garden, she did not let me go through the labyrinth, see the exhibition of butterflies. In general, the garden was not very well maintained, they say that the best park in Aivazovsky.
It was already raining heavily on the way back. . .
In the evening I went to the Alushta park "Crimea in miniature", where compositions of famous palaces and fortresses are presented. There was also a fountain show.
June 3
In the morning I went on an excursion to the Valley of Ghosts and the Dzhur-Dzhur waterfall (1200r). The guide was unlucky, he did not even know what he should show us and asked us about it)). Nevertheless, we had a good walk in the valley, the clouds floated by. I advise you to take a hat and shoes with tenacious soles.
Then we went to the waterfall. There we were offered either to go on foot along the sodden clay path, or in an UAZ. We chose the latter. They took 250 rubles from us, because there were few people, and we went. Here it started to rain. Riding on slippery cliffs was, of course, scary. We arrived at the place, paid the entrance fee of 100 rubles. and began to descend to the waterfall. The rain had already turned into a heavy downpour. The stairs were clay. In general, we were dirty knee-deep, with wet feet, and we didn’t want to admire the waterfall for a long time (We didn’t go to the baths either, we went back. We went into a cafe, which is located in a beautiful place, We went home and returned much earlier.
In the evening I visited the Spa complex in my hotel, then walked with my husband along the embankment.
June 4:
The conference ended and we decided to go to Yalta. We arrived at the bus station, but the minibus left only an hour later. Approached the taxi drivers, they called the amount of 1500r. for two. It seemed expensive to us and we went to the excursion stand, because. knew that an excursion to Yalta was now departing. But these hucksters agreed to pick us up only for 2600 rubles, even though the bus was half empty. In general, we waited for a simple minibus and drove to Yalta in 45 minutes (96 rubles for two). We stopped at the Yalta apartments on Chernomorsky lane, 3. This is near the port, so we immediately sailed on a boat to the Swallow's Nest (ticket 400r). From the experience of recent days, we knew that at 14 o’clock it starts to rain and lasts 2-3 hours, so we didn’t even eat)). We looked at the coast of Yalta, admired the open sea.
We did not go to the castle itself, because, they say, there is nothing to see there. But if the weather were stable, I would like to walk around the neighborhood. On the way back it started to rain and we just made it home. After the rain, the sky is clear, but the sun is already behind the mountains, so it's cold to swim, which made my husband very sad.
In the evening we walked along the embankment, went to the Crocodilerium (400r). It's small, but still interesting. There are turtles, fish, monkeys, and, in fact, crocodiles that you can feed (100r). I really didn’t like the sign with the following content: “If you liked it with us, tipping is not required, but welcome. ” Well, actually!
June 5:
Today we decided to visit Mount Ai-Petri. We went on our own, because all excursions are long, with stops at several places, but we know that it will rain)). We arrived at the bus station, where private traders offer Ai-Petri for the price of a cable car (300r), we agreed, though we waited until the minibus was full. Know if the carrier says: “we are already going right now”, and the salon is not full, you will not go anywhere until you recruit people)))
We drove for an hour and a half, along a picturesque mountain road, the time flew by unnoticed. On the way, we went to the Wuchang-Su waterfall (60r), but we were given only 15 minutes ((. There are many cafes and a market on the mountain itself. Every Tatar you pass by intrusively calls to eat or ride horses.
A stunning panorama opens from the mountain:
We climbed to the very top (100 rubles), on the so-called. Teeth of Ai-Petri.
You can also walk along a hanging ladder over the abyss (500r), and if you are too lazy to return on foot from the cliff, you can go down on a bungee. After admiring the views, we went to the market, it had already begun to rain and we went to a cafe. We ate a delicious kebab, and they themselves chose the skewers that they would fry.
We did not go to the caves, we went home by cable car. There is also a market downstairs and a minibus is waiting to take you to Yalta.
We arrived at the hotel, waited for the rain to pass and walked around the area. In the evening, there are all sorts of musicians and dancers on the embankment. . . But, it is worth noting that there are few cafes, but there are all sorts of shops with clothes. It was different in Alushta.
Keep in mind that cards are still not accepted anywhere in Crimea. It is also rare to find wi-fi in a cafe. In Yalta, we found this miracle in the Foyer cafe, Ignatenko str. , 5. They also accept cards.
June 6
We woke up and went home). For fun, we found out on the embankment the price of a transfer to the airport - 3000 rubles - and went by minibus (153 rubles per person). It travels 2 hours non-stop, leaving literally every 15 minutes.
Well, that's it! Have a good trip everyone!
